The Best Episodes Directed By Frank De Palma

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - It All Comes Out in the Wash

   S1:E205/26/1985

   Henry, a greedy developers, stumbles upon a Chinese laundry that offers a unique service - it can "wash out" guilt. Henry employs their services but soon finds there is a unpleasant price to pay.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - My Ghostwriter: The Vampire

   S3:E142/1/1987

   Hack writer Peter, writing worse and worse vampire stories, buys a coffin for inspiration and finds it occupied by Count Draco. Peter manages to protect himself, and the two strike a deal: Draco will supply new inspiration based on his life experiences, and Peter will write the books. Peter becomes wealthy, but refuses to share the proceeds. With the aid of Peter's secretary, Draco manages to get the drop on the writer and kill him, and the vampire and secretary strike up a new arrangement.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   5.9/10(8 votes)

   #3 - The New Man

   S1:E19/30/1984

   A recovering alcoholic is disturbed to find a young boy who shows up at his office claiming to be his son Jerry. The man is further angered when the boy shows up at his house. While the other family members carry on as if Jerry is a regular member of the family, the man insists that he has never seen the boy before in his life. The man's wife assumes that he has begun drinking again and is harboring delusions brought on by his inebriated state. The family, disgusted by the father's unwillingness to acknowledge Jerry as his son, ultimately leaves him. Driven back to drinking by the ordeal, the previously sober father ends up in a state of emotional ruin. In the final scene, Jerry visits another man, claiming to be HIS son, as the nightmarish pattern continues.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Beetles

   S4:E19/27/1987

   An Egyptologist working on a sarcophogus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate when he ignores it.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   4.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Lifebomb

   S2:E210/6/1985

   Ben Martin, a rich businessman, is contacted by a special medical firm, "Lifebomb" which offers him an expensive policy that will let him live forever. They give him an implanted device which, every time he "dies," activates and places him in a cocoon until the corporation can arrive and revive him. His wife soon leaves him and since Ben is close to death, the Lifebomb goes off constantly. Tired of life, he finds that he is trapped since Lifebomb refuses to call off the policy so that they can make money off of him.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   3.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - A Serpent's Tooth

   S3:E811/16/1986

   A kibbitzing mother, Pearl, warns her unlistening family but her warnings start to come true.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   3.3/10(4 votes)

   #7 - All a Clone by the Telephone

   S1:E111/20/1985

   Leon, a hapless TV writer, buys an answering machine that has a mind of its own - it initially helps him out by providing him with new material, but Leon soon finds that it's taking over his life.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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   2.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - The Casavin Curse

   S2:E247/13/1986

   A family finds themselves cursed because of their great grandfather killing his wife, and the curse won't die until they all die too and there is no one else to carry on his name.

   Director:Frank De Palma

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