Episodes Perfect is Hard to Be Duet for One Hand
The great Basil Rathbone, now reduced to small roles in dreck like "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" and "Hillbillies in a Haunted House", was given his last really good role in this two-parter as an irascible concert pianist suffering from Parkinson's disease. Susan Oliver played a doctor who, (we learn), doesn't actually have a medical degree. She flunked out of school as a consequence of the death of her (irascible) father, and now, feeling guilty because she did fulfill his desire to have her become a doctor, is pretending to be one.
Rathbone doesn't think much of the medical establishment in general or of Dr. Gillespie in particular because he failed to prevent the death of his beloved daughter some years back. Gillespie gets the brainstorm of united the two emotional cripples because he feels they could help heal each other.
It's good to see Rathbone in a role more worthy of his talents and it's always good to see Oliver, who is not only attractive but also one of the better actresses on TV in this period.
The great Basil Rathbone, now reduced to small roles in dreck like "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" and "Hillbillies in a Haunted House", was given his last really good role in this two-parter as an irascible concert pianist suffering from Parkinson's disease. Susan Oliver played a doctor who, (we learn), doesn't actually have a medical degree. She flunked out of school as a consequence of the death of her (irascible) father, and now, feeling guilty because she did fulfill his desire to have her become a doctor, is pretending to be one.
Rathbone doesn't think much of the medical establishment in general or of Dr. Gillespie in particular because he failed to prevent the death of his beloved daughter some years back. Gillespie gets the brainstorm of united the two emotional cripples because he feels they could help heal each other.
It's good to see Rathbone in a role more worthy of his talents and it's always good to see Oliver, who is not only attractive but also one of the better actresses on TV in this period.
