Saturday 20 September 2014

53: A Rock and a Hard Place (3.19)

1980; 46 minutes
Written by Andrew Schneider; Produced by Robert Bennett Steinhauer;
Directed by Chuck Bowman

David continues his knack for choosing the wrong employers here, although I guess if you're only ever expecting to get cash in hand with no ID and no questions asked then it's somewhat understandable.  He's working as a handyman for what is apparently a harmless old woman, but who actually turns out to be a long-running criminal plotting one more job.  Picked up by the FBI David's cover is blown, however, they use this to effectively blackmail him into spying on the old maid and her henchman.  When the latter grows suspicious and beats up David, the woman witnesses the end of a mini Hulk rampage in the basement, and then blackmails David into helping her!

An aptly titled episode David's caught right in the middle of the old woman's crime plans and a plot to catch her right in the proverbial act, specifically driven by a cop who's close to retirement with an odd career-long affection for the criminal.  On both sides one part of David's secret is out in the open, and thus he is forced to remain on the scene until he can find some way out.

Number of Fists: ***

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