Phyllis Thaxter was brilliant in everyrhing she ever did. She had a way of digging down deep inside a character and infusing it with nuances and depth other actresses never thought of. Her work stands the test of time.
So underrated. After seeing the episode "Never Again," I was totally captivated by her. That one made me realize she was willing to truly become her characters, too.
I remember her in the Twilight Zone Episode “Young Man’s Fancy” - the one where she basically loses her husband to the memory of his late mother. Very sad episode. I don’t like to watch it because it is so wrenching. But she was wonderful in it.
@@jimlaguardia8185 As a kid growing up whenever her name popped up on one of the many series...I knew it was going to be good...just because she was in it. I was never disappointed.
She was married to the president of CBS. She played opposite most of the big names: Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Gary Cooper, Gig Young And Many more. Played Christopher Reeve's mother in "Superman". She was a gorgeous "Plain Jane" type - very articulate with beautiful eyes. She was a wonderful actress who is missed.
That woman is one of the best actresses I've ever seen. She did several of these and many other TV shows, but I never remember seeing her in any movies. Such a Great Talent!
Her fury is so heartfelt, wrenching, so powerful, that was a fantastic performance! I know I've seen her in another episode at least once, and I can't remember which it was, but she was damn powerful in that one too!
J is Scoobysmom Phyllis Thaxter was in a number of AHP eps, you’re right! The one most memorable for me was when her character was seemingly “channeling” a little girl from the 17th C-freaky! Wish I could remember the title but it was the first, mbe 2nd season.
The other episode she played the neighbor to a man whose wife was missing she reports it to police. Come to find out her and the man r lovers and she helped get rid of his wife. They get cold caught by police. I hope that helped you remember. She could've been in other episodes as well . That's just one I remember right now. If you think of any more please let me know to. Thanks in advance. Enjoy ur weekend. God Bless u...
Her great performance in the alfred Hitchcock episodes where fog closing in, murder me twice,the long silence, change of address, and nothing ever happened and more.
For one to be lonely , in such a way it can be so easy to grab any advance from any body, that can ruin his/ her life. many people have made this mistake .
Many of the same actors and actresses, between the middle fifties to the middle sixties, were often seen in, Alfred Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, etc... Always great acting. A lot of famous faces. There's something about the old black and white shows, that I really like. They brought a kind of moodiness, and mystery. I love vintage. The Kraft Theatre Hr. was a good too. Thank goodness for Nostalgia TV. 👍👏👏🎥📺🎬☎️
Hitchcock wasn't American or fake, and Europe has a culture of romance and respect between men and women. There isn't the same anger and hatred like in the USA, with mass shooting incels and men who sit online all day whining on about women.
This is a great actress first time I realized just how good she is was in the part she played an alcoholic that killed her fiance in a drunken jelous fit in a bar with her broken glass after she had fallen and broken it.
@@angelluehring8660 thank you, my mind is definitely worked, I watch every last episode on a regular basis especially young man's fancy, she played the hell out of that one👍👍👍
This was a powerful Hitchcock Presents! This short film shows how dangerous incredible loneliness is! I could see that the woman had some mental health issues. Why would she invite her boss into her apartment. They had a lovely appropriate dinner out. He is on the way to the train stop. She invites him up to her apartment and started telling him her weaknesses, fears and life story. I knew her sharing was not appropriate for a professional relationship. Then she couldn't stop hoping to dance with him and kissed him. This employee was disturbed she said she never had any intentions of revealing his indiscretion to his wife. She knew that he was a married man but her loneliness caused her to make poor judgments. Many men have the ability to compartmentalize their relationship with their wife from a one night stand. It isn't honorable but it is the truth for many. Her choice to put a gun on her boss after he terminated her showed impaired thinking. He was not worth going to jail over. Hitchcock and the actors truly were gifted and talented.
I don't think that she would have left it at a one night stand either way. He was a total lowlife for the cowardly way he got rid of her. The two of them hooking up was just a bad idea due to their work relationship,. The fact the he was so willing to cheat on his wife and her not caring about messing with a married man just made the situation worse.
Looks like a good episode. I've never seen it. It's particularly on time THESE days. It's wise to keep your work life and your social life separate. Above all, don't hit the sheets with coworkers. That's askin' for it BIG-TIME.
@Barbs' Bitches Nine? I remember a few. I was watching the show late at night and saw all of them. Now I DVR some of them. They are still only on late at night. I saw the one where she is an alcoholic and another when she is afraid to leave her parents after she is married.
@@those_eyes I saw that. And one where she was an alcoholic who kills someone during a black out. And one where she can't talk or move and her husband is going to kill her. And more.
This is actually very sad. Men use women all the time, dispose of them when they’re through, and women are just supposed to take it. Here’s one woman who made it full circle. She can now go about living her life again...now that he knows how he made her feel- she forced him to feel that way too. And all the comments criticizing Iris- any one of us could have been her. But for the grace of God...
M&M I agree. However, we’re living in an age now when we women are as bad as men. Women use men all the time. We cry equality but want everything our own way. To quote the band ‘Space’ ... 🎶 “The female of the species is more deadly than the male”🎶
Mmmmm that is why women have to know their worth and value, and not fall for every little kind gesture or comment. We do have a choice to make. We have to learn how to pay attention to red flags, and remove ourselves from a relationship or situation that don't serve us. Yes. Anyone can be subject to getting their heart broken. But God allow certain situations to take place in our lives so we can learn from them, and not repeat a viscious cycle.
There are many lonely women… but it's never worth it to develope feelings for someone who is married. Her biggest mistake was going out to dinner with him... a painful lesson that could have been avoided…...
When you’re lonely alone and feeling down having no family or friends predators always find you and seemingly give you attention and kindness you let your guard down and they dump you without any explanation I have experienced this and it was very painful and a but humiliating.
The man was going about his way in the beginning , it was the woman who asked him up for a drink . What a hell did she expect ? By the way . Phyllis Thaxter is great in every role she played.
I believe he asked her to dinner FIRST he knew she was vulnerable and I think she would've accepted no repeat of their intimacy but he was the married one.Than to compound insensitivity he fires her I would've blasted him and spoke to his wife
@@TawnyC_ Firstly I thought that Phyllis Thaxter was superb in this role. She really nailed. Secondly, the character in my opinion was deeply wounded and narcissistic in that way that she wouldn't have thought of any consequences to her actions. She was ultimately impulsive. I think this man represented to her all the men or the man who abused her and she experienced a flashback of it. (example of extreme PTSD).
That guy acted out of panic -- as would many men similarly situated. But men who fire employees after having sex w/them are STUPID: that makes them MORE likely to snitch to the wife!!!!! Don't do it, guys!
Also, if you're the boss, and you're cheating on your wife with a co-worker, DON'T fire them--it makes them MORE likely to rat you out to your wife when the time comes...
@@janjISMYname Really? I just remember her in that one because she had an annoying mouth thing. She would move her mouth without saying anything. She kind of does it here but not as much. Rewatch the episode from the twilight zone. You'll never be able to not see what I'm talking about.😁
Because he was one..............or haven't you heard that he forced himself on females working for and around him.................now imagine that fat ugly toad with his pants off coming at you...............yeah she likely got to see that numerous times..................so ugh....yuck..........and ick
I agree with all the other reveiws She was quite an actress!!! Phyllis was superb in the part that she played. How many people in real life were in the same situation and could not help themselves. Sad that these things happen particularly to the less defensive among us.
There’s an Asian proverb that says: Don’t xxxx where you eat. Just look at how messy things are when you sleep with your employee - latest case being the McDonald’s CEO.
Jeffrey Zain I didn’t get the impression that he had slept with her. I’m not saying you were wrong. I thought her blackmail angle was that he had dinner with her, went to her apartment, had drinks, etc. since she admitted to being hospitalized, couldn’t she still of had issues relating to that?
Phyllis Thaxter performed in a number of episodes of AHP, and she was always superlative. One of the great unsung actresses of the early television era, I love her for the quality of barely suppressed hysteria which always appeared, to a greater or lesser extent, in her work. And she could have given Bette Davis a lesson in how to smoke a cigarette onscreen! 😄
With all due respect, he should have known better than to become involved with a fragile woman such as that. I was in a similar situation, only I never pursued her. I knew about her past, which included one of a psychologically controversial nature, and I could tell from various comments and gestures that she was not fully recovered. I managed to nip things in the bud, probably because she had already become interested in someone else, but the experience also changed me. Alas, I am not so quick to be friendly and helpful to those whom I do not know well any longer.
Her first big mistake was accepting the dinner invitation. The second one was inviting him up to her place. If you’re lonely find other ways of meeting that need. Community involvement, friendships, helping others….and if you do go out on a date, make sure they’re not married! That being said, she’s clearly not mentally stable. An earlier, more tame, version of Fatal Attraction.
not a darned thing she said made any sense at all with what happened he didn't get what he deserved at all she should have went straight to talk to his wife hahahaha after he fired her anyway that would have been what he deserved,. this crazy thing just means no one will ever believe her.
Meh... I'd say he technically made the first move by asking her to have dinner with him but she *definitely* shouldn't have asked him up to her apartment, especially if she already knew he was married. When it comes down to it, they were both idiots.
He didn't get what he deserved. Sometimes you have to learn to be content alone, and know when to move on with your life and let go. She needed healing mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She was looking for people to give her joy and peace. That's something that only God can do for you. And connecting to the right counselor/therapist. I pray people see what not to do if they end up with a broken heart when they watch this in Jesus name.
I agree. In my opinion she knew he was married. Women who are single needs to be strong. Do not let any man take advantage of you. She did needed to find another job.
It went deeper than that he prevented her from moving on to another job lm not clear they were intimate it was implied he could've been up front.She was lonely recovering from mental illness he preyed on her weakness.I like whatshe did but could've been arrested.He was a coward
Golly! Those are the same steps to Jean Arthur's apartment in "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" (1936). Gary Cooper presents her with a poem, and she reads it on these same steps. The set must have been around a long time.
This character was crazy the boss handled her firing in a very stupid way but having her continue to work for him was a recipe for disaster too... so now they both have acted very badly Seducing your boss is not a smart move for an employee or letting the boss seduce you either workplace behavior needs to be guided by your brain not your heart or any other part of you
You must have see more than l did. They have dinner out, at his request. She invites him up (mistake, but she's naive, little knowing what dogs men are). They drink. They dance and boom. The NEXT DAY he fires her. Where does it imply ANY relationship between the two of them ??
She deserved to get fired. She seduced her boss who she knows is a married man. He knew that it’d only be a matter of time before that crazy broad tried to ruin his marriage and life.
No, just no. She didn't throw herself at him. HE invited HER to dinner. Yes, it was a mistake to invite him in. Could have offered him coffee instead of scotch. One cup and out the door. She was naive. He was a cad AND a scumbag for having her fired by someone else!!
He wasn't a man of words, was he? Actually, they used each other. It happens more than we may realize. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". Sadly, many women today harbor bitterness instead of understanding.
He's a backstabbing dirt bag, but it takes two...she should have never put herself in this situation to begin with, especially since he's married AND he's her boss. Very poor judgement by both parties. He ended up exactly where he belonged. Excellent acting by all.
To me this episode is about a male perspective of what it's like when a woman feels rejected and humiliated for her advances. It shows the deep insecurities woman face and over reliance towards man's affection for their existence. It's a masterful performance. Regardless of whether he was wrong to fire her, her response is extreme and unstable nevertheless. This is my take on it.
@@Denisenoe : it was wrong, but it appears some people feel shame ans remorse when committing adultry and other acts. Some dont. Live and let live. She knew it wasn't for Typing. At least he didnt keep her around for more butty calls. No house n the burbs, no washing machine, or any other perks from matromonial bliss of that time. Poor girl just a few bumps in the night, in her house, in the dark😣
@@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755 I agree Lovely Denise. His conduct is unacceptable! It's appreciated how your passion and zeal to exonerate our beautiful fragile sister in humanity💖. But her conduct of baiting mr. Simple-ton wasn't wise.
Phyllis Thaxter was brilliant in everyrhing she ever did. She had a way of digging down deep inside a character and infusing it with nuances and depth other actresses never thought of. Her work stands the test of time.
And that is why Hitch cast her so frequently.
So underrated. After seeing the episode "Never Again," I was totally captivated by her. That one made me realize she was willing to truly become her characters, too.
I remember her in the Twilight Zone Episode “Young Man’s Fancy” - the one where she basically loses her husband to the memory of his late mother. Very sad episode. I don’t like to watch it because it is so wrenching. But she was wonderful in it.
@@jimlaguardia8185 As a kid growing up whenever her name popped up on one of the many series...I knew it was going to be good...just because she was in it. I was never disappointed.
Totally agree. She was an amazing actor. 👍👍
She was married to the president of CBS. She played opposite most of the big names: Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Gary Cooper, Gig Young And Many more. Played Christopher Reeve's mother in "Superman". She was a gorgeous "Plain Jane" type - very articulate with beautiful eyes. She was a wonderful actress who is missed.
"Played Christopher Reeve's mother in "Superman". Great info, thanks!
That woman is one of the best actresses I've ever seen. She did several of these and many other TV shows, but I never remember seeing her in any movies. Such a Great Talent!
Check out her performance in "Never Again."
Talk about your chilling cautionary tales 😩
you reckon she blew him?
Her fury is so heartfelt, wrenching, so powerful, that was a fantastic performance! I know I've seen her in another episode at least once, and I can't remember which it was, but she was damn powerful in that one too!
J is Scoobysmom Phyllis Thaxter was in a number of AHP eps, you’re right! The one most memorable for me was when her character was seemingly “channeling” a little girl from the 17th C-freaky! Wish I could remember the title but it was the first, mbe 2nd season.
The other episode she played the neighbor to a man whose wife was missing she reports it to police. Come to find out her and the man r lovers and she helped get rid of his wife. They get cold caught by police. I hope that helped you remember. She could've been in other episodes as well . That's just one I remember right now. If you think of any more please let me know to. Thanks in advance. Enjoy ur weekend. God Bless u...
Her great performance in the alfred Hitchcock episodes where fog closing in, murder me twice,the long silence, change of address, and nothing ever happened and more.
@@shirleybell9339 THRILLER THE LAST OF SLUMERVILLES GREAT EPISODE
@@grimtt I think it was murder metwice
For one to be lonely , in such a way it can be so easy to grab any advance from any body, that can ruin his/ her life. many people have made this mistake .
Very true.
This should be the training video of what NOT to do with co-workers!!!!
LOL. brilliant
Or an employee
Agree 150%
Many of the same actors and actresses, between the middle fifties to the middle sixties, were often seen in, Alfred Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, etc... Always great acting. A lot of famous faces. There's something about the old black and white shows, that I really like. They brought a kind of moodiness, and mystery. I love vintage. The Kraft Theatre Hr. was a good too. Thank goodness for Nostalgia TV. 👍👏👏🎥📺🎬☎️
Loved them all👏👏😍
Yes, wasn't an overage of celebrity.
Like now.
Watered down Tinsel Town.
Right. I noticed that too
Hitchcock wasn't American or fake, and Europe has a culture of romance and respect between men and women. There isn't the same anger and hatred like in the USA, with mass shooting incels and men who sit online all day whining on about women.
I've recorded AHP and watch and enjoy over and over
Phyllis Thaxter had the kindest face ever.
This is a great actress first time I realized just how good she is was in the part she played an alcoholic that killed her fiance in a drunken jelous fit in a bar with her broken glass after she had fallen and broken it.
Yes that episode was great..your so right!😊
Yeah that's the one I was thinking of. 👍 check out TZONE she made an exit out of the house after just being married, like no other.
@@glendaperkins9231 "Young Man's Fancy" is the episode. Her name is Phyllis Thaxter :)
@@angelluehring8660 thank you, my mind is definitely worked, I watch every last episode on a regular basis especially young man's fancy, she played the hell out of that one👍👍👍
I remember that one it was good she was great in that too
One of John Cheever’s finest short stories. He wrote and built the tension in this story.
Great acting! Phyliss Thaxter was a GREAT actress!! EXCELLENT in all the Hitchcocks she was in.
This was a powerful Hitchcock Presents! This short film shows how dangerous incredible loneliness is! I could see that the woman had some mental health issues. Why would she invite her boss into her apartment. They had a lovely appropriate dinner out. He is on the way to the train stop. She invites him up to her apartment and started telling him her weaknesses, fears and life story. I knew her sharing was not appropriate for a professional relationship. Then she couldn't stop hoping to dance with him and kissed him. This employee was disturbed she said she never had any intentions of revealing his indiscretion to his wife. She knew that he was a married man but her loneliness caused her to make poor judgments. Many men have the ability to compartmentalize their relationship with their wife from a one night stand. It isn't honorable but it is the truth for many. Her choice to put a gun on her boss after he terminated her showed impaired thinking. He was not worth going to jail over. Hitchcock and the actors truly were gifted and talented.
I agree with you. I was thinking the same thing. She knew he was a married man. I understand why he had fired her.
I don't think that she would have left it at a one night stand either way. He was a total lowlife for the cowardly way he got rid of her. The two of them hooking up was just a bad idea due to their work relationship,. The fact the he was so willing to cheat on his wife and her not caring about messing with a married man just made the situation worse.
Looks like a good episode. I've never seen it. It's particularly on time THESE days. It's wise to keep your work life and your social life separate. Above all, don't hit the sheets with coworkers. That's askin' for it BIG-TIME.
"Don't eat your meat where you make your bread".
I agree fully ..I separate the two
What a performance, a real actress.!!!!
Terrific Hitchcock as always!!!🎬👍❤️🇺🇸
Phyllis Thaxter was in a few of these. She was very good.
Thank you! I couldn't remember this actress's name.She is good. In a lot of Alfred's shows.
@@lionmann4042 You're welcome. Yes she was a good actress.
@Barbs' Bitches Nine? I remember a few. I was watching the show late at night and saw all of them. Now I DVR some of them. They are still only on late at night. I saw the one where she is an alcoholic and another when she is afraid to leave her parents after she is married.
I saw one of Hitch's yesterday where she played wife about to be killed and buried on property by her husband.
@@those_eyes I saw that. And one where she was an alcoholic who kills someone during a black out. And one where she can't talk or move and her husband is going to kill her. And more.
This is actually very sad. Men use women all the time, dispose of them when they’re through, and women are just supposed to take it. Here’s one woman who made it full circle. She can now go about living her life again...now that he knows how he made her feel- she forced him to feel that way too. And all the comments criticizing Iris- any one of us could have been her. But for the grace of God...
M&M I agree. However, we’re living in an age now when we women are as bad as men. Women use men all the time.
We cry equality but want everything our own way. To quote the band ‘Space’ ... 🎶 “The female of the species is more deadly than the male”🎶
Romans 8:11 : Yes, I would agree. Woman can be just as despicable as men any day of the week. Sometimes more so.
Exactly.
No wonder men
go crazy when their daughter(s) start dating. They don't want what they did to women coming back to them through their child.
Mmmmm that is why women have to know their worth and value, and not fall for every little kind gesture or comment. We do have a choice to make. We have to learn how to pay attention to red flags, and remove ourselves from a relationship or situation that don't serve us. Yes. Anyone can be subject to getting their heart broken. But God allow certain situations to take place in our lives so we can learn from them, and not repeat a viscious cycle.
There are many lonely women… but it's never worth it to develope feelings for someone who is married. Her biggest mistake was going out to dinner with him... a painful lesson that could have been avoided…...
The dinner I think was ok the invite for a night cap No!
Her biggest mistake was inviting him in her apartment, having drinks with him, and being intimate with him.
@@elizabethrouland4772 Right.
The fact alone that he was married should have made her say a definite no to dinner.
A free meal is a free meal. Inviting him up for a drink and sleeping with him was her big mistake.
"There's always another train."
When you’re lonely alone and feeling down having no family or friends predators always find you and seemingly give you attention and kindness you let your guard down and they dump you without any explanation I have experienced this and it was very painful and a but humiliating.
The man was going about his way in the beginning , it was the woman who asked him up for a drink . What a hell did she expect ? By the way . Phyllis Thaxter is great in every role she played.
Why would she expect to be fired the next morning?
I believe he asked her to dinner FIRST he knew she was vulnerable and I think she would've accepted no repeat of their intimacy but he was the married one.Than to compound insensitivity he fires her I would've blasted him and spoke to his wife
@@TawnyC_ Firstly I thought that Phyllis Thaxter was superb in this role. She really nailed. Secondly, the character in my opinion was deeply wounded and narcissistic in that way that she wouldn't have thought of any consequences to her actions. She was ultimately impulsive. I think this man represented to her all the men or the man who abused her and she experienced a flashback of it. (example of extreme PTSD).
He didn't try to apologize to her not one time....
She wouldn't have believed him for a minute, had he tried to apologize.
That guy acted out of panic -- as would many men similarly situated. But men who fire employees after having sex w/them are STUPID: that makes them MORE likely to snitch to the wife!!!!! Don't do it, guys!
“Theirs always another train”……love it!!
Left the tv on last night. Woke up to this episode. Love it!!
Lesson: don’t cheat with a married man, especially if he’s your boss!
Very true.
Also, if you're the boss, and you're cheating on your wife with a co-worker, DON'T fire them--it makes them MORE likely to rat you out to your wife when the time comes...
Lesson: married MEN don’t cheat on your wife! Especially if she works for you!! Fixed it.
She didn't deserve what she got but he got exactly what he deserved.
I was waiting for just that ONE shot which never came! Ms Thaxter a great talent.
Great performance 🎭...I loved it!😊 Thanx a lot!🌹
Come in for a drink means let's get it on. The actress was in a Twilight Zone episode about getting married to a guy that loved his dead mother more.
Metonymy1979 - She's been in more than a few.
@@janjISMYname Really? I just remember her in that one because she had an annoying mouth thing. She would move her mouth without saying anything. She kind of does it here but not as much. Rewatch the episode from the twilight zone. You'll never be able to not see what I'm talking about.😁
Phyllis Thaxter - a wonderful actress.
Metonymy 1979~ I love that Twilight Zone episode, one of my favorites. :)
Now if she had been a good lay, she would have gotten a raise?
They show so much of the episode I wish they would just show the whole thing!
He got the hell on so quick that he actually could give the Flash a run for his money🤣🤣🤣
I guess Hitchcock knew about narcissist.
Because he was one..............or haven't you heard that he forced himself on females working for and around him.................now imagine that fat ugly toad with his pants off coming at you...............yeah she likely got to see that numerous times..................so ugh....yuck..........and ick
Yes, she's certainly a Narcissist.
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It’s vile.
I agree with all the other reveiws She was quite an actress!!! Phyllis was superb in the part that she played. How many people in real life were in the same situation and could not help themselves. Sad that these things happen particularly to the less defensive among us.
I forgot the actors name but he was in”MILDRED PIERCE” with JOAN CRAWFORD.... EXCELLENT 👍🎬💖 PS ZACHARY SCOTT just remembered👍
Stepphanie~ I'd love to watch Mildred Pierce but apparently it's not public domain. :(
@William Hutchinson he he :)
Yes, yes...Monty!
thanks! I thought it may have been Lee Van Cleef without the mustache, but I think they were in a western together?
Love him!!
SHADY Hill. How appropriate.
She should have plugged Good Ole Zach like Ann Blythe did in Mildred Pierce.
This woman was terrific actress i saw her in thriller episode last of the slumervilles. Great actress
There’s an Asian proverb that says: Don’t xxxx where you eat.
Just look at how messy things are when you sleep with your employee - latest case being the McDonald’s CEO.
Jeffrey Zain I didn’t get the impression that he had slept with her. I’m not saying you were wrong. I thought her blackmail angle was that he had dinner with her, went to her apartment, had drinks, etc. since she admitted to being hospitalized, couldn’t she still of had issues relating to that?
Xxxx isn't a word? Could you tell me what you meant
@RUFUS T. FIREFLY thanks for your answer
@@chanel58style70 "Sleeping" with someone is just another way of saying you phuc'd her.
@@chanel58style70 It is obvious they slept together.
Excellent revenge ending….I loved that too
She was great in all the episodes she played in.
Wasn’t this based on “the 5:48” by John Cheever? John Cheever was one of the best writers of this genre.
Basic Instinct
Lonely...
LoVe Phyllis Thaxter! So great in this era of TV (Hitchcock, Thiller, Twilight Zone, etc).
I knew she wanted to invite him up. Lol.
THANK YOU!!!
Love Phyllis Thaxter!
Very depressing!
Phyllis Thaxter performed in a number of episodes of AHP, and she was always superlative. One of the great unsung actresses of the early television era, I love her for the quality of barely suppressed hysteria which always appeared, to a greater or lesser extent, in her work. And she could have given Bette Davis a lesson in how to smoke a cigarette onscreen! 😄
Sometimes you dont have to watch the whole episode to get it...but in this case dont even waste your time at all...real bummer
James Vickers yes, I need the context for this one
I always get phyllis Thaxter confused with Teresa Wright. They were about the same age ,looked so similar, and both did Hitchcock episodes.
..so true, me too.
With all due respect, he should have known better than to become involved with a fragile woman such as that. I was in a similar situation, only I never pursued her. I knew about her past, which included one of a psychologically controversial nature, and I could tell from various comments and gestures that she was not fully recovered. I managed to nip things in the bud, probably because she had already become interested in someone else, but the experience also changed me. Alas, I am not so quick to be friendly and helpful to those whom I do not know well any longer.
She didn’t say what kind of hospital that she was in. I guess he found out the hard way.
Well done...
"one for the road" was a good one
what a woman!
Her first big mistake was accepting the dinner invitation. The second one was inviting him up to her place. If you’re lonely find other ways of meeting that need. Community involvement, friendships, helping others….and if you do go out on a date, make sure they’re not married! That being said, she’s clearly not mentally stable. An earlier, more tame, version of Fatal Attraction.
Best show of 2022
not a darned thing she said made any sense at all with what happened he didn't get what he deserved at all she should have went straight to talk to his wife hahahaha after he fired her anyway that would have been what he deserved,. this crazy thing just means no one will ever believe her.
Interesting/entertaining. Started viewing 👀 these episodes 3 evenings ago-!!!🤗.
Superman's mother on Earth.
🌟This was just Brilliant!
But wait, it was her made the first move, wasn't it? She led him on first.
She definitely let him know she was interested.
Meh... I'd say he technically made the first move by asking her to have dinner with him but she *definitely* shouldn't have asked him up to her apartment, especially if she already knew he was married. When it comes down to it, they were both idiots.
No. He invited her to dinner.
This actress deserves an award ! Excellent acting, who is she?
Phyllis Thaxter
I love Hitchcock. This story I didn't care for
He didn't get what he deserved. Sometimes you have to learn to be content alone, and know when to move on with your life and let go. She needed healing mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She was looking for people to give her joy and peace. That's something that only God can do for you. And connecting to the right counselor/therapist. I pray people see what not to do if they end up with a broken heart when they watch this in Jesus name.
I agree. In my opinion she knew he was married. Women who are single needs to be strong. Do not let any man take advantage of you. She did needed to find another job.
It went deeper than that he prevented her from moving on to another job lm not clear they were intimate it was implied he could've been up front.She was lonely recovering from mental illness he preyed on her weakness.I like whatshe did but could've been arrested.He was a coward
Yikes, the good old days when nice apartments in New York were affordable for most.
Golly! Those are the same steps to Jean Arthur's apartment in "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" (1936). Gary Cooper presents her with a poem, and she reads it on these same steps. The set must have been around a long time.
Absolutely Brilliant!!
They should’ve both been fired. Definitely not just her.
So he ruins her life and she just makes him lay in the dirt?
I felt the final scene should have been her pressing his head, deeper in the dirt with her shoe, or is that too much?
He shouldn't have fired her.
She humiliated him. He is down in the dirt like the worm he is. He did not need to fire her.
In todays date he would have been plugged in the back of the head.
Her life wasn’t ruined. She could get another job.
Best show
This character was crazy the boss handled her firing in a very stupid way but having her continue to work for him was a recipe for disaster too... so now they both have acted very badly Seducing your boss is not a smart move for an employee or letting the boss seduce you either workplace behavior needs to be guided by your brain not your heart or any other part of you
Why would you invite a man to your apartment at night and a married man at that. She shouldn't have. She thought he would leave his wife, he didn't.
You must have see more than l did. They have dinner out, at his request. She invites him up (mistake, but she's naive, little knowing what dogs men are). They drink. They dance and boom. The NEXT DAY he fires her. Where does it imply ANY relationship between the two of them ??
Nice one 👍✨💕🌻
This lady is my Shero.
Been there, done that. 😜
Her fault.
Whoa, crazy much?
Thank you all commenters who love and appreciate the wonderful Phyllis Thaxter.
Talk about "mud in your face." 😝
Never date a co-worker is my motto at the same job
She deserved to get fired. She seduced her boss who she knows is a married man. He knew that it’d only be a matter of time before that crazy broad tried to ruin his marriage and life.
I think he was the predator
No, just no. She didn't throw herself at him. HE invited HER to dinner. Yes, it was a mistake to invite him in. Could have offered him coffee instead of scotch. One cup and out the door. She was naive. He was a cad AND a scumbag for having her fired by someone else!!
@@c.a.savage5689 She would’ve been very happy if he left his wife and kids for her. She engaged in sin and deserves her punishment.
A good portrayal of nonbelievers without higher purpose to live for.
Wow, all I an say is...
He wasn't a man of words, was he? Actually, they used each other. It happens more than we may realize.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". Sadly, many women today harbor bitterness instead of understanding.
Is James Blake's character played by US Rep. ADAM SCHIFF?😳
IS this how it ends, REALLY??
Yes. S 6 E 5 - The Five-Forty-Eight www.dailymotion.com/video/x5arga7
Wow!!! 😮 👏🏼
He's a backstabbing dirt bag, but it takes two...she should have never put herself in this situation to begin with, especially since he's married AND he's her boss. Very poor judgement by both parties. He ended up exactly where he belonged. Excellent acting by all.
Woman caused her own pain. Man shouldn't have cheated on wife. Sad consequences of cheating.
She looks SO familiar!!!
What about his train???
I don't get it.
To me this episode is about a male perspective of what it's like when a woman feels rejected and humiliated for her advances. It shows the deep insecurities woman face and over reliance towards man's affection for their existence. It's a masterful performance. Regardless of whether he was wrong to fire her, her response is extreme and unstable nevertheless. This is my take on it.
She reminds me of Laurie Metcalf
She invited him in and kissed him, is she mentally ill, not a normal behaviour 😳
He was probably ashamed of himself. 1950 fatal attraction🎉
"Ashamed of himself" should not have led to firing her!!!!
@@Denisenoe : it was wrong, but it appears some people feel shame ans remorse when committing adultry and other acts. Some dont. Live and let live. She knew it wasn't for Typing. At least he didnt keep her around for more butty calls. No house n the burbs, no washing machine, or any other perks from matromonial bliss of that time. Poor girl just a few bumps in the night, in her house, in the dark😣
@@fahimabemberry9756 Shame should have led him to do something GOOD for her --and his wife -- not something bad. His conduct is inexcusable.
@@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755 I agree Lovely Denise. His conduct is unacceptable! It's appreciated how your passion and zeal to exonerate our beautiful fragile sister in humanity💖. But her conduct of baiting mr. Simple-ton wasn't wise.
@@fahimabemberry9756 Booty call. Not butty. That's something different.
She was in,,What really happened that night ,,,,about a hangover,,,,,
I bet he wasn't going to sleep and fire another secretary moving forward.....she made him grovel and eat dirt....I Love a Happy Ending....ROFL.
she's crazy as hell