The Artist and the Lady/Elizabeth's Baby
- Episode aired Jan 17, 1981
- TV-G
- 1h
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7.1/10
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Dying Elizabeth Blake looks into her unborn child's future. Untalented artist Kermit Dobbs wishes to paint a great masterpiece.Dying Elizabeth Blake looks into her unborn child's future. Untalented artist Kermit Dobbs wishes to paint a great masterpiece.Dying Elizabeth Blake looks into her unborn child's future. Untalented artist Kermit Dobbs wishes to paint a great masterpiece.
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- Alfie Bass(segment Elizabeth's Baby)
- Don Ingalls(segment The Artist and the Lady)
- Gene Levitt
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- TriviaMichelle Pfeiffer and Eve Plumb, guest stars of this episode, both share the same birthday.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Megyn Kelly Today: Episode #1.257 (2018)
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This is Eve Plumb's show
Wow. I can't believe how well done the Eve Plumb story was. I didn't like her at all in The Swimmer and I can't even remember her being in The Seance. So I was disappointed to see her disembark, yet again. But wow. Her story was so well done, just the right amount of violins to tug at your soul. She totally became the character, the mother, pregnant, who will never get to meet her child.
There's a bit of "the Ghost of Christmas Future" here, and this would be corroborated by a silly drop in by none other than Santa himself. A very poignant moment to see Eve's character's daughter first played by the late Heather O'Rourke. What an absolute beauty she was. As a grown up, the part is then played by Allison Angrim, Nelllie Oleson of LHOTP, who did a solid job, too. The scenes between these two women, breathtaking, even moreso when Mr. Roarke adds the finishing touches to the scenes.
The other story bored me to the max. I found Michelle Pfeiffer just dull but her fans will love seeing one of her original faces. The weakest link for me here was the Irishman, just boring character, and the silly writing, a boring story if there ever was one! Why must it always be like this with this show. Anyway, the Eve Plumb story got to me even more than The Wedding (Roarke's fantasy). I don't know, I just didn't expect that caliber of acting from that woman. I'm impressed. Maybe she was miscast all the other times I've seen her?
All in all, this episode is probably closer to a 7/10 but I'm giving it a 9/10 because this story is just that good. I'll be sure to revisit, fast forwarding thru the sorry Don Most storyline. Nothing against him, but the best part of his dumb script was the painting on the wall. (And we get to see one of Tattoo's paintings, another highlight, as it was probably indeed painted by Herve V.) Don't miss this one. If you have an open heart, you will love it. 9/10.
There's a bit of "the Ghost of Christmas Future" here, and this would be corroborated by a silly drop in by none other than Santa himself. A very poignant moment to see Eve's character's daughter first played by the late Heather O'Rourke. What an absolute beauty she was. As a grown up, the part is then played by Allison Angrim, Nelllie Oleson of LHOTP, who did a solid job, too. The scenes between these two women, breathtaking, even moreso when Mr. Roarke adds the finishing touches to the scenes.
The other story bored me to the max. I found Michelle Pfeiffer just dull but her fans will love seeing one of her original faces. The weakest link for me here was the Irishman, just boring character, and the silly writing, a boring story if there ever was one! Why must it always be like this with this show. Anyway, the Eve Plumb story got to me even more than The Wedding (Roarke's fantasy). I don't know, I just didn't expect that caliber of acting from that woman. I'm impressed. Maybe she was miscast all the other times I've seen her?
All in all, this episode is probably closer to a 7/10 but I'm giving it a 9/10 because this story is just that good. I'll be sure to revisit, fast forwarding thru the sorry Don Most storyline. Nothing against him, but the best part of his dumb script was the painting on the wall. (And we get to see one of Tattoo's paintings, another highlight, as it was probably indeed painted by Herve V.) Don't miss this one. If you have an open heart, you will love it. 9/10.
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