He purposely mixes a concoction of poisonous household liquids and drinks it, shocking Ethel, but it has no effect on him at all. After doing so 14 times, he concludes that the absence of risk and fear has made his life a dreadful bore. After Cadwallader leaves, he tests his new power by placing his hands on a hot radiator and finding them uninjured, then throws all his medicines out a window, to Ethel's surprise.īedeker uses his newfound invulnerability to collect insurance money and cheap thrills by hurling himself into life-threatening accidents. Cadwallader inserts an escape clause allowing Bedeker to summon him at any time if he chooses to die. After they leave, a rotund man named Cadwallader appears in Bedeker's room, offering him immortality and a near-total halt to his physical aging in exchange for his soul.
Walter Bedeker, a paranoid hypochondriac, is convinced his wife Ethel and his doctor (who insists Bedeker is in good health) are conspiring to kill him by purposely making him sick. One abiding concern about society: that if Walter Bedeker should die, how will it survive without him? Plot One preoccupation: the life and well-being of Walter Bedeker. He has one interest in life and that's Walter Bedeker. Afraid of the following: death, disease, other people, germs, draft, and everything else. It is "the story of a strange contract between a mortal man and his most satanic majesty" it originally aired on November 6, 1959, on CBS.
#The twilight zone movie series
" Escape Clause" is episode six of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1) 6th episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone " Escape Clause"
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