Night Gallery: The Messiah On Mott Street/The Painted Mirror

The Messiah on Mott Street is probably the worst story I've seen on this show or Twilight Zone.

It fails on every level. It's manipulative, cliche, predictable inane, and incredibly boring. It is overly long, and fails to create any mood, with a corny, predictable ending.

How did something this bad get made?

Max Baloney has no soul.

Serling was clearly influenced by Bernard Malamud (specifically his story Angel Levine) and Isaac Bashevis Singer in his writing of this story. Edward G. Robinson turns in a brilliant and touching performance.

Both parts were horrible and sent terrible messages. I don't want to give anything away, but I felt sorry for the boy in the first piece and felt the old man was irresponsible and cruel for not finding him a better place to live. Even a bad foster home is better than living in poverty as a servant for your senile grandfather. And the second episode also seemed to celebrate cruelty, which was not in any way justified. I have a hard time believing Rod Serling contributed much to this episode because it was just so far removed from his usual message.

Edward G Robinson gives an extraordinary performance that assures us, there is a Messiah.

I remember how that woman scared me when I was 11, and was happy when she.....

no spoilers here.

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Season 3					All
15	Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure th...	25:52	05/27/1973
14	The Doll of Death	25:52	05/20/1973
13	Whisper	25:53	05/13/1973
12	Death on a Barge	25:54	03/04/1973
11	Something in the Woodwork	25:54	01/14/1973
10	The Ring With The Red Velvet Ropes	25:55	01/07/1973
9	She'll Be Company For You	25:55	12/24/1972
8	Finnegan's Flight	25:53	12/17/1972
7	Fright Night	25:54	12/10/1972
6	The Other Way Out	25:54	11/19/1972
5	You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millik...	25:54	11/12/1972
4	Spectre in Tap-Shoes	25:52	10/29/1972
3	Rare Objects	25:50	10/22/1972
2	The Girl with the Hungry Eyes	25:54	10/01/1972
1	The Return Of The Sorcerer	25:53	09/24/1972
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