Whisper

Dean Stockwell was born to play strange characters, especially in his youth. In this one, he has pretty much given up his life to be the soulmate of a person with multiple personalities, played by Sally Field. He actually narrates the crazy world he lives in, trying to parse the idiosyncrasies of his beloved. She is an innocent one moment and an unpredictable challenge the next. She has a connection with graveyards and unborn things and he can't take his eyes off her for more than a minute. He wants her to sleep (probably so he can sleep) and tries to get a sedative for her, but the doctor he goes to isn't compliant. Anyway, this weird tale goes in fits and starts and we are never privy to the mind of the young girl. Certainly one of the strangest episodes of this series.

This "Night Gallery" episode from 1973 starred Sally field and it's worth a watch due to her performance. Sally plays a woman who hears strange voices like that of the dead in a different and rural country setting. The husband had moved them from San Francisco to the country to get away however the Field character starts to hear voices more and more and the husband seems to enjoy it as he thinks this will keep his wife around. The voices get louder and more common for the Sally character. It's like the land of the dead has risen to take this woman away for good! Overall neat and strange episode that's due for a watch because of Sally Field.

Until this time Sally field made solid career on series, on Night Gallery it was one most weak episode, playing a disturbing wife who used wears voices, Dean Stockwell as his husband try out helps her with any results, actually Irene is a medium and has natural ability to handle this matter, however the things becomes worst ever since, Stockwell had an outstanding acting, nevertheless the final sequence didn't work as expected, should be better treating as interesting subject, perhaps the writer could be asking for a best adviser in this field!!

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First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5

There must have been some pretty good drugs being passed around during the making of this episode 'cos it makes not a lick of sense, feeling more like an avant-garde piece of new wave French cinema than something from the man, the legend that is Mr. Rod Serling.

I cannot even begin to sum up the plot. Dean Stockwell, sporting big hair and matching big eyebrows,, regularly stops to talk directly at the camera for no discernable reason and Sally Field looks spaced-out throughout. I was half expecting them to start throwing spoons in the air while laughing hysterically and for the episode to end abruptly with the word 'FIN'.

Not every Twilight Zone was a winner, but none of them were as awful as this pretentious, incomprehensible garbage. I'm not at all surprised that this was the final season of Night Gallery given how bad this story was.

Sally Field & Dean Stockwell play Irene & Charlie Evens, a young married couple who have come from San Francisco to the Antebellum south in order to appease Irene's wandering spirit and troubled mind, as she has the unique ability to be a most suitable medium for spirits to communicate with the world. Charlie thinks this will finally cure her of her need for these cheap thrills, as it does seem to excite her, but as it turns out, she communes with one grave too many... Eerie tale may require multiple viewings to fully understand, as it is narratively ambitious, if not entirely satisfying. Still, Field is excellent in difficult role.