living doll

(S07E24) "You were the one thing I thought I done right." -Ernie Dell

That's it, huh? It's weird, but I suppose it is possible to enjoy something that you don't like. It's too bad that this is what we waited all season for, but the resolution of the Miniature Killer story was far less imaginative than I hoped it would be. The identity of our killer ended up being just about as standard as it could get and nothing creative even seemed to be attempted. Very un-CSI like if you ask me.

Natalie Davis, i.e. The Miniature Killer, was indeed one of Ernie Dell's foster kids who just happened to be out of her mind. The "great" twist? She blamed Grissom for her foster father's suicide. Foolish I know, but there wasn't much else to go on I guess. I hate to say it, but I have to complain.

Bored on this lazy Sunday? Of course you are, so why not click here to watch the classic Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll" featuring the late Telly Savalas? In this episode, Savalas plays a man who isn't very nice to his wife or his step-daughter, and it seems his step-daughter's new doll doesn't care much for him, either. In fact, the doll is eeeeeeeeeeeevil. I mean, of course it is, this is the freakin' Twilight Zone. This episode was spoofed in the Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror segment "Clown Without Pity" in season four. I'm pretty sure the doll in this episode doesn't have a GOOD/EVIL switch on her back, though. That would have made things much easier.