![]() His bookending is humorously ironic and gels with the story with ease, with no sense of jarring or disjointed-ness. Hitchcock demonstrates perfectly why he was coined the master of suspense for good reasons. Harold J Stone is excellent too and his chemistry with Bel Geddes carries the episode beautifully. Bel Geddes' performance is a powerhouse in a complex role and one of my favourite individual performances of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. First and foremost, Bel Geddes is a revelation in an example of how to showcase an actor's/actress' talents by playing to their strengths, stretching them or showing different sides to them. Not to mention one of Hitchcock's best of the series as director. For me, "Lamb to the Slaughter" is absolutely fantastic and not just one of the best episodes of Season 3 (which had some great episodes) but also one of the best of the whole of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. ![]() The episode is one of the most talked about of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' and it's no wonder. ![]() Those that do so as well will not be disappointed by her performance here in "Lamb to the Slaughter". While there were fantastic episodes (that were season and series high points), such as Season 1's "Breakdown", there were also misfires such as Season 2's "Wet Saturday" (which also boasted one of the series' worst performances). This is true with his episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' as director as well. Although Alfred Hitchcock is one of my all time favourite directors, not everything he did was great and he did some misfires too. ![]()
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