Worst of Escape?

When I started this blog, I knew that I would run out of Escape episodes long before I ran out of Suspense episodes, and that time is approaching.

This morning, when I was browsing through potential  Escape episodes, I realized that I only had fifteen left on my "Best of Escape" list.

Meanwhile, my "Worst of Escape" list has over twenty-five episodes and keeps growing. My intent with this site was to showcase Escape in its best light; I do not want to post episodes that are boring or badly done. Instead, I will post "A List of Episodes to Avoid." We've already done this over at Suspense Television because we wanted to focus on the good stuff... and some of those Suspense television episodes are truly awful.

Aside from my current lists of "best" and "worst," there are about forty episodes that are not yet in either category. There is still a lot of material to consider. 

While I am doing that, please feel free to send me your picks for the worst episodes of Escape. You can either post them as a comment below or e-mail them to me.  Perhaps we can come up with a clear winner for the worst. For some time, my top pick has been "The Loup-Garou," but the self-parody of "Misfortune's Isle" runs a close second. "Sire de Maletroit's Door," "The Fugitive," "Benchilllina and the Fisherman," plus Escape's dull adaptation of "Pollack and The Porrah Man" also rank high among  my picks for their worst.

In the meantime, on with the show...

-Christine

Comments

[Michael Hoskin]

I've never felt that Escape had that many episodes which were hard to listen to. I agree with you on "Loup-Garou," but I personally love "Sire de Maltroit's Door" and "Pollack and the Poorah Man." To each his own.

[cmillinsf]

Hi Michael,
See, this is why I asked for feedback. We all have different opinions on these things. By the way, I agree that "Pollack and the Porrah Man" is a good adaptation from the short story, but the pacing of the episode is the problem that gets in my way.
Thanks,
Christine

[Ted]

"The Return" is a great story up to the last line, which seems rushed to me and therefore a bit anticlimactic. Your thoughts?

Regs,

Ted

[Mike Hobart]

Ooh, this is a touchy area.

The worst episode on someone's list is likely to turn up on someone else's best list.

I read one of those World's Worst Movies books once and they included several of my favorite films.

[cmillinsf]

Hi Mike,
True... but I still don't believe that "The Loup Garou" is on anyone's list of favorites. I also think that "Misfortune's Isle" is offensive, and I can't recommend it.
Now, here's the thing, writing up Suspense episodes is easy, but writing about Escape episodes is a lot of work. If I don't like an Escape episode, well then it just kind of hangs there on my list week after week after week. So, now I'm trying to figure out what to do about that.
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As for the question from Ted about "The Return," the ending doesn't bother me. The guy was in a parallel universe for a while...and a different perception of time is understandable. Kathleen Hite's scripts aren't usually to my liking, but I think that "The Return" is memorable. - Christine