Acts of Terror (The Twilight Zone)
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Acts of Terror is the forty-sixth episode (the eleventh episode of the third season (1988-1989) of the television series The New Twilight Zone
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Louise is cleaning broken plates off the floor after Jack hated the eggs she made. He had also apparently beat her as well. Then when he attempts to leave on a fishing trip, a doberman attacks him. He gets out to check it but the dog is gone. After he leaves on his trip, Louise has a friend over and she comments on how Jack beats her.
Jack returns from his fishing trip and he comments on the nice dinner Louise set up for the guests, Phil and Claire, they have over. While Jack and Phil are discussing some affair he's having with a woman named Denise, Louise overhears. Somehow, the sculpture disappears and Louise's rage gives it life. The dog attacks Jack in the garage but the police aren't able to do anything. Jack pushes her and she finally confronts him. The dog appears again, everywhere Jack tries to go. He escapes as Louise explains that she calls the dog, but the dog attacks him. Jack begs Louise to call it off and somehow it broke the sculpture. He laughs but it doesn't make the dog go away. Louise somehow controls the dog and makes it stop.
Louise packs up and leaves. Jack thinks he is going to attempt to stop her...but the dog reappears to protect her. She tells him he is wrong for what he did to her. She pulls away, leaving him forever...
The New Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.-Series history:...
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Opening narration
Synopsis
Louise Simonson is a doting housewife who looks for the daily mail. The mailman noticed a nasty bruise and says it could happen to anyone, but look after it. She excitedly brings in this mail from her sister to her husband, Jack. Jack, reminds her that she should fix his lunch...now! She reluctantly fixes her husband his lunch. Then she plaintively asks if she can open the package. She does so, revealing a black sculpture that looks like a doberman pinscher. Jack, of course, acts like the "big man" he is and thinks it's a dig at him. So he hates it.Louise is cleaning broken plates off the floor after Jack hated the eggs she made. He had also apparently beat her as well. Then when he attempts to leave on a fishing trip, a doberman attacks him. He gets out to check it but the dog is gone. After he leaves on his trip, Louise has a friend over and she comments on how Jack beats her.
Jack returns from his fishing trip and he comments on the nice dinner Louise set up for the guests, Phil and Claire, they have over. While Jack and Phil are discussing some affair he's having with a woman named Denise, Louise overhears. Somehow, the sculpture disappears and Louise's rage gives it life. The dog attacks Jack in the garage but the police aren't able to do anything. Jack pushes her and she finally confronts him. The dog appears again, everywhere Jack tries to go. He escapes as Louise explains that she calls the dog, but the dog attacks him. Jack begs Louise to call it off and somehow it broke the sculpture. He laughs but it doesn't make the dog go away. Louise somehow controls the dog and makes it stop.
Louise packs up and leaves. Jack thinks he is going to attempt to stop her...but the dog reappears to protect her. She tells him he is wrong for what he did to her. She pulls away, leaving him forever...