S1.E15

The Aerialist

Episode aired Apr 28, 1959
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30m

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An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.

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Trivia
It is impossible for a trapeze flyer to successfully return to the flyers' platform without someone to release the bar. When the flyer releases the bar to perform the trick, the bar flies wonky and must be straightened out by another performer and dropped at the precise for the flyer to catch it.

It is against the law in the United States for a trapeze act to perform without a net in case the catcher drops the flyer.

Goofs
When Mario completes the catch with his "father" who disappears, the catch bar is slowing down, when he tells his brother Rugerro to look at the catch bar it speeds up considerably.

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7/10

Trapeze Artist

Mike Connors stars as volatile circus performer Mario Petrusscio, who belongs to a family of trapeze artists, and finds himself at odds with his father, who openly disapproves of his young wife Carlotta(played by Yvette Vickers) who clearly has no respect for any of them. This angers Mario, and leads to disaster when his father has a near-fatal plunge during a show, and lays near death in a hospital. Guilt-ridden, Mario vows to never take up the trapeze again, but is unable to find other work, and with no where else to go, takes to the ring again to appease his father, who offers a most unexpected helping hand... Good cast makes this predictable episode work well.