Alfred Ryder stars as convicted and condemned murderer John Marriott, who is on the gallows awaiting to be hanged, desperate and scared for it to be stopped. He strangely gets his wish when the noose breaks, and after Marriott claims to have seen his true cause of death(not hanging) becomes jubilant and defiant to the authorities, who are indeed unable to hang him! He will however not escape justice, as an ironic and abrupt fate awaits him much sooner than he thinks... Ryder really lets loose here, giving one of the most distinctive performances in the series, which makes his must deserve comeuppance at the end especially satisfying.
