"Tales from the Crypt" Retro Recap: "This'll Kill Ya"

Written by Scotty

There are so many people in places of position because they know the right people and are willing to use those bonds to get ahead.  But it does not end there as contracts are handed out using the friends scale and not who will do the work the best and fastest.  Business all has to do with politics and this has not changed in the past fifty years and will not ever change as long as the machine keeps running.  If you are granted something based on the person you know and not the work you do, make sure that you take it seriously, as eventually you will be figured out and replaced with someone that can do it the right way.

Working in a research lab, George Gatlin has taken the reins on the new H-Cell project, well at least he's been telling the press that he has.  In his new press release, George tells the world that the new project will revolutionize the way they see medicine and be able to move diseases straight out of the body.  With this being true, George feels like he is doing the right thing, but what he did not tell the press is that they do not know how to stop the process and the patient could die from the over production of cells. 

When his employees read this, they become fed up with how egotistical their boss is and want to try and find a way to make him come back down to earth.  Although Sophie and George were a thing once, she has decided to steer clear of him since she knows who he really is, while Pack is just flat out fed up with his actions.  Pack and Sophie are the true minds behind the H-Cell program and are working tirelessly on making a way to stop it, but that is still sometime in the future and at this point, they are not ready for human testing, or are they?

Wanting to prove that the vaccine works, they inject George with it and watch as their boss starts to suffer. Without an antidote available, George is faced with what he will do with his final hours and while trying to drink his sorrows away, he starts seeing tumors rising up on people that are not sick.  Knowing that his time is short, George wants to get one more run with Sophie in before becoming a dead patient, but when he hears Pack calling and admitting to what happened to him, his rage cannot be stopped.  Going back to the lab in the morning, George kills his best scientist without knowing what really happened to him.  Dragging Pack’s body to the police station, George admits to the crime, but wants them also to know what has been done to him.  Feeling like he is justified in his actions, he is shocked when Sophie shows up and delivers the news of what has actually been done.

There are some people out there that just don’t live in the world that the rest of us do and when the rules do not seem to apply to them, something must be done to bring them back down to earth.  This story tells that completely, but it also takes into account what someone’s reaction would be to having this done to them and that is the scary thing as you never know what someone will do when facing their own mortality.  Starring Dylan McDermott as George Gatlin, Sonia Braga as Sophie and Cleavon Little as Pack, this tale takes you into the inner psyche of a man dying, or at least thinks he is dying and wants to make the best of his last moments above ground.  You might want to think twice about playing a trick on your boss or a good friend, especially if you do not know what they are capable of.  Until next time kiddies, Stay Scared.

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