The Trouble with Harry

Season 1, Episode 21, Aired
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Musical composer Tom Laskey is constantly bothered by his mentally challenged neighbor Harry, whom he looks down on with great disdain. After one of his tirades, he doesn't notice that the pilot light in gas oven goes out and ends up gassed to death. Tom finds himself in front of Judge Othniel, who shows him that Harry dies as a result of Tom having had him recommitted to a psychiatric hospital.''''The Judge sends Tom back as a street person only one hour before his death with the charge to save two lives: his and Harry's. But in the rescue attempt, Tom reports both he and Harry to the authorities and they are both put in the psychiatric hospital. While Tom is able to save his own life through his mother, he is left in the uncomfortable position of being both an advocate for Harry and finding a way to teach himself that he is indeed his brothers keeper.moreless
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      • The piano in the hospital is made by Heintzman & Co. of Toronto, an actual Canadian piano manufacturer with a rich history dating back to 1866, the year before Canadian confederation! Edit
      • Harry and Tom are sent to Angusheen Psychiatric Hospital. Edit
      • Unlike most episodes, Tom is not sent back to a time several years before his death, but to only one hour before his death. Edit

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      • (Judge Othniel concludes a phone call) Tom Laskey: What was that? Judge Othniel: Your mother. Tom Laskey: She has a direct line? Judge Othniel: Intervening on your behalf. Edit
      • (confronting himself at his front door) Tom the Bum: Wait! No! Don't go in there. Tom Laskey: Ah, I live here. Tom the Bum: I know, but if you go in there you, you're going to make a phone call you will regret forever. Tom Laskey: (referring to the phone ringing inside his apartment) It's my mother. Tom the Bum: No, I mean after that and I know because, I, I, I'm you and if you, me, go in there you're going to play the piano, you're going to make a call and then you're going to gas yourself to death and then you'll regret everything. Tom Laskey: What is it about this building that attracts so many people from outer space? Hit the road, loon. (slams door) Edit
      • Nurse Fike: How do you do it, Bess? Year in, year out, you're here. At least I get paid. Bess Laskey: Oh, ho ho, I do too. If you love the least of these, you love me. Edit

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      • Bible Reference: If you love the least of these, you love me. Bess is paraphrasing Matthew 25:40 (KJV) which reads in part Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Edit
      • Bible Reference: He who calleth his brother a fool will suffer the fires of hell. Judge Othniel is paraphrasing Matthew 5:22 (KJV) which reads But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Edit

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