Dial M Murder

Year: 1954

Grade: A-

Country: USA

Director: Hitchcock

Review

spoilers… the finale (title felina which is an anagram for finale and also references marty robbins’ “el paso” which was the basis for much of the season) was the best episode of the series and you can’t really say that about  any other series off the top of my head. it was godfather-esque in its body count and final culling. the whole series is epic and wonderful. gilligan and his team (to which he gives a lot of credit) always did a good job with ratcheting up the tension, keeping the characters evolving, letting us figure things out, etc. it’s the gold standard for what dramatic tv should be like.