*NEEDS PICS* Tales From the Crypt S2E7

 

Episode 7 "The Sacrifice"

Panning over the city along with brooding 90s ass jazz music to set the tone drives in a man in a snazzy suit entering an elevator. He holds the door as he sees a young attractive woman coming his way. In the elevator he makes an effort to make small talk with her during which he brags how he is a salesman alright and a damn good one. Good to know.

He arrives to a door to man named Mr. Fielding who greets the elevator dude as Mr. Reed. This client is an older fellow. A vulgar fellow. He is rich as fuck and he sure has the mouth of a sailor but of course this dude has to be professional. They both take a look on their balcony and head back inside to talk some business.

Mr. Fielding says despite he got referred to him he still wants to shake down Reed. He's kind of a pompous ass but despite his rambunctiousness, he was able to see him insurance. Shortly after the deal is made, his wife comes in and huh what a surprise, it's actually that pretty woman from the elevator. Reed is awe stricken by her beauty but still tries to play it cool and takes his leave.

Some unknown time later the missus decides to drop by Reed's boat house in the morning as he name dropped his "Wine Not" boat name in passing conversation. He is all the more intrigued. Very little words get even spoken and before you know it, they are having an affair.

Nothing to see here, folks.

Post coital time, as they are cuddling she inquires on what made him decide to live on a boat. He simply says it's cool so yeah. Without skipping a beat, he cuts right to the chase and implies that since her husband upgraded his life insurance, how about cashing it in...if you know what I mean? This dude is so smitten with her. Barf.

Come night time Mr. Reed comes a knockin' on Mr. Fielding's door to celebrate with some champagne. The husband is happy in the balcony and none the wiser that his wife is totally eye fucking Mr. Reed from across the room to signal that it is time!

So he joins Mr. Fielding in the balcony and just like that he yeets him off. Boi it sure is a long way down. 

After he gets turns into a tortilla, Gloria is like..."K, I'll call the cops now and try to act hysterical."

Not too long later the detectives arrive at the penthouse to have a chat with her in which one them informs her that her husband planned to take out a 10 million dollar life insurance with her as the sole beneficiary. Keyword: planned. Since it never got finalized, she don't get shit.

After the detectives take their leave, is when Mr. Reed emerges from the shadows to join her on the couch. They both breathe a sigh of relief that due to the onset on finalization of that insurance plan would surely eliminate the wife as the suspect. In fact, they are ready to file his death under "death by misadventure". They both agree to follow through with the rest of their plan to have a cool down period with their interactions and slowly build up public appearances to make it look like they have an organic loving relationship. Because wanting a little murder to bring them together doesn't quite slip off the tongue very well.

"I love you."

Oh fucking barf. But yeah they both have one last horizontal mambo before taking their little break. 

EXCEPT!!!!!

Before they can even start humping each other like love sick goofs, they hear a ring on their door. Mr. Reed rushes to the door and is greeted by Mr. Jasper, his boss. He is a dark character with a low talking voice so you know he means business. He is quick to offer his condolences with the widow and wants to makes his presence known to see how she is doing before he takes his leave. 

However, Mr. Reed finds it a bit suspish that Mr. Jasper was so quick to find out about the dude's death because...it literally just happened. He claims that the police told him. 

As soon as Gloria walks in, it brings such an intense reaction. Intense as in hostility and tells him to GTFO.

Noticing Reed's confuzzlement, before he can even ask, Mr. Jasper decides to answer anyway claiming that they used to be friends that is until he introduced her to the man she would later marry. He was and is so in love with her still that he revealed that in order to stay close to her, he rented a place just across the street from them. He even wanted to document her comings and goings, hey he even bought a fancy ass camera to take some better pics when she would appear on her 15th floor balcony.

This is when Reed's face drops when he gets the implication. Now he has both of their attention. 

Mr. Jasper proceeds to explain in 100% accuracy each and every detail leading up to the murder. Gloria calls bullshit but Jasper is quite convincing when he says that he actually does have the pictures. In fact he has 2 sets: one for them and the other for his lawyer.

Ok, so it sounds like blackmail, so how much does he want?

Quite simple, actually. He does not want money. He wants Gloria.

He tells him to go fuck himself but he automatically shows him the envelope and sure enough, the proof is in the pudding. That fucker does indeed have the photographic evidence. So with they metaphorical hands tied, the deal is made. Gloria is in Jasper's grasp from dusk to dawn.

Mr. Reed is ruminating in everything that has happened from the late Mr. Fielding's comments on this city being run on BS, to the murder, to Mr. Jasper and of course, his juan troo luv, Gloria. Poor dude is in torment. 

Gloria enters the penthouse but she looks so worn down and defeated. She tells him the shit Jasper made her go through like hiring random people watch them do the dirty. She cries in his arms as she says that 3 months has passed since that fateful day and despite the dude's protests to put a stop to it, she claims this is the only way to ensure they both don't rot in prison. They both sink in defeat.

The next night (or whenever idk) Gloria comes back from another excrutiating night, she comes home to find him gone. She figures that he is on his boat so she sonic runs all the way over there. Upon returning, she finds Reed has OD's on pills and with him barely conscious, he hands her a note to "set her free".

The note in question is a suicide note which doubled as a confession to murdering Mr. Fielding, clearing the widow with nothing to do with it whatsoever. Gloria automatically takes a lighter to destroy it with the parting words.

"Thank you my dumb, dumb darling."

u w0t m8?!?!?!?

Gloria casually walks into the passenger's seat of a car. Not just any car...wait for it...Jasper's car. Upon confirming that Reed did indeed kill himself sealing the ultimate plan that not only eliminating the husband but keeping the murder secret along with the murderer also dead. Dead men tell no tales. 

So now they both can live murdily ever after and they ride off in the what will eventually be a sunset.

Episode 8 is next.