Tales from the Darkside · SEASON 3

The Bitterest Pill

Episode 3 · 1986-10-12

★ 3.0
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Season 3Episode 3★ 3.0/10
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Episode overview

A boy treated poorly by his parents gets the upper hand when an eccentric uncle shows up and tries to convince the parents to finance him to develop his newest invention - a pill that increases brain power and memory. He has a stroke and dies but not before the boy swallows the one and only prototype, and soon puts his parents into the same position he was before.

22 minutes

Season 3 episodes