Episode
Tales from the Darkside: Payment Overdue
Overview
Michael, a heartless collection agent, finds out that Jeanette doesn't quite understand the rules of going into debt, and has some unpleasant problems as a result.
Details
- Series
- Tales from the Darkside
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1988-02-14
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Payment Overdue is Episode 10 in Season 4 of Tales from the Darkside. It aired on 1988-02-14. The runtime is 22 min.
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