Episode
The Ray Bradbury Theater: By the Numbers
Overview
The manager of a hotel pool drills his young son with military precision, leading to tragedy.
Details
- Series
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1992-09-11
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
By the Numbers is Episode 13 in Season 6 of The Ray Bradbury Theater. It aired on 1992-09-11. The runtime is 23 min.
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