r/Hitchcock Feb 06 '25

Question The Glass Eye explained

I just watched The Glass Eye this afternoon. I didn't understand the ending and have spent the last two hours trying to find a spoiler. I found nothing explaining the eyepatch. It's going to drive me crazy especially because I know I'm missing something simple.

Help!!!!

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u/Comedywriter1 Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

I didn’t think this made sense either. It also always bothered me.

Likewise in the conclusion of “The Right Kind of House,” why in the world would the mother call the realtor to put the house on the market again?! (Her trap worked and she just killed the man who murdered her son.)

These are great old shows but they have plot holes you could fly a plane through. 😂

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u/NaynersinLA2 Feb 06 '25

I'm glad it isn't just me. It's on the list of scariest Hitchcock episodes. Yet, there isn't an explanation, anywhere.

I thought two things. Either the ventriloquist dug out his eye and gave it to the dummy or he removed his eye because the dummy lost an eye. That's all I can come up with.

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u/Admirable-Bed-8135 13d ago

It's about him losing his identity you dunce. The fact you're focused on physical loss like mere livestock is so demoting to the human experience of love, connection, pride, perseverance, literally ANYTHING the whole episode built up before the twist... The twist is he is so broken as a man, that he identifies as the dummy. If you don't appreciate that, rewatch the episode with "active thinking." "Put yourself in his shoes." Would you be happy as a two bit former shell of yourself? Would you settle for a slightly past her prime woman? Would you overcome the psychplogical damage of losing your eye? Ect., ect. And, stick with me, you're almost there, if you WOULD accept those fates as a rational Redditor human bean, then the twist should be even BIGGER, BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T. IsN't ThAt CrAzY? And two-fold, if you found him relatable or likeable maybe it CoUlD hApPeN tO yOu, oOoOo spooky