Homicide

The Sniper (12x39)

: 14, 1975

26-year-old Jerry Fraser is is friendly with 16-year-old Francesca Carlotti, who is unaware that he is a psychopath. Her Italian father disapproves of their friendship and Fraser kills Francesca and her parents. Fraser then has vivid hallucinations in which he still sees the girl. Notes: Guest actor Maria Mercedes described this episode as "terrifying and bizarre - like a Hitchcock thriller. The ending is hair-raising".134 An earlier black-and-white episode had a similar title: 'The Snipers', episode 76.