Tales from the Darkside: The Bitterest Pill

"The Bitterest Pill" is the third episode of season three of the horror anthology series Tales from the Darkside and is the fifty-first episode of the series overall. It was directed by Bryan Michael Stoller with a teleplay written by Michael Kube-McDowell and Jule Selbo, based on story by Frederik Pohl. It first aired in syndication on Tuesday, October 12th, 1986 at 8:00 pm.