frequent television guest star patrick oneal and broadway veteran kim stanley be the central character in a tale of unrequited love that have that typical night gallery stamp of macabre humor . oneal play a self center critic that share an apartment complex and stanley be one of his neighbor . try a she might to win his affection and stanley be repeatedly spurn by the sardonic oneal . even when she feign a fall on the staircase and all she can get from oneal be a sarcastic comment . the tide be turn when oneal discovers a spider in his kitchen sink . fear the little bugger and he wash it down the drain but later it appear but at a slightly large size . little by little the spider be grow and oneal be force to go to stanley for comfort and and in the long run and rescue . now and she have the upper hand for he be dependent upon her and she get to use his word against him and repeat some of the same line that he give her and only now there be an ironic twist in them . the finale be appropriately fitting and both actor pull out all the stop of their profession . brilliantly act and a fear of spider be a classic in a series that do not have that many .