... or for that matter the last part of the 20th century. I'll get back to that later.
The main plot is about a Korean War vet, Arthur Poe, who was not only held prisoner in North Korea but was held for several years after the war in China. I'm not sure how he got out, but here he is in LA and in a bookstore he sees a book, written by an old war buddy and fellow POW, Ben Sutton, called "Ordeal" based on the diary that Poe kept in Korea. Not only did the fellow POW leave him for dead when they escaped, Sutton stole Poe's diary and has written this bestselling book as though the thoughts and experiences were his own. Poe goes to Sutton's home and confronts him about the plagiarism and the money Sutton has been making that should be Poe's.
Complicating this entire issue is that Ben Sutton is blackmailing his wife and brother-in-law over an auto accident in which a person was paralyzed. The issue is not that this was a hit and run. Apparently Sutton's wife has been paying for the accident victim's hospital bills and surgery. The entire issue is that the accident was never reported to the police.
I'm just not getting this. Was there no auto insurance back in those days? Plus, even one surgery would bankrupt one person today who insisted on paying for things themselves. Was there no health insurance in 1960? The usual issue is hit and run where somebody doesn't want to be held responsible for the victim's bills. The last thing you'd care about is if the police knew or not. But I digress. But for that matter, this plot also digresses into this confusing 1960 California accident law issue.
So much time and energy is spent on this that it rather pulls the light and air from the main plot. Without this distraction this episode would be an 8/10. Without the very unusual ending it would be a 6/10.