A Little Help from My Friend

S3 E20: Tom goes away on a business trip and leaves Norman and Norman's insurance actuary friend, Rodney River, Jr., to stay with Eddie. Rodney is so filled with statistics on accidents and their causes, he finds peril in almost everything surrounding him. He is so nervous he even takes precautions against sleepwalking before he goes to bed. On the second afternoon of their baby-sitting duties, Norman and Rodney miss Eddie. They find him trapped in the apartment house elevator and then get trapped along with him. Rodney has claustrophobia, and Norman and Eddie must constantly reassure him to keep him from cracking. The trio is saved from the elevator's clutch when Tom returns early from his trip and activates the conveyance. Rodney, though shaken by the experience, has learned to conquer his constant fear and vows to try living unafraid.