'A Portrait For Troian' Story Code '65409' by Scott Shepherd and Donald P. Bellisario Story by John Hill and Scott Shepherd

7th February 1971: Sam leaps into Doctor Timothy Mince, a renowned parapsychologist hired by attractive widow Troian Claridge, who believes that she is being haunted by the ghost of her late husband, Julian. It seems that Julian drowned in the family lake three years ago, and Troian’s fixation on her dead husband's spirit is now threatening to unhinge her mind. Troian’s brother, Jimmy, is sceptical of Sam’s credentials, and when the professor’s scientific equipment enables him to hear Al’s disembodied voice, Jimmy accuses Sam of trying to encourage Troian’s obsession. As Sam tries to placate Jimmy and avoid the disapproving stares of the enigmatic housekeeper, Miss Stoltz, he learns from Al that all the Claridges have died strange and violent deaths – and that in two day’s time, Troian is due to drown in the same lake as her husband…

Scott Bakula (Doctor Samuel ‘Sam’ Beckett), Dean Stockwell (Rear Admiral Albert ‘Al’ Calavicci), Deborah Pratt (Troian Giovanni Claridge), Robert Torti (Jimmy Giovanni), Carolyn Seymour (Miss Priscilla Stoltz)

Directed by Michael Zinberg
Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario

TX (US): 13th December 1989

Notes:
*Featuring Doctor Samuel ‘Sam’ Beckett and Rear Admiral Albert ‘Al’ Calavicci

*Series Creator / Executive Producer Donald Bellisario's daughter is also named Troian, and she appears in the epsiode 'Another Mother'