Monsters - S01E24 - La Strega

Vito (Rob Morrow) is a young Italian American man who enters the dress shop of a young woman named Lia (Linda Blair), attempting to kill her. After she disarms and subdues him, Vito accuses Lia of being "la strega" (the Italian language word for witch). Ten years ago, Vito was very ill and his mother (Maria Tucci) sold her engagement ring in Lia's shop, which was once a pawn shop, to pay for a doctor. Lia had allegedly switched the rings, then cursed Vito's mother so that she became ill for a decade before finally dying. This prompted Vito to seek revenge, as well as fulfill his mother's dying wish to get the ring back. Lia says it was rather her mother who owned the pawn shop, that her mother was the witch, and that she herself is innocent. To prove it, she makes Vito promise to stay with her for two weeks, after which he may or may not kill her. Vito tries to kill Lia right away, but she morphs into a demon, his mother, and a dressmaker's dummy. Realizing he's trapped, Vito stays with Lia, but while he still suspects that she is a witch, Vito becomes attracted to her. He dreams of making love to her, but she again morphs into his mother - who accuses him of breaking her dying wish. Lia tells Vito that his mother tried to defraud Lia's mother by taking a ring that she hadn't pawned. Lia's mother had a vision of Vito's mother in horrible pain for 10 years, but it wasn't the work of a curse. Lia and Vito make love for real. When the two weeks are over, Vito meets Lia in the shop and shoots her. Her body morphs into that of a demon, then Vito's mother - who accuses him of not retrieving the ring, and revealing that Lia was actually right about her claims. After the mother dies, Lia reappears, and Vito returns the ring to her, telling her that he kept his promise.
Based on a story by Richard Russo.

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