What happens
Charlie Boyle, a security guard at the Brookside atomic laboratory, recounts how a mouse named George, whose family lives inside the lab, comes to him to complain about a trap outside their door. Charlie is sent with the request to the security supervisor, Mr. Adams, who is busy and skeptical. Mr. Adams is finally confronted with the talking mouse himself, and the matter escalates beyond the lab. This episode of X Minus One is based on the story Chain of Command by Stephen R. Donaldson, and aired on November 21, 1956.
The Brookside atomic laboratory, where George and his family live, and later Washington, D.C.
Characters: Charlie Boyle, George, Clara, Mr. Adams
Listen for: The moment George first speaks to Mr. Adams and the reactions of the officials who hear him.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.