Suddenly at Home

=Summary= Rigsby is fed up to the back teeth with Osborne, a tenant who’s a hypochondriac, and to make matters even worse Miss Jones is mollycoddling him by cooking his meals. While all the other lodgers believe Osborne is ill, Rigsby thinks he’s taking advantage of everyone, especially Miss Jones.

He confronts Osborne about it, but when the lodger collapses, Rigsby thinks he’s dead. He calls an ambulance and breaks the sad news to all the household. Miss Jones reacts to the news by calling Rigsby a murderer, telling him to keep his crocodile tears.

Rigsby wants to make it up to Osborne and give him the best possible send-off. He’s mourning his hypochondriac tenant, and begins wondering whether he should have been a little more sympathetic. Down in the basement, Rigsby shows Alan and Philip the cofﬁn he bought in a clearance sale. As it was going cheap he acquired it for himself, but feels it would be best used by Osborne.

Concern over whether the coffin will be too small for Osborne results in Rigsby trying it out for size. Alan and Philip joke around by closing the lid, but can’t believe their eyes when Osborne suddenly turns up. When Rigsby ﬁnally escapes from the cofﬁn, he thinks he sees a ghost in the shape of Osborne, and passes out.