The episode is based on 'The Boarded Window' by Ambrose Bierce, a classic short story first published in 1891. For some reason, the TV episode needs to place it in modern times by using a helicopter for a few brief, insignificant scenes. The whole helicopter bit could have been skipped and most of the rest of story would have fit in 1891 perfectly. I guess they had extra money in the budget that they wanted to throw away.
There is very little dialogue and a LOT of overacting. WIthout dialogue to set the scene, everything else is so meaningless that I had to read the original story just to find out what was supposed to be happening. Frankly, the story was vastly superior in that the TV episode was completely incomprehensible. Also, for some reason, the TV episode used a tiger, which would not have been available unless they were somewhere in Asia. In the short story, the cat was a panther, which could be used for several large American cats.
All in all, in what seemed to be an attempt at creating a artsy show, they failed to create anything at all.
There is very little dialogue and a LOT of overacting. WIthout dialogue to set the scene, everything else is so meaningless that I had to read the original story just to find out what was supposed to be happening. Frankly, the story was vastly superior in that the TV episode was completely incomprehensible. Also, for some reason, the TV episode used a tiger, which would not have been available unless they were somewhere in Asia. In the short story, the cat was a panther, which could be used for several large American cats.
All in all, in what seemed to be an attempt at creating a artsy show, they failed to create anything at all.