An early assignment for director Robert Altman,
who gave us M. A. S. H. And the rest is history.
Altman handles his cast well, particularly old pro Josephy Cotten, who you have to admit is the whole show here.
This is TEXTBOOK Hitchcock black comedy, albeit for the small screen. We all watched this one as kids, and its still fun. Cotten has a good thing going --for awhile --with a young gal friend(played by Christine White), except she's getting serious about their relationship and he's most not.
I especially like what the last reviewer wrote; "Why buy the cow when the milk is free?" TRUE. Cotton, as much as he would like to dump his wife, has second thoughts -- And just like that he kills the "other woman" and gets locked in his office with her body. What a Hitchcock fate!
You DO NOT want to miss what happens next. Another fine example of the eternal question... "what would you do if you were in his shoes?" Extremely well written, a classic act episode.
To note, Robert Altman owed a lot to Alfred Hitchcock who basically "gave him a break" and hired him to direct a few episodes of his legendary tv show. Prior to this, Altman had worked on independent film projects, also industrial and short films. He does a super job here. From SEASON 3 remastered dvd box set.