THE SOCIAL CLIMBER is, yet again, a disappointment for fans of THE TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE TV series. Yes, it has a supernatural plot, but it singularly fails to be frightening, mystifying, magical, or amazing. It involves an ordinary who discovers an extraordinary power when he tries on somebody else's shoes and finds himself living their life. He soon uses this new-found power to the max, but there's a sting in the tale.
Everything about this story is sub-standard: the boring dialogue, the unfunny quirkiness of the situation, the lack of resolution, the poor twist, and the general poor calibre of the acting. It's not that it's totally unwatchable, because it isn't, it's just that it feels like one of those filler episodes rather than an episode with a proper story to tell or something to say.