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Review:
 Ever since Bobby Ewing came out of the shower,
I’ve considered a ‘dream’ ending a cop-out. In this case, I was relieved. While I enjoyed Ray Walston as the writer, and the antics the guys had
to go through, it was too improbable for me to accept.
The rigged electric cable and tape player in the elevator was too risky for me to buy – I can’t see this writer taking the risk of even a minor personal
electrocution. There were many other ways he could have set up attempts that wouldn’t have taken so much time and effort to set up.
 Also, there’s the scene where the Simons are tied
to chairs back to back, ankle deep in flammable liquid, with the candle burning it’s way to setting the whole thing ablaze. I can buy that the killer
would set up this rather elaborate death trap just to be faithful to a book, but I personally think the book was on the cheesy side. What would be the
motive for setting this up? It’s going to be obvious after the fact that it was murder, and a rather twisted murder at that. By it’s very nature,
it gives the Simons the chance to escape (very old complaint of mine dating back to the Bond movies).
I could have dealt with that, but the way the Simons got out of it would surely have set the liquid ablaze. They knock themselves over towards the candle.  No way it wouldn’t have been splashed,
fallen over, or whatever before they fell that far.
However, all of these hole are nullified by the fact that it’s a dream. Anything can happen in dreams, so why not have an electric cable in an elevator or
use a kiddie pool to attempt to fry two people?
Although it contains some elements that normally bother me, this episode just struck me as fun. Especially the look on Rick’s face when he finds
out the amount bonus A.J. got for finding Stark’s relative.
3 out of 5 Camaros
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