Bryna Raeburn is just brilliant in this. She truly sounds as if she's lugging around 300 pounds and struggles to keep her breath. The plot of this episode is fascinating, in my opinion. It's apparent that some people really hate this show, but I find the idea of a woman who lives in her own head, even to the point of paying someone to give her fodder to daydream on, pretty interesting and sad. 

This episode definitely is rather kinky -- the second kinkiest episode I'm aware of (the first being "Star Sapphire"). Raeburn's character, Hilda -- excuse me, Hildegard (let's be kind to the woman, eh?) -- is, shall we say, sorely in need of a man and has a deep desire to be taken forcefully. Rape fantasies ("fantasies" being the key thing to remember) are very common among women, but Hilda doesn't express the feminine desire to experience masculine power in any couched terms whatsoever. She doesn't couple it with romance. She's talking r-a-p-e, and is disappointed when the woman she pays to give her dream fodder refuses to say (or admit?) that she met her boyfriend when he broke into her house and raped her. It's that last bit that freaks me out the most about this episode:  is that how Marian Seldes's character met her boyfriend?? If so -- wow. Whatever the case is, this episode is entertaining, interesting, and pretty clearly gives folks stuff to talk about!