I enjoyed the nostalgia and whimsy of this episode, and who can resist a sappy ending like this when it is oh, so true that it is the people, not the possessions in our lives, that make our lives whole. In essence, the sequence where the prof realizes he has riches but has lost his wife along the way, is akin to a kidnapping; he willingly pays the ransom to help ensure that the most valuable, irreplaceable part of his life remains in it. And, at the end of the day, no matter how much sits in the bank, or what kind of motorcar is in the garage, a slice of pie with a soul mate is priceless.

The pipe smoking angle was weird to me. The doper prof didn't have his own pouch but was still preaching new visions of the future. The poor prof had the wacky pouch, but one of his time warps was backwards; he didn't remember his speech and lost four hours. I do recognize that hort term memory loss, in addition to hallucinations, can each result from an altered mental state, but I thought the backwards time lapse was just an unnecessary red herring. It woul have been more consistent if it were reversed; if she said it was dinnertime and he said that he had already given his speech, like what happened with the prescription.

Kaliban and Keane did a great job with their voices as interchangeably old and young characters.


Now I've read others' comments. Someone pointed out that these dramas about how love is more important than money often come from the affluent. That makes perfect sense. People that have money but no love are generally unhappy, and may imagine that they could get by on love and pie to exorcise their woes and relieve the pressure. People without money often imagine what their life would be like if they had it. People without love do the same thing.