Every fan of CBSRMT has an episode that they love and an episode that they loathe. And this particular one is an episode I loathe with passion. I've heard this episode a few times before and I needed to critique this now than later. It's not quite a Fantasy-Mystery and not quite a Drama-Mystery. The only Mystery here, is to figure out what was going through Elspeth Eric's mind when she wrote this. Just to be clear, I do not hate Elspeth Eric's writing. She has done great works for CBSRMT like #0167-THE BLACK ROOM, #0458-THE INTRUDERS, #0736-THE THERAPEUTIC CAT. She's also done great adaptations like #0548-THE GRAVEYARD, #1013-THE GUILLOTINE, #1035-THE SPECTER BRIDEGROOM. But this one is a story with no interesting plot points, none of the characters are likable, and the climax & resolution ended too quickly. I feel sorry for E.G. Marshall that he hosted this episode. His job as Host was fine when he talked about Daydreaming in the Prologue, talking about mother nature at the end of ACT-1, money to burn at the end of ACT-2, and things that go "up in smoke" in ACT-3, but quoting Shakespeare at the Epilogue? Great quotes from the great William Shakespeare should not be mentioned in a bad episode. The music was okay, but it didn't add suspense. As for the sound effects, adding sounds of the doorbell ringing, birds chirping, dog barking, lighting a match to burn cash, and a car driving was suitable. The only sound worth listening to, was the loud breaking noise & the burning fire at the 38-minute 19-second mark. And finally, our cast: Marian Seldes (as the plain Mae Cook), Jack Grimes (as the boyish rebel Eddy the Ex-Convict (who might have been Lucifer at the end) ), Dan Ocko (as the unhistoric Man next door), and Bryna Raeburn (as the wealthy recluse Hilda Tipton). All 4 actors have done great episodes before, but like I said, all 4 of their characters were not likable, especially Hilda Tipton who has nothing else better to do with her life except procrastinate & daydream. No music playing, no exercising, no book reading, nothing to make her happy. This character is so evil, she's secluded like Annie Wilkes from Stephen Kings's MISERY, she's dominant like Nurse Ratched from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, and she's a "virago" like Baby Jane Hudson from WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 