I just have been listening to this again (hadn't for awhile)...I do swear that Ian Martin (and this episode's producer) were taking "Elspeth Eric" lessons, from the psychology talk (well-done, IMO) all the way to the flute background music while Teri Keane's character is describing her marriage. But this one had a twist...an increasing crescendo from psychobabble to the possibility of "armageddon" at the end of the episode, underscored by the sound of the third act stopping completely, followed by E.G.'s outro.

I also liked, though, what seemed to be the main lesson of this episode: putting things in perspective.

The stuff we think is terrible and devastating: the soap opera travails, Greenhouse's son being "on strike" (I loved her so-1970s phrasing: "Big peace pipe has been smoked.") at his school, even Keane and Silver's marital issues...all paled next to what they were about to face. And I think that was the main "lesson" of this show.