This is my forth favorite tale in the series, the plot line is uncannily similar to the 80's horror film "Blood Dinner" where humans are on the menu. The episode isn't really so much a horror though there is an element of it, it's more like a black comedy.
Judd Nelson is solid as antagonist Gaston as you can tell just like the floors he cleans his psyche isn't clean. This guy is a psychotic slime that is just slithering his way to take Fred's business and life. Art Laflour is also good as the fellow cop, he has this dry comic tone to him. Bess Armstrong is good as Fred's wife there is a good back and forth between both Fred and her.
However to me what I really liked is Christopher Reeve one of my favorite actors and I'll admit I was really surprised he would even be in an episode of this show, but then again there are a lot of other things I'm a little surprised certain actors are in.
I really liked his character whom is a man with big dreams but just a lot of bad luck. Let alone he's probably barking up the wrong tree using squid as a sole selling point (he probably should've made it a sea food restaurant like Ivar's). He really does have potential to make it he just needs a chance, and he gets it in one hell of a way. We can see that Fred is morally conflicted with the new position he's been given, where he is enduring success beyond his wildest dreams despite the dire price paid.
And of course things get really hot when we see Gaston gets greedy and then seizes an opportunity to go into business himself. But as an old saying goes it's a dog eat dog world.
Rating: 4 stars