I thought "Crazy Diamond" was a compelling show, right up there with the best of the other "Electric Dreams." I only had one problem, which is how Jill dumps Ed at the end.
Ed's boss is holding a gun to Jill's head, threatening to shoot Jill, unless Ed uses the QC gun/vacuum to vacuum out Jill"s consciousness. Meanwhile, Jill is begging Ed not to do it; but if Ed had point-blank refused, then Jill would be dead. By going along with his boss, Ed arguably saves Jill's life, since he gives her time to get a gun and kill the boss. Nevertheless, she judges him harshly and elopes with his wife, which seemed like a sop to the LGBT movement.
The fact that Jill and Ed's wife take over what was Ed's dream seems deeply unfair. Ed's wife, after all, was considering turning in her husband to the authorities, and she considered Ed's dream to be a farce. So it doesn't make any sense that she gets rewarded at the end.
I think if Ed had been allowed to sail off by himself at the end, while Jill and Sally went to Vegas or somewhere, would have been a much more satisfactory ending. But except for the ending, it was an entertaining story. The acting by Ed's character and especially Jill's was superb.
Review of Crazy Diamond
