Others have commented on the similarities to an old Twilight Zone episode. That similarity was a deal breaker for me because I anticipated a similar ending. (In the Twilight Zone episode a man has a stopwatch that freezes time and all activity but his. Predictably it breaks and he is left all alone.) In this episode, May constantly harps on how she hates to be alone. Logically, I anticipated through the entire episode that the same would happen to her as that Twilight Zone episode, so I could never enjoy the episode on it's own terms.
Although that 'nearly' happens here, it is not the same. Nonetheless, even looking back at the episode it is unsatisfying because the main character is quite self-centered and unlikeable. If this were the Twilight Zone, she would have learned some parable-like lesson and changed. She did not.
Although that 'nearly' happens here, it is not the same. Nonetheless, even looking back at the episode it is unsatisfying because the main character is quite self-centered and unlikeable. If this were the Twilight Zone, she would have learned some parable-like lesson and changed. She did not.