This one gets a ten from me for a few different reasons. First of all, as I'm not the first to notice, are the subtle homoerotic undertones of the script and the acting. There had always been a gay presence in film and TV, but it wasn't always apparent on the surface. Many of the writers wrote the characters as such quietly and many members of the audience (both gay and straight) recognized what was being said, without perhaps the majority of the viewers even picking up on it. Hitchcock had already addressed this in what was (IMHO) one of his best films of all in "Rope" in which the two main characters were obviously a gay male couple (Leopold and Loeb) living together, though it was never explicitly said so. This episode would have also made an exceptional 120 minute feature.
Second of course is that it's an early Dick York vehicle and he's one of Hollywood's most tragic figures who deserves more credit as an actor than he received (Inherit the Wind comes to mind) and, when he was disabled and penniless, certainly deserved to not have all of his old Hollywood fair weather "friends" turn their collective backs on him so he ended up dying in near poverty because of their heartlessness.
Second of course is that it's an early Dick York vehicle and he's one of Hollywood's most tragic figures who deserves more credit as an actor than he received (Inherit the Wind comes to mind) and, when he was disabled and penniless, certainly deserved to not have all of his old Hollywood fair weather "friends" turn their collective backs on him so he ended up dying in near poverty because of their heartlessness.