Catherine O'Hara cracks me up. She has a vacuity and a sincerity to her. It came through in the first two "Home Alone" movies as well as in "A Might Wind." In this episode she plays the beleaguered housewife of a postal worker. She lives in a trailer in some desolate spot in the country. She spends her days watching soap operas and carrying on a kind of conversation with the characters. While looking for Christmas decorations she finds what appears to be a 22 caliber pistol. She peer down the barrel, exhorting, "I hope this isn't loaded." At that moment, she falls off the box on which she is standing and shoots herself in the head. She survives and treats it no differently than if she had bumped her head. There is a hole there and her being alive is quite astounding. She also begins to hear voices. She carries on a relationship with a commercial picture on a picture frame. He informs him that her husband is having an affair with a woman he works with. Meanwhile, the injury to her brain seems to have boosted her intelligence (she was a dim bulb). She starts to read and begins to show skill in electric work. She modifies her vacuum cleaner to clean the house on its own. The picture frame guy gives her advice about her sexuality and her lack of commitment. He also continues to mention the woman at work. By the way, just to show how insignificant she is thought of, her husband tells her to have her head looked at by a veterinarian because he only charges nine dollars. When I heard that a Stephen King story was the basis for this episode, it didn't surprise me at all. A very odd addition to the Outer Limits canon.
