Very well done. If there were any sort of ironies is that the other Felix Unger, Jack Lemmon from the film version, just a few years later played a hapless drunk in 'Save the Tiger'. Randall was at his best in this episode. Very powerful and really a timeless tale of the woes of alcoholism. You had the whole nine yards , the white collar pressures, the social yen for a drink or two or more in a business situation, and of course the progression of a working stiff gradually falling into the abyss. I believe this episode like so many others from Mr. Hitchcock was a commentary on life as well as a lesson. I also liked the couple of touches of how little people cared for Pervis plight. The bartender at the hotel ultimately wanted some money when he should have cut off Pervis. Pervis coworker smooth talked him just to get some money back on money he laid out for Mr. Pervis. This episode , perhaps showed how people truly are wrapped up in their own petty little lives and perhaps , this is what led Pervis to drink. Interesting fodder. Just a wonderful episode but it was a little draggy at times. I can only imagine that this was a pivotal point in society , when ' The one for the road' transitioned to taboo and lets have a designated driver. I am totally guessing, but come to that conclusion because of Mr. Hitchcocks poignant monologue at the end of the episode. Never the less interesting and an episode to have a 'drink' to.... provided I am not driving of course.
Review of Hangover
