Jack Cassidy never achieved the stardom he craved, which is pretty sad considering how desperately he seemed to want it. Not nearly as handsome as wife Shirley Jones has always insisted, he was a leading man on Broadway, but the camera picked up something cold and slightly epicene, making him an unlikely leading man. He was best at playing smarmy con artists and smiling assassins, which is exactly what he plays here in this very dull episode. Too much talking between two characters in one room takes up most of the time. There's too much of Jack Cassidy's grinning teeth. Too much of Jack Cassidy making veiled comments. When fire plays a huge role in the plot, there's too much reminding us that Jack Cassidy died that way. There's a lot of cat-and-mouse, a few other characters, but it's mostly about Jack Cassidy attempting to create something out of nothing and not succeeding.
