 Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.In a moment of tragic irony, a harassed and henpecked businessman, Walter, faces death alone when he has a heart attack.The "Sydney Morning Herald" critic said that "Despite the occasional relevance of Miss Flower's observations, ironic or start... my natural inclination would have been to switch off as soon as I discovered that the play was in fact saying nothing remarkable, while seemingly seeking by every means to produce alarming discomfort for its own sake.