Girls, "Just A Wall Away" Was Such A Hoot It Should Be Done On The Broadway Stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                           I had such high hopes for this episode, especially when I kept seeing these maniacally camp advertisements, with this woman menaced by a psychotic beans n' franks lesbian!  Works for me: I was ready to hop on board.

                             I also want to praise whomever was the actress who played the perp, identified only as The Neighbor, to protect privacy  of she and victim alike.  The actress doing the role--one I would have grabbed up--must have had a field day.  All she had to do was stand behind a wall, scream and carry on.  I would not be surprised if some of it was improvised.

                                The serious nature of it all consisted of Amy Neisis, a technical writer, who snaps up a charming duplex apartment, all things seem fabulous. Then she begins hearing her neighbor scream things from across the wall---"I want you dead!   I will destroy you!"  The best line was when she stands outside Amy's door, with Amy peering through the keyhole, screaming "I hate the United States Of America!"

                                  The actress played it with some kind of Russian accent.

                                    The basic thrust was over the course of four years--a period too long, in my opinion, for someone being harassed to stay--this took place.  The woman followed her in her car, laughing maniacally--another great dramatic moment, and left at her door, one day, clusters of boxes with  the word "Police" on it.

                                       You would have thought this was a perfect episode.  Like I said, it had its moments, but it really was not perfect, because it asked more questions than it answered.

                                         More is learned about Amy than The Neighbor.  Where was she from?  How did she afford to live there, and keep a car, when it seems she did not work? Disability?  Where are the mental health professionals; whey weren't they summoned to see she got help or meds?  Why were the neighbors in the complex so unwilling to get involved, when it bothered them, too.  In fact, it was not until Amy picked up and left that the trouble escalated with the other neighbors, and this sick thing was evicted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           How could the management, or housing association, allow such a thing?  Would they not be concerned about dwindling tenancy, and people moving out fast??????  The tenants there before Amy did!

                                              What of those boxes,the ones piled high by Amy's door, with the word "police" attached to them on pieces of paper?  How could Amy stand having them there for three weeks?
And how did the homeowners association permit it?  Why was she so passive and naive? If this had happened in New York City, darlings, I can tell you what would have happened. Either that nut would have gone down at Amy's hand, or she would have gotten the local crack dealer to rub her out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              And, by the way, this was not a rental. This was ownership. How could this nut own an apartment?

                                                 The ending you just had to see to believe!  It was right out of "Notes On A Scandal."

                                                  Yet the overall presentation was slow moving and dull.  With some tight dramatic construction, which I would be happy to provide, this could be the biggest lesbian hoot since "The Killing Of Sister George!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                                      And I would just LOVE to  play the schizoid (or whatever) neighbor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!