Theodore Gershuny wrote 2 episodes of Monsters and 6 of this series, as well as directing and writing Silent Night, Deadly Night. Also: I will be jealous of him forever, as he was married to Mary Woronov.

This episode has some star power, as John Heard plays death-row inmate Billy Malone, who tells the story of how he opened a portal to another dimension using a silver hoop he found in his basement. Out of that opening walks Keena (Penelope Ann Miller in her first part), whom he falls in love with, only for Jimbo (Greg Thornton) to nearly ruin it all by getting him busted for murder after using the silver ring to steal anything he wants.

The reviews online are divided between those who love the romance and those who think it’s the worst episode of the series. I tend more toward the former.