The connection here to a malevolent supercomputer is not HAL9000 as many fans seem to believe, but a little known sci-fi oddity called Demon Seed, which this episode references throughout, down to the self-referential control of house cameras and arbitrary tie in to Zen ('Eastern philosophy' here).
Demon Seed had some wacky ideas, but all that was the result of some genuine mind-bending by its creator, the strange Donald Cammell. It was a silly thing, but convinced of its hallucinatory trip.
In context of 1990's TV, this is silly and without edge, directed as simply a taut thriller. It's better than sillier episodes of the first season, like Eve and Jersey Devil.
Demon Seed had some wacky ideas, but all that was the result of some genuine mind-bending by its creator, the strange Donald Cammell. It was a silly thing, but convinced of its hallucinatory trip.
In context of 1990's TV, this is silly and without edge, directed as simply a taut thriller. It's better than sillier episodes of the first season, like Eve and Jersey Devil.