Recap
Tom arrives at the home where his wife Liddy is working in the kitchen at her grandmother's home. Grandma sics her dog on Tom, who manages to get past it and brings a large box into the kitchen. Tom wonders where Grandma is and Liddy admits she's probably upstairs counting her money. He shows his wife the dog bite and says he's brought a contribution to the home. Upstairs, Grandma watches suspiciously as Tom brings in Mister Muncher, a garbage disposal machine guaranteed to chew up anything. He dumps out a bag of bones to test it, and explains that he received the disposal in payment for a plumbing job. He hooks it up to the sink and then taunts the dog with one of the bones before tossing it into the disposal. The noise wakes up Grandma, who is trying to sleep up above. ..
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Analysis
Changes from the short story:
* The episode is greatly expanded. Tom is a marginally unemployed plumber rather than an office worker. Grandma in the episode has a hidden fortune. An ending of sorts is provided in the episode, while the short story ends with Tom coming home after ditching Liddy, and it is revealed the entire thing is a plot by Grandma.