The Hitchcock episode was entitled “Lamb to the Slaughter” and Dahl wrote the screenplay, based on his story. It’s one of the better episodes in the series, IMO.
There are a great many foods in the UK that are truly delicious, but their version of a comfort food, Heinz Baked Beans, is bland beyond compare.
And most Brits that I know love it!
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I got a chuckle out of the statement that he was not a prolific baker.
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Theoretically choplifting🥴
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I love that story most for the phrase “which were not alive.” The lobsters had passed. They had gone on to their reward.
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I can’t help but think there’s a Monty Python line here.
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Pining, fjords…
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More like “these were ex-lobsters”.
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The NYT article about this (gift link):
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She was also evicted in December 2025 from her high-end $3500/month apartment building after not paying rent for over a year and owing over $40,000 in rent.
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How is she not in prison?
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She WAS for awhile when she was arrested after countless dine-and-dashes - there was a $4,500 bail bond she couldn’t pay.
But the rent? It looks like NY tenant eviction laws say it can take upwards of a year, based on “mandatory court procedures, tenant defenses, and case backlogs, often involving adjournments and multiple court dates before a judge issues a warrant, with a final 14-day window for the tenant to leave after the warrant.”
Now, the apartment WAS vacant when they changed the locks, according to the article I found and everything in there was to remain a minimum of 30 days (perhaps to be sold as partial payment of back rent?) So I’m assuming she never made bail and is eating the dreck they serve in Riker’s (which is sort of karma-ish). She’s also overstayed her visa, per another article, so I suspect she’ll be deported back to Taiwan. I’m sure Daddy Dearest will love having to deal with his deadbeat daughter again. 
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Some people have no shame.
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Pedro Almodovar did a riff on this plot in What Have I Done to Deserve This? It’s a great film.
