Building a TV plot around a game of Bridge is chancey at best. Still, 4-Star pulls it off, as we wonder whether Bridge champ Boyer will throw the card tournament to please his ex-sweetie Miles who's now married to Boyer's card-playing rival Elliott. After all, the Elliott-Miles marriage is shaky since hubby can't seem to succeed at anything, unlike the smugly successful Boyer. Still, Miles dumped the champ anyway for the beleaguered Elliott. So, if Miles can just convince Boyer to lose the tournament to her hubby, then his self-confidence could be restored and their marriage solidified. Trouble is Boyer still loves her, thus giving him reason not to lose and maybe win her back. Then too, maybe underneath it all, she still loves Boyer. So, with all these tangled threads, what will the outcome be, and more importantly, why.
Good thing the acting's first-rate, particularly Boyer's crafty smugness, which keeps us guessing what's really going on inside that rigid exterior. And that's along with little gems of thoughtful dialogue, especially from the cerebral Boyer. All in all, the half-hour's another thoughtful entry in that superior 1950's series. So catch it if you can.