I loved this episode, it was uncomfortable yet at the same time reassuringly familiar. I found myself thinking of the line from Alan Garner's "The Owl Service", 'She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.' This story evoked similar feelings in me as that book did 40 years ago, not quite scared, but really happy the lights were on.
Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.