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Jake McElhaney, at Potter Realty, doesn't look at the eyes but into the heart. Or that is his own line for the company, and he sees not only a sale on the horizon but three…he sees the home of divisive twin sisters, Pricilla and Frances Packard, as a sure sale and separate homes sold to both of them as well. But as sure as the split doll that the two sisters couldn't share, once they set their eyes on Jake, could he be "split" the same way?

Obvious twist at the end aside (the split doll and the subsequent sexual relations with both twins should tell you all you need to know), the casting is lively and fun. Audrey and Judy Landers, as the very sexy twins and Jackson Davies, as the desperate real estate agent in dire need of a sale to keep his job, give "Split Decision" a charm and appeal. Quite atypical of The Hitchhiker, this is all comedy with none of the usual darkness often associated with the show. Only the fate of Jake is black in its comedy, as the twins fail to accept the ability to share him. Seeing Nicholas Campbell instead of Page Fletcher is quite fascinating as the titular introductory character to the stories involved in the long-running anthology series. Marlane O'Brien makes for quite the bully as a rival to Jake at Potter Realty. The macabre and eclectic variety of items in the Packard home, and Jake's attempts to get around them, as well as, the sisters' seductive methods to bewitch him are particularly amusing. Judy was always a fetching casting choice in comedy television and movies in the 80s, but she was mostly typecast as hot bimbos with low IQs.

Without a doubt one of the goofiest and most lighthearted episodes of this often very dark and grim series, this frothy affair centers on Jake McElhaney (an amusing and animated performance by Jackson Davies), a desperate and down on his luck real estate salesman who's in danger of losing his job. Jake thinks he's hit the jackpot when he secures a choice gig selling a home owned by beautiful twin sisters Frances and Priscilla Packard. However, Jake eventually finds out that the lovely ladies have a highly unusual way of sharing things that include the men in their lives. Director Ivan Nagy, working from a cheerfully silly script by Lewis Chesler, maintains a snappy pace and amiably tongue-in-cheek tone throughout. The punchline is pretty obvious, but still funny in a blithely twisted sort of way. Gorgeous real-life siblings Judy and Audrey Landers are extremely sweet, enchanting, and alluring as the Packard gals while Davies is a smarmy hoot as a charming smooth-talker who will do anything to make a sale. While this episode doesn't deliver on the program's trademark gratuitous female nudity, we still nonetheless get to see the scrumptious Landers sisters romping about in various sexy'n'skimpy outfits. Paul Hoffert's broad'n'bouncy score keeps things bubbling along. Francois Protat's bright cinematography gives everything an attractive sparkling look. Good dippy fun.