This episode of PBS's 'The American Short Story' seriesis based on a story by John Updike. Your reaction to it will, in large part, depend on your opinion of Updike, and his long series of stories and novels that examined the conflict between how life was supposed to be and how it was in post-war Connecticutt. I was rarely impressed with his muddled characters who knew they were doing wrong by their standards, but who lacked the courage to either stop sinning or decide to absent themselves from that sort of life.
That being the case, I was not terribly impressed by this story, which consists of the reflections of a man who does not understand his motivations amidst the conflicting signals of the world, his senses, and his beliefs. He feels they should all be the same, tell the same story, and lacks the courage to understand that the stories are either false, or signs that they all form part of a greater story.
