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105: '''Walking Distance''' ''[[1959]] [[October 30]]''
105: '''Walking Distance''' ''[[1959]] [[October 30]]''


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(First watched 2023-05-22) This one strikes me as a better take on the ideas of the previous episode. A man who misses the fond memories of his past gets an unexpected opportunity to revisit them, but in the end comes to know he has to be looking for the new fond memories of the future.
 
Also, I'll be damned, [[Ron Howard|Ronnie Howard]].
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106: '''Escape Clause''' ''[[1959]] [[November 6]]''
106: '''Escape Clause''' ''[[1959]] [[November 6]]''

Revision as of 17:29, 22 May 2023

The Twilight Zone (1959)

SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.


101: Where Is Everybody? 1959 October 2

(First watched 2023-05-20) It wasn't even an intentional part of the episode, but to me personally the most unsettling part of the episode was when this guy was walking around wondering what's going on and suddenly it all seems very familiar... dude is walking around Hill Valley, about 26 years before they filmed Back to the Future there.

Situations that test how people react to space-travel-like conditions is a realistic thing, though they seemed to take it a bit far in this episode, positing a moon trip with a single astronaut in an ultra-cramped capsule. Also, even in that situation wouldn't they expect the guy to have radio contact with Earth and thus not be in total isolation?


102: One for the Angels 1959 October 9

(First watched 2023-05-20) Mr. Death seems a bit of a pushover if he was that easily persuaded to go along with the unfulfilled dream of making a big pitch... but with supernatural entities, who can tell what was part of the plan all along?


103: Mr. Denton on Doomsday 1959 October 16

(First watched 2023-05-20) Hey, Doug McClure. Even in a fantasy anthology series, they had to stick him in a western.

If you ever worry you're naming a character too on-the-nose, just remember this episode's Henry J. Fate.


104: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine 1959 October 23

(First watched 2023-05-22) Didn't care much for this one. We see a past-her-prime actress who's obsessed with reliving the days of her past, and what's the moral of the story? If you unhealthily obsess over something, maybe you'll get what you wanted? I guess that happens sometimes... in the Twilight Zone.


105: Walking Distance 1959 October 30

(First watched 2023-05-22) This one strikes me as a better take on the ideas of the previous episode. A man who misses the fond memories of his past gets an unexpected opportunity to revisit them, but in the end comes to know he has to be looking for the new fond memories of the future.

Also, I'll be damned, Ronnie Howard.


106: Escape Clause 1959 November 6


107: The Lonely 1959 November 13


108: Time Enough at Last 1959 November 20


109: Perchance to Dream 1959 November 27


110: Judgment Night 1959 December 4


111: And When the Sky Was Opened 1959 December 11


112: What You Need 1959 December 25


113: The Four of Us Are Dying 1960 January 1


114: Third from the Sun 1960 January 8


115: I Shot an Arrow into the Air 1960 January 15


116: The Hitch-Hiker 1960 January 22


117: The Fever 1960 January 29


118: The Last Flight 1960 February 5


119: The Purple Testament 1960 February 12


120: Elegy 1960 February 19


121: Mirror Image 1960 February 26


122: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 1960 March 4


123: A World of Difference 1960 March 11


124: Long Live Walter Jameson 1960 March 18


125: People Are Alike All Over 1960 March 25


126: Execution 1960 April 1


127: The Big Tall Wish 1960 April 8


128: A Nice Place to Visit 1960 April 15


129: Nightmare as a Child 1960 April 29


130: A Stop at Willoughby 1960 May 6


131: The Chaser 1960 May 13


132: A Passage for Trumpet 1960 May 20


133: Mr. Bevis 1960 June 3


134: The After Hours 1960 June 10


135: The Mighty Casey 1960 June 17


136: A World of His Own 1960 July 1


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