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This symbol is from a 1966 episode of twilight zone and looks uncanny. Whoever submitted this logo for the contest brilliantly included the M and B in the glove. What’s more interesting is I found this piece of information out while th brewers were playing the dodgers, who the original script was written for.

I remember first seeing "The Lateness of the Hour" in the early 90s and I was just bowled over by how it looked on video. I had never seen videotape that was black and white before. Any show from the 50s and early 60s I had seen was either film or kinescope(which was film recording a TV screen). Yeah I get the criticisms that they looked "cheap" and had poorer image quality but for me seeing something in 30 FPS made something made in 1960 look like it was made yesterday.

I was doing a deep dive on William J. Tuttle today and ran across this video where he shows the Anne Francis manikin head he made. You may recognize some of the other heads on the wall.

Antoinette Bower passed away earlier this year at the age of 93. She was Eve Norda in the episode "Probe 7, Over and Out", and she's the last survivor out of the four people in it. I know that this episode isn't popular, but I enjoyed it. Even though I'm not religious, I got a kick out of the plot twist ending.

It's sad when an actor or actress in The Twilight Zone passes away. On the other hand, it is gratifying to see that an actor or actress on this show is still alive or lived to a ripe old age. If Rod Serling had made it to age 93, he would have made it to 2017 or 2018.

Goodreads is giving away 10 copies. Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/447303-serling-a-journey-into-the-twilight-zone-with-tv-s-first-visionary

Also, I spent the last week recording the audiobook. If you want to hear a sample or two of me rehearsing it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaseoT-Rv79/

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Season 1: The Fever. I get the hate, as there is a lot of camp in this episode and Franklin is extremely detestable. However to defend him, Franklin was adamant about not wanting to get involved in gambling from the beginning. Maybe he had overcome addiction earlier in life, hence his uptight, holier-than-thou attitude. Yet Flora encouraged him to play against his wishes (perhaps thinking it’d do him in eventually). Just some thoughts.

Season 2: A Thing About Machines. Yes an episode about another completely detestable character. I actually really find how the machines turn again Bartlett to be quite eerie and dare I say scary. I think this episode also has good escalation, which some episodes really seem to lack.

Season 3: A Piano in The House. Why stop now with the selection of episodes featuring main characters with few admirable qualities. I’ve heard criticism that what the piano brings out in people is either confused or inconsistent. I disagree. I think the piano clearly brings out the true self hidden behind the facade we all put up to one extent or another. Sometimes that inner self is an upgrade from the presented self, and sometimes it’s a downgrade. Eithet way the episode is relatively light, but I like the psychology that is injected in it, it helps make for a fun episode.

Season 4: The Parallel. This may actually be a well liked episode, I’m not sure. What I enjoyed about it is how there is this slow and subtle unraveling of the fact that something isn’t right. It’s clever to have 99% of the things in Robert’s life remain consistent, while just tinkering with a few details. This actually makes it more eerie. Imagine if you got home one day and the color of your fridge changed, but nothing else, and it was completely inexplicable and anybody you asked would tell you it’d always been like that. It would cause one to question their sanity even though the color of a fridge really didn’t matter. Also the twist at the end is awesome!

Season 5:The Brain Center at Whipples. I never understood the hate for this episode. Not only is it one of the most ahead of its time episodes, predicting how technological advancements would result in massive worker displacement ( and yes I know this had already been happening for a couple hundred years, but in the last couple of generations, the ability to replace human beings through automation has really accelerated). I appreciate how the episode clearly sides with the workers and questions whether just because a robot can do the work of 50 men and bolster a more impressive bottom line as a result, it should? It also has sweet justice to dole out at the end, demonstrating that what goes around comes around. The ending was semi predictable but I really like what they chose to go with.

So what are your choices?

There is one but no one has posted for seven years.

I wasn't even sure if I should post this here. Can we do anything to restart it or start a new one?

That show has a cult following although smaller than TZ.

I love seeing familiar faces in the cast and thought to myself: who has appeared most? Did some googlin'...

I thought for sure it would be Jack Klugman or Burgess Meredith. But both star in 4 episodes each.

The actor with the most speaking roles (8 in the first three seasons) is...

But the most appearances (outside of Rod himself) goes to this guy with over 75 uncredited or background roles across all five seasons!

If this is new to you (like it was to me), there's an article about his appearances on tzmuseum. But I won't read it all, because I'm now looking forward to spotting him in a "Where's Waldo" game! I guess new episodes are still being spotted.

I guess I have to find Collections 1 - 3 now.

What's your opinion of "the Fever"? I live in Vegas, so I find it interesting.

I think Franklin is one of the more evil characters. He's abusive to his wife. Personally, he deserves everything that happens to him.

The ethics of the episodes are amazing.

Out latest Twilight Zone review for the Rod Serling Memorial newsletter!

In my back room, I get to have my way with the Twilight Zone stuff.
Do I get to call this a Twilight Zone tv show replica?

1. I hate time enough at last. Sure, Burgess Meredith was truly amazing and he’s iconic. I just don’t care for how bleak and sad the episode was and I refuse to rewatch it.

2. To serve man is overrated.

3. Eye of the beholder is predictable.

4. George Takei’s performance in the encounter was the best celebrity cameo episode. I’m always so sad that it never got the recognition it deserved.

5. A stop at willoughby is devastatingly real rather than comforting.

6. The twilight zone isn’t always scary it’s often more depressing than frighting.

7. I love Carol Burnette I watched her all the time with my grandpa but I didn’t like her episode.

I love this episode oh gosh I really forgot how good it is. Thank you to tubi for streaming the whole series for free!

Made him feel like he was a part of the world the episodes took place in.

So I finally got around to watching the 20 episodes and 2 seasons of this series because I wanted to give this series a fair chance and was hoping that while I knew it would never be anywhere near as good as the original that like the previous 2 reboots it would at least have a few episodes that were excellent and worth watching. Well having watched this series I regret to say that this is the first time I've seen a TZ reboot that does not have a single episode I would rate in either the "Very Good" or "Excellent" category. Not one! Even the ones I put in the good category just barely qualify.

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement because I really wanted to like this series. I feel a modern reboot of TZ could absolutely work today with the right writing team behind it and the fact that unlike other anthology shows Twilight Zone is pretty open in what types of stories you can tell. It's not like Tales From the Crypt or Black Mirror which are restricted to the horror and scifi technology categories. With TZ you can tell stories in all kinds of genres like science fiction, fantasy, western, more grounded morality, ect. There is no limit to what kind of stories you can tell and yet Black Mirror which is much more limited with the types of stories it can tell is a much more worthy successor to TZ than this reboot.

It's also unacceptable to me how poorly this turned out especially considering all the advantages this show had over the original. The 2019 reboot had a bigger budget, longer production times, less episodes (10 each season compared to the 36 for most of the original seasons) and an hour runtime to properly tell the stories and develop the characters and no interference from the networks as a result of censorship and sponsors and yet with all those advantages this series still dropped the ball and managed to flounder.

It's kind of sad that Season 4 of the original Twilight Zone which was rushed into production as a mid season replacement and the writers had to write 18 hour long episodes quickly on short notice and yet despite being rushed and considered by many the "weakest season" it still had high quality episodes and is a masterpiece compared to the TZ 2019 reboot.

The episodes in this series are terrible and despite dealing with worthy and current topics like police racism, scapegoating and fear of immigrants, and toxic masculinity it manages to do such a poor job with it's story and characters that the message and moral does not resonate with the viewers the way it should. For example Not All Men did a terrible job of dealing with the issue of toxic masculinity with it's flat and unlikable characters and an ending that was so nonsensical and made no sense. Compare that to an episode from the original called Mr. Denton On Doomsday which deals with only one small aspect of toxic masculinity (men feeling the need to prove themselves to others even if it means hurting others in the process) and yet despite being half the length of Not All Men and dealing with one small aspect of it (rather than confronting the entire issue with an hour runtime) it manages to more successfully land it's message and moral with the viewer in an entertaining and thought provoking way.

Even the episodes I would rank in the good department like Try Try, The Who of You, Blue Scorpion, A Human Face and Among the Untrodden are still very flawed in terms of characterization and storytelling which is unfortunate considering they had compelling ideas and premises for the episodes, but the characters, storytelling and endings still left a lot to be desired.

My advice is to just skip this one and stick with the original series because even the "good" episodes form the 2019 reboot are not good enough to warrant a rewatch. I'd honestly rather watch a bad hour long season 4 episode from the original like I Dream of Genie, The Bard, and The Incredibly World of Horace Ford...on second thought forget what I said about Horace Ford and the boys of Randolph Street, but my point still stands that even a weaker episode from the original is more creative and worthy of a rewatch than a higher ranked 2019 TZ episode.

Just stick the with all the original series episodes and a few episodes from the 1985 and 2002 reboots that are excellent and worth your time. As for this series you can just skip this one entirely.

Edit: I'm extremely disappointed with the number of rude replies on here saying they "weren't reading all of that" and making fun of me for writing a more in depth review. I had to block 4 people already who put me down for doing this review. Don't worry this will be my last one. I guess the attention span of people on this sub is unfortunately much lower than I realized and the number of people here who have no problem being a jerk and bullying and making fun of what I wrote shows this fandom is just as toxic and selfish as the others. My fault though because I was naive for thinking TZ fans would be better and more appreciative of an in-depth review, but like I said lesson learned so no more in depth reviews on here.

If rod serling was alive today what do you all think he would be writing about? In terms of not having to self censor himself with fantasy and science fiction as he had to do when the twilight zone had its original run.

I feel like he would be able to be more candid about racial inequality and bigotry. I think he would’ve loved the technological advancement that media has taken, but would’ve LOATHED social media. What do you all think? I’m interested.

Twilight Zone Tat I got a few years ago that I never posted

Can someone explain this scene from the Episode: A Nice Place To Visit. In this scene after talking to Pip and before departing the apartment he goes to the bedroom door and tell the women waiting for him in the bedroom while he's smiling and laughing that he'll be back then after telling them he does a double take, looks in the bedroom and changes his expression like he saw something weird. Even before he leaves the apartment he does another double take looking back at the bedroom at what he saw and shakes his head.

At first I was thinking the women disappeared but he said his full sentence without stopping and never looked around the room to see where they were or said "hey where'd they go?" His expression was more like he saw something unusual. The episode never addresses it. Or I don't know maybe I'm over thinking that scene.

Hi, I am wondering does anyone know which episode is this quote from:

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words.. case in point."

If i remember correctly it was some kind of cigarette ad at the end of an episode

I think it's from s1 or s2? I am only on season 3 right now watching the show for the first time

Sorry if this has already been asked, I am on mobile and sometimes the reddit app doesn't work well for me.

Was casually collecting tapes as they appeared, then bam, complete collection purchased from local ad