TwiLight Zone...What was your favorite episode?

by FreedomFrog 62 Replies latest social entertainment

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  FreedomFrog

  Oh! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Tatiana!

  The "shunning" one is called The Invisible Man

  Cotter Smith is Mitchell Chaplin, a man living in a parallel world to ours, who has committed the crime of coldness. According to the state, he is to be rendered "invisible" for one year, signified by a scarring implant placed on his forehead. What seems like a welcome chance to be left alone becomes a lesson in humility, as misfortune after misfortune befalls him and he can't even get medical care; despite his attempts to conceal it, the implant warns others to ignore him, lest the hovering spy drones that monitor their society find out.

  Shortly after the end of his sentence, Chaplin is accosted in public by a young woman with the mark. Knowing the law, he starts to ignore her, but her cries get through to him and he refuses to do so any longer, even as the drones discover them. He knows he'll be sentenced to another year of invisibility, but this time he'll wear it as a badge of honor.

  In the original short story, the criminal is never named, and his one-year sentence was noted to begin on May 11, 2104. In addition, the gender of the criminal's friend was changed from a man in the original story to a woman in the televised version.

  I thought of the DF'ed ones even way back when I seen this as a kid...LOL
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  Tatiana

  And I do remember that one, freedomfrog. Great episode. Rod Serling was a brilliant man light years ahead of his time.
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  FreedomFrog

  I remember watching these shows for hours at my Aunts house...

  They come on the Sci. Fiction channel from time to time even now. Last Halloween, they had a marathon of Twilight Zone which I watched way too many...LOL

  Too bad I don't have DVR because then I could have recorded them...oh well.
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  oompa

  Freedom Frog: oompa, you just reminded me of another one. I believe it's from the Twilight shows. It's where a man had died and was at the "Golden Gates" to get into heaven but they wouldn't let him in because his dog wasn't allowed in. He refused to go in without his dog and it turned out to be hell. Anyone remember that one?

  Funny, I just watched that for probably the third time last month! I really like the old man actor with the dog. He finally blows ol Saton off....and is met by the real Peter who says the dog is welcom.................................oompa
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  Tatiana

  Well, freedom...I was never allowed to watch The Twilight Zone at home. I couldn't even watch Casper.

  I went to stay in Atlanta for the summer with my "anointed" uncle, who was a huge sci-fi fan. He introduced me to old episodes, and I was hooked. He also had tons of science fiction books. Omnibus sci-fi collections, Asimov, Clarke. I was in heaven, hehe.
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  FreedomFrog

  I really like the old man actor with the dog. He finally blows ol Saton off....and is met by the real Peter who says the dog is welcom.................................oompa

  Me too oompa. He wasn't about to leave his ol' friend alone. That was a "good ending" one which I think was rare for Twilight Zone. Still made you think for a moment...heehee
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  FreedomFrog

  I was never allowed to watch The Twilight Zone at home. I couldn't even watch Casper.

  Same here...though I'd sneak and do it anyway when I had the chance..yeah, I was a little rebellious... LOL
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  serendipity

  Bourne mentioned mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_at_20%2C000_Feet
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  LoverOfTruth

  I liked all of them The one that sticks in my mind most is the one about the mannequin named Marsha. She was allowed to live as a human for a short period of time. She lost all memory of where she came from until it was time to go back into the department store.

  This is essentially how I feel about life for us here on earth. We are here to learn for a short period of time. Then it's time to go back.
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  poppers

  There was an episode where a very judgmental and nasty man was adamantly convinced that all "evil" people would become 1 foot tall (or some such ridiculous height) at a certain time that day, and he was happily looking forward to that so everyone could recognize who was truly evil. And sure enough it happened; at the prophesied time he became 1 foot tall. I couldn't find a listing for that episode, maybe someone could track it down. There were so many great episodes that it's hard to pin down a favorite, but among mine are To Serve Man and Nick of Time: Janet Tyler anxiously awaits the outcome of her latest surgery. Janet, who's abnormal face has made her an outcast, has had her eleventh hospital visit - the maximum allowed by the State. If it didn't succeed, she will be sent to live in a village where others of her kind are segregated.