# Some Favorite Twilight Zone Episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2004, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460 "2004-12-24T09:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/61 "2004-12-26T01:47:10Z")
They also mentioned it in an early episode when Dick and Mary are flying to a conference. Dick-There’s a man on the wing of this plane! Mary-Yes, Dick. He’s one of the flight crew. They’re putting fuel into the plane. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/62 "2004-12-26T02:32:13Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > No. It was Cotter Smith Oh, that’s right. I remember it being someone who looked a little “odd” and who had a really smarmy, arrogant smile. (Like when he smugly put on the hat and looked oh-so-proud-of-himself until the hole burnt through.) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/63 "2004-12-26T02:47:40Z")
**Eats Crayons** Rufus Sewel looks odd to you? How? I have trouble wrapping my mind around that. ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/64 "2004-12-26T03:55:19Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > The New TZ did a version of this where the watch is used to stop time just seconds before nuclear missles hit the earth. So the missles are frozen in the sky and everyone is frozen running around in a panic. More hysteria to be sure, but it’s an interesting twist – the watch isn’t _broken_ the woman (I _think_ it was a woman) has the _choice_ of starting time again to end her predicament, but doing so would mean nuclear holocaust and all those people would be dead. [http://www.steveandmarta.com/new%20twilight%20zone/a\_little\_peace\_and\_quiet/peace.htm](http://www.steveandmarta.com/new%20twilight%20zone/a_little_peace_and_quiet/peace.htm) The woman is Melinda Dillon. And she has an amulet, not a stopwatch. The director is no less than Wes Craven. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/65 "2004-12-26T08:32:56Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > **Eats Crayons** Rufus Sewel looks odd to you? How? I have trouble wrapping my mind around that. I meant “odd” in the sort of “exotic” way not “odd” as in “Dear Og, mutant! Mutant!” Sewell has those really disctinctive eyes (that made him look perpetually strung out in _Dark City_) and thick dark, curly hair for quite the exotic look. Meawhile Cotter has those really chiseled features and brow that give _his_ eyes a really distinctive look. ---
**Author:** ![Trailer\_Park\_Casanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Trailer\_Park\_Casanova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trailer_Park_Casanova)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/66 "2004-12-26T20:54:06Z")
\ [QUOTE] from Delores Reborn: That one starred Dick York (Darren Stevens of Bewitched) - he could “hear” people’s thoughts. One of my favorites, too. Interesting to know. Now this thread has me watching the sci fi channel re runs. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/67 "2004-12-26T22:58:34Z")
-“The After Hours” with Anne Francis et al as come-to-life-once-a-month department store mannequins. -“The Howling Man”:Satan trapped in a monastery until he was inadvertantly released by a stranger. -“The Silence” with Franchot Tone. A truly sad tale of greed, and the downside of gambling. -“Deaths-Head Revisited”:a most riveting episode about cosmic comeuppance. -“Kick the Can”: sometimes you CAN go home again. -“The Trade-Ins”:the episode with the most heart and soul. A real weeper. -“Queen of the Nile”: Very One Step Beyond. -“The Masks”: Cosmic comeuppance,_parte deux_. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/68 "2004-12-26T23:35:27Z")
[**The Original Twilight Zone Episode Guide**](http://tzone.the-croc.com/twilight1.html) [ul] [li]The Lonely (11/13/59)[/li][li]A World Of His Own (7/1/60)[/li][li]Eye Of The Beholder (11/11/60[/li][li]The Invaders (1/27/61)[/li][li]To Serve Man (3/2/62)[/li][li]The Masks (3/20/64)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![ussentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@ussentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ussentinel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/69 "2004-12-27T02:13:37Z")
All of my favorite episodes have been mentioned except (unless I missed it) … “Number Twelve Looks Just Like You” \>\>\> In the age of plastic surgery, tv shows like “Extreme Makeover” and “The Swan,” this one kinda hits home. Premise: In the future, the populace undergoes voluntary “transformations” when they reach adulthood and chose their body type and face, which makes them look handsome/gorgeous, but exactly identical to others. A “plain” looking girl contemplates this, thinking it’s conformity. Her father, a free-thinker, committed suicide. She’s then sent to a doctor, and a psychiatrist, who wonder why she resists her change. She’s also pressed by her mother and best friend, too. If I had my way, I’d make this “must-viewing” for junior high and high school kids. The original airdate was 01/24/64, but check out this Serling opening narrative, _“Given the chance, what young girl wouldn’t happily exchange a plain face for a lovely one? What girl could refuse the opportunity to be beautiful? For want of a better estimate, let’s call it the year 2000. At any rate, imagine a time in the future when science has developed a means of giving anyone the face and body he dreams of. It may happen tomorrow–but happens now in the Twilight Zone.”_ Kinda not too far off, IMO. There was another episode called “The Trade-Ins,” with a similiar premise, but here, an elderly couple couple wants to get new, younger bodies. I remember a cool closing line from Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” that Serling used. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/70 "2004-12-27T09:31:26Z")
> [@Algul Siento](#): > > That episode is called “It’s a Good Life”. It’s actually based on a short story of the same name by Jerome Bixby. Here is a link to it: > [http://www.llywelyn.net/docs/greats/its\_a\_good\_life.html](http://www.llywelyn.net/docs/greats/its_a_good_life.html) Cool. About the newer version when the boy is all grown up, can anyone tell me what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/71 "2004-12-27T14:12:48Z")
> [@START](#): > > About the newer version when the boy is all grown up, can anyone tell me what happened? [Plot (from TV Tome)](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-9534/epid-228679/) The most recent show is in syndication, so you may me able to catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/72 "2004-12-27T18:51:01Z")
**Living Doll** “My name is Talky Tina … and you’d better be nice to me.” /chills ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460/73 "2004-12-27T20:43:46Z")
> [@Algul Siento](#): > > That episode is called “It’s a Good Life”. It’s actually based on a short story of the same name by Jerome Bixby. Here is a link to it: > [http://www.llywelyn.net/docs/greats/its\_a\_good\_life.html](http://www.llywelyn.net/docs/greats/its_a_good_life.html) > [@](#): > > Everybody in Peaksville always said “Oh, fine,” or “Good,” or “Say, that’s swell,” when almost everything happened or was mentioned–even unhappy things like accidents or even deaths. They’d always say “Good,” because if they didn’t try to cover up how they really felt, Anthony might overhear with his mind, and then nobody knew what might happen. Like the time Mrs. Kent’s husband, Sam, had come walking back from the graveyard because Anthony liked Mrs. Kent and had heard her mourning. Yikes! You couldn’t even kill yourself to get away from the little SOB! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-favorite-twilight-zone-episodes/281460.md?page=3)