I'm gonna go with Fats Brown from A Game of Pool.

I feel like he works as a great mirror to the protagonist of the episode Jesse Cardiff as someone with great pool skills and is able to excellently pick apart Jesse's flaws.

If you're like me and you love the space episodes, I highly recommend reading "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury. Published in 1950 it is a collection of short stories about human attempts to contact and settle Mars.

I checked it out from my local library on a whim, and I found some close similarities to some Twilight Zone episodes- but also new twists and new ideas. I felt like I was consuming more Twilight Zone material and it was exciting. There's something fascinating about reading science fiction from a time before we learned everything we currently know about other planets. Cheers!

I’m reviewing every episode from worst to best as ranked by IMDB users.

Episode 154 is Cavender is Coming, Season 3 Episode 36.

Cavender is an Angel on one last mission to earn his wings by helping down-on-her-luck Agnes who has just been fired.

Review:
I’m noticing that a lot of these lower ranked episodes play a lot with visuals, camera work, and sound design. This one in particular has a lot of tricks with Cavender’s angel powers. At the time this camera work may have been super interesting but it seems common place today.

It’s a very classic “be grateful for what you have now” story with a sweet ending, but not much else.

I made a rule to not spend more than 2 hours on any one study. Digital, ink, and/or graphite all tweaked in Photoshop :)

Which TZ episode have you watched the most times? Doesn't have to be your favorite! Could be from any era.

Odyssey of Flight 33 is one I have repeated the most. There's an odd realism with the flight crew with how they conducted themselves, with a lot of aeronautic jargon thrown in and on-the-fly (pun intended) decision making. Think the film "Sully" but Tom Hanks is in the Twilight Zone.

Starting a review of the show watching every episode from worst to best as rated by IMDB users.

The worst rated episode, at number 156, is The Bard from Season 4 Episode 18.

Julius Moomer is a struggling talentless writer who summons William Shakespeare to write hits for him.

This is the longest episode in the series at nearly an hour of runtime, and boy does it feel like it. There’s a lot of interesting camera work, especially for the time, and the episode almost starts in tone like a Curb Your Enthusiasm Bit. The actor playing Julius is unfortunately not great. He’s great at being annoying but not much else. The actor playing Shakespeare is great. I really like Henry Lascoe and it’s crazy to see Burt Reynolds in this.

ROBERT E. LEE IS THE FIRST OKE TO WALK IN?? WOAHHH DUDE.

It’s an interesting take on how financial interest affect media, but Moomer never really learns a lesson. You could cut this down to a tight 30 without all the excruciating shots of Moomer literally walking around or making a big face.

4/10.

Next up at second worst episode is Sounds of Silences, Season 5 Episode 27.

Roswell G. Flemington is a man who loves loud noises and being loud but all of the sudden starts hating all noises. After a brief fix from a psychiatrist, he is deafened to all noise.

Review:
This dude loves a tight ship. He’s a horrible boss, how did he get the money for this store. THIS GUY HAS A WIFE??? Correction, had a wife.

I love the shaking of the background when he plays loud stuff.

Bro went to the doctor cuz his pipes were dripping. Uhm maybe try a plumber?

Lot of good face work in this.

Cool sound work.

Overall it’s somewhat entertaining with an entertaining premise. Easy to hate character. Not much beyond that. I wonder if Rod Sterling knew a really loud guy.

Iv never watched an episode but I love horror I live in the uk how can I watch some

I am watching the episode "In His Image" - at the 30:00 mark (halfway through the hour-long episode) there is the big plot twist concerning the main character. However, the title is called "In His Image" and there is even a description on the TV's guide ("a scientist creates a near-perfect mechanical man endowed with all the qualities he feels is lacking").

Why on Earth would the title (In His Image) be used? It totally gives away the plot twist halfway through the episode!

Does anyone else just watch the episode and try to not read the description (or think too much about the title)? Super annoying, especially if one hasn't seen the episode yet.

The whole show is fantastic, the most seamless blend of horror and comedy I’ve ever seen. And it’s mostly not horror via jump scares, but rather incredible tension and unseen terror.

But episode 4, my goodness it reminds me so much of a modern day TZ. I won’t spoil anything specific but I will say - it’s a great example of the “FAFO” type of Twilight Zone morality tale.

I’d strongly recommend that, if you want to watch it (it’s on Apple), you watch the first 3 episodes first. BUT this episode is actually a really unique one in that it can be watched on its own and you shouldn’t be totally lost.

He had no business giving her advice, but it's funny out of context.

I own this one DVD set of the original series I got for 30 dollars that had the entire series and while the quality was good unfortunately there were some issues with it. Some of the discs freeze and won't play certain episodes and the discs crack very easily when you try to take them out of the holders. I know streaming is more common with people my age but I'm one of those weirdos that likes to own physical copies of shows and movies that are important to me and since TZ is my favorite series I'd like to know if there is a high quality definitive version of the entire series? And if so how much would it cost?

Why didn't the sheriff call the post offices of the three European towns from the return addresses he wrote to? Of course, he got no reply because his wife burned the letters. But why didn't he call?

Ilsa's family didn't teach her to speak, but why didn't they teach her to write?

Or why didn't Ilsa try miming out to the sheriff that his wife took the letters?

I'm also aware that everybody hates this episode lol

I always check the cast list of the classic *The Twilight Zone* series before watching any episode. Yesterday, I watched "Queen of the Nile" for the first time, and—it might sound crazy—but the episode reminded me a bit of *Sunset Boulevard*. Did you get that same impression? As for the cast, I was quite moved, since we lost Ann Blyth last month; seeing her act made me sad knowing she had passed away, and realizing that part of a cast—and a golden era—is slipping away. Ann herself looked very good for her age; there are other actresses in that same age bracket who show wrinkles and the marks of time. What do you think? Did she look good for her age in the episode and in her later years? Does anyone know about her health habits or how she took care of herself?

Just finished watching You Drive, and wondering if this was the first instance in fiction with a haunted car. And this was way creepier than anything Stephen King cooked up. This was better than it had any right to be.

Only thing that bugged me: Ollie didn’t hit the boy. The boy hit Ollie. Of course, driving off is still awful. But that little detail is all that kept it from being an S Tier TZ episode

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination . . ."

https://twilightzonevortex.blogspot.com/

https://twilightzonevortex.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

I don't know who authors it, but there is a lot of oddball, lesser known background information there and it all seems well researched.

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Third time's the charm? Mods, just so you know, the requirement to post an (indeterminate) amount of body text along with an image means anyone using Old Reddit (which is the best Reddit) can't make any image post at all (because Old Reddit doesn't give you the option of body text with an image post)

All I remember is a man is able to “shapeshift” and or switch his features with other people.

I remember he has a broken arm in the hospital and is able to switch that illness with an old man that has pneumonia.

I might be mixing this part up with another episode but he makes his face look like a retired boxer?

its not much, minecraft is a bit limiting, got the train station built up

About an hour ago, I had the name of Venezuela stuck in my head constantly.

About 25-30 minutes later, A Jeopardy episode aired on my TV, the one question refers to Venezuela.

What are the odds?!?!

I recently saw this episode and I have to say I agree with most of the criticism of Pat Hingle's performance. He's very obnoxious and over the top and I don't think the writing is solely to blame for this because I feel a lot of Hingle's choices for how he played this part fall flat. I read that the original story this was based off (written by Reginald Rose) was adapted for a TV show in the 1950's with Art Carney playing Horace Ford (unfortunately no copies of it exist today). It got me thinking how much better this episode would be if Art Carney was playing the lead. Carney had played characters with problems (like an alcoholic in a previous TZ episode) and even won an Academy Award for Harry and Tonto and even though his character in that film could be a jerk (like Horace Ford's character) the way Carney played him still made it work and I never felt dislike for his character in that film the way I did with Horace Ford.

Is there an actor you'd have cast that would have improved the portrayal of Horace Ford in this epir? It's kind of frustrating because Hingle was not a bad actor, but unfortunately his performance here was a complete misfire. he made a lot of poor choices in his portrayal and it really effects my ability to like this episode which isn't even that bad an episode writing wise so the acting is one of the biggest problems for me.

I am jusr curious or interested lack of better word. what did those think of this anthology series when it came out on shudder in the 2000s ?

Hello, I have a vague memory of an episode where a serial killer murders people who don't play jazz (or some other type of music) on a very specific evening or on a particular day. Does that ring a bell? Even if it's not The Twilight Zone.