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Some haunting episodes of "The Twilight Zone". I remember seeing the episode "Walking Distance" for the first time as a Freshman just in college. I was away fr

Some haunting episodes of "The Twilight Zone". I remember seeing the episode "Walking Distance" for the first time as a Freshman just in college. I was away from home, away from all my friends. I was coming to realize, with a kind of horror, that the door behind me, my childhood, had truly shut. I wasn't sure at all that I would like this new adult world. Gathered in the "commons" room of the dorm, watching that "Twilight Zone" episode, I just sat in the back of the dark room and cried. But his final message, that there are merry-go-rounds in the adult world if you know to look for them stuck with me. Also blown away when I saw the episode, "The Lonely". If you know the episode, you know how it ends. "All you're leaving behind Corry, is loneliness." "I must remember to keep that in mind."

Joel_Mckay 2y ago
Rod had a notoriously brutal TV writing schedule, but was able to spin a few good yarns. It seems odd, but old stories like "What You Need" (s1e12), collaborated works "To Serve Man" (s3e25) and "People Are Alike All Over" (s1e25) still seem to describe entering the senior realms of business. "The Lonely" certainly broke down the notion of compassion within the context of civilization. Like all Rods better work, it answers the question "who am I?" for the fictional character. Entertaining production for sure, but no one person should have had to carry that kind of workload =3
tetris11 2y ago
The Trouble with Templeton will always haunt me for its cinematography, and for its themes of dealing with loss and moving on. If our loved ones knew how much we suffered in their absence, they'd try to commit the greatest kindness by letting us love them a little less. That scene when the music stops, and the lights fade out, and you see the reality that was masked from Templeton. Breaks my heart every single time.
maroonblazer 2y ago
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" was always a favorite episode of mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEpaq332pmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEpaq332pmI (just a snippet of the intro, with Serling's iconic introduction)
- JKCalhoun 2y ago
  That was a fun one. Not sure there was anything particularly profound or sublime in that one though. :-)

Joel_Mckay 2y ago

Rod had a notoriously brutal TV writing schedule, but was able to spin a few good yarns. It seems odd, but old stories like "What You Need" (s1e12), collaborated works "To Serve Man" (s3e25) and "People Are Alike All Over" (s1e25) still seem to describe entering the senior realms of business. "The Lonely" certainly broke down the notion of compassion within the context of civilization. Like all Rods better work, it answers the question "who am I?" for the fictional character. Entertaining production for sure, but no one person should have had to carry that kind of workload =3

tetris11 2y ago

The Trouble with Templeton will always haunt me for its cinematography, and for its themes of dealing with loss and moving on. If our loved ones knew how much we suffered in their absence, they'd try to commit the greatest kindness by letting us love them a little less. That scene when the music stops, and the lights fade out, and you see the reality that was masked from Templeton. Breaks my heart every single time.

maroonblazer 2y ago

"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" was always a favorite episode of mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEpaq332pmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEpaq332pmI (just a snippet of the intro, with Serling's iconic introduction)

JKCalhoun 2y ago
That was a fun one. Not sure there was anything particularly profound or sublime in that one though. :-)