I have heard of the Twilight Zone (who hasn't) and have been on Tower of Terror but I never actually bothered or cared to watch any of the episodes until now.

Recently for a English class we were analyzing McCarthy's speech on communists within the US government and so we watched the maple street episode (sorry that I don't remember the exact name) and I was just blown away by how good it was. The plot, the acting, the looming sense of dread, the message, the build up, it was all peak. 9/10 would have been higher had the episode found a better way to convince the town that aliens were among them outside some kid's comic story.

Anyway the episode got me interested in the show so please lemme know the best episodes/shows in the comments.

I remember reading somewhere that Rod Serling said that one of the biggest mistakes a writer could make is to be so focused on conveying a message or moral in whatever they are writing that they completely lose sight of the story and characters and that once that happens the audience won't care at all about whatever message you were trying to convey. I couldn't help but think about that with the TZ reboots especially the 2019 Jordan Peele one. Does anyone else here agree with him and feel it perfectly explained why the original worked and why the most recent reboot didn't?

I’ve been looking for days but I just can’t find where

Recently finished watching all the way through the original Twilight Zone, and decided to get into Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Ive watched like 5 episodes and honestly im really struggling with it. Tone, pacing, writing... yknow, the original series definitely has its misses, but Night Gallery feels like a major departure from the tone of the original show, and not in a way that works.

Should I be aware of any particularly good episodes? Are there good qualities of Night Gallery that I'm not looking for? Please help lol

So since Halloween is coming up what episode are you all gonna watch for Halloween?

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Having watched as a kid in the 60’s I’m giving the series a run from the beginning.

For anyone who experienced this when the series started, how was it presented or advertised as a show back then? Similar to how shows are hyped now? Curious as what might have driven people to watch it!

So the twilight zone finally dropped on Netflix, but I’m noticing it only shows four seasons. There was some talk earlier that maybe not having season four, but that seems to be there but for some reason they do not have season five.

There's an old archived thread on this topic, but I would like to ask today's posters which TZ episodes, of any of the iterations, give you a sense of extreme dread the most?

I'm not asking "What's your favorite episode?," which so many threads devolve into. Not talking about jump scares. I mean which ones hit you in the gut with dread, where you watch but almost can't stand to watch, and you almost shout, "Stop! Stop it!"

For me, I'll start with the "Nightcrawlers" segment of S1/E4 of the 1980s TZ.

The episode labeled for it plays the stupid one with Dick York instead (penny for your thoughts). I checked the episodes before and after as well as the episode labeled “Penny for your thoughts”

The reboot I mean.

Dear all,

I would like to see 'The Big Tall Wish'. However, I can't seem to find a full version of this episode anywhere. Is there a place that I can watch it. I'm happy to pay a reasonable cost to view the episode.

I'm in the UK.

Man i want to download and Twilight Zone so bad but I cant find good websites to download from, and I dont live in the US or Europe so cant find DVDs!! Please suggest some websites to download from.!

I wish there was a reboot show that remade eposodes of the show thst made them more to date with us. Like the eposode elegy and its a good life.

The origonal eposodes are so good even ones people dont talk aboit. But very little mainstream people know aboyt this show.

Was anyone else absolutely terrified of this episode? I searched and I was surpirsed to see how many people thought it was bland and boring.

I saw it when I was like 13. I know the machine at the end was tacky but by that time, 13 year old me was scared out of his mind. It was the buildup of "Franklin" voices with that creepy tone that was repeated throughout the entire episode that creeped me out the most. I still hear it To this day and I wont watch it lol

I remember an episode where recently dead people are waiting at the gates of heaven. However, there is only room for one less than the people waiting to get in. They argue back and forth until one man gives up and agrees to go to hell.

The next scene is a baby being born.

People generally think that Television has gotten progressively better and better each decade, and that may be true, but the Twilight Zone exists as a complete anomaly to that notion. The Twilight Zone doesn't just "age well", to me, it still holds up as having better writing, better acting, and better camera work than any science fiction/horror show presently or since. What amazes me is the originality in each episode. I can't even say the show has any particular "feel", they did such a good job with setting an original tone for each episode. It just blows my mind how good the show is. Sorry for the rambling!

Any comments or suggestions are welcome (McNulty).
Just trying to figure it out and display my shit in a cool way!
This is only part of it all.

I don't own a lot of shows on Blu Ray (I think the only other two I have are Avatar The Last Airbender and Gravity Falls) and was a bit hesitant due to the cost of this set($70) but I decided I had held off on getting this long enough so I didn't want to wait until it eventually went out of print so I finally ordered the Blu Ray set and I'm glad I did. The picture quality is so amazing! It absolutely blows the complete DVD set out of the water. And unlike that cheaper complete DVD set this has all the extras from the previous definitive single season DVD releases. You not only have all the documentaries and director/writer commentaries, but actor commentaries, too! As an actor myself I love that this was included because I always love hearing how an actor approached a role and what they thought of their work especially on a series like this that I greatly admire.

I'm going to work my way through re-watching the show and plan on watching as many of the extras and commentaries as I can. To other TZ fans on here Do not hesitate to buy this especially considering what a great, high quality and timeless series TZ is. Yes I know TZ still plays on TV and is easily available on streaming, but this is one of the few shows I feel is worth owning a physical copy of.

Burgess Meredith - He was in 4 episodes: “Time Enough at Last,” “Mr. Dingle, the Strong,” “The Obsolete Man,” and “Printer’s Devil.” For the movie, he serves as the narrator.

Lars Hensen - The only episode he was in was “The Night of the Meek” where he played an uncredited bar patron. In the movie, he plays one of the Jews in the boxcar at the end of the “Time Out” segment.

Murray Matheson - The only episode he was in was “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” where he played the clown. In the movie, he played Mr. Agee in the “Kick the Can” segment.

Peter Brocco - He was in 2 episodes: “The Four of Us Are Dying” and “Hocus-Pocus and Frisby.” In the movie, he played Mr. Mute in the “Kick the Can” segment.

Bill Mumy - He was in 3 episodes: “Long Distance Call,” “It’s a Good Life,” and “In Praise of Pip.” In the movie, he has a small part as a character named Tim in their own segment of “It’s a Good Life.”

Kevin McCarthy - The only episode he was in was “Long Live Walter Jameson.” In the movie, he played Uncle Walt in the “It’s a Good Life” segment.

Patricia Barry - She was in 2 episodes: “The Chaser” and “I Dream of Genie.” In the movie, she played Anthony’s mother in the “It’s a Good Life” segment.

William Schallert - The only episode he was in was “Mr. Bevis.” In the movie, he played Anthony’s father in the “It’s a Good Life” segment.

It's October.

I usually spend my free time watching scary movies during October.

With that being said, what are the scariest Twilight Zone episodes you ever seen?

October 2, 1959, 10/9 Central CBS

Where Is Everybody?

"Mike Ferris finds himself walking into a town utterly devoid of people, with no memory of who he is or how he got there, the only clue to his identity being the Air Force jumpsuit he's wearing. Thus began the first episode of The Twilight Zone, the pilot, the half-hour that sold the series.

484 hours and 36 minutes later he laments:

"Hey! Don't go away up there! Next time it won't be a dream or a nightmare. Next time it'll be for real. So don't go away. We'll be up there in a little while."

https://twilightzone.fandom.com/wiki/Where_Is_Everybody%3F

And 67 years later, here we are. We haven't gone away.

I never understood the gambling scene with the gangsters. Was Phil Nolan's only strategy to wait for Ace to throw a bad toss? I mean, by the time they line up to "shoot the works," Ace has already taken Nolan to the cleaners. What makes Nolan think that Ace's next throw would fail? Why would he stick around that long assuming he'd eventually come out on top?

I know, suspension of disbelief. Still cracks me up every time.