I love The Twilight Zone, obviously, since it's one of the greatest TV-shows in history. What I arguably love even more is the repertoire of Agatha Christie. It's perhaps just my overactive imagination, but I was thrilled to see a rather big resemblance between the tale "One More Pallbearer" and what is probably Christie's most famous novel; - "And then there were None". In both tales, unknowing people are summoned by a secretive host and to an isolated place under false conditions. True, in Christie's tale, they're all bad people hiding sinister secrets, whereas here they are good-hearted, and the host is malignant. Still, though, I found it awesome.
And the rest of the episode is awesome as well! Genuinely one of my favorites of the entire three first seasons thus far, especially because I like my themes apocalyptic, my dialogues extended and eloquent and - last not but least - my villains as evil as possible! Joseph Wiseman, immortal thanks to his role of "Dr. No", depicts the most despicable type of anti-hero imaginable. His character Paul Radin is obnoxious, arrogant, selfish, filthy rich and cowardly. He spent fortunes on building a bomb-shelter and faking an apocalypse, simply to impress three people that did him wrong in the past. Well, at least Radin feels that they did him wrong, and he wants them to beg his forgiveness, but in reality, these people (a schoolteacher, a priest and an army colonel) had every right to denounce Radin at the time they did. Radin's reaction when they refuse to apologize or even survive a holocaust in his presence is pure brilliance! He genuinely doesn't understand how someone would choose simple values like honor and integrity over money and life. The climax is fantastic, too. Really, an amazing episode for the more advanced "Twilight Zone" fanatic!