Not one of your classically recalled episodes of The Twilight Zone, I'm hard pressed to remember if I've even seen this one before. The odd thing about it is that even though not a lot occurred during the story, it seemed to be over in a flash. The twists, as it were, occurred over the entire story, as the streaming procession of Civil War wounded included the living and the dead. Lavinia Godwin (Joanne Linville) came to that realization after seeing a soldier she knew that was presumed dead, soon to be followed by her husband who of a certainty was killed during hostilities. The appearance of Abraham Lincoln (Austin Green) on the death trail would have been incongruous under any circumstances, even if he had avoided assassination. Linville's characterization is effective, though it seems James Gregory holds the piece together with his insight into moving on to join the living to build a new life on the other side of the war. An introspective piece that's not so much a grabber, but keeps you positioned in your seat more than a few moments after it's over.
Review of The Passersby
