I have always liked this one . I didn't guess the ending the first time ( although my brother did the first time he watched it !) .
I do think it loses a little something after repeated viewings but it's still one I like.
The nightmarish aspect of it adds to the feel of the episode and the spookiness but it's also it's hope . The thing is if Bob and Millie had been dreaming they would be a lot better off! The Twilight Zone was always good at dream or dream like episodes or scenes. The episode also plays in something else we all need - other humans even when we would prefer to interact with fewer people it's ultimately what we need. It doesn't matter if you are not sociable by nature or are shy. It doesn't matter if we have someone else to depend on . This episode to me has that deeper meaning that isolation even desired has it limits. It's another theme The Twilight addressed regularly.
I do think it loses a little something after repeated viewings but it's still one I like.
The nightmarish aspect of it adds to the feel of the episode and the spookiness but it's also it's hope . The thing is if Bob and Millie had been dreaming they would be a lot better off! The Twilight Zone was always good at dream or dream like episodes or scenes. The episode also plays in something else we all need - other humans even when we would prefer to interact with fewer people it's ultimately what we need. It doesn't matter if you are not sociable by nature or are shy. It doesn't matter if we have someone else to depend on . This episode to me has that deeper meaning that isolation even desired has it limits. It's another theme The Twilight addressed regularly.