An inexplicable cloak of night refuses to lift on residents of a small town riven by hatred, while a condemned man awaits execution.
Though well acted, this entry could be the half-hour series' low point. Condemning hate is easy to do, but especially so when done in preachy fashion, as here. Then too, the facile approach connects condemnation with popular political villains of the time as though God is punishing the innocents of those countries and areas too-- Dallas (Kennedy), Berlin, Vietnam, are among those mentioned . Civil rights movements were much in the news at the time (1964) and clearly affect the narrative here. And though the entry's heart is in the right place, TZ's strengths did not lie in political preachments. Thank goodness this headline chaser does not typify that great sci-fi series.