The Last Flight
- Episode aired Feb 5, 1960
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
4.1K
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A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.
Paul Baxley
- Driver
- (uncredited)
Jack Perkins
- Ground Crewman
- (uncredited)
Rod Serling
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Rod Serling(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWriter Richard Matheson explained that the title of this episode and its short story referred to both the protagonist's physical journey as well as his departure from cowardice.
- GoofsWhen Decker arrives at the Lafayette Air Base, he is told that he is in an American base. When he sees the 1959 aircraft for the first time, he says, "We had no idea you were so advanced!" However, he should be surprised that there is an American base in France at all as the United States did not declare war on Germany until April 6, 1917, one month after Decker's departure.
- Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] Dialog from a play, Hamlet to Horatio: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Dialog from a play written long before men took to the sky: There are more things in heaven and earth and in the sky than perhaps can be dreamt of. And somewhere in between heaven, the sky, and the earth, lies The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Last Flight (2020)
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It's almost worth the entire episode to watch the WWI biplane land at a 1959 SAC base in France. The hulking cargo planes make the 1917 relic look like a Tonka toy as it taxis under an immense wing. It's also a good graphic illustration of how the destructive power of air weaponry had grown over time-- and that was 50 years ago.
The drama itself is an engrossing exercise in time travel, as a WWI British pilot must travel forward in time and then back so that the future can remain the way it should be. If this sounds confusing, it is, because there's a paradox at it's heart and probably a logical contradiction. But then, that's why TZ remains a cultural landmark -- it was among the first, if not the very first, to use TV to challenge us about our most common-sense beliefs. And it did so in an engrossing way that keeps people as entertained now as it did then. This episode stands as a good example.
The drama itself is an engrossing exercise in time travel, as a WWI British pilot must travel forward in time and then back so that the future can remain the way it should be. If this sounds confusing, it is, because there's a paradox at it's heart and probably a logical contradiction. But then, that's why TZ remains a cultural landmark -- it was among the first, if not the very first, to use TV to challenge us about our most common-sense beliefs. And it did so in an engrossing way that keeps people as entertained now as it did then. This episode stands as a good example.
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- Oct 8, 2006
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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