This is the final episode of the last Twilight Zone offering. It ends on a bit of a whimper by introducing us to three of the most despicable people on the planet. A man supports and arsonist and in the process kills a couple of little kids. This leads to a whole raft of events that involve heat. The principle character is agoraphobic, so he can't leave the house. When things get hot, he can't get out (maybe a bit of a stretch, there's fear and then there's fear). His confederates get embroiled (ha ha) in the whole thing as these little Russian kids exact their revenge. It has a really stupid ending, but the setup is so bad that it really had nowhere to go. I have to say as the series ended, there were a couple fun episodes, but there is a lack of a spark here (oops, I forgot about the fire thing---sorry)!
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Arrested Development
safenoe29 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is the final episode of the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone, which only ran for one season. The 2002 revival was underrated and deserved more than one season.
Jason Bateman has the honors of being in the wrap-up, and he soon went on to Arrested Development, one of the greatest series of all time.
The ending to Burned is a double twist.
Jason Bateman has the honors of being in the wrap-up, and he soon went on to Arrested Development, one of the greatest series of all time.
The ending to Burned is a double twist.
The series ends with an okay episode.
planktonrules15 February 2022
Scott Crane (Jason Bateman) is a real piece of work! He is a slumlord who wants to collect insurance on one of his properties. So, he pays an arsonist to burn it...and in the process two chidren are murdered. The arsonist is panicky due to the deaths and demands Scott pay him more. And, since Scott is an agoraphobe, he's a sitting duck for revenge because he's afraid to leave his house. Will Scott get what's coming to him? Well, it IS the Twilight Zone!
This episode is decent, but considering it's the last of the reboot, I had hoped for more. It's one that isn't particularly deep...you just enjoy watching several horrible people get their karmic due by the end of the story. And, on that very simple level, it works...but is nothing more.
This episode is decent, but considering it's the last of the reboot, I had hoped for more. It's one that isn't particularly deep...you just enjoy watching several horrible people get their karmic due by the end of the story. And, on that very simple level, it works...but is nothing more.
"I can leave this house anytime I want."
classicsoncall3 April 2023
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Seeing Jason Bateman as such a despicable character in this episode felt like a warmup for his role as Marty Byrde in the hit series 'Ozark'. Funny though, he didn't look like himself in this program to me, I only guessed it was him portraying slumlord Scott Crane by his mannerisms and way of speaking. It seems a lot of actors carry through their familiar patterns from one project to the next. Consider also Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis.
In this one, the heat gets turned up on Crane right after a botched arson job on one of his dilapidated tenements when the guy who torched it (Frank Cassini) failed to determine that two young kids were in the building at the time. They both perished in the fire. Arson investigator Kate Graham (Angela Featherstone) played both sides of the corrupt scheme by placing a faulty heater in the building, then exonerated Crane by calling the fire an accident. To say that this trio got what they deserved would be an understatement, although the closing scene with Kate dropping her cigarette and falling asleep required a stretch to believe she wouldn't have waked up.
I liked the two kids (Rachel Victoria, Dominic Louis) who made their ghostly appearances in the story, but especially the young boy, who had that nasty little grin on his face every time the pair popped up to haunt the hell out of Crane.
In this one, the heat gets turned up on Crane right after a botched arson job on one of his dilapidated tenements when the guy who torched it (Frank Cassini) failed to determine that two young kids were in the building at the time. They both perished in the fire. Arson investigator Kate Graham (Angela Featherstone) played both sides of the corrupt scheme by placing a faulty heater in the building, then exonerated Crane by calling the fire an accident. To say that this trio got what they deserved would be an understatement, although the closing scene with Kate dropping her cigarette and falling asleep required a stretch to believe she wouldn't have waked up.
I liked the two kids (Rachel Victoria, Dominic Louis) who made their ghostly appearances in the story, but especially the young boy, who had that nasty little grin on his face every time the pair popped up to haunt the hell out of Crane.
Feel the Burn Baby!
kapelusznik1819 September 2016
***SPOILERS*** Shut-in or agoraphobic real estate broker Scott Crane,Jason Bateman, has one of his losing properties torched by arsonist Rick,Frank Cassini, in order to collect the insurance money with two young children Dimitri & Sonia,Dom Louis & Rachael Victoria, perishing in the blaze. With Rick feeling guilty in what he did Scott only considered the two children's death the cost of doing business and nothing else. As things soon happen the cost of doing business ends up costing both Scott and Rick as well as Scott's partner in crime insurance agent Kate Graham's, Angela Featherstone, lives.
Scott locked up in his mansion is suddenly sized with fear in that someone is out to get him for the crimes he committed over the years to his customers that he had Rick burn out of their homes. Rick himself is later electrocuted when he broke into Scott's home and in trying to set it on fire-something that he's very good at- touched a live wire that ended up incinerating himself. The same can be said for Kate who ended up together with Scott burned to a crisps when the safe box loaded with cash that she found in his place caught fire by her carelessly dropping a lighted cigarette on it.
***SPOILERS***As for Scott Crane he got everything that was coming to him with his mansion as well as himself burned beyond recognition when his two victims Dom & Sonia came back from the dead to turn the heat up on him and give Scott a taste of his own medicine. Something that he did to many of those who put both their money and trust in Scott and ended up got burned by him! This time around Scott was to feel the same kind of burn that he subjected them to.
Scott locked up in his mansion is suddenly sized with fear in that someone is out to get him for the crimes he committed over the years to his customers that he had Rick burn out of their homes. Rick himself is later electrocuted when he broke into Scott's home and in trying to set it on fire-something that he's very good at- touched a live wire that ended up incinerating himself. The same can be said for Kate who ended up together with Scott burned to a crisps when the safe box loaded with cash that she found in his place caught fire by her carelessly dropping a lighted cigarette on it.
***SPOILERS***As for Scott Crane he got everything that was coming to him with his mansion as well as himself burned beyond recognition when his two victims Dom & Sonia came back from the dead to turn the heat up on him and give Scott a taste of his own medicine. Something that he did to many of those who put both their money and trust in Scott and ended up got burned by him! This time around Scott was to feel the same kind of burn that he subjected them to.
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