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The Twilight Zone: The Parallel (1963)
An Infinity Of Worlds
Scientists have just now concluded that our universe is likely flat and infinite. Therefore, given that the possible set of all arrangements of atoms is finite, it follows that there are an infinite number of other planets nearly identical to ours. The premise of this episode is precisely that. There is another earth very similar but not identical in every respect to ours. I find this particular scenario very interesting in that it explores, abet in a rudimentary way, the concept of multiple realities existing along side ours. As a practical matter we will never meet our other "Parallel" selves since they would be billions of light years away but it's fun to realize that they do indeed exist according to these recent findings. Just another example of just how prescient the Twilight Zone series was.
The Twilight Zone (1959)
SF: Speculative Fiction Not Just Sci-fi.
Twilight Zone is the parent to all of the great like minded TV series that followed it. Series like the X-Files and Fringe owe a debt to the Twilight Zone's groundbreaking stories and themes. Episodes like "And When The Sky Was Opened" and "Time Enough At Last" stand up even today as interesting Sci-Fi stories. But TZ was even more than Sci-Fi. There was the supernatural. Shows like "The After Hours" and "A Hundred Yards Over The Rim" are both eerie and telling as to humanity's desire for freedom and exploring the unknown. The Twilight Zone stands alone as television's finest Speculative Fiction, not just Sci-Fi, series of all time.
The Twilight Zone: The After Hours (1960)
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha.
The Afer Hours wasn't one of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone when I first saw the show back in the early sixties. When you're only a 9 year old boy action and scary scenes are what you crave. This episode staring the lovely Anne Francis stands out to me now because it takes a mundane situation such as returning an item bought in a large department store and gives it a seemingly sinister twist. Marsha, the Anne Francis character, wants to purchase a gift but winds up on a floor of the store where there seems to be only one sales person and only the one item she is looking for on display. Things get progressively stranger and the climax is a interesting if not entirely unexpected revelation. Overall, a worthwhile episode to view. Anne Francis never looked more enchanting. We'll miss you Anne.