Wilson's plan, happens to be in the darkest corner of the Twilight Zone. Tonight, he's traveling all the way to his appointed destination, which, contrary to Mr. Wilson's flight was terminated by the onslaught of his mental breakdown. Wilson is about to be flown home-the difference being that, on that evening half a year ago, Mr. Wilson has just been discharged from a sanitarium where he spent the last six months recovering from a nervous breakdown, the onset of which took place on an evening not dissimilar to this one, on an airliner very much like the one in which Mr. Robert Wilson, thirty-seven, husband, father and salesman on sick leave. This is the first of six episodes to be directed by Richard Donner. In 2019, Keith Phipps of Vulture stated that the episode "doubles as such an effective shorthand for a fear of flying", making it endure in popular culture. The story follows a passenger on an airline flight who notices a hideous creature trying to sabotage the aircraft during flight. It originally aired on October 11, 1963, and is one of the most well-known and frequently referenced episodes of the series. " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is the third episode of the fifth season American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson, first published in the short story anthology Alone by Night (1961). The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 5) Stock from " King Nine Will Not Return" and But if it didn’t, what’s your favorite episode of the show? Sound off in the comments section below.William Shatner with Nick Cravat (not in full costume) as the gremlin I also made an obscure Twilight Zone list, so your favorite might have ended up on there. Opinions are purely subjective, but I think most people would agree with many of the picks on this list. This episode’s not really trying to make any grand point, but from a storytelling perspective, there’s nothing better.Īnd that’s the list. The concept is mind-blowing, and the performances of everybody cringing their way through their entire lives so as not to upset a little boy is the most effective the show has ever been. “It’s a Good Life” is the only episode that has ever actually given me a nightmare. And then he’ll turn them into a jack-in-the-box before he sends them to the cornfield.īy far the scariest, most hair-raising episode in the entire series. He’s telepathic, so nobody in town can even think negative thoughts about him, because he’ll know. Unfortunately, there’s a twist at the end that kind of spoils the rest of the episode, but overall, it’s one of the best in the series.Ī little boy (played by Billy Mumy) has godlike powers, and can basically kill you by just thinking about it. And that image of the dripping paint at the end coupled with the music always gives me the chills. It all feels just way too claustrophobic and uncomfortable, which it’s supposed to. Climate change! How many other shows in the ‘60s were tackling that topic? But the interaction between the two characters (well, three, but I won’t spoil the episode), is great as well. This episode is especially great since it was so ahead of its time. Bronson, who just wants Norma to stop painting the sun and to start painting something cool for a change! Bronson (Betty Garde) are the last people to stay in an apartment complex, but they slowly go insane from the excessive heat. The earth is slowly, but surely, moving closer to the sun, creating an unbearably hot planet Earth.
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