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I think 2020 showed us all the importance of human connection

Hollywood is stuck in nostalgia with all the reboots and sequels it pushes.

A serial killer in space with moral superior complex

One of my favorite episodes! 🥳 It’s extremely creepy and eerie. I wish this story was an hour long. However Serling was able to tell a tight, complete tale in less than a 1/2 hour. Genius! I had always noticed how arrogant and sneaky their doppelgängers looked. We see that a lot in fiction. We usually are not meant to sympathize with them. From what I learned traditionally they are meant to be evil. But in some stories they sometimes encapsulate the better and more confident parts of one’s personality and fight to survive. In reality, I think Identity thieves are some of the most wicked people. They never have good intentions and ruin lives. “A discussion of rationality can go sour faster than milk in the hot sun” - Ain’t that the truth! It was interesting to learn about backward and forward checking. These approaches are very helpful in writing. ✍️ I felt bad for Millicent and while I understand why Paul called the police, I wish he had believed her. He could’ve suggested maybe she saw a long-lost twin? Helped her search 🔦 🔍(Using backward checking.) It seems like the duplicate was there before Millicent! All those authors are wonderful. I need to read William Wilson! Thanks for the recommendation. Please keep your flights of fancy coming. They are fascinating and I learn a lot.

Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ve got it on Audible, now. One of my moments of awe is how Commodore Perry was able to parody Walt Kelly 100 years before Kelly was born. That’s some real Twilight Zone time traveling stuff there. My other moment of awe was how well this episode portrayed how easily people can start to believe really unsound things.

The 2000 remake had a slightly different ending, where the government were testing how society reacts to terrorism, rather than the aliens causing chaos. Basically both are reacting to an issue of their time and circumstances.

I was looking forward to this episode analysis and boy were my expectations exceeded, great job! I love what you're doing for us, fans of the Twilight Zone by providing thematic angles in which we could further appreciate the show beyond its own narrative-also, speaking of angles. I need to mention how much I enjoy seeing your side view accompanied by the show's title screen in the background throughout the analysis, it's a nice aesthetic touch to your format.

Can you please do an analysis on season 3's "Death's Head Revisited" next? Love the content!

This might be your best episode breakdown/analysis I've seen. I'm probably biased because this is my favorite TZ episode that has remained (maybe even more so) relevant today. In regards to Steve, I don't view him as a failed Just Man. I view as a man trying to be just, but is ultimately worn down by the tide of the mob. Even the best of us are still human and capable of succumbing to greater forces. I'll definitely check that Outer Limits episode soon.

If the extraterrestrials haven't taken away your technology yet, consider joining us on this journey through the original Twilight Zone series. We're asking questions and learning about life all from the fifth dimension. There's always room for more.

One of my favorite TZ episodes. Your take on death being an angel who is jealous of things that people have helps to explain the plot. I also wish I paid more attention to Paradise Lost when I was in college. 😁

Intelligent analysis. I have taught rational choice theory in Political Science, and I found your notions of rationality interesting.

u born for this! very cool!

Millicent looks nice, but I would like her better if her name was Allison. Other than that, stupid story.

6:45 as well you shouldn't!

It is strange but I have never liked that old man in anything I have ever seen him in. This is no exception.

I was floating the idea of having a doppelganger to collaborate with, and some of my friends found the idea highly disturbing. They argued that the other person would have their own free will and that it was very creepy to assume that they would perform tasks for me. So I said, "Alright, let's forget about the idea of doppelgangers if that's uncomfortable". Because the heart of my question was to ask whether, if suddenly faced with another person eager to work with you, how many people would already have projects in mind for them. So I asked instead to assume that they suddenly became influential and naturally attracted people who wanted to work with them. "Oh... so you want to be a cult leader?!" My friends can be annoying sometimes.

This was always one of my favorite episodes I love the twilight zone have so many on VHS tapes from marathons keep up the good work!!!

If you don't plan on being replaced any time soon by a doppelganger, consider joining us on this journey of learning about life through analyzing Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. We've always got room for more in our community of fans.

Wouldn't he make a great garden gnome?

The Jungle? Shadow Play? Mr. Garrity and the graves?

What's with that side camera???

Hey vintage magazine alert, love it! I've spotted those on ebay and may have to go for it. As always, killer analysis man. I enjoyed your deep-dive into this episode, especially your insight on AI and Wickwire. He's always struck me as one of the more interesting entities in the 5th dimension. There's a few of these mysterious types of characters throughout the show and they all make for some fun discussion. Speaking of which, can't wait to hear your thoughts on the tv repairman from 'Whats in the Box'. All the best Joe!

G'day Key, I get it that this is an analysis channel, fantastic only please state this up front. All I was looking to do was watch this particular episode that stars a former Australian actor who spent most of his working life in Hollywood. Most notably in the wonderful film 'Harvey' with Jimmy Stewart. If you don't declare yourself as 'Spoiler Central' you could end up with a lot of angry Twilight Zone fans merely looking to watch whole episodes again. Cheers and all the best, Bill Halliwell (Retired Film/TV reviewer/critic) Tasmania, Australia

I saw this first run and, yes, it was haunting. Two things I don't understand here. First, why you are speaking to us directly into the camera only to suddenly turn away to a shot of you in profile? Uh...hey...*I'm over here!* It makes no sense to me and feels insulting. Second, why analyze every detail of a television series over six decades old? I suppose my expectations were the problem. I expected an intro, followed by the episode. Instead I get an analysis longer than the episode itself.

Imagine being cast as an "unattractive woman winning a beauty contest". I suppose at least makeup would be a snap.

That picture at approximately 4:10 is actor Richard Crenna.

HOW DRY I AM

The episode remind me strongly of another Twilight Zone episode known as To see the Invisible man. The difference is a social isolation, rather than a true physical isolation. An SCP-000 entry known as the Lost SCP seems strongly influenced by this episode, but on the digital level.

This was touched upon in a movie called, "The Forgotten". Also in the Dragonlance novels, there were special creatures that when they came into contact with living creatures, they wiped them out of existence, but it went further than that. These creatures wiped the memories of other people associated with that living being. It was more serious than even that, because it also wiped the existence of that creature out of the book of Gilean, which is a record of every living being kept by a Greater God. In a way, the Pattern Screamers of SCP-3930, has a strange mirror concept that the existence of non-existent creatures came to life, because of being observed, but those creatures hated existing in other peoples' memories, so wreaked havoc on reality. The only cure for reality disruption was to erase the people, who observed the Pattern Screamers to be erased from existence. I highly suspect the Pattern Screamers were influenced indirectly by a Twilight Zone episode known as "Something in the Walls".

Dude… You took a very meh episode (for me, at least) and made it interesting. That’s my moment of awe. The whole thing about the rich people wanting to be frozen in time when they were happy. It connects it with all the other nostalgia episodes.😊

It does trouble me that the asteroid actually has a breathable atmosphere, when it is not necessary and requires lot of energy and resources, since asteroids do not naturally have atmospheres. Not Warwick, not any of the dead people benefit from a breathable atmosphere. In fact, it has a possibility of causing degradation of the scenes and preserved people. Most burials are meant to preserve people, usually require keeping them in a specific set of conditions to maintaining preservation. It's almost as if it was meant to be a museum for people who would visit, but being remote and far away seems to defeat that purpose.

22:55 How dare you apologize for that joke. It got me good. Excellent research, your whole channel is gem after gem after gem!

I feel more for the trio who got poisoned with formaldehyde. More needless suffering in cause of death they did not ask for was incurred than in the billionaires who may have died naturally, then been embalmed. The latter put themselves in that situation. The trio did not. Their sole mistake was accepting a poisoned drink from a strange being with no sign of real help anywhere in sight. Poison is one of the worst ways to go.

What frustrated me about this episode was the powerlessness and futility of this gift if you don't also find out when and how exactly the person will die. But maybe I'll give it a rewatch with all the new information you provided. :)

I love your breakdowns. This is one of my favorite episodes. It's unsettling and sinister. So, Wikwire could be an A.I. entity that can enter a human body. Or is he like a 3D copy of a human? Considering how realistic robotics has become in 2024, imagine the quality in the future. Undetectable. It reminds me a little of the movie A.I. The fact that he noticed the Captain's aggression made him decide to end their lives. That is such an interesting point! His programming seemed to tell him that humanity cannot be peaceful, even in the long run. His programming doesn't understand the complexities of human emotions. The ultimate peace for a human would be to rest at the cemetery-in other words, Death. So that is what he brought to the astronauts. That is beautiful advice about enjoying moments of pure happiness. Take a few minutes to put the devices down. Even if it's just stopping to smell the flowers. That was a sweet comment. Those are qualities we can all strive to have. I want to work on them again. Sometimes, going through life's ups and downs, you lose it.

I wondered if it was actually some kind of exhibition of human life organized by another species and how many of the people really ended up there voluntarily. And are they really dead or just frozen and that's why they look so lifelike?

Excellent analysis and love the connection between Wickwire and AI. I can see how this feels rushed with underdeveloped characters. That's kinda the downside of only having 30 minutes (actually less because commercials). On the other hand, it forces one to be more focused and efficient with story telling, which can be more compelling and entertaining IMO. Great episode. Keep them coming.