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The twilight zone is such a funny show cuz the episodes range from “The best episode of television you will ever watch” to “Wtf is this”

That is one spectacular library. Or was.

Ain’t in Alabama

So does Marty remember the new timeline since everything had changed? Wouldn’t he have all new memories

I've always felt like BTTF 2&3 retconned the way time worked. Let's say that it altered the past thus making the original '85 from the start of the movie nullified.

The reason for Marty still being a hot head in 2015 is that all the positive lessons he learned in 1955 were essentially wiped out by the aftermath of the Rolls Royce incident. You did touch on this, but I think the reason it is difficult for some to come to understand is that the parts of the original story/script that involved Jennifer's sub-plot had to be cut down dramatically. I believe there is video out there where the Bob's (Zemekis and Gale) talk about how the original story was much different from the end movies leaving plot points like this one often lacking in the final cut. Trauma can have very serious effects on a person, both for the positive and the negative. Remember, Bob Gale stated, there never was going to be a BTTF II or III, and the "To be continued?" was not there to indicate any sequels were coming but more a metaphoric ending given the theme of the movie, time is what you make of it and things can change in ways you don't expect so be able to change with the times. In interviews, the Bob's discuss how they had to come back and fill in the blanks of the story, change it, etc. years after BTTF had already been released because they didn't believe there would be a sequel(s).l Even the best writer can find themselves written into the perverbeal corner and have to rely on a bit of artistic freedom, and the expectation that an audience is willing to suspend their understanding of reality/story continuity/etc. for the sake of the story/movie itself. In other words, people go into movies knowing that it is "fake" so therefore not everything is going to follow the laws of nature/science/physics/logic/etc. Writers use this human behavior to their advantage and thus are born these incontinuities that have created what must now be a billion dollar armchair film expert industry. But I digress. It makes sense that Marty didn't become that "ideal Marty" after waking up in bed the next day after returning to 1985. First, he would still be in an odd mental state given everything that happened to him over the last week +. I would argue it is equal to him having been on a week long mind altering drug binge or some scizophrenic-esk episode/symptom flare. Remember that he repeatedly says "it was all a dream" in the trilogy, elluding to Marty not being able to fully process the surreal events he experiences along his journey. This would likely include him not being able to fully and consistently integrate any "lessons learned" into his character fully and consistently either, thus he still succumbs to Needles taunts the day after he awakens from returning from 1955. On top of all this, he is just a teenager! As smart as Marty is, he still has teenage hormones and a teenage mind, so it is not hard to believe he is still making at least some bad choices even just hours after nearly dying several times.

The black cat clock that represents Felix the Cat

Every time Marty traveled through time, he switched timelines. He never actually made it to his actual home.

I'd really like to know how he could bare it at home, since his wife wasn't really a wife but a jailor.

This was, is, and always shall be one of the best and most important episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE for me. I still think it's one of the bravest performances by George Takei (I hope I'm spelling his last name right). I know the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were still very prominent in the public mind then, and still is today, but the lesson this episode taught should never be forgotten.

I felt so sad for the guy, he was a good man, all he wanted to do was read. 😢

Wow. A long video of nothing.

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Nick of Time was a far superior TZ episode with Shatner

I love twilight zone

Jesus loves u bros

"Henrryyyy"!!

Nope

This video explains so much

Just a stutter step that’s all

And at home, the wall paper has stripes, like bars.

First time I saw this episode I thought it was so unfair. Felt so bad for Beamis. The Twilight Zone usually had endings where bad people were punished. I thought Beamis was an innocent. so I though the ending was odd. As I got older I realized what the moral of the story was. It's a cautionary tale warning not to put other things above human interactions. Beamis has NO REACTION to the fact that BILLIONS of people are dead. A normal person would be overwhelmed with grief if only a fraction of the people they knew died suddenly. Remember 911? Beamis didn't care that 911 multiplied by millions had just happened because HE got to read. It is his complete lack of empathy for his fellow man that he is being punished for.

Man Jurassic Park like the Book would be Intense.

Don’t forget the TZ episode where he places his fate in a penny wish machine - In the Nick of Time

His wife isn't intervening for his sake, but because she is mean

Have you people never read the damn book? It should have been, it wasn't a kids book.

I want to see that movie

Thought provoking analysis…my favorite Burgess Meredith Twilight Zone character is Romney Wordsworth from The Obsolete Man where he was persecuted for reading too LOL…keep up the great content and work…liked and subscribed 🤙🏽

I'll throw you for a loop. Marty doesn't look like either of his siblings. He looks exactly like the guy Marty they knew in high school... so what's going through George's mind when he thinks back and compares the two? He would suspect his wife hooked up with the old college flame Marty and got PREGNANT! In this timeline the thought eats at him and they eventually break up! Marty ends up destroying his family!!!

What the politicians did to the world with their nukes you mean

There is a second ending where he finds new glasses at a pharmacy and he can read and it's all happy again. And there's grocery stores. And then he finds another survivor nerd girl. But then her zombie girlfriend shows up...

After the ending there's another ending where he just finds some glasses at the pharmacy and now he can read and he has grocery stores etc. happy zone

Some insightful analysis of the story and its foreshadowing!

As a bibliophile and reading addict, I often think about Henry Bemis and the hell he must have been going through ... poor little guy 🤔

If Burgess Merideth is in it...... it is one of my favorite episodes. He was an amazing actor. His command of his voice was so subtle and yet profound.

An addict of reading? Sounds like a label for a person, today, who would rather read than watch.

You'd think he'd find his way to someone else's good enough glasses, a magnifier or something

Perhaps a thinking man would have tried to find a way home to retrieve his spare glasses. Just a thought.

I loved watching these shows when I was young, before HS lit. Symbolism ruins everything 😂.

His wife was a terrible person. Instead of divorcing a man who she didn't respect or love, she chose to stay in an unfulfilling marriage for the sole purpose of tormenting and belittling him. Just imagine how much time it took for her to scratch out every page of his poetry book. She should have used that time instead to find a good divorce lawyer.

I really enjoyed the video and you have a great presenter voice.

Burgess Meredith is one of the all time greats.

Something out there could be a superfan of William Shatner.

My favorite was how to serve man. Great episode next to this one, but most things you are pointing out like the prison cell, warden, and Helen name are more of a stretch. I'm not saying it isn't interesting, but not much groundbreaking. But, great video, hope you have more

This is one of my most favorite episodes of the Twilight Show. And I have never seen or heard a better break down of this particular episode. Well done! I thoroughly enjoyed!

Everything you point out is true and sort of obvious. The only part I cared about when I first saw this back in the 60's was the cruel twist of fate at the end. Most of the TZ shows were like this.

As an avid reader and apocalyptic movie lover, this is my favorite episode! ❤👓📚