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I actually prefer this ending to the original story. Just watched it last night ahead of this video to get a good idea of my personal thoughts since it’d been a while, but I really do think this was a well done storyline, aside from the bartender being all buddy buddy lol.
I’ve never seen Execution, but to be honest I don’t think this is a must-see episode. Your synopsis, in this case, was sufficient enough for me. By the way, I’m totally on board (no pun intended... you know... cuz S.S. Minnow) for a Twilight Zone meets Gilligan’s Island FanScription! 💚🤗🤗💚
That's a thought. Personally I always thought that Caswell, who like any bully had mostly attacked the weak, being killed in a fight by someone smaller than him was poetic. But some other connection between Caswell and the thief could have been a good idea for a twist.
My favourite part of the episode is the line at the beginning: "Mr. Joe Caswell, who, when the good Lord passed out a conscience, a heart, a feeling for fellow men, must have been out for a beer and missed out." Serling must have really liked that joke, because he reused it in Season 2's "The Whole Truth."
I loved this ending where the new crook gets punished by the time travelers noose! I thought it was an awesome twist. The original criminal was punished by the fear of a new world, and the new criminal was punished with an old world style.
I cried out, "OH, COME ON!!!" when the bartender turned the TV on and what's the very FIRST thing that pops up? A gunfighter!! What the hell were the odds???!! I would have loved to have seen that "K.A.R.S. for KIDS" commercial instead! LOL!!
It was one of the weaker first season episodes but better than most time travel stories. The point seems to be that a violent man is the same no matter what time they're from and justice will prevail across time!
The combination of Albert Salmi's acting, and some of the lines written for him really bring the detestable Joe Caswell vividly to life for me. He makes the episode hold up despite the weaknesses mentioned in the video. One of my favorite parts of the script is the exchange he has at the beginning with the father of a young man he gunned down. The father corrects him by saying it wasn't a gunfight, but that his son was shot in the back and he hopes the hanging will take a while: the longer it takes, the more justice served. Remorseless scum that he is, Caswell replies sardonically, "Well, I'll do a jig for you, pappy, just like a puppet." Salmi delivers that with such contemptuous conviction that the viewer wants to be the one to slap the horse and get him dangling. The other really memorable lines are when he's lecturing the professor on what life's like out in the wilderness, where the only law is the law of survival. So chilling, and delivered accordingly. One quibble I have is that Joe Caswell is clean shaven. Was it customary to give the condemned a shave before heading to the hanging tree? Stubble seems more likely. But a very good, if not great, episode nonetheless.
I was confused at first when I saw this episode, but now I love it after watching it a second time. Albert Salmi was a great actor. It’s a shame that he had such a gruesome end.
Please tell me you’re going to do season two next year and also the rest of the season every year after that because the show ran for five seasons so I feel like you’re going to have to do a lot more of these reviews in the future
If Albert Salmis character Joe Caswell had thought quick enough he could have said he got the rope burn from a suicide. I love all the scenes with Joe in the city, the stunts and Albert Salmi himself. Of course it was great to see a professor who would later play a professor Russell Johnson
First off, I'm 30 minutes early. Secondly, I remember watching some episodes of the Twilight Zone shows, like the one where a guy was desperate to keep an old clock going so he doesn't die or one where a bunch of guys are in a big can and don't know how to get out.
This is one of my favorite TZ episodes ever because I would love to play the type of character Salmi plays here. Also, fyi it seems Albert Salmi's wife was an abusive wife and mother to her kids. Albert ended up killing her and then himself a very sad ending.
The funny thing is, in his second appearance on "The Twilight Zone", he goes back in time himself (he gets thrown back in time to April 14, 1865 and tries to avert the Lincoln assassination).
Out of all the time travel stories in the first season of Twilight Zone "Execution" remains one of my favorites. Namely because of the consequences that come from it. For the Professor, he learns too late that some people are meant to stay in the past. For Joe Casswell, the man who he wronged in the 1880s, gets his wish granted to him by letting his son's murderer's suffering "take a while" by having him sent to the future and letting him die there while a modern criminal is sent back to hang in his place.
I always like the fact that Caswell admits he's guilty but talks more like someone who's been framed. I mean those lines like "That's my right, is it?" and "Am I supposed to know about justice?" I never noticed it before, but in the background at 6:05 you see a Doris Day comedy on a marquee. That's about as far from THE TWILIGHT ZONE as you can get.
True, although seeing Doris in the Twilight Zone or Perry Mason would have been a memorable change of pace for her. She was actually quite good in thrillers(Julie, Midnight Lace, Caprice).
Albert Salmi (who sadly later committed suicide) had a long career, but you might best know him as Danny Noonan's dad in "Caddyshack." "Who are you? I mean, what's your name?" "Dennis." "Dennis? Honey, who is this?" "That's your nephew!" "What are we running here, a restaurant?"
What if instead of the thief appearing it was the police and in desperation he tries to hide and ends up accidently sending himself back to his hanging?
When I first saw this ep I thought the twist was going to be the Professor ending up taking Caswell's place at the execution and the "lesson" be about meddling with time or the natural order or something.
Uk digital channel; Legend, started airing the show this year. This episode was broadcast on a Monday at 20:30. And yet, even at that time slot, they deemed the sequence of Caswell having the curtain cord wrapped around his neck and then strangled with it too violent, and completely cut it. Making it very confusing of what happened to him, all because everybody is too sensitive.
He should make an X-Mas special with all the holiday-themed TZs: Night of the Meek, The Changing of the Guard and Five Characters in Search of an Exit.
I think Gilligan’s Island did take place in the twilight zone. What else could explain how they can never escape, despite having dozens of other people show up and then leave? It’s like they are trapped in hell and the other people leaving is their punishment.
A very good look at the episode. I thought Salmi was excellent. I disagree with the review on two points: 1) I like the new ending! Really spooks the hell out of the 1880 crowd. (And it shows that TV crooks always wore sports coats.) 2) I agree with Marc Zicree (I think it was), who wrote that the choking of Salmi was way too easy and too fast. They should have re-shot that bit. Giving props to the stunt men - that was classy. Nicely done! By the way, the hold-up man showed up later in a tiny role in the Peter Sellers film “Bring There.” Looking forward to watching all of these!
What if Gilligan's Island took place in The Twilight Zone?" Considering what happens in some of the odder episodes, I sometimes think it actually did! I The second and third seasons had so many sci-fi elements it's no wonder a sequel cartoon took place on "Gilligan's Planet"!
This was a standard enough episode, but concur that the twist with Johnson dying in Caswell's place in the old West seemed to come too abruptly out of the blue. It might have helped if we'd been introduced to Johnson earlier, so that we'd have gotten more of a shocking climax. 🤔
Or maybe the Professor would have gone in his place. That would have made more sense. Of course he never would have made it to that three hour tour on the SS Minnow.
I like that this is going to be an annual thing, and I get that it'd be too hard to continue it after Halloween with the same daily schedule. But man, I wish this didn't stop at the 31st.
I always feel sad, now, when I see this certain, episode, because of the actor who played the condemned man, from his past. He died such a tragic, death, and he was an excellent actor. 😔 (In real life.) it blew my mind.🤯 Google is my friend.🤔
The things you mentioned about the random thief and the leap in logic with the bartender are why I didn't particularly care for this episode. It seemed like the twist was there just for shock value. It would have made more sense if the thief had some connection to one of the men, I think.
Интересно было бы послушать про истории вселенных "Технолога". Всё-таки это альтернатива Лего и Вархамеру. Только комиксы издательства Bubble были про них.
I can certainly agree that the affable timidity of the bartender and some narrative decisions render Execution a bit tepid in comparison to the multitude of profound and memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone. However, in addition to the general performances and established grim, frantic atmosphere, there are some intriguing conversations pertaining to the dispensation and definition of justice that can be precipitated from the events and overall construction of this episode. Caswell is portrayed as an indubitable villain with a propensity for violence and murder, yet, his confrontation with the professor yields some recognition as to the situational contributors to his behaviors, namely the necessity of employing recklessness and brutality in order to survive in a time when lawlessness, theft, and murder were pervasive. He rails against the judgement that the professor imparts upon him, vociferously arguing that standards of justice in a period of comparable peace, affluence, and stability are inapplicable to the era of the west when a paucity of resources and safety beget violence. Though Caswell vehemently kills the innocent professor, thus solidifying his characterization as a truculent, impulsive individual and compromising the defensibility of his claims of circumstances or “nurture” being the sole attributors of his actions, the potency of his statements appertaining to the nature of justice and the complex source of criminality remain. With regards to the seemingly random introduction of the modern-day thief, I do think it’s possible to derive some thematic reasons for his existence within the narrative. Paul Johnson kills a murderer by strangulation about the neck, which is precisely the intention and method of obtaining justice that the law of 1880 was about to dispense. Therefore, his actions could be considered fate, or some strange vigilantism ridding the world of an unstable killer, which results in him receiving the execution intended for Caswell. In a sense, Johnson obfuscates the delineation between murder and lawful execution, inspiring a discussion about the righteousness or justice of killing for the purpose of eliminating a destructive person. Still, from a pacing perspective, Johnson’s appearance was interruptive to the flow of the narrative and removes focus from Caswell’s experiences in the “present” day. Thank you, Walter, for inspiring such fascinating discussions with your detailed and entertaining analyses!
I hate the idea of remakes or rebooting an old story, but this episode needs one to make it better. Why would the professor tell this ignorant moron that he's being sent back knowing that Caswell is a violent murderer? He should have tricked him back into the booth by lying to him that he will send him to his time as a millionaire? All of the flaws in this episode overpowered what could be a great story!
@@rogue7723 "Three-Hour Tour in a Month"? Or maybe "Fifteen-Hour Tour" if they spend 30 days covering one half-hour episode per day? Or maybe just "Gilligan's Month"?
I agree that the scene that made the least sense was the bar scene. I would think the bartender would have called the police after the thief destroyed the jukebox, but he waited until the TV got shot at.
Giligans Island without the laugh track is super creepy with the long pauses for the laugh track that make all the islanders look like they are fighting going insane... would make a good twilight zone episode for sure
I thought he was going to get caught after killing the professor, and end up executed in the modern time, showing that he cant escape his fate, even by time travel.
Not my favorite episodes. They did others about executions like Dust and I Am the Night, Color Me Black that are better. Though I like seeing a young Russell Johnston in a pre-Professor role. I also liked him in Back There. Frightening Fact: Ironically, Salmi himself got involved in a violent crime. He killed his wife during a violent argument (they were in the middle of a divorce) and then himself.
On April 23, 1990, Albert Salmi and his estranged wife Roberta were found dead in their Spokane home by a friend who stopped by to check on her. According to newspaper accounts, Salmi fatally shot Roberta in the kitchen of her home, before shooting himself in an upstairs room
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I liked it, but felt that the ending was a little too out of left field to keep it from being an extraordinary episode! 😁
I actually prefer this ending to the original story. Just watched it last night ahead of this video to get a good idea of my personal thoughts since it’d been a while, but I really do think this was a well done storyline, aside from the bartender being all buddy buddy lol.
I’ve never seen Execution, but to be honest I don’t think this is a must-see episode. Your synopsis, in this case, was sufficient enough for me.
By the way, I’m totally on board (no pun intended... you know... cuz S.S. Minnow) for a Twilight Zone meets Gilligan’s Island FanScription!
💚🤗🤗💚
I agree with you that the man who was originally hung plays a fantastic performance. And also why the hell would you leave the gun on the table?
I haven't seen it, but it sounds like it would have been improved if they had foreshadowed the thief earlier in the story.
"What if Gilligan's Island took place in The Twilight Zone?"
Wasn't that the pitch idea for Lost? 😆
The castaways are examples of the seven deadly sins and they are in hell
Pretty much.
Gilligan was Satan.
Gilligan was sloth.
I was thinking "Five Characters In Search of an Exit" myself.
What if it turned out the theft at the end was his descendant. The whole killing your own grandpa with a twist.
That's a thought. Personally I always thought that Caswell, who like any bully had mostly attacked the weak, being killed in a fight by someone smaller than him was poetic. But some other connection between Caswell and the thief could have been a good idea for a twist.
The irony of the two characters getting the same fate
My favourite part of the episode is the line at the beginning: "Mr. Joe Caswell, who, when the good Lord passed out a conscience, a heart, a feeling for fellow men, must have been out for a beer and missed out."
Serling must have really liked that joke, because he reused it in Season 2's "The Whole Truth."
Johnson seems to play professors before and after Gilligan's Island. Especially in This Island Earth.
In his second "TZ", I don't think he did, so that's one time he didn't.
@@geoffreyfyfe2248 Then he was an electrician in "It Came from Outer Space".
Quite true.
I loved this ending where the new crook gets punished by the time travelers noose! I thought it was an awesome twist. The original criminal was punished by the fear of a new world, and the new criminal was punished with an old world style.
I liked it because it's one of those 'people never change' things. A murderer gets killed, a killer gets murdered.
When it comes to plot twists, Twilight Zone has almost perfect- um, what’s the word I’m looking for?
Hmm, set up, pay off, I know that there's a word for it, I just can't execute it properly! 😉
Ex3cut10n.
Oh my gosh that actually took me a moment to get your joke XD
@@areyousureyouenteredyourna85 No, no, no, that's the number version.
The professor, discovers time travel, can't fix a hole in a boat..
I can 100% believe that Gilligan's Island is in the Twilight Zone.
I cried out, "OH, COME ON!!!" when the bartender turned the TV on and what's the very FIRST thing that pops up? A gunfighter!! What the hell were the odds???!! I would have loved to have seen that "K.A.R.S. for KIDS" commercial instead! LOL!!
It was one of the weaker first season episodes but better than most time travel stories.
The point seems to be that a violent man is the same no matter what time they're from and justice will prevail across time!
The combination of Albert Salmi's acting, and some of the lines written for him really bring the detestable Joe Caswell vividly to life for me. He makes the episode hold up despite the weaknesses mentioned in the video. One of my favorite parts of the script is the exchange he has at the beginning with the father of a young man he gunned down. The father corrects him by saying it wasn't a gunfight, but that his son was shot in the back and he hopes the hanging will take a while: the longer it takes, the more justice served.
Remorseless scum that he is, Caswell replies sardonically, "Well, I'll do a jig for you, pappy, just like a puppet." Salmi delivers that with such contemptuous conviction that the viewer wants to be the one to slap the horse and get him dangling. The other really memorable lines are when he's lecturing the professor on what life's like out in the wilderness, where the only law is the law of survival. So chilling, and delivered accordingly.
One quibble I have is that Joe Caswell is clean shaven. Was it customary to give the condemned a shave before heading to the hanging tree? Stubble seems more likely. But a very good, if not great, episode nonetheless.
I was confused at first when I saw this episode, but now I love it after watching it a second time. Albert Salmi was a great actor. It’s a shame that he had such a gruesome end.
The wife he murdered also had a grusome end
Please tell me you’re going to do season two next year and also the rest of the season every year after that because the show ran for five seasons so I feel like you’re going to have to do a lot more of these reviews in the future
If Albert Salmis character Joe Caswell had thought quick enough he could have said he got the rope burn from a suicide. I love all the scenes with Joe in the city, the stunts and Albert Salmi himself. Of course it was great to see a professor who would later play a professor Russell Johnson
First off, I'm 30 minutes early. Secondly, I remember watching some episodes of the Twilight Zone shows, like the one where a guy was desperate to keep an old clock going so he doesn't die or one where a bunch of guys are in a big can and don't know how to get out.
Albert Salmi was agreeably superb as Caswell. Certainly with lines like: "I died once already, mister. I've been to Hell. Now I'm back."
"What if Gilligan's Island took place in the Twilight Zone?" So, Lost?
Not really. The GI castaways actually get off the island and it's not purgatory :)
@@christophertheriault3308 The island wasn't purgatory.
@@Welverin I was thinking more of the final season.
@@christophertheriault3308 I know exactly what you were talking about, my point stands.
This episode is definitely all about the Execution *Ba dum tsss*
Yes, I see what you did there, epic drum riff! 🥁🤣
This is one of my favorite TZ episodes ever because I would love to play the type of character Salmi plays here. Also, fyi it seems Albert Salmi's wife was an abusive wife and mother to her kids. Albert ended up killing her and then himself a very sad ending.
Lord, have mercy!
The Professor playing another Professor? That's like if one of the Doctor Who actors played another doctor in another franchise!
The funny thing is, in his second appearance on "The Twilight Zone", he goes back in time himself (he gets thrown back in time to April 14, 1865 and tries to avert the Lincoln assassination).
Reginald VelJohnson plays a cop in Family Matters, Die Hard, and Turner and Hooch.
@@robzanotti6463 And Ghostbusters!
@@claytonrios1 Truth
Russell Johnson was a capable actor with a long career and he was solid here. This was a ok episode. RIP Albert Salmi and Russell Johnson.
Out of all the time travel stories in the first season of Twilight Zone "Execution" remains one of my favorites. Namely because of the consequences that come from it. For the Professor, he learns too late that some people are meant to stay in the past. For Joe Casswell, the man who he wronged in the 1880s, gets his wish granted to him by letting his son's murderer's suffering "take a while" by having him sent to the future and letting him die there while a modern criminal is sent back to hang in his place.
Ironically Russel Johnson's other appearance in the episode "Back There" Would have *Him* travel to the *Past*
"What if Gilligan's Island took place... in the Twilight Zone?"
Lost. Lost.
I guess you could say this episode had the best EXECUTION!!!
Ayyyyyy...
I always like the fact that Caswell admits he's guilty but talks more like someone who's been framed. I mean those lines like "That's my right, is it?" and "Am I supposed to know about justice?"
I never noticed it before, but in the background at 6:05 you see a Doris Day comedy on a marquee. That's about as far from THE TWILIGHT ZONE as you can get.
True, although seeing Doris in the Twilight Zone or Perry Mason would have been a memorable change of pace for her. She was actually quite good in thrillers(Julie, Midnight Lace, Caprice).
This review's most important message: Stuntmen deserve more praise.
Absolutely
Stunt choreographers should get Oscars.
@@rogue7723 Not just Honorary, but actual nominations.
I have the same black onyx ring with a diamond in the middle in that one scene.
I really like the fanscription idea. I’d love to see that.
Albert Salmi, eternamente. Obrigado por postar.
whoa, professor- ception, that gives a whole new meaning to the professor's backstory
Think I remember watching this one when I was younger!
Next time The Big Tall Wish!
Gilligan's Island in the Twilight Zone is called LOST.😂
Love these video! Please give us Twlight vember zone. And Twilight Ember Zone
Albert Salmi (who sadly later committed suicide) had a long career, but you might best know him as Danny Noonan's dad in "Caddyshack."
"Who are you? I mean, what's your name?"
"Dennis."
"Dennis? Honey, who is this?"
"That's your nephew!"
"What are we running here, a restaurant?"
Why is his suicide sad!?! He murdered his wife and took the cowards way out!!
It feels weird seeing Twilight Zone get praised for its action and choreography. An unexpected vision... in the twilight.
One of my favorites.
One of my favorites
This is a great episode
What if instead of the thief appearing it was the police and in desperation he tries to hide and ends up accidently sending himself back to his hanging?
Good twist 👍
That's my new head-cannon.
Gilligan's Island takes place in the Twilight Zone.
When I first saw this ep I thought the twist was going to be the Professor ending up taking Caswell's place at the execution and the "lesson" be about meddling with time or the natural order or something.
Uk digital channel; Legend, started airing the show this year. This episode was broadcast on a Monday at 20:30. And yet, even at that time slot, they deemed the sequence of Caswell having the curtain cord wrapped around his neck and then strangled with it too violent, and completely cut it. Making it very confusing of what happened to him, all because everybody is too sensitive.
Will you be finishing the first season after october? Can you make a christmas special with night of the meek?
He should make an X-Mas special with all the holiday-themed TZs: Night of the Meek, The Changing of the Guard and Five Characters in Search of an Exit.
LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!
The scene where Caswell looks at modern NYC reminds me of a similar scene in _Captain America: The First Avenger_ .
I think Gilligan’s Island did take place in the twilight zone. What else could explain how they can never escape, despite having dozens of other people show up and then leave? It’s like they are trapped in hell and the other people leaving is their punishment.
“It’s a winder!”
A very good look at the episode. I thought Salmi was excellent.
I disagree with the review on two points: 1) I like the new ending! Really spooks the hell out of the 1880 crowd. (And it shows that TV crooks always wore sports coats.) 2) I agree with Marc Zicree (I think it was), who wrote that the choking of Salmi was way too easy and too fast. They should have re-shot that bit.
Giving props to the stunt men - that was classy. Nicely done!
By the way, the hold-up man showed up later in a tiny role in the Peter Sellers film “Bring There.”
Looking forward to watching all of these!
What if Gilligan's Island took place in The Twilight Zone?"
Considering what happens in some of the odder episodes, I sometimes think it actually did! I The second and third seasons had so many sci-fi elements it's no wonder a sequel cartoon took place on "Gilligan's Planet"!
2 episodes I'd like to see in twilight tober zone is "In Praise of Pip" and "The Bard"
Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge should been reviewed too
This professor: alright since I just brought a man from the past and psychotically raviging chaos I might need a vacation
Anyone who got stuck in a phone booth understands the urge to crash through the side of the booth.
I like the whole switcheroo at the end tbh
This episode was on MeTV, today, 11-12-24.
This was a standard enough episode, but concur that the twist with Johnson dying in Caswell's place in the old West seemed to come too abruptly out of the blue. It might have helped if we'd been introduced to Johnson earlier, so that we'd have gotten more of a shocking climax. 🤔
Or maybe the Professor would have gone in his place. That would have made more sense. Of course he never would have made it to that three hour tour on the SS Minnow.
I like that this is going to be an annual thing, and I get that it'd be too hard to continue it after Halloween with the same daily schedule. But man, I wish this didn't stop at the 31st.
Alber Salmi was one of the many outstanding character actors who appeared on THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Hears a better idea what if lost took place in the twilight zone.
I always feel sad, now, when I see this certain, episode, because of the actor who played the condemned man, from his past. He died such a tragic, death, and he was an excellent actor. 😔 (In real life.) it blew my mind.🤯 Google is my friend.🤔
Emperor Corona: "Execute Order 2020!"
What if Gilligan’s Island Took Place In The Twilight Zone? would be a great fanscription.
Wait, Gulligan's Island is not in the Twilight Zone? I never really paid attention to that series
There's a book called Gilligan's Wake which gives an almost Twilight Zone-esque twist to the sitcom. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan's_Wake
Have you covered the gremlin on the wing yet or there was never enough time now there is time (I think it's called)
Man, I hope you guys eventually do "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
The things you mentioned about the random thief and the leap in logic with the bartender are why I didn't particularly care for this episode. It seemed like the twist was there just for shock value. It would have made more sense if the thief had some connection to one of the men, I think.
If one thinks about it gilligan's island taking place within the twilight zone universe makes a lot of sense.
i have that episode in my twilight zone episode collection.
Good commentary.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
You should do a series on Night Gallery!
Never been this early
Wow! The Professor before he got stranded on Gilligan's Island...
Интересно было бы послушать про истории вселенных "Технолога". Всё-таки это альтернатива Лего и Вархамеру.
Только комиксы издательства Bubble были про них.
Yep
What a nice bartender!
I can certainly agree that the affable timidity of the bartender and some narrative decisions render Execution a bit tepid in comparison to the multitude of profound and memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone. However, in addition to the general performances and established grim, frantic atmosphere, there are some intriguing conversations pertaining to the dispensation and definition of justice that can be precipitated from the events and overall construction of this episode. Caswell is portrayed as an indubitable villain with a propensity for violence and murder, yet, his confrontation with the professor yields some recognition as to the situational contributors to his behaviors, namely the necessity of employing recklessness and brutality in order to survive in a time when lawlessness, theft, and murder were pervasive. He rails against the judgement that the professor imparts upon him, vociferously arguing that standards of justice in a period of comparable peace, affluence, and stability are inapplicable to the era of the west when a paucity of resources and safety beget violence. Though Caswell vehemently kills the innocent professor, thus solidifying his characterization as a truculent, impulsive individual and compromising the defensibility of his claims of circumstances or “nurture” being the sole attributors of his actions, the potency of his statements appertaining to the nature of justice and the complex source of criminality remain.
With regards to the seemingly random introduction of the modern-day thief, I do think it’s possible to derive some thematic reasons for his existence within the narrative. Paul Johnson kills a murderer by strangulation about the neck, which is precisely the intention and method of obtaining justice that the law of 1880 was about to dispense. Therefore, his actions could be considered fate, or some strange vigilantism ridding the world of an unstable killer, which results in him receiving the execution intended for Caswell. In a sense, Johnson obfuscates the delineation between murder and lawful execution, inspiring a discussion about the righteousness or justice of killing for the purpose of eliminating a destructive person. Still, from a pacing perspective, Johnson’s appearance was interruptive to the flow of the narrative and removes focus from Caswell’s experiences in the “present” day.
Thank you, Walter, for inspiring such fascinating discussions with your detailed and entertaining analyses!
I hate the idea of remakes or rebooting an old story, but this episode needs one to make it better. Why would the professor tell this ignorant moron that he's being sent back knowing that Caswell is a violent murderer? He should have tricked him back into the booth by lying to him that he will send him to his time as a millionaire? All of the flaws in this episode overpowered what could be a great story!
Im working on a remake but Joe Caswell is gonna have longer hair
Maybe spend a month going through the episodes of Gilligan’s Island?
I’d love it, what would you think it’d be called?
@@rogue7723 "Three-Hour Tour in a Month"? Or maybe "Fifteen-Hour Tour" if they spend 30 days covering one half-hour episode per day? Or maybe just "Gilligan's Month"?
@@johnyesjustjohn Sounds great :)
Awsome
go on a 3 hour tour they said, it will be fun they said.
I agree that the scene that made the least sense was the bar scene. I would think the bartender would have called the police after the thief destroyed the jukebox, but he waited until the TV got shot at.
Oh wow I just realized that twilight zone in Hulu so guess whose gonna do a bit of binging
Giligans Island without the laugh track is super creepy with the long pauses for the laugh track that make all the islanders look like they are fighting going insane...
would make a good twilight zone episode for sure
I liked it just the way it was.
Yesirrrr
I thought he was going to get caught after killing the professor, and end up executed in the modern time, showing that he cant escape his fate, even by time travel.
Justice is severed... in the Twilight Zone.
Albert Salmi, did 2 episodes and pretty much played himself in both, he was a severely messed up individual, who turned to murder.
It's hanged. Not hung.
Because hanged implies death.
Not my favorite episodes. They did others about executions like Dust and I Am the Night, Color Me Black that are better.
Though I like seeing a young Russell Johnston in a pre-Professor role. I also liked him in Back There.
Frightening Fact: Ironically, Salmi himself got involved in a violent crime. He killed his wife during a violent argument (they were in the middle of a divorce) and then himself.
An interesting coincidence: Gig Young ("Walking Distance") was also the perpetrator of a murder suicide involving his own wife.
@@petergray2712 And there's the obligatory twist.
I think this is the first one I watched of the 1960s series
How many people today will even know what Gilligan's Island is? Unlike The Twilight Zone Gilligan's Island hasn't exactly stood the test of time.
HANGED
seems kind of basic to me but I'm sure it is somebody's favorite
This might be the only Zone I had never seen, maybe because it was rarely shown for being a lemon.
On April 23, 1990, Albert Salmi and his estranged wife Roberta were found dead in their Spokane home by a friend who stopped by to check on her. According to newspaper accounts, Salmi fatally shot Roberta in the kitchen of her home, before shooting himself in an upstairs room