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One of my favourite pop culture references of this installment is from "Third Rock from the Sun", where William Shatner mentions having to be sedated after seeing something on the wing. John Lithgow replies with "Same thing happened to me!", since he'd played Shatner's very role in the 1983 movie adaptation.
@@Tallahassee21 Yes, it adds even another layer to how great this joke is, that it's not just a random meta-reference but works in-universe for the show too!
Richard Donner’s career was really impressive from directing this incredible episode to making iconic and beloved movies like The Omen, Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, and Scrooged
The man was truly a legend. If this didn’t prove he was the right man to helm “The Omen”, I don’t know what could’ve lol. Course we can thank him for giving us the first (and his cut of Superman II) Superman & even helped produce the OG X-Men trilogy among various Marvel projects pre-MCU
This episode wasn't the only one The Simpsons parodied in their Halloween specials. They parodied "It's A Good Life," " Living Doll," and a lot of others I can't remember.
This is the one that always got parodied, even in children’s media. Madagascar 2 did it at the beginning of the film, Muppets Tonight also did it, the Johnny Bravo show and an Ace Ventura movie. It became like this common joke to tell, and I didn’t realize it was originally from the Twilight Zone until I was much older.
That shot of the gremlin, William Shatner, every part of this episode is absolutely iconic. The trouble it took to shoot the episode makes it even more impressive. Poor Robert though, they should've let him go whe they saw the damage to the wing.
I think it was strongly implied during the voice lines at the end that he was released. I seem to remember the quote being something like 'his solitary state won't last much longer'. Something very similar to that.
@@Perid0tStar It was. The version in the 1983 movie was even more explicit about it, with an airline maintenance guy finding the damage even before Wilson is loaded into the ambulance.
The best moment coming from this episode is in an episode of Third Rock from the Sun, where Shatner, guest starring as the Big Giant Head, tells Lithgow's character that his flight into their town was horrible - there was something on the wing and no one believed him! - to which Lithgow cries out: "the same thing happened to me!" Pure gold.
@@nataliegray8019 Flying also used to be 2x as expensive as today's first class. These days for less money you can have first class (and all the leg room and dining they used to have), or you can choose unbelievably cheap flights with less leg room. Note today's cheap flights allow almost anyone to fly, rather than just wealthy people. Literally everything about flying is better, including the lack of smoking (smokers can go to the hell they deserve).
Me too! I was a kid when I saw it and I thought it was going to be out on the wing and when he whipped the curtain back. I almost screamed when the darn thing had it's face up to the window. That was a great scene.
I can never pass up a moment to say, "There's something on the wing and the plane'" whenever I go flying. This is my favorite Twilight Zone episode and segments of the movie.
The classic episode. I remember my elementary school teacher showed us this one around Halloween one year. For the rest of the year i couldn’t look out a window without freaking out. Haha!
There is an old philosophical question: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one else is around does it make a sound!?” Likewise: “If there’s a man on the wing of the plane only you can see but no one else can: does it actually exist!?” I was kinda worried this episode would be called overrated: but thankfully not! The premise, the acting, the direction and even the absurdity of the look of the gremlin are all worth the high praise and pop culture status this episode earned! An absolutely essential triple A five stars episode!! 👍
I remember seeing the movie version of this for my college screenwriting class, and it scared me half to death. But, when I saw the clips from it here... it still scared me, but on a lower level than before. (Maybe because the Twilight-tober Zone show wasn't on at the time.) I still have memories of being terrified almost three years later.
The movie version does a nice job doing it their way with a bit more of a scary creature design, but it’s a nice update to Donner’s. Course I always think of the OG episode when it’s referenced anyway in pop culture
I still say the greatest moment to come from this episode was a joke on Third Rock from the Sun. In season 1, they made a joke about an alien disguised as a human played by John Lithgow seeing something on the wing of a plane, not realizing it was just the engine. A few years later, they have Shatner playing the aliens' superior. When they pick him up at the airport (he'd landed in the wrong state) we get this gem. Lithgow: "How was your flight, sir?" Shatner: "Fine. Until I looked out the window and tried to tell them there was something on the wing of the plane." Lithgow: "The same thing happened to me!!"
I think what makes this episode so great (and what makes some of the best episodes of TZ so great) is that Shatner's trip into the Twilight Zone was for a reason. He's just gotten out of a mental institution, and once again, he finds his sanity being tested. And by defeating the gremlin, he fully wins his sanity back. Compare those final shots of him on the gurney vs. when he was getting on the plane at the beginning. Even when he was first getting on the plane, he seemed jumpy and nervous. But by the end, he's completely calm and speaks with full conviction of what he saw. Others may not believe him, but he knows what he saw, and that's all that matters (to him, anyway).
It's oddly fitting that you're reviewing one of the most iconic episodes of the whole series as the penultimate review of this year's twilight tober zone.
I've been on a Simpsons kick and given that it's spooky season I'm of course rewatching old treehouses of horror. "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet" is an incredible example of how much the creators of that show loved this one. I think the quintessential Zone episode for me is still Time Enough At Last, because it was my first exposure to the series, but after learning much more about it through the Twilight-tober Zone, I can see why you've picked these 4. To be honest, I also learned about that shot of the gremlin from watching this series, too: you've shown that clip in a good number of previous reviews!
I gotta say I think the Treehouse of Horror version of this might just be my favourite Treehouse segment in the history of the show. Top 3 at the very least.
@tinkerer3399 you can really tell that Groening and Co. grew up in the zone, and every Treehouse segment that plays off of iconic TZ moments read like love letters to the source material
This episode has been sooofed a thousand times from The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, Bob's Burgers, The Venture Bros, Ace Ventura, Third Rock From The Sun, SNL, In Living Color, and many TV shows and movies! The episode was remade in THE TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIE with John Lithgow and Directed by George Miller The Gremlin is terrifying AF in the segment, and people have said it's one of the best ones.
This episode scared me for days as a kid even in the 90s. My dad even considered forbidding watching twilight zone entirely but I was like nooo it was just that one episode!
Richard Matheson wrote my favorite book of all time, I Am Legend. It's the reason zombies are popular. George Romero took much inspiration from it for his first movie Night of the Living Dead.
Night of the Living was the first zombie movie and the story wouldn’t be depicting living undead monsters who resurrect from the dead and feed on the flesh from the living if it wasn’t for Richard Matheson, “I Am Legend”
I prefer the will smith version, with the original ending of course and not the one the studio did for the movie. It works so much better when you can see humanity itself as the monster.
This is not only one of the most iconic episodes even being a reoccurring Easter egg in Jorden Peele’s Twilight Zone, but is my absolutely my favorite of the Twilight Zone even loves to impersonate William Shatner as Bob & segment from the movie
Truly one of the all time classics of the entire series. From Richard Donner’s direction to Shatner’s earnest performance & Richard Matheson delivered the goods with his script. This was one of the first episodes I saw in 7th grade
I understand why this one is a well stood out considered one of the top 10 twilight zone episodes and I think it’s really good. I just think I was also spoiled by everything that came before.. And not just other twilight zone episodes, but the fact that I’ve seen the movie version before this one I saw every parity before this one . Don’t give me wrong it’s a great episode, but between this and William Shatner’s other twilight zone episode, I like the former more than I like this one . But this was solid, although I have to admit, I was laughing more through it because of the gremlins sued, and just Shatner being well Shatner . Is expressions were definitely what we’re making me just chuckle throughout the majority of it. Still great great episode it deserves recognition.
when i was in middle school one of my teachers showed this episode on a friday right before i had to go visit family in a different state by plane so yeah this episode stuck with me throughout time glad you finally got to it.
This is such an iconic episode. My favorite pop culture reference about this episode is from 3rd rock from the sun. William shatner mentions seeing something on the wing of the plane (obviously meaning the engine) and John lithgow who reprised shatner’s part in the 80’s reboot of the twilight zone chimes in with how he had seen it too.
This is THE TZ episode, it was also the very first one I saw, thanks to all the parodies I had seen before, and I was hooked with the show as a whole, having these small windows to the unreal pop up on day-to-day life, it's simply magic that captures the imagination like no other, it's something I love very much and has even inspired me to write some TZ episodes in my head. (not very good ones though). What I love the most is that twist at the end, that the Gremlin, or at least the damage to the wing was real, one can only question what would've happened if it hadn't been shot, Robert is one of those unsung heroes, that even when their deeds go unnoticed, he and the audience knows what he has done, and are at least a bit happy with the outcome. I often reference this very episode to my friends, and they are clueless to what I'm talking about, many of them aren't aquainted with the TZ and it saddens me, I'm not that much older than them, but I do admit this show is way before my era, still, I love it dearly and have recommended some episodes to my friends, specially this one.
Been waiting since the first year for this. On the one hand, I’m glad it’s finally here, but on the other, knowing it’s so far into the series, it also means we’re getting closer to the end. By my count, there’s enough to fill next year with one left over unless the twilight zone movie and/or revivals get covered afterwards to continue the tradition.
This has to be the most associated episode with the twilight zone just for how it's used or referenced in almost every bit of TV and movies. I will always love Jim careys impersonation of Shatner when he says there's. Something. On the wing.
I recently mentioned the Twilight Zone to my father. He had never heard of it, thinking at first I was talking about the Twillight movies. When I tried to explain the show to him this episode was one of the examples I used for the kind of stories it tells.
William Shatner before he became a Captain Kirk mask for a small budget horror movie to create one of the greatest, and scariest villain Michael Myers in John Carpenter's Halloween.
This is without a doubt the BEST episode of the whole series, perfectly surpassing Eye of the Beholder and Time Enough at Last. Eye of the Beholder and Time Enough at Last are great and popular episodes but just among the TZ fans and perhaps TV shows enthusiasts. In the case of this episode and To Serve Man, they have been referenced in so many other media that people unaware of the TZ immediately recognize them as episodes of the show. So yeah, this one is the #1.
The most well known episode to me has always been The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. My 8th grade english class did a mini play on the episode, watched it, and analyzed the themes of distrust and how it mirrored the red scare of the time.
William Shatner as "The Big Giant Head" when he guest starred on *3rd Rock From the Sun:* "When I was on the plane I...I could have sworn I saw something out on the wing!" John Lithgow as Dick Solomon: "The same thing happened to me!!!" One the greatest meta jokes of all time!
@@geoffreyfyfe2248 What makes it even greater is that it also works "in universe" for the show. A couple seasons earlier before they even had anyone cast to be The Big Giant Head, or probably even decided that he was going to be in the show at all beyond being referenced to, they had an episode with the Solomons taking a plane trip and Dick freaking out because he saw something on the wing.
I am so excited to finally be at this episode, but the fact that we were just one day shy of this being the Halloween episode….its like when the slinky stops right before the last step in the second Ace Ventura! 😂
Sally: "How was your trip sir?" Big Giant Head: "Horrifying, at first. I looked outside and I saw something on the wing of the plane." Dick: "The same thing happened to me!" Double Twilight Zone reference on 3rd Rock From the Sun.
I love how in 3rd rock from the sun William Shatner and John Lithgow make a reference to their respective roles: Shatner; ”I looked out the window and there was a monkey on the wing!” Lithgow; “Me Too!” Love this episode! Does anyone else think the theme is about conspiracy theories?
Sad that I didn't have a favorite episode of Season 4. Closest for me is The New Exhibit. But now we get to my favorite episode of Season 5! Waiting all month for this one! Also excited for more next year!
Definitely this one is my favorite of the final season. I also do like “Night Call” which has one of the most simply tragic endings; a slightly more uplifting ending than Matheson’s OG end but still sad
My favorite reference to this is in s4ep23 of '3rd Rock from the Sun' starring John Lithgow. Shatner appears as the human form of the alien supreme leader 'the Big Giant Head'. He steps of a plane and when meeting Lithgows character (Dick) Shatner says he "saw something on the wing". Lithgow then answers with "the same thing happened to me". (Which characterwise is still correct since when Dick got on a Earth-plane the first time he freaked after he looked out the window and thought he saw something on the wing)
Wow, this is my all time favorite Twilight Zone episode. It scared the bejesus out of me as a kid especially the part where he whips the curtain open to see if it's still there and the darn thing has it's face right up against the window. The dark night with heavy rain added to the intense feeling of this episode. I think William Shatner made the episode.
Arguably THE definitive Twilight Zone Episode for me .... I know why people would suggest other episodes and I am 100% cool with that .... But this was the first episode of TZ I saw as a kid and it set the bar for me.... 😃
Where do I begin? Despite the rushed production, this really was a standout, if not THE STANDOUT of the whole show's run. While we ALL love to make fun a William Shatner's performance, he does a great job here. I believe what he was going through to be a truly terrifying experience. It really puts you on edge and never lets go.
I do love in a 3rd Rock from the Sun episode with them, Shatner goes 'While I was flying, there was...some...THING on the wing, and no one else saw it!' to Lithgow going 'THAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO!
It's the highlight of the 80s movie. Lithgow does a fantastic job stepping into Shatner's shoes and the gremlin looks great (granted, they had a lot more $$$ to work with).
I love the creature’s redesign from the Twilight Zone movie, where it’s a scaly, slimy creature that reminded me of a cross between a Chris Walas Gremlin with the Predator.
“There’s………something on the wing…….something……..on the wing……..” I was the only one in the room that laughed at that when my friends saw Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
There's a great callback joke in "Third Rock From the Sun," where Shatner guest appears in an episode. He says he had a terrible flight, because he looked out the window and saw something on the wing. John Lithgow yells back, "The same thing happened to me!"
Recently I said to someone that 5 episodes of the Twilight Show are immortalised by pop culture, and it ere exactly the four you count at the beginning plus It's a Good Life.
What's your pick for most iconic Twilight Zone episode?
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Definitely this one, "A Nice Place to Visit" or "Five Characters in Search of an Exit."
I honestly believe that “Will the real martian please stand up?” Deserves a spot on the list.
_The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street, To Serve Man_ or _Eye Of The Beholder._
Oh theirs so many episodes to choose from. If I had to pick one, it would be “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
One of my favourite pop culture references of this installment is from "Third Rock from the Sun", where William Shatner mentions having to be sedated after seeing something on the wing. John Lithgow replies with "Same thing happened to me!", since he'd played Shatner's very role in the 1983 movie adaptation.
I was gonna mention that! XD
Earlier in the series they parodied the episode/ movie with dick saying there's something on the wing of the plane as well.
@@AnimeAngel88 Me too. So I did. Then I saw this comment. 😝
@@Tallahassee21 Yes, it adds even another layer to how great this joke is, that it's not just a random meta-reference but works in-universe for the show too!
yep, that's what I came here to comment, too! :D
Richard Donner’s career was really impressive from directing this incredible episode to making iconic and beloved movies like The Omen, Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, and Scrooged
Blows my mind that he directed this, it shows he had a horror touch even before The Omen
He also was one of the producers of "Tales From the Crypt" and directed several episodes.
Dudes was a legend
The man was truly a legend. If this didn’t prove he was the right man to helm “The Omen”, I don’t know what could’ve lol. Course we can thank him for giving us the first (and his cut of Superman II) Superman & even helped produce the OG X-Men trilogy among various Marvel projects pre-MCU
Really shows how much of a talented director he was. Able to create timeless work.
1 of the all time iconic episodes, not just for Twilight Zone, but for tv in general
Agreed, the Simpsons' parody of this episode introduced me to this concept.
This episode wasn't the only one The Simpsons parodied in their Halloween specials. They parodied "It's A Good Life," " Living Doll," and a lot of others I can't remember.
This is the one that always got parodied, even in children’s media. Madagascar 2 did it at the beginning of the film, Muppets Tonight also did it, the Johnny Bravo show and an Ace Ventura movie. It became like this common joke to tell, and I didn’t realize it was originally from the Twilight Zone until I was much older.
I couldn't agree more.
That shot of the gremlin, William Shatner, every part of this episode is absolutely iconic. The trouble it took to shoot the episode makes it even more impressive. Poor Robert though, they should've let him go whe they saw the damage to the wing.
The fact that Richard Donner directed this makes this episode way more cooler!!
The crew had to be absolute troopers and their work shows with how brilliantly the episode is shot
I think it was strongly implied during the voice lines at the end that he was released. I seem to remember the quote being something like 'his solitary state won't last much longer'. Something very similar to that.
@@Perid0tStar It was. The version in the 1983 movie was even more explicit about it, with an airline maintenance guy finding the damage even before Wilson is loaded into the ambulance.
They would probably just blame the damage on the bullets he shot from the gun...
I love psychological horror like this. Where you question a character’s sanity and whether or not what they’re imagining is real or in their head.
The best moment coming from this episode is in an episode of Third Rock from the Sun, where Shatner, guest starring as the Big Giant Head, tells Lithgow's character that his flight into their town was horrible - there was something on the wing and no one believed him! - to which Lithgow cries out: "the same thing happened to me!"
Pure gold.
Ya know what the hardest to believe part of this episode was? Not the Gremlin, no. But the fact the passengers had that much room per seat.
Yep, flying used to be the number one luxury way to travel: leg room for days, fine dining, etc. You could even smoke on an airplane way back when.
@@nataliegray8019 Flying also used to be 2x as expensive as today's first class. These days for less money you can have first class (and all the leg room and dining they used to have), or you can choose unbelievably cheap flights with less leg room. Note today's cheap flights allow almost anyone to fly, rather than just wealthy people. Literally everything about flying is better, including the lack of smoking (smokers can go to the hell they deserve).
cuthbertallgood7781 That's because every other goddamn thing was 2x as cheap back then.
One of the most iconic episodes of the show.
Not gonna lie, that first jump-scare shot of the gremlin's face got me good the first time I saw it.
Classic jump-scare! Still gets me.
Me too! I was a kid when I saw it and I thought it was going to be out on the wing and when he whipped the curtain back. I almost screamed when the darn thing had it's face up to the window. That was a great scene.
One of the most iconic episodes of the series and tbh in entertainment in general
I can never pass up a moment to say, "There's something on the wing and the plane'" whenever I go flying. This is my favorite Twilight Zone episode and segments of the movie.
This is one of my favorites too! Funnily enough I was introduced to this through ace ventura when nature calls!
I just think of ace ventura
You have to be careful what you say on a plane these days.
@@kdusel1991There's.....somethingonthewing....Some....Thing.
Finally the episode the twilight zone is best known for.
The classic episode. I remember my elementary school teacher showed us this one around Halloween one year. For the rest of the year i couldn’t look out a window without freaking out. Haha!
So did one of my teachers. We watched it right after we read the teleplay of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” and saw that episode
There is an old philosophical question: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one else is around does it make a sound!?” Likewise: “If there’s a man on the wing of the plane only you can see but no one else can: does it actually exist!?”
I was kinda worried this episode would be called overrated: but thankfully not! The premise, the acting, the direction and even the absurdity of the look of the gremlin are all worth the high praise and pop culture status this episode earned!
An absolutely essential triple A five stars episode!! 👍
I remember seeing the movie version of this for my college screenwriting class, and it scared me half to death. But, when I saw the clips from it here... it still scared me, but on a lower level than before. (Maybe because the Twilight-tober Zone show wasn't on at the time.) I still have memories of being terrified almost three years later.
The movie version does a nice job doing it their way with a bit more of a scary creature design, but it’s a nice update to Donner’s. Course I always think of the OG episode when it’s referenced anyway in pop culture
“There is… some… THING… on the WING!”
I still say the greatest moment to come from this episode was a joke on Third Rock from the Sun.
In season 1, they made a joke about an alien disguised as a human played by John Lithgow seeing something on the wing of a plane, not realizing it was just the engine. A few years later, they have Shatner playing the aliens' superior. When they pick him up at the airport (he'd landed in the wrong state) we get this gem.
Lithgow: "How was your flight, sir?"
Shatner: "Fine. Until I looked out the window and tried to tell them there was something on the wing of the plane."
Lithgow: "The same thing happened to me!!"
I was actually introduced to this through ace ventura when nature calls! Jim Carrey made a reference to it!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that remembered that joke so fondly.
I think what makes this episode so great (and what makes some of the best episodes of TZ so great) is that Shatner's trip into the Twilight Zone was for a reason. He's just gotten out of a mental institution, and once again, he finds his sanity being tested. And by defeating the gremlin, he fully wins his sanity back. Compare those final shots of him on the gurney vs. when he was getting on the plane at the beginning. Even when he was first getting on the plane, he seemed jumpy and nervous. But by the end, he's completely calm and speaks with full conviction of what he saw. Others may not believe him, but he knows what he saw, and that's all that matters (to him, anyway).
This is THE Twilight Zone episode imo. The most iconic, even amongst strong competition
It's oddly fitting that you're reviewing one of the most iconic episodes of the whole series as the penultimate review of this year's twilight tober zone.
I've been on a Simpsons kick and given that it's spooky season I'm of course rewatching old treehouses of horror. "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet" is an incredible example of how much the creators of that show loved this one. I think the quintessential Zone episode for me is still Time Enough At Last, because it was my first exposure to the series, but after learning much more about it through the Twilight-tober Zone, I can see why you've picked these 4. To be honest, I also learned about that shot of the gremlin from watching this series, too: you've shown that clip in a good number of previous reviews!
I gotta say I think the Treehouse of Horror version of this might just be my favourite Treehouse segment in the history of the show. Top 3 at the very least.
@tinkerer3399 you can really tell that Groening and Co. grew up in the zone, and every Treehouse segment that plays off of iconic TZ moments read like love letters to the source material
This episode has been sooofed a thousand times from The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, Bob's Burgers, The Venture Bros, Ace Ventura, Third Rock From The Sun, SNL, In Living Color, and many TV shows and movies!
The episode was remade in THE TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIE with John Lithgow and Directed by George Miller
The Gremlin is terrifying AF in the segment, and people have said it's one of the best ones.
I remember even Bernie Mac parodied this episode in an episode of The Bernie Mac Show.
This episode scared me for days as a kid even in the 90s. My dad even considered forbidding watching twilight zone entirely but I was like nooo it was just that one episode!
Oh yes, one of it's most iconic episodes off all time, can't think of Twilight Zone with this.
I agree!! It's so good!!
Richard Matheson wrote my favorite book of all time, I Am Legend. It's the reason zombies are popular. George Romero took much inspiration from it for his first movie Night of the Living Dead.
Night of the Living was the first zombie movie and the story wouldn’t be depicting living undead monsters who resurrect from the dead and feed on the flesh from the living if it wasn’t for Richard Matheson, “I Am Legend”
I prefer the will smith version, with the original ending of course and not the one the studio did for the movie. It works so much better when you can see humanity itself as the monster.
This is not only one of the most iconic episodes even being a reoccurring Easter egg in Jorden Peele’s Twilight Zone, but is my absolutely my favorite of the Twilight Zone even loves to impersonate William Shatner as Bob & segment from the movie
A cute Easter Egg from the Peele version of this episode, is that near the end of the episode, there is a plushie of the gremlin from this episode.
@@Rando1975 Yes in fact it keeps appearing in later episodes
Truly one of the all time classics of the entire series. From Richard Donner’s direction to Shatner’s earnest performance & Richard Matheson delivered the goods with his script. This was one of the first episodes I saw in 7th grade
I love The Simpsons take on this also Bart and his friends ride around in a pressurized School Bus.
AMC Gremlin
I understand why this one is a well stood out considered one of the top 10 twilight zone episodes and I think it’s really good. I just think I was also spoiled by everything that came before..
And not just other twilight zone episodes, but the fact that I’ve seen the movie version before this one I saw every parity before this one .
Don’t give me wrong it’s a great episode, but between this and William Shatner’s other twilight zone episode, I like the former more than I like this one .
But this was solid, although I have to admit, I was laughing more through it because of the gremlins sued, and just Shatner being well Shatner .
Is expressions were definitely what we’re making me just chuckle throughout the majority of it.
Still great great episode it deserves recognition.
when i was in middle school one of my teachers showed this episode on a friday right before i had to go visit family in a different state by plane so yeah this episode stuck with me throughout time glad you finally got to it.
Love that end read where it's semi-suspenseful - but also comes off a bit like Shatner's signature style of talking
Oh yes. The episode that got satirized everywhere as well. Even in Madagascar 2!
And The Angry Beavers.
The Simpsons to.
Futurama
Johnny Bravo.
i'm a bit shocked this only had 8 ish minutes of content, with how beloved and well documented this episode is, I thought it would at least get 10
This is such an iconic episode. My favorite pop culture reference about this episode is from 3rd rock from the sun. William shatner mentions seeing something on the wing of the plane (obviously meaning the engine) and John lithgow who reprised shatner’s part in the 80’s reboot of the twilight zone chimes in with how he had seen it too.
Loved that 😂
Before he was Captain Kirk, William Shatner had already made a name for himself staring in this iconic episode
This is THE TZ episode, it was also the very first one I saw, thanks to all the parodies I had seen before, and I was hooked with the show as a whole, having these small windows to the unreal pop up on day-to-day life, it's simply magic that captures the imagination like no other, it's something I love very much and has even inspired me to write some TZ episodes in my head. (not very good ones though).
What I love the most is that twist at the end, that the Gremlin, or at least the damage to the wing was real, one can only question what would've happened if it hadn't been shot, Robert is one of those unsung heroes, that even when their deeds go unnoticed, he and the audience knows what he has done, and are at least a bit happy with the outcome.
I often reference this very episode to my friends, and they are clueless to what I'm talking about, many of them aren't aquainted with the TZ and it saddens me, I'm not that much older than them, but I do admit this show is way before my era, still, I love it dearly and have recommended some episodes to my friends, specially this one.
THERE’S A WALTER ON THE WING
Been waiting since the first year for this. On the one hand, I’m glad it’s finally here, but on the other, knowing it’s so far into the series, it also means we’re getting closer to the end. By my count, there’s enough to fill next year with one left over unless the twilight zone movie and/or revivals get covered afterwards to continue the tradition.
This has to be the most associated episode with the twilight zone just for how it's used or referenced in almost every bit of TV and movies. I will always love Jim careys impersonation of Shatner when he says there's. Something. On the wing.
That heavy wind, the clouds, the INTENSE rain 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love this The Twilight Zone episode!
I recently mentioned the Twilight Zone to my father. He had never heard of it, thinking at first I was talking about the Twillight movies. When I tried to explain the show to him this episode was one of the examples I used for the kind of stories it tells.
William Shatner before he became a Captain Kirk mask for a small budget horror movie to create one of the greatest, and scariest villain Michael Myers in John Carpenter's Halloween.
This is without a doubt the BEST episode of the whole series, perfectly surpassing Eye of the Beholder and Time Enough at Last.
Eye of the Beholder and Time Enough at Last are great and popular episodes but just among the TZ fans and perhaps TV shows enthusiasts. In the case of this episode and To Serve Man, they have been referenced in so many other media that people unaware of the TZ immediately recognize them as episodes of the show. So yeah, this one is the #1.
"There's a bear..on the wing! A bear on..the wing!"
The most well known episode to me has always been The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. My 8th grade english class did a mini play on the episode, watched it, and analyzed the themes of distrust and how it mirrored the red scare of the time.
ONE OF THE BEST EPIOSDES OF THE TWILIGHT SHOW!
William Shatner as "The Big Giant Head" when he guest starred on *3rd Rock From the Sun:*
"When I was on the plane I...I could have sworn I saw something out on the wing!"
John Lithgow as Dick Solomon:
"The same thing happened to me!!!"
One the greatest meta jokes of all time!
I have a feeling they got Shatner for that gust role in no small part so they could do that joke.
@@geoffreyfyfe2248 What makes it even greater is that it also works "in universe" for the show. A couple seasons earlier before they even had anyone cast to be The Big Giant Head, or probably even decided that he was going to be in the show at all beyond being referenced to, they had an episode with the Solomons taking a plane trip and Dick freaking out because he saw something on the wing.
One of my favorite Twilight zone episodes one of scariest at that time
I am so excited to finally be at this episode, but the fact that we were just one day shy of this being the Halloween episode….its like when the slinky stops right before the last step in the second Ace Ventura! 😂
What a milestone episode!
Sally: "How was your trip sir?" Big Giant Head: "Horrifying, at first. I looked outside and I saw something on the wing of the plane."
Dick: "The same thing happened to me!" Double Twilight Zone reference on 3rd Rock From the Sun.
This was one of the very first twilight episodes I watched. In 7th grade, my science teacher put it on and I fell in love.
I don’t think anybody could play someone having a psychotic breakdown better than Shatner
IMO this is the most popular episode.
Thanks Walter.
All time goats of twilight zone
"Do I look insane?"
Well you *are* William Shatner.
I definitely remember this one and completely agree.
I love how in 3rd rock from the sun William Shatner and John Lithgow make a reference to their respective roles:
Shatner; ”I looked out the window and there was a monkey on the wing!”
Lithgow; “Me Too!”
Love this episode! Does anyone else think the theme is about conspiracy theories?
Sad that I didn't have a favorite episode of Season 4. Closest for me is The New Exhibit. But now we get to my favorite episode of Season 5! Waiting all month for this one! Also excited for more next year!
Definitely this one is my favorite of the final season. I also do like “Night Call” which has one of the most simply tragic endings; a slightly more uplifting ending than Matheson’s OG end but still sad
One of the all time classic episodes.
My favorite reference to this is in s4ep23 of '3rd Rock from the Sun' starring John Lithgow.
Shatner appears as the human form of the alien supreme leader 'the Big Giant Head'. He steps of a plane and when meeting Lithgows character (Dick) Shatner says he "saw something on the wing". Lithgow then answers with "the same thing happened to me".
(Which characterwise is still correct since when Dick got on a Earth-plane the first time he freaked after he looked out the window and thought he saw something on the wing)
When William Shatner pulled back the shade and the creature was staring right at him was a perfect "Hi there!!" moment.
Both mine and my father’s favorite episode! An all time classic!
Wow, this is my all time favorite Twilight Zone episode. It scared the bejesus out of me as a kid especially the part where he whips the curtain open to see if it's still there and the darn thing has it's face right up against the window. The dark night with heavy rain added to the intense feeling of this episode. I think William Shatner made the episode.
There's something on the wing of the plane! He's smoking, exercising, and talking to the members of Pearl Jam!
Finally we are here!
Finally! I was waiting for this episode to come along.
Another highly anticipated episode. I think Jim Carey may or may not have ad-libbed Shatner's line in a scene from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.
Probably the greatest Twilight Zone episode of all time!
Agreed
Arguably THE definitive Twilight Zone Episode for me ....
I know why people would suggest other episodes and I am 100% cool with that ....
But this was the first episode of TZ I saw as a kid and it set the bar for me.... 😃
nice to see how much work went into this classic!
Still more pleasant than most modern flights.
Where do I begin?
Despite the rushed production, this really was a standout, if not THE STANDOUT of the whole show's run.
While we ALL love to make fun a William Shatner's performance, he does a great job here. I believe what he was going through to be a truly terrifying experience. It really puts you on edge and never lets go.
And yes that is William shatner aka PRICELINE NEGOTIATOR!
This one is my favorite!!!
This is for sure the most famous episode. I love how dark and gothic the episode looks
This one is DEFINITELY the most recognizable.
Favorite episode
I do love in a 3rd Rock from the Sun episode with them, Shatner goes 'While I was flying, there was...some...THING on the wing, and no one else saw it!' to Lithgow going 'THAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO!
I love this episode and every reference in all series and movies !!!
Man what an episode nothing but greatness
This is my favorite episode of the Twilight zone of all time
Oh my lord this is it
This is the most iconic Twilight Zone episode. I don't know why but it is.
I'd also put Maple Street and Will The Real Martian among TZ's most iconic episodes.
The 80's remake was really good.
It's the highlight of the 80s movie. Lithgow does a fantastic job stepping into Shatner's shoes and the gremlin looks great (granted, they had a lot more $$$ to work with).
This episode is amazing, it is truly iconic. Yeah next time your on a airplane and you sit on the seat where the wig is, beware of Gremlins
I love the creature’s redesign from the Twilight Zone movie, where it’s a scaly, slimy creature that reminded me of a cross between a Chris Walas Gremlin with the Predator.
“There’s………something on the wing…….something……..on the wing……..” I was the only one in the room that laughed at that when my friends saw Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
I actually didn't realize it was this late into the series that we finally got this episode
I still think the best parody or take of this is Terror at 6 1/2 Feet from Treehouse of Horror IV
"There's someone on the wing! Some... THING!".
Waited for this.
There's a great callback joke in "Third Rock From the Sun," where Shatner guest appears in an episode. He says he had a terrible flight, because he looked out the window and saw something on the wing. John Lithgow yells back, "The same thing happened to me!"
It's nice that the final season was able to provide one of the show's most iconic episodes.
amazing my fav show
THERE'S A MAN ON THE WING OF THIS PLANE!😳😱
Recently I said to someone that 5 episodes of the Twilight Show are immortalised by pop culture, and it ere exactly the four you count at the beginning plus It's a Good Life.