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I said it in my other comment but this episode is never brought up with other greats like "conform to the norm", 'to serve man', "Nightmare at 20,000ft', 'A Stop at Willoughby'', 'Time Enough at Last', 'Hitchhiker' etc. Especially when you pair it with Walking Distance it makes for an invaluble and wholesome life. Kenneth Haigh was the lost Beatle
Loved the ending. Decker was able to redeem himself. He was a coward but when given the chance to go back and change what happened he did, even if it would kill him.
I agree, Decker was the epitome of a cowardly Lion. He was scared of death, but ultimately chose to tackle it and save his friend, even if it resulted in his own sacrifice. 💖
We are all Decker in some way. At a critical moment in our life, we all make a bad or wrong decision (not necessary life or death choices) and would give anything to go back and make it right. In the end, Decker was given that chance and took it.
I love the bittersweet episodes of the Twilight Zone like this one. He flies into battle knowing he’s going to die but it’s worth it because his friend lives
I'm not sure that he knew he was going to die. He was willing to risk it in order to save his friend and the lives of others whom he was told about in World War II.
Time travel is at it's best when the stakes are most precious to the traveler. Going back to undo a wrong or keep the present in it's correct state is excellent drama when played right. This is how you play that tension right.
“a significant number of my crew members have expressed a desire to return even knowing the odds. Some because they can't bear to live without their loved ones, some because they don't like the idea of slipping out in the middle of a fight." Captain Garrett, ’Yesterday‘s Enterprise’
This episode actually almost gave me tears when i first watched it. He went back to save his friend, even if he knew what would happen to him eventually. Nothing beats a good redemption story.
This has one of my favorite closing narrations from Serling. "Dialogue from a play, Hamlet to Horatio. 'There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' Dialogue from a play written long before man took to the sky. There are more things in heaven, the earth and the sky than dreamt of. And between the heavens, the sky and the earth...lies the Twilight Zone."
There's something beautiful about this episode. A man facing his own weakness for the sake of his friend. All it took was the smallest belief that his actions could matter. That they had purpose, and he could be better than the man he thought he was. ...Moves me to tears. It really does.
It would be great to be able to see the future in some way and know what were doing now is actually worth it. Instead we just have to have faith in our thoughts and believe in our actions!
Haven't seen the episode, but from I've gathered from this video, it works better without the ticking clock of Mackaye's arrival. It would've made the story into a typical "go do the thing or the temporal paradox will tear the space and time apart" story, where Decker is forced to go back. But the way it was done, it makes it more about Decker's personal choice and decision to go back, an actual character growth and redemption.
They could have had the limiting factor just be how long he could be gone, in other words time passes for him the same speed as it's passing for his friend in the past. If he spends 20 minutes in the present he will be 20 minutes missing in the past. But doing so would have required bringing in way too much extraneous information anyway and still would have slowed the story down too much.
When he said he woulda wanted a ticking time clock that just felt like he wanted the ending spoon fed to him. It would add nothing of value to the story.
When I still had Netflix, I remember the watching the early seasons of TZ and this is one of my favorite episodes. It painted the scenario I think most of the soldiers that fought in "The Great War" had, that they were all young men, scared out of their wits, but find the courage to fight, not for themselves, but for their brothers and the people they left behind to fight for.
I just watched it and loved it! There's a moment where Major Wilson questions Decker about how a WWI pilot ended up there, and I thought it would have been so fun to see Decker's reaction to hearing that he was from "WWI," but we don't see that on screen. Wilson then talks about how Mackaye was a hero in the Blitz in the second war and references an off-screen conversation they apparently had earlier where Decker was told about "the second war." It would have been cool to see more of Decker's reactions to events in his future on screen, or at the very least it would have been a good segue to commercial for him to say, "I'm sorry, did you say...world war 2?"
This was a fantastic episode. The portrayal of Decker was amazing and you emphasized with him from the beginning. Every time I watch it, I feel sad that he died during the WWI dogfight, but in doing so, he saved the lives of hundreds of people during WW2. What a great story. Season One was filled with compelling character driven stores like these, which is why it's the best season of the TZ.
This episode was likely inspired by a possibly real case of accidental time travel that happened to a british air force pilot in the 1930’s. His name was Victor Goddard and the story goes that he was one day flying over an abandoned airfield, and when he flew into an odd looking cloud he somehow got a view of how the airfield would look when re-opened four years later. Meaning, he was looking four years into the future via some sorta hole in space-time that he’d supposedly flown into then back out of. It is said that what he saw turned out true years later when the airfield re-opened.
Another of my favorite episodes. Very well performed by all the actors, putting a very realistic spin on a time travel theme. I love the way Twilight Zone, and especially episodes like this, bring us to an entirely different and magical space.
This is my favorite episode. With a great British writer (Matheson also wrote Somewhere in Time) and two great British actors. Robert Warwick, who played the older Air Vice Martial, had been a great actor of British stage and screen in his younger day, with so many great swashbuckling roles, and now finishes this great episode in his twilight years...
Another detail in the episode is that the American Colonel addresses McKaye as "Old Leadbottom" A nickname that only McKaye himself and the deceased Decker would have known about.
One of my favorite as WWI aviation as always been a favorite subject of mine. I like how they don't dwell on the phenomenon but more on the implications of the character's decisions. On another note this episode really drives home the develop of the 20th Century. In 1917 they were flying fragile crates and by 1959 they were flying jets and ten years later landing on the moon.
It all starts with epic storytelling. The Twilight Zone will always be one of those shows that you can go back to time and time again. -"Cait 'storyteller' Jackson is a classic lady who even looks great in black and white."
Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood did an episode similar to this called Out of Time where the Torchwood team look after a few people (a female plane pilot, a middle aged man and a young girl) who came from the year 1953 after flying through the rift.
The gentleman that played the pilot truly sold the story and it seemed VERY real. He acted his butt off in this episode. Very subetle things...movements, looks. the way he had to try to hand prop the little biplane. Wore the uniform just great. He obviously imppressed me a lot. I'm 70 and I can say that with no problem.
Frank Tallman was incredible stunt pilot. He could fly a barn door with a engine on it if he had too. Sadly, his fellow stunt pilot, Paul Mantz, a great pilot in his own right, died in flying the plane in the "Flight of the Phoenix" . For aviation enthusiasts, seeing his lovely Nieuport 28 alone is worth watching the episode, though the British RFC never flew it. The Nieuport 28 unfortunately had a problem with its upper wing shedding fabric in a dive. Tallman probably owns the 28A version, with the upper wing problem corrected. American pilots like ace Rickenbacker started out in the Nieuport 28 before transferred to Spad XIII's. I cannot help but think that Matheson was inspired by the story of the great French ace Guynemer, with 54 victories, who disappeared into the clouds in his Spad during his last combat flight, and never seen again. His plane and body were never found. Legend had it that he flew straight to heaven.
Wow you set that up perfectly , the best that i had ever watched. This was one of my favorite episodes that i have a hard time finding it. You did an excellent job in this video. Thank You
This episode is stronger for its use of great writing and the ending when they have to sit the vice-marshal down is great and when they call him led bottom his reaction is priceless
The past and the present intersect and circle around the Twilight Zone. And again, a person is given a second chance and takes it even though understands the why about it!
Interesting. The pilot accidentally comes to the future where he coward from battle in the past so he went back in time to fix his mistake, making a new timeline where he was brave and his friend lived.
But juxtapose the dilemma: Does he live like a coward? Or does his friend live with survivor's guilt? Or do they work together to stop WWII from happening, seeing as how both have their own demons to contend with?
@@vegar20 well seeing as he time traveled, the event had already happened. We already knew he went back in time and saved his captain, otherwise his captain wouldn't be there. He had already time traveled to 1917 and saved his captain, but had to travel to the future in order for said event to have happened. Time travels weird man. He had already made the decision when he time traveled to future before he even knew their was a decision, as otherwise the captain is dead. Unless we want to go route where he doesn't go back and time just changes around him.
It's one of those episodes where we are faced with our destiny. At the same time we are faced with a choice. Be the person you're meant to be or the alternative. The alternative may seem pleasing, but in the end, worse than death.
5:12 Not really. We've seen enough stories where the "time rift" or whatever is somehow closing in later years. It's quite unnecessary and the characters wouldn't even know about it. Nor does his fiend has to tell him it was his actions that led to his survival. Could've easily gone with "I never saw the plane". The story doesn't need any ticking clock element and is better when the character decides to go back on their own rather than some 24 hours left.
@CalciumChief alot of those narrative tools come from the twighlight zone and similar shows. These, now overused plot strategies, were fresh and imaginative then.
The anthology film Amazing Stories was made into a series by NBC. There's a great episode directed by Steven Spielberg titled "The Mission" set during a WWII bombing flight with Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko and Kiefer Sutherland. Though not exactly in the time travel vein the ending does require a good deal of suspended belief.
Maybe you better sit down, Old Leadbottom. That was my mind numbing part and when MacKy looks at him in utter disbelief and says says "what did you call me?"
The aircraft was a replica Nieuport 28 built in a California factory for movie stunt work. It was called the Garland-Lincoln LF-1. The fuselage was slightly shorter and it was powered by a 200hp engine. The company built three of them. One was owned by stunt fliers Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman. Tallman is flying it in this Twilight Zone episode.
My number 27 episode. Well acted by veteran actors. The old plane was cool. Time travel is always a risk, though irresistible. What if? The story of Mackaye is important because it forces Decker to make a decision, and soon, so he is allowed to return. Hard to follow because it seems illogical, but it is resolved happily. The scene where the General looks out the window and says, almost to himself, "So he did get back" always makes me tear up 😊
I've always liked the few time travel episodes of "The Twilight Zone." This episode and "The Odyssey of Flight 33" were (and remain) brilliant in every regard.
@@calvinjackson8110 -- Yes! That's another great episode. So is "Walking Distance." You CAN go "home" again -- even if it's only for a short time. Cheers. -- W
No notes. This episode is almost lacking in sci-fi elements, it just has a sweetly sentimental story well-performed by deeply empathetic characters. I think it could be improved, but not by the addition of some artificial ticking clock. We know the whole time Decker is telling the truth and that he has been pulled out of 1917. If there was more of a question of whether he was actually lying or insane, that might've given the story more tension. As it stands, the only real mystery is whether the Americans will believe him. Regardless, it's superb.
I saw this episode when it was first broadcast. And I was a fan of Star Trek the Next Generation when it was on. It never occurred to me that the episode Yesterday's Enterprise clearly ripped off this Twilight Zone story. Bad artists borrow, good artists steal. Best. Leo.
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I thought that it was fantastic, although bittersweet, which is just what you want in a memorable Twilight Zone episode! 😁
I said it in my other comment but this episode is never brought up with other greats like "conform to the norm", 'to serve man', "Nightmare at 20,000ft', 'A Stop at Willoughby'', 'Time Enough at Last', 'Hitchhiker' etc. Especially when you pair it with Walking Distance it makes for an invaluble and wholesome life. Kenneth Haigh was the lost Beatle
Hey Doug this is ironic since you did a review of Con Air this year on Nostalgia Critic. 🎥
Looking at that actor in his period costume was giving me flashbacks to Kirk Douglas in 'Paths of Glory'.
Another well acted episode.
Loved the ending. Decker was able to redeem himself. He was a coward but when given the chance to go back and change what happened he did, even if it would kill him.
I agree, Decker was the epitome of a cowardly Lion. He was scared of death, but ultimately chose to tackle it and save his friend, even if it resulted in his own sacrifice. 💖
@@trinaq I haven’t watch this yet, but he died at the end?
@@trinaq that is the definition of courage; performing an action in spite of being scared of it.
We are all Decker in some way. At a critical moment in our life, we all make a bad or wrong decision (not necessary life or death choices) and would give anything to go back and make it right. In the end, Decker was given that chance and took it.
I swear this is a true story! Can anyone back me up?
I love the bittersweet episodes of the Twilight Zone like this one. He flies into battle knowing he’s going to die but it’s worth it because his friend lives
Ditto, it's poignant, sad, yet heartwarming all at once, which is all you could ask for in an ending.
I'm not sure that he knew he was going to die. He was willing to risk it in order to save his friend and the lives of others whom he was told about in World War II.
It's also for the people his friend will save.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
JOHN 15: 13
He was not just saving his friend, but also all the lives that is friend would later save.
Time travel is at it's best when the stakes are most precious to the traveler. Going back to undo a wrong or keep the present in it's correct state is excellent drama when played right. This is how you play that tension right.
Yesterday's Enterprise is an example I like of this.
“a significant number of my crew members have expressed a desire to return even knowing the odds. Some because they can't bear to live without their loved ones, some because they don't like the idea of slipping out in the middle of a fight."
Captain Garrett, ’Yesterday‘s Enterprise’
It's the difference between Scott bakula's quantum leap and the present version
This episode actually almost gave me tears when i first watched it. He went back to save his friend, even if he knew what would happen to him eventually. Nothing beats a good redemption story.
One of my favorite episodes of the series. The actor for the British pilot really brings it all home. The ending made me tear up.
This has one of my favorite closing narrations from Serling.
"Dialogue from a play, Hamlet to Horatio. 'There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' Dialogue from a play written long before man took to the sky. There are more things in heaven, the earth and the sky than dreamt of. And between the heavens, the sky and the earth...lies the Twilight Zone."
There's something beautiful about this episode. A man facing his own weakness for the sake of his friend. All it took was the smallest belief that his actions could matter. That they had purpose, and he could be better than the man he thought he was.
...Moves me to tears. It really does.
It would be great to be able to see the future in some way and know what were doing now is actually worth it. Instead we just have to have faith in our thoughts and believe in our actions!
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There were a number of “man out of time” stories in Twilight Zone classic. But this was one of the best.
Haven't seen the episode, but from I've gathered from this video, it works better without the ticking clock of Mackaye's arrival. It would've made the story into a typical "go do the thing or the temporal paradox will tear the space and time apart" story, where Decker is forced to go back. But the way it was done, it makes it more about Decker's personal choice and decision to go back, an actual character growth and redemption.
Agreed! It's more powerfulbecause it's Decker's choice to go knowing full well what's going to happen.
If he had not gone back I'm sure Doctor Who would have shown up to put things in order.
They could have had the limiting factor just be how long he could be gone, in other words time passes for him the same speed as it's passing for his friend in the past. If he spends 20 minutes in the present he will be 20 minutes missing in the past. But doing so would have required bringing in way too much extraneous information anyway and still would have slowed the story down too much.
When he said he woulda wanted a ticking time clock that just felt like he wanted the ending spoon fed to him. It would add nothing of value to the story.
When I still had Netflix, I remember the watching the early seasons of TZ and this is one of my favorite episodes. It painted the scenario I think most of the soldiers that fought in "The Great War" had, that they were all young men, scared out of their wits, but find the courage to fight, not for themselves, but for their brothers and the people they left behind to fight for.
I love this one. We've all done something or NOT done something we regret, and wish we could go back and do it differently.
Decker is such a sweet lead character. Kenneth Haig really brings that vulnerability and nervousness,,then redemption in him
I just watched it and loved it! There's a moment where Major Wilson questions Decker about how a WWI pilot ended up there, and I thought it would have been so fun to see Decker's reaction to hearing that he was from "WWI," but we don't see that on screen. Wilson then talks about how Mackaye was a hero in the Blitz in the second war and references an off-screen conversation they apparently had earlier where Decker was told about "the second war." It would have been cool to see more of Decker's reactions to events in his future on screen, or at the very least it would have been a good segue to commercial for him to say, "I'm sorry, did you say...world war 2?"
Love this one! It reminds me a little of "One for the Angels", where the main character also sacrifices himself to save a friend. 😇
We can relate to wanting a second chance, and I think that’s why audiences gravitated to the episode in particular
I have a faint memory of the cartoon, “Tailspin”, based an episode on this.
That was real.
I think you are referring to the episode where Baloo helps a out of time pilot return a lost shipment of silver.
The episode is called "Bygones" it's on Disney + you can watch it there to remember it or on TH-cam if it's on this website.
This was a fantastic episode. The portrayal of Decker was amazing and you emphasized with him from the beginning. Every time I watch it, I feel sad that he died during the WWI dogfight, but in doing so, he saved the lives of hundreds of people during WW2. What a great story. Season One was filled with compelling character driven stores like these, which is why it's the best season of the TZ.
This episode was likely inspired by a possibly real case of accidental time travel that happened to a british air force pilot in the 1930’s. His name was Victor Goddard and the story goes that he was one day flying over an abandoned airfield, and when he flew into an odd looking cloud he somehow got a view of how the airfield would look when re-opened four years later. Meaning, he was looking four years into the future via some sorta hole in space-time that he’d supposedly flown into then back out of. It is said that what he saw turned out true years later when the airfield re-opened.
Would this be RAF Montrose?
Is this Montrose or East Lothian?
Assuming it wasn't reefer madness at work, then it was demonic intervention.
Oh my God im glad i stumbled into this series.
Ive come to have much respect for this guy and this channel
Thank you for making these.
i watched "the twilight zone" as a young lad in the early 60's and still watch today in my 70's. this episode was always one that stood out for me.
Another of my favorite episodes. Very well performed by all the actors, putting a very realistic spin on a time travel theme. I love the way Twilight Zone, and especially episodes like this, bring us to an entirely different and magical space.
This is one of my favorite episodes very simple not overly done
I love watching these during my breaks at work, the twilight zone is the best
I saw this episode several times and enjoy it more each time.
This is my favorite episode. With a great British writer (Matheson also wrote Somewhere in Time) and two great British actors. Robert Warwick, who played the older Air Vice Martial, had been a great actor of British stage and screen in his younger day, with so many great swashbuckling roles, and now finishes this great episode in his twilight years...
Another detail in the episode is that the American Colonel addresses McKaye as "Old Leadbottom" A nickname that only McKaye himself and the deceased Decker would have known about.
I like the twist star trek did with "Yesterday's Enterprise."
The moment the description of this one started, all I could think was "Oh, so that's where Torchwood got the idea from".
One of my favorite as WWI aviation as always been a favorite subject of mine. I like how they don't dwell on the phenomenon but more on the implications of the character's decisions. On another note this episode really drives home the develop of the 20th Century. In 1917 they were flying fragile crates and by 1959 they were flying jets and ten years later landing on the moon.
I definitely need to see that one, just the description made me want to cry
Its a top tier episode without any of the recognition
It was very wholesome
It all starts with epic storytelling. The Twilight Zone will always be one of those shows that you can go back to time and time again.
-"Cait 'storyteller' Jackson is a classic lady who even looks great in black and white."
Can you continue reviewing all Twilight Zone Episodes after October. The love you have for the TV show is obvious.
I could see a modern version of this. With a Vietnam era pilot flying a F4 Phantom from 1970 into Okinawa in 2020.
Meh!
@@worldofdoom995 My first worlds in that situation would be "Good lord these people are fat..."
There's an anthology edited by Stephen King called Flight or Fright that's a great Halloween present ;)
That is wasn’t aware of this.👍
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is in that anthology.
Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood did an episode similar to this called Out of Time where the Torchwood team look after a few people (a female plane pilot, a middle aged man and a young girl) who came from the year 1953 after flying through the rift.
That was a really good episode!
@@lovetolovefairytales Indeed. It would almost pass as a Christmas episode as it's set during Christmas as well.
No. 56 was an elete squadron of the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). Aces Albert Ball and James McCudden flew with this squadron.
The gentleman that played the pilot truly sold the story and it seemed VERY real. He acted his butt off in this episode. Very subetle things...movements, looks. the way he had to try to hand prop the little biplane. Wore the uniform just great. He obviously imppressed me a lot. I'm 70 and I can say that with no problem.
One of my favorite episodes of the show.
Frank Tallman was incredible stunt pilot. He could fly a barn door with a engine on it if he had too. Sadly, his fellow stunt pilot, Paul Mantz, a great pilot in his own right, died in flying the plane in the "Flight of the Phoenix" . For aviation enthusiasts, seeing his lovely Nieuport 28 alone is worth watching the episode, though the British RFC never flew it. The Nieuport 28 unfortunately had a problem with its upper wing shedding fabric in a dive. Tallman probably owns the 28A version, with the upper wing problem corrected. American pilots like ace Rickenbacker started out in the Nieuport 28 before transferred to Spad XIII's.
I cannot help but think that Matheson was inspired by the story of the great French ace Guynemer, with 54 victories, who disappeared into the clouds in his Spad during his last combat flight, and never seen again. His plane and body were never found. Legend had it that he flew straight to heaven.
I remember watching this last year on either Halloween or the Fourth of July and that was my very first time watching The Twilight Zone
Ah good old days when I was still young and used to watch all these episodes in a loop.
This is one of my (many) favorite episodes!💜
Would you do a review of: "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" ?
Wow you set that up perfectly , the best that i had ever watched. This was one of my favorite episodes that i have a hard time finding it. You did an excellent job in this video. Thank You
Glad you enjoyed it!
This episode is stronger for its use of great writing and the ending when they have to sit the vice-marshal down is great and when they call him led bottom his reaction is priceless
Loved this episode!
I really liked the running clock method of time travel rules. Really makes it high stakes.
What a great writing in those days.
a brave fremceman? that is a twist!
This is one of, if not, my favourite episode
The past and the present intersect and circle around the Twilight Zone. And again, a person is given a second chance and takes it even though understands the why about it!
Interesting. The pilot accidentally comes to the future where he coward from battle in the past so he went back in time to fix his mistake, making a new timeline where he was brave and his friend lived.
But juxtapose the dilemma: Does he live like a coward? Or does his friend live with survivor's guilt?
Or do they work together to stop WWII from happening, seeing as how both have their own demons to contend with?
Or it was always the same timeline and him traveling into the future was a course correction required to keep the timeline intact.
@@vegar20 well seeing as he time traveled, the event had already happened. We already knew he went back in time and saved his captain, otherwise his captain wouldn't be there.
He had already time traveled to 1917 and saved his captain, but had to travel to the future in order for said event to have happened. Time travels weird man. He had already made the decision when he time traveled to future before he even knew their was a decision, as otherwise the captain is dead. Unless we want to go route where he doesn't go back and time just changes around him.
One of the best episodes.
Friendship is much stronger than Death .... in the Twillight Zone .
Just watched this on paramount plus! Im hooked on season 1 all the episodes are well written
Alternate title: "Old Leadbottom"
I couldn’t remember if it was Old Leadbottom or Steelbottom. Thanks!
It's one of those episodes where we are faced with our destiny. At the same time we are faced with a choice. Be the person you're meant to be or the alternative. The alternative may seem pleasing, but in the end, worse than death.
Ah another one of my favorite episodes. Classic stuff.
A superior episode !
Was nice to see the Delta Daggers and the Super Sabres parked at the Air Force Base
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I have the whole series yet this is one I always rewatch for its performances and visuals.
That Sabre in the background🔥
5:18 He runs like an anime school girl.
*Twilight Zone is my favourite anime.*
This is a beautiful episode
What a beautiful story
5:12 Not really. We've seen enough stories where the "time rift" or whatever is somehow closing in later years. It's quite unnecessary and the characters wouldn't even know about it. Nor does his fiend has to tell him it was his actions that led to his survival. Could've easily gone with "I never saw the plane". The story doesn't need any ticking clock element and is better when the character decides to go back on their own rather than some 24 hours left.
@CalciumChief alot of those narrative tools come from the twighlight zone and similar shows. These, now overused plot strategies, were fresh and imaginative then.
The anthology film Amazing Stories was made into a series by NBC. There's a great episode directed by Steven Spielberg titled "The Mission" set during a WWII bombing flight with Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko and Kiefer Sutherland. Though not exactly in the time travel vein the ending does require a good deal of suspended belief.
Is that the one with the kid who likes to draw, and it saves his life? I love Amazing Stories!😁
This’s a good one...one of my favorites.
Absolutely one of my favorites!!
I know his name is Decker, but I can only think of one name: Steve Trevor
This along with "The Odyssey of Flight 33" and "Two" are my 3 favorite TZ episodes.
I liked when they made this story into a torchwood episode
That was actually the first episode I ever watched, and maybe my favorite.
I love that it was his choice to go back. So I'm glad there was no ticking clock added lol.
Definitely one of my favorite episodes from season one!
I loved this episode
The episode was Excellent. But your video summation was likewise Excellent! Thank you for a terrific watch.... like a walk in back in time.
🎉 been looking for this Episode on & off for the last few yrs
Kenneth Haigh nails it in this episode. RIP Sir
This episode is ABSOLUTELY my favorite! What Lieutenant Decker did, every man should aspire to. He puts me COMPLETELY to shame!
Maybe you better sit down, Old Leadbottom. That was my mind numbing part and when MacKy looks at him in utter disbelief and says says "what did you call me?"
It's been a worth wild plane ride through Twilight-Tober zone! I love Twilight-Tober Zone!
The aircraft was a real Nieuport. They had to be very careful. 2:18
The aircraft was a replica Nieuport 28 built in a California factory for movie stunt work. It was called the Garland-Lincoln LF-1. The fuselage was slightly shorter and it was powered by a 200hp engine. The company built three of them. One was owned by stunt fliers Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman. Tallman is flying it in this Twilight Zone episode.
@ thank you for the clarification-I had no idea that it was a replica.
The Twilight Zone, the original series, was definitely one that made you think. Almost every story They told we're both interesting and compelling.
Remember watching this one when I was younger!
Next time we look at The Purple Testament!
I always watch the Twilight Zone marathons. I think I was about 10 years old when it ended and went into reruns.
One of my favorite episodes.
Man, I'm going to be sad when October's over (assuming these won't go on into November). These episodes are great!
My number 27 episode. Well acted by veteran actors. The old plane was cool. Time travel is always a risk, though irresistible. What if? The story of Mackaye is important because it forces Decker to make a decision, and soon, so he is allowed to return. Hard to follow because it seems illogical, but it is resolved happily. The scene where the General looks out the window and says, almost to himself, "So he did get back" always makes me tear up 😊
"0:52 but in this case his hat was so impressive that they greenlit the episode immediately after seeing him."
I've always liked the few time travel episodes of "The Twilight Zone." This episode and "The Odyssey of Flight 33" were (and remain) brilliant in every regard.
Don't forget the episode NO TIME LIKE THE PAST.
@@calvinjackson8110 -- Yes! That's another great episode. So is "Walking Distance." You CAN go "home" again -- even if it's only for a short time. Cheers. -- W
What a great episode. Classic Twilight Zone!
one of my favorite episodes.
First TZ episode I ever saw. Amazing
My favorite episode.
This episode was way I joined the Air Force.
As great as unique camera angles and haunting cinematography can make an episode be, sometimes it's the simple ones that can also stand out.
The story is always the most compelling part.
A very moving episode
No notes. This episode is almost lacking in sci-fi elements, it just has a sweetly sentimental story well-performed by deeply empathetic characters. I think it could be improved, but not by the addition of some artificial ticking clock. We know the whole time Decker is telling the truth and that he has been pulled out of 1917. If there was more of a question of whether he was actually lying or insane, that might've given the story more tension. As it stands, the only real mystery is whether the Americans will believe him. Regardless, it's superb.
I saw this episode when it was first broadcast. And I was a fan of Star Trek the Next Generation when it was on. It never occurred to me that the episode Yesterday's Enterprise clearly ripped off this Twilight Zone story. Bad artists borrow, good artists steal. Best. Leo.