Original Story by Joe Gannon | ||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||
Original Airdate - October 4, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is a neatly put-together episode that only runs for about 9 minutes; clever and inventive, it was the first stand-out episode of the series. Meg Foster does a superior bit of acting as the main character in this episode. She's vague and dreamy, and doesn't seem to be plugged into any kind of reality, so there's an undefined feeling of uneasiness as the story begins. The husband and kids are suitably bland, but when we figure out that they are apparently part of a computer routine, we understand why they act that way. Or are they a part of the computer? This could be her reality, and the totalitarian world the dream. You're not sure either way. An extremely good entry in the series and eminently worthy of the Twilight Zone name. |
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