Twilight Zone: Season 1 - Episode 8: ' Time Enough At Last' (1959) - TVEpisode Review

Official Score = 4 Devils 

One thing about the Twilight Zone is that it seems to never fail to have a fun episode just around the corner (even if the episode before it really was not that good...) And there is one episode that I have wanted to watch, pretty much ever since I first got in to the series, an episode that I would say is only seconded in pop culture popularity (having been used in other media as well,) to the episode, 'Terror At 20,000 Feet'... Don't worry that review is coming...

In this case, the episode that I am talking about is, 'Time Enough At Last' (1960)!

"That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was, was all the time I needed..." - Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith - A quote from Twilight Zone episode, 'Time Enough At Last'.)

Based on the short story by Lynn Venable, written by Rod Serling (Planet Of The Apes) & Directed by: John Brahm (Penitentiary), starring: Burgess Meredith (Batman), this episode tells the story of a man by the name of Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith), and the bad luck he has!

What I mean by this is that all Mr. Bemis wants to do is read... So much so that  his need to read has made him a poor bank teller, he has lost the respect of his wife, and well... Basically he doesn't have much to look forward to... That is until an H-Bomb changes his world!

Henry Bemis will get the chance to endulge his love of reading... That is until he enters the Twilight Zone of course!

You see after the bomb drops and every is dead Henry Bemis will find his paradise in the remnant of his public library, but when he finds his paradise in the aftermath of Armageddon, The Twilight Zone will commit the ultimate cruel trick on Mr. Bemis... And like Adam & Eve, cast him out of paradise!

The truth is, is this episode is as good as the hype! Seeing a young Burgess Meredith was awesome, the story is this is a fun one with a cruel sense of irony that is just awesome! If you haven't seen this episode... Check it out, I am gonna say that for me that this maybe one of the best episodes of this series that I have seen... And if you check it out, you might find the same thing as well!