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| Official Score = 3 Devils |
But stuff like, 'Going back in time to when you are a kid...' A segment that was the basis for episode 5: 'Walking Distance', I can see being the influence for many Science Fiction and non-science fiction based TV shows and movies!
Another great example of this is, 'The use of the military in Science Fiction'... Or more specifically, the use of a man, (in the case of the Twilight Zone, an Air Force Officer,) ending up in an area of the country that, where as it looks almost completely the same, there is no one in the town at all, except for the one man (I suspect that that episode, called: 'Where Is Everybody', was at least partially the inspiration for Stephen King's 'The Langoliers'... A book/movie about a group of people who go to sleep on a plane only to wake up and land at an airport that looks completely undisturbed... But never-the-less, completely empty!)
And this latest episode I think may have indirectly influenced the character of, 'Data' (Played by: Brent Spiner on, Star Trek: The Next Generation...) That episode being: episode 7 of season 1, entitled, 'The Lonely' (1959)!
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| The loneliest place is a prison with out bars, or Guards, but constant reminders of what is out there that you are missing! |
You see, maybe one of the earliest episodes in TV history that began to investigate what would happen if an android was created that looked and acted exactly like a human, and how an actual human might react to that!
What I mean by all of this, is that in the future, mankind will no longer house it's worse criminals in prisons on Earth, they create these tiny, 'habitats' for them to live in on distant asteroids with breathable atmospheres, and with supply ships coming by periodically to resupply them with all the essentials they are going to need to live...
On one of these distant and desolate asetroids lives convicted murderer, 'James A. Corry' (Jack Warden.)
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| One really is the loneliest number... Especially when you are on a prison asteroid light years away from the Earth! |
Well there is one Starship Captain by the name of, 'Captain Allenby' (John Dehner) who has taken pity on poor Corry, and has brought him a little gift...
You see, Allenby has snuck an android girl in to Corry's supplies, An android that looks exactly like a girl, sounds exactly like a girl, and has been programmed with the emotions of a real girl... This girl goes by the name of, 'Alicia' (Jean Marsh)!
Well this girl was brought to Corry so that he can have some company for the rest of his 50 year sentence... The only problem is that the plan ended up working to well!
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| Corry will finally find piece with a companion that turns out to be more then he ever expected! |
One of the things that I specifically liked about this episode, and I have found a commonality in some extent with some of the other episodes that I have seen from this series and from some of the episodes of the reboot series... That is the question of, 'how the main character will deal with his life changing situation...' This one... Well believe it or not is that perfect mix of making one sad, but also happy... I won't say anything more on that...
Never the less, this episode is another gem of an episode, and if you have a chance to watch, you should, it is a good one, and I think you might find it to be so as well!
George C. Scott with Drew Barrymore in a scene from, 'Firestarter'![/caption]
Joe Campbell has come home![/caption]