Since the advent of streaming, sci-fi anthology shows are more prevalent than ever.

But in the early sixties, the idea of the sci-fi anthology series was a much fresher concept.

But when the doctor removes her bandages, we don’t see the deformities that we might be expecting.

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Is it what somebody looks like?

After all, even if we look like everyone else,wemight be therealmonsters.

But is she really as sweet as she looks?

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After all, is it worthwhile to survive something as awful as nuclear war if we’re miserable?

It’s an uncomfortable question that forces us to look deeper into ourselves for the answer.

And we might not like what we find.

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This is the question that is being asked in “The Number Twelve Looks Just Like You.”

They’re real and they happen every day.

Is he hallucinating, or is therereallya creature tampering with the plane?

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You know, just in case.

Eventually, they know, they, too, will die.

But the situation is no better.

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In fact, it’s just as dire but a polar opposite.

In fact, they might just be a different side of the same coin.

Of course, in trueTwilight Zonefashion, no one else believes him.

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and Cliff Robertson’s vocal performance of Willie.

Your free-thinking ways are a threat to our oppressive rule!"

and sentenced to death.

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Not to mention that the mere thought of expressing political and religious freedoms could be seen as criminal offenses.

A world without books?

Excuse me for second.

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I’ll be cowering in the corner.

After all, how would our friends and family know that we weren’t really ourselves?

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