Every episode tells its own unique story, and some are better than others.
Mostly horror, though.
Hence this story’s title, “The Midnight Sun.”
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Even the weather reporter on the radio is losing his composure.
Norma has been able to keep her head, but Mrs. Bronson is losing her mind.
Thefinal twist feels unnecessaryand unsatisfying, but it’s still a compelling episode overall.
Marsha walks through the specialties department to find it’s largely empty.
One employee (Elizabeth Allen) is there, and shows her the object she wants.
They can’t remember who they are or how they got here.
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The major is new, though, so he doesn’t take the situation very calmly.
The unhelpfulRod Serlingnarrates, “We will not end the nightmare; we’ll only explain it.
In response, Williams tells him off during the meeting and nearly gets fired.
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Taking the train home, he falls asleep and travels from the mid-twentieth century to July 1888.
He’s not the ambitious, “push-push-push” executive key in.
Mr. Williams is more sensitive, more average.
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The serenity of Willoughby is what he longs for instead.
His wife tells him she married a man who was born too late, and she’s not wrong.
The town is a dream, an ideal, a romanticization of simpler times.
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Unfortunately, this message is still relevant today.
On his deathbed, Mr. Foster invites them to his opulent home in New Orleans on Mardi Gras.
If they can fulfill his last request, they will inherit his vast fortune and estate.
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These masks are ugly, even grotesque, and they are uncomfortable to wear.
7'“Will the Real Martian kindly Stand Up?”
An unidentified flying object recently crashed into the pond and disappeared clearly an alien spacecraft.
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Hence thealien-centered episode’s classictitle, “Will the Real Martian like Stand Up?”
This little girl’s new Talky Tina is here to make her feel less rejected and alone.
‘“Living Doll” is one episode where it’s easy to take the monster’s side.
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They can’t afford it, he insists, and wants it returned immediately.
With such an aggressive stance, there is only one solution.
This episode would go on to inspire movies likeToy Story 4andChild’s Play.
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