The beauty of “Back There” is the unexpected ending.

Did Miller die of fright?

Or was it something from beyond the grave?

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Even though he’s unable to pay Smith, the man insists on taking a job.

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Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis surrounded by stacks of books in Time Enough At Last from The Twilight Zone.

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Lee Marvin leaning against a bar looking at someone in The Twilight Zone.

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Bob yells for help when the Gremlin taunts him and his wife Julia from the airplane’s wing

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