Rod Serling managed to tap into the essence of human nature and boil it down so simply that decades and decades after his work was released, new generations are still learning from him the psychological construction of the human spirit and will to survive. And he’s relayed that message, time and time again, without pulling […] More
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson discusses another episode […] More
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines another episode […] More
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
This is the episode we should have seen coming; the episode that a series with the name Jordan Peele attached to it would produce. And even though the episode is not written or directed by Peele himself, his fingerprints of genre manipulation and subversion are all over it. And thus, like Get Out and Us, […] More
I hesitate to use the word “finally” but with “The Blue Scorpion”, the new Twilight Zone reboot has finally found the perfect balance in merging social commentary and compelling drama into a cohesive whole. Though there have been excellent episodes in the past, such as “Replay”, which tackled topics of systemic racism, and “Not All […] More
While trying to come up with an angle for this week’s episode of The Twilight Zone, titled “Point of Origin,” all I could do was sigh. Thoughts ran through my head, ideas came out in bullet points, but ultimately, it all led to me sitting back in my chair, arms on my head, and sighing. […] More
“Tonight, Annie Miller found herself in the center of a mysterious and violent epidemic. What she encountered was no material disease but rather a plague of conscious. One that gave men permission to ignore decency, consent, and fear. And tonight, all it took was a few innocuous little rocks to turn men into monsters…here, in […] More
The first five episodes of the new Twilight Zone have stayed primarily Earthbound and metaphorical, examining myriad topics such as ambition, paranoia, systemic racism, and gaslighting, to name a few. The sixth episode takes us into outer space, far away from our familiar planet, and probes a concept much more insular and literal than the […] More
“Society is a fragile ecosystem,” says The Narrator (Jordan Peele) at the conclusion of the fifth episode of the new Twilight Zone. “Razzle and dazzle people with the right lies, and eventually they’ll go blind to the madness right in front of their faces.” And thus ends a truly haunting, reality-twisting Twilight Zone episode that […] More
Despite some mixed results between critics and viewers, I’ve been a champion of The Twilight Zone reboot so far. The premiere episode, “The Comedian”, was a well written and tense introduction while “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” and “Replay” were atmospheric and innovative with their use of technology and social commentary in their narratives. The fourth […] More
The first two episodes of the new Twilight Zone used spooky, high-concept ideas to create a lot of tension and fun “what-will-happen-next” scenarios. However, those first two episodes had stakes that only affected the specific characters contained in the episode. The third episode released, “Replay,” still uses these concepts but extends the stakes from the […] More
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