Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

jessemorrison99 I'll start by saying that not every episode is gold. There are quite a few out there which are not so strong, or are very predictable (by today's standards). But when the episode is good, it's really good. Highly recommended for any lovers of sci-fi, suspense and horror, especially from the early 60s. It definitely has that cheese factor that modern audiences like to notice, and sometimes even dislike.I personally love it, but it may not be for everyone.If you're just diving in, there are plenty of great episodes to choose from. I think the following would be my top five recommendations:5. Kick the Can - An elderly man in a nursing home longs to relive his youth. - This is a feeling every adult is familiar with. Everyone has wanted to return to their youth to relive or change something. While very slow, this episode leaves me with an eerie feeling. I can't quite explain how it gets under my skin, but it does. 10/104. Eye of the Beholder - A woman lies in a hospital bed recovering from facial reconstruction surgery, hoping to finally look normal - This episode gets under my skin in a different way. It's very well shot, written, and directed. The ending is a must see. 10/103. Living Doll - A mean stepfather hears threats from his stepdaughter's new talking doll - Closer to the horror genre, this episode is genuinely creepy. Even today, I get chills every time I see this one. 10/102. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up - A group of travellers stranded in a cafe must figure out which one of them is an alien - A great assortment of characters, a lovably cheesy mystery, and a great ending, this episode is gold all the way through. 10/101. Nick of Time - A superstitious man believes a fortune telling machine is predicting his future - Young Bill Shatner! That's all you need. In a cafe, he finds a machine that answers a question for a penny. Every answer to every question seems to fit. It makes you wonder if the answers really could be random chance. 11/10

Seller7862 I haven't reviewed a title in a long while. I grew up on Night Gallery, not TZ. Luckily, like many (most?) of you, I caught the Twilight Zone in reruns. Rod Serling might appreciate the fact that I can't even properly place the date and place that I started enjoying his show.As I said, I gave it a 10, not because I'm a fanboy, but because sometimes a thing is so excellent it stands out as peerless. Obviously the show was remade twice and it makes me both glad and sad that it was. Sad, because the remakes (except for the Movie) came nowhere near the original. Glad, for the same reason. You see, the remakes sucked because Rod and the various other writers; actors and directors caught lightning in a bottle. And all the remakes and updates do is remind you of how Rod and his colleagues got it perfect on the very first try. The Ford Thunderbird - perfect on the first try. The Anglo-French Concorde - perfect on the first try. Apollo 11 - perfect on the first try. Jesse Owens - perfect on the first try. Getting it perfect (or near perfect) on the first try is very rare. And because of that, very special.How good does a show need to be that you don't care that it's in black and white? How incredible is a show which taps all of your emotions, from anger to sadness to joy to melancholy and all the emotions in between? How wonderful does a show have to be that it makes introspection a very pleasant task? How powerful is a show that in one episode convinces you that humanity has no chance at a future, but in the next episode all of your hope and optimism is restored? For me, TZ is the best that TV has ever offered. I won't blame or curse you if you say Game of Thrones. I also enjoy that show and love how it stands out as something very special. But for me, The Twilight Zone captured everything that is light and everything that is dark about Rod Serling. And in doing that, it captured all the light and dark complexities of humanity. To borrow a phrase from a deceased and beloved Vulcan . . . The Twilight Zone was . . . fascinating.

AngelMode The Twilight Zone series was a creative turning point for modern day Syfy. It was filled with life's challenges in the world and reached beyond outer limits. It reflected on hardships and political agendas during those times. This series really challenged the human thoughts and even though I wasn't born in that era, it was very educational to watch. I still find myself watching it today. From political plots to religious overtones, from civil rights movements to the self-struggle it covered many tops that you now see today. If you are looking for the source of some of the modern movies and show themes, you should check out this series. It has great entertainment with good story lines!

tsmith417 I was about 10 or 12 when "Twilight Zone" was in its heyday and my parents would let us watch it every week; my whole family looked forward to it.When taken one episode at a time it's a masterpiece of early television, and Rod Serling is a veritable genius who could weave words together beautifully and effortlessly. But now, 45 years later, I've been watching marathons of "Twilight Zone" and I have to say that when you watch 20 episodes in one day it becomes rather disturbing.Rod Serling was apparently a very troubled man because he had several depressing, recurring themes in his stories (I must say here that it is possible that some of the stories were written by other writers, and I apologize if I'm giving Mr. Serling too hard a time, but the themes seem to remain the same).What we see, time and time again, in the episodes are these themes: - weak husbands with shrewish wives who force the men to work at jobs they hate - mean men who take delight in belittling women - a fear of what we might find in outer space - a fear of being conquered by beings from outer space - a hatred of machines that are devoid of human kindness and compassion - regret, sadness, and longing for "the good old days" - complete and utter hopelessness for the whole of mankind.Inanimate objects take on human characteristics and then try to get rid of their human owners. Humans are at the mercy of time and wish to remain young at any cost. Man is beaten down at every opportunity and death is welcomed and longed for as the only way to escape the ugliness of this world.Very few episodes have what you might call a happy ending; at the most some of them have an ending that is just slightly optimistic, but the viewer knows that this tiny bit of happiness won't last very long.I still watch "Twilight Zone" and still enjoy it for the artistic value and intellectuality that is sorely lacking in newer television series, but I am watching them now thru different, older eyes, and can't help but feel sorry for the man behind it, whose mind was so obsessed with these troubling thoughts.