The Twilight Zone - Season One: 'Mr.Denton on Doomsday' and 'The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine'

"Portrait of a town drunk named Al Denton. This is a man who's begun his dying early - a long, agonizing route through a maze of bottles. Al Denton, who would probably give an arm or a leg or a part of his soul to have another chance..."

Once again we take a break from the comforts of our couch and dip a toe into the murky pool of The Twilight Zone - be sure to dim the lights, and lock the back door - because who knows just what could happen on this strange journey we are about to embark on. This week we have a double-whammy of lost souls, lost lives and that fleeting chance for redemption, backed up by some excellent casting choices. So let's dive right in here, shall we?

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The Twilight Zone - Season One: 'Where is Everybody?' and 'One for the Angels'

"The place is here, the time is now... and the journey into the shadows that we're about to watch could be our journey..."

It's hard to know where to start talking about a show as iconic and influential as The Twilight Zone. Despite airing several decades before I was born, it had already become so deeply embedded in pop culture lexicon that I felt I knew it before I had ever even watched an episode. Growing up we watched plenty of re-runs, with shows such as The Lone Ranger, Rawhide, Star Trek and Lost in Space playing as vital a role in our regular TV schedule as Thundercats and He-Man. It was a great time to be a kid, getting the best of both worlds. By the time I was growing up, the legacy of Serling's work was already visible on the TV landscape; in its wake came a some truly fantastic shows, classics such as The Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Tales From the Darkside, The Ray Bradbury Theatre and eventually, the show got a a re-boot itself to mixed results. Not only was the format successfully translated to other shows, but it was a great introduction to the masses for ideas in film and television that moved beyond just being science fiction and horror, but fell into the weird place that could only truly be found in The Twilight Zone...

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