Twilight Zone episodes that broke your heart
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francodelrosario — 17 years ago(April 15, 2008 11:23 AM)
I admit, I really haven't watched a lot of TZ episodes (around 30-40 episodes for different seasons, so far). But I'm really getting addicted to the series! Rod Serling is awesome!
Night of the Meek
Department Store Santa is my hero! His monologue early on in the film (about how, if he drank enough, he could imagine that he was really Santa and the children in the streets were really happy little elves) nearly moved me to tears! I'm glad it ended happily.
Elegy
When the astronauts realized they had been poisoned, it almost broke my heart. And then the old man said something like: "Where there are men, there is war". Really made me think. To see those astronauts frozen in their place inside the rocket like the rest of the people was really bittersweet
Nothing in the Dark
She was so terrifyingly afraid of death but her trust for a nice, handsome young man, (who, in a twist, had actually been Death) who was so willing to listen to her, overcame that fear. Both had been so caring, that it became so poignant to see her leave like that. Definitely a classic TZ tearjerker, if there ever was one!
Stopover at a Quiet Town
A couple wakes up one morning to discover that nobody exsists in this strange, realistic, new town (much like the plot of the very firt TZ episode,
Where is Everybody?
), and nothing was "real" (food was made of plastic, phone wasn't connected, trees weren't actually planted to the ground). At the end, we find out that they had become "pets" to a strange, giant human creature from another planet and this "town" was actually just a giant playset (think, dollhouse). Not meant to be tragic as it was to be though-provoking and supernatural. But I just realized after watching it, what a dull, meaningless exsistence this couple will live from now on. No other human friends. And how would they be fed? Like pets? Made me very sad.
Walking Distance
The dialogue between the father and the son from 18 years ago toward the end of the film was truly heart-breaking. Must-see episode in my opinion. Nuff said. -
Mermaid_Maiden — 17 years ago(January 01, 2009 07:08 PM)
Probably some spoilers coming up:::
"In Praise of Pip" is so sad! The guy finds out his son has died and realizes what a lousy father he was. Then Pip reappears as a little boy and they have a nice time together at the carnival, but then Pip has to leave and the father begs to have his soul traded for his son's! So sad!
"Night of the Meek" always gets me. It's very moving. I feel a tug on my heart when he says something like "some day I want to see the meek inherit the earth" (don't remember the exact line). He's a drunk but he just wants kids to be happy and have a nice Christmas. I always watch this one when its on TV.
"Time Enough at Last" I'm always yelling at the TV telling him not to bend down for that book at the end. I feel so bad when he breaks his glasses and he's sitting thereda0 alone with tears saying "It's not fair!"
These are just the ones I can think of at the moment. There are, obviously, other sad or moving episodes. -
sawyertom — 17 years ago(January 06, 2009 10:58 AM)
Changing of the Guard is the one for me. I hope a lot of people and not just teachers do not think that way come retirement, because somebody has touched someone in someway to change their lives. Life isn't a waste if you'r ehappy in what you do and have people who care about you.
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jcobainfan — 16 years ago(May 23, 2009 12:43 AM)
In Praise of Pip is easily one of the most touching episodes of TZ. It avoided the sacharine treatment you see of most melodramatic drivel on tv and movies nowdays. Just great writing, direction and acting all coming together to make a genuine weeper that any father or mature son could relate to. One that hasn't been mentioned yet though was The Trade-Ins. The monolouge John gives while playing poker was incredibly moving, made all the more heart wrenching knowing the real life loss the actor was going through during the filming of the episode.