Transcript: Christian Reflections on 7 Classic Twilight Zone Episodes

Greetings, Classic Cinema fans. This is Pastor Jay here with you once again, bringing you another top seven list. This time around, because we had so much fun last time, we're doing Twilight Zone top seven episodes, part two. I love this. Twilight Zone is just filled with great episodes and we could go on. Every episode is amazing, but we're doing some of the best episodes here. And this is part two. Let's jump right into it. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe to these videos. We would appreciate it so much. And let's jump into the list. This is season two, episode 16. This is a penny for your thoughts. Kind of an interesting episode when a man flips a coin and it lands on the edge as he's buying a paper. Interestingly enough, this bank clerk, Hector B. Poole, gets a blessing, maybe even gets a curse, I don't know, but in that coin, when it lands on its side, gives him telepathic powers to where he can hear people's thoughts. That can be a blessing, and it can be a curse, and it proves to be both in this episode. This episode stars Dick York, who is best known for playing the original Darren in the TV series Bewitched. He does a tremendous job in this episode of Twilight Zone, and it is really an interesting episode. It really is good. It's not scary. It's not science fiction overboard. It's not any of those things, but it's very well told, and it really does deserve to be seen. That's why we put Penny for Your Thoughts at number 7 of the top 7, part 2. This is from season 3, episode number 5. This is A Game of Pool. Wow, I love this episode. It's about a young pool hustler that dreams of being the greatest pool hustler ever. and wants to beat everybody, including the legend Fats Brown. It's tremendous. It is a really great episode and it stars Jack Klugman from The Odd Couple and the comedic legend Jonathan Winters as Fats Brown It is so well told and it is so amazing And the twist at the end, yeah, it's typical Twilight Zone. It is such a great episode, and these two play off of each other so well in this episode. I've watched this episode so many times, and I can continue to watch it and still be enthralled with the acting and the timing between the two. It's just, it's a great episode, and it definitely deserves number six on the top seven Twilight Zone episodes, part two. This is from season two, episode number five. This is The Howling Man. This one is a perfect episode for Halloween time or any time you're just wanting something really kind of off the wall and kind of creepy. It all takes place as a man is seeking refuge from a storm and he comes to a monastery and they allow him to come in and take refuge. But while he's there, he hears this howling, this howling. And come to find out that it's a man that they have locked up. And this man says that he's being held prisoner. And what can he do? Please help him, help him. So the man that is seeking refuge from the storm finally allows the man to be released. But come to find out, he has released the devil himself. and what's he going to do. It is amazing. It is so scary and such a heart-throbbing, heart-pounding episode. It is so well done, and it really is a good episode and definitely worth checking out. That's why The Howling Man comes in at number five in the top seven Twilight Zone episodes, part two. This is from Season 1, Episode 25. This is People Are Alike All Over. This easily could be number one on my list because it is so awesome. I love this episode. I've watched it so many times, but this is really cool. there's some astronauts that fear the worst when they kind of crash land on this planet called Mars and come to find out the inhabitants as he the last one of the survivors that have crash landed he so fearful but the inhabitants are so nice to him They welcome him with open arms and everything seems so precious and so sweet and so awesome And they give him a house that's just gorgeous and everything. And everything just seems so amazing. That is until the ending, when he realizes that people are alike all over. this episode stars Roddy McDowell and what an amazing job he does we don't want to spoil what this is and we're not going to but you really have to check this episode out it is so awesome, so well told and it really could be number one but it comes in at number four on the top seven of the Twilight Zone episodes part two this is The Midnight Sun from season three Episode number 10. This is a really interesting episode. It's all about kind of today, kind of really timely in the fact that this is about an episode about when the Earth falls out of orbit and two women try to cope with the increasingly oppressive heat as they are in the world. are literally being cooked by the sun as the sun begins to bake the world. It's really a very interesting episode. And as amazing as it is, the twist ending at the end, wow, is so much even more. It is one of the best episodes. I enjoy this one so very much, and I've watched it so many times. It really is great, and it really should be watched. If you've never seen The Midnight Sun from Twilight Zone, definitely check that one out. It is a great episode. It deserves number three on the top seven Twilight Zone episodes, part two. This is from season five. This is episode number 25. This is entitled The Masks. Really a great episode. Scary episode, awesome episode, tense episode. It's all about a wealthy millionaire who is dying and invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party where they must wear masks that he especially made for them. And if they don't, they'll be cut off from the inheritance. And man, what an awesome episode it is. and the reveal at the end that twist at the end is just so amazing so scary so oh just one of the best It really is And what makes this one really interesting is that it was directed by Ida Lupino Ida Lupino is the only female director to direct a Twilight Zone episode in the whole original series. Unbelievable. And what makes it even more interesting, she's the only director also to have starred in an episode of Twilight Zone as well. So that's really kind of interesting. And that's why the masks come in at number two on the top seven Twilight Zone episodes, part two. This is from season one, episode 22. This is The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Wow, what an amazing thing On a peaceful suburban street Strange occurrences and mysterious people Stoke residents paranoia To a disturbing intensity It's really, really today As we are seeing so much hatred in this world As we are living This really is a timely episode and why definitely it is one that everybody in the entire world should watch at least once. It is so interesting. It makes us realize that, hey, we need to treat people like we want to be treated. It truly is that good of an episode, and it makes you think. That's why the Monsters Are Due on Maple Street really does deserve number one of the top seven Twilight Zone episodes, part two. We want to thank you for joining us today on this second look at Twilight Zone episodes, top seven of them. Just some amazing things from the mind of Rod Serling. And what a great series it really was. Do you agree with our list here in part two? What is your favorite episode of the Twilight Zone? Let us know in the comments below. 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