Ghost’s gettin’ a spinoff!

Basically the guy Cho assumes is the doctor says he isn’t allowed to be one anymore. Then a kid enters, grabs a knife and says he wants to hurry so he can get back to his game. Cue screaming and the exit narration.

The twist is one of the best bits in the episode, but not exactly mind-blowing.

She struck me more as Ivanka. Probably could do something, but doesn’t. Conway is more of an opportunist than a Kool-Aid drinker.

And it’s a shame, because there were interesting things they could have done. The best scene was definitely the one where Cho tries to discuss his concerns with both the Secretary of Defense and the president’s mother, but they are drinking the kool-aid. It’s an excellent analogy and classic Twilight Zone as described…

Episode 1: So everyone he mentions in his act ceases to exist. If he tells a joke about someone he knows they disappear. Are you following? Joke = gone. Don’t forget that if he mentions someone in his act, they will go poof. Pay attention when he mentions someone in his act.

Episode 2: [I have no particular complaints…

It says something in the review about a child surgeon cutting into the political consultant 

No shit. I feel like I’m being talked down to with every episode. Everything is so on the nose and beating you over the head with the point. It’s like Romero’s Land of the Dead all over again. Subtlety and being clever are okay. Stop aiming for the cheap seats.

I was thinking the “Mom” was a reference to Kellyanne Conway who has previously been referred to as the White House mom. In an administration marked by chaos and turnover, Conway remains: relentlessly on message, reliably defending her boss, no matter what the circumstances.

Wait, I get it now! It’s satire! The kid is supposed to represent Donald Trump, who is childish! Man, that’s some clever allegory. I never would’ve put that together.

Seriously, I’m just not sure why this was necessary - it didn’t make any new points or really get into any of the moral conundrums of the Trump…

Wild in the Streets is definitely worth watching, and one i always think of when people start talking about how we have to get rid of all the old people. 

I was sure this was going to be way more like “It’s a Good Life.”  The way the kid’s mom was behaving in the White House made me think the kid had some type of power over everybody.  By the end, I really wanted to see Raff’s head on the spring of a Jack-in-the-box on the White House lawn!

This Twilight Zone isn’t flawless. Even with the finely shaded scenes of local color, there’s little reason for this thing to run 50 minutes. Plus, I remain unconvinced that this series needs to be TV-MA. So far, four episodes in, the adult content hasn’t involved a heightened level of gore, or sex. With the…

Even with the swears removed, I can’t inagine kids being able to watch the new TZ with its slow pacing and longer run time. It bothers me a little but I can persevere through it just fine for the moment.

This is my biggest sticking point in not liking the episode. The whole thing portrays this guy as this almost supernatural entity, and then he’s stopped by a camera and a crowd of people.

“The look on her face as “Replay” ends—so uncertain, so nervous—is a sublime example of how a great Twilight Zone can send a chill down the spine, and a shock to the mind.”

Not just the look, but the flashing police lights subtly reflected on her face. I went back and re-watched it twice to be sure, but they’re there.…

How did you not mention True Detective season one in your section on where people might recognize Glenn Fleshler?

No. Subtlety was very much needed and lacking here. This was a pretty great episode for the first two-thirds. In tone and writing it actually felt like a Stephen King take on a very familiar story. You’re right about the tension and dread. Then when Steve Harris entered the story it devolved into a shitty ABC…

I thought this was a good episode overall, but also, god damn, the racist cop was incredibly on the nose, then in the coda, the second the granddaughter picked up the camera, it was ludicrously obvious that she would drop and break it. Might have been more clever (and felt more Twilight Zone) to have her accidentally…

I also kinda wanted the villain to be a little deeper. He kept chasing them through multiple timelines to the point of it becoming ridiculous. I thought maybe he was some kind of racist “time-guardian” or something.

It was well done, but heavy-handed. I thought for a second that some of the other police officers showing up at the end were there to arrest stalker-cop, but, alas, they were simply another half-dozen white guys there to back his play.