This week, the SOMC crew, along with guests John and Jack, enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Their next stop—The Twilight Zone. Yes, we talk about this classic series, discussing why it's still relevant today, how it impacted science fiction and TV in general, and of course we name some of our favorite themes, moments, and episodes from the show.
00:00 We kick off the show by introducing the topic, The Twilight Zone, and James throws it to Joe to share his thoughts as to why this show has stood the test of time. We invite John to weigh in with his thoughts about the series.
6:30 We move onto Chris and Jack's thoughts about the show.
13:30 We move into talking about highlights and favorite episodes from the series, starting with Joe and then moving to Jack's favorites.
17:50 Chris asks John where he notices crossover in modern day pop culture from the Twilight Zone. John talks about how The Twilight Zone was a big change in the type of TV that was coming out at the time. It also leads to Joe mentioning how the Twilight Zone may have influenced the endings of Newhart and St. Elsewhere.
24:40 James mentions how the Twilight Zone invented or started the idea of the twist ending and then we return to Jack's list of favorites. This leads us to a discussion about anthology style storytelling.
27:53 John talks about one of his favorites, and Chris talks about the episode "Masks".
33:30 Joe talks about the guest stars who have been on the show and James gives us his list of favorite episodes. This leads to us talking about the themes and topic the show spotlighted.
39:00 Jack talks about how creepy the opening and closing of the show was. He also gives some love to the reboot of the Twilight Zone.
43:30 We move into final thoughts and recommendations.
