WATCH: The Twilight Zone Classic "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"Īs this classic episode shows, "alien" is all in the eye of the beholder. The kicker comes in the twist ending, with the reveal that the small town's descent into violent mob mentality is little more than an alien experiment driving humans to destroy themselves, making Earth ripe for the taking.Īnd unfortunately for all of us, it was oh-so-easy. Perhaps one of the most revered extra-terrestrial episodes in the series, this powerful allegory for xenophobia shows the horrors of what can happen when neighbor turns on neighbor. "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" (Season 1, Episode 22) STREAM: Classic Episodes Of The Twilight Zone On CBS All Access The Twilight Zone September 19, 2019Here, beings from beyond our world take center stage-sometimes to frighten us, sometimes to enlighten us-and challenge what we think we know about our own humanity and what we can only imagine is beyond the world we know. We may not be able to storm Area 51, but we CAN declassify these unforgettable alien encounters from #TheTwilightZone! ? /rKm0OLNJmq In the case of the following unforgettable episodes, the unknown is nothing less than the extra-terrestrial. Perhaps I'm missing the point.maybe the episode was simply trying to show the darker side of WWII and its effects on different individuals' lives.The Twilight Zone is known for turning humanity inside out to see how it ticks, and sometimes there's no better way to do that than by exploring how mankind reacts to what it doesn't understand. It would have been interesting if Arthur had a connection to the sword, and the events were some kind of cosmic fate at work to bring the two men together. Likewise, the sword's supernatural contribution is ill-defined. The two men are guilty for whatever reasons but neither comes to term with it. However, I don't understand the general point to everything.
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After all, TZ's crew lived and fought in WWII and know firsthand that it was far from the movie depictions. Sure, I'll give them credit for not glamorizing WWII the way most do. I'm not really sure what this episode was trying to get at. Losing his shit completely, Arthur leaps out the attic window, committing suicide. The two men engage in a few scuffles with the final one ending with Fenton being impaled by the sword though, I love how there is no wound. Arthur, on the other hand, is ashamed that his father was a traitor against the USA during the Pearl Harbor attack he feels some kind of inner guilt due to this. Essentially, we learn that Fenton is a brute who killed a surrendering officer for that sword. It is implied that an old samurai sword has semi-cursed the two men, but this is ambiguous. Sitting down for drinks in Fenton's musty attic, the two go from one heated exchange to the next. Of note is George Takei playing Arthur which only adds to the "Star Trek" alum featured in TZ. Fenton is a bitter WWII vet cleaning out his attic when a Japanese man, named Arthur, shows up to answer an ad Fenton had for yard work. That may sound like the setup for a joke or the premise to a riddle, but that's, more or less, the gist of this story. Two men walk into an attic and don't come back out. Setting aside the drama, was this even a good episode to begin with? Well, not particularly. Anyway, the controversial aspects should be easy to notice especially when TZ is not known for this kind of tone.
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Oddly enough, given the PC climate of today's crybaby populace, I'd imagine it would get banned now rather than actually being unbanned after 50+ years. Review: Up until this year, the only way for many to see this episode was through a DVD/VHS or time travel.
Plot Summary: Two men have a bizarre "encounter" in an attic.
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