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Two early and two classic episodes of "The Twilight Zone"

This collection of "`The Twilight Zone' Collector's Edition" presents an interesting mix of episodes from the classic television anthology series created by Rod Serling. There are two episodes from very early in the first season, which show the sort of scripts that Serling used to sell the series. Then there are two "Zone" episodes that would be in the running for any fan's Top 10 list:

Episode 51, "The Invaders" (Written by Richard Matheson, First aired January 27, 1961) provides one of the classic performances by an actress on the "Zone," with a tour de force performance by Agnes Moorhead, in an episode in which she never has a line of dialogue. She plays a woman living alone in a farmhouse who finds that a miniature flying saucer has landed on her roof. The woman has to fight against the strange tiny invaders with their advanced technology. But then remember, this is "The Twilight Zone," so there is going to be a twist. If the spaceship looks familiar to science fiction fans it should, because it is the same one from "Forbidden Planet." Notice in the prologue that this is a rare episode where Serling appears in the same frame with the actors in the story.

Episode 2, "One for the Angels" (Written by Rod Serling, First aired October 9, 1959) was written specifically for Ed Wynn. The great comedian plays Lew Bookman, a sidewalk pitchman who learns from Mr. Death (Murray Hamilton), that he will die at midnight. Bookman refuses to go, so Death says he will take a little girl instead. So Bookman convinces Death to not take him until he completes the Big Pitch, a masterpiece of salesmanship that would be "one of the angels." Wynn had proven himself a dramatic actor in Serling's famous television play "Requiem for a Heavyweight," and here he gets the opportunity to do both comedy and drama.

Episode 42, "The Eye of the Beholder" (Written by Serling, First aired November 11, 1960), is one of the quintessential "Twilight Zone" episodes. The story is about Janet Tyler, a woman whose hideously deformed face has made her an outcast all of her life. Now she faces her eleventh and final operation in a last chance to look "normal." Maxine Stuart plays Janet under the bandages, and Donna Douglas plays her as revealed. This is one of the show's finest episodes because even when you know the twist the set up and payoff still work. Of course, you cannot watch it without wondering what ever happened to Donna Douglas. Apparently the original title for the episode was "The Private World of Darkness."

Episode 7, "The Lonely" (Written by Rod Serling, First aired November 13, 1959) has Jack Warden as Jams A. Corry, a convicted murderer sentenced to fifty years on an asteroid in this story by Rod Serling. Captain Allenby (John Dehner) of the supply ship that stops by leaves him a present: an android named Alicia (Jean Marsh). But when Corry is pardoned, he is told he must leave the "woman" he loves behind and he does not if he can do that. Look for Ted Knight as young Adams in this average "Zone" episode that helps define what the series was all about, because the human element mattered as much as the famous twists.

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