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It’s well acted by both performers, and it’s palpably tense throughout. The Twilight Zone (19591964): Season 5, Episode 31 - The Encounter - full transcript. It doesn’t hold any punches with its discussion on racism, and I’d say the movie’s World War II discussion makes it even more troubling, implying that some Americans were in the wrong with how they viewed the Japanese as inhuman. After a brief fight, Arthur kills Fenton with the sword, and then jumps out the window to kill himself. Arthur also admits that his father had betrayed the United States and told the Japanese military where to bomb in Pearl Harbor.įenton breaks down, admitting that his life has been consumed by bigotry and that his wife has left him.
(Given the dated references and language of the show, readers should expect to encounter what is today considered offensive language throughout these texts.) One of the final episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Encounter, aired on May 1, 1964. The interactions between the two grow more hostile, with Arthur accusing Fenton of taking the sword from an unarmed man that he killed. The Twilight Zone can help us better understand ourselves.
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He shows Arthur a Samurai sword that he won in battle, and Arthur talks about how he was a small child at Pearl Harbor.Īrthur seems to get some kind of supernatural insight from the sword, and when he goes to leave, the door is locked. Rod Serling's 'Twilight Zone' phenomena - American TV wouldn't be quite the same again. The interactions between these two characters are amicable enough at the beginning, but there’s also a good deal of tension, when Fenton starts talking about his experiences in World War II. Because it is quite good.Ī World War II veteran, Fenton (Neville Brand), is digging around through his attic when his Japanese neighbor, Arthur Takamori (George Takei, Star Trek), comes over looking for work. And that’s too bad, too, although it’s definitely good that it can be shown now. Because of the series’s heavy themes on racism, the episode was pulled from syndication apparently until 2016.
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“The Encounter” is very good, but it’s also the most controversial episode the series ever aired. “The Big Tall Wish” echoes sentiments today about “woke” entertainment with its depiction of Black characters in a non-racial story, while “He’s Alive”, “The Shelter”, and “The Obsolete Man” are cautionary tales of what awaits us if our democracy is threatened in a political climate that very closely matches that of the 1960s.įinally, we’ll discuss “The Encounter”, and how that episode tackles racism and the effects of war head-on, in a way that was so controversial at the time that “The Encounter” was one of the few episodes that did not re-air for three decades.Episode 5.31 “The Encounter” Original air date: Writer: Martin M. “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” and “The Invaders” explore themes of xenophobia, and how it leads to an individualistic society. “The Eye of the Beholder” takes our beauty standards and turns them on their head to illustrate how beauty standards differ across cultures, making the quest for perfection meaningless. This class will explore classic episodes such as “The Eye of the Beholder”, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”, “The Invaders”, “The Big Tall Wish”, “He’s Alive”, “The Shelter”, “The Obsolete Man”, and the controversial episode “The Encounter”. In fact, The Twilight Zone’s most popular episodes lean heavily into the horrific as a means of social commentary that are sadly still relevant today. Although it’s often classified as a science fiction series, many argue that a majority of the episodes constitute horror as well. The Twilight Zone is one of the best-known shows of all time. $12 BUY TICKETS or buy a Miskatonic Online Semester Pass for $40 here.
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