Revisiting The Twilight Zone: S1 E8: Time Enough At Last

Revisiting The Twilight Zone: S1 E8: Time Enough At Last

One of the greatest, coming so early on in the series, but really became the front runner for the show that tried to make unlikely positions ever tougher than they were.

Burgess Meredith was wonderful in every role he had in the Twilight Zone, but here as the bumbling Henry Bemis, a bank clerk with very poor eyesight, who only wants to read. He reads on his breaks, he reads while serving customers, he reads constantly. It drives his superiors at work mad, it drives his wife mad at home.

And then, as he is safely tucked into the bank vault to read in peace - the world literally explodes around him - and he is left completely and utterly alone.

Most of you know what happens. Those that don't, I can only suggest you find this episode and watch it. It is a wonderful 25 minutes of intrigue and drama and a little humour thrown in. It has been parodied for years by any number of TV shows. It is a beauty.

Rating:  "There was time now..."  5/5