Revisiting The Twilight Zone: S4 E3: Valley of the Shadow
Peaceful Valley. Surely nothing unusual could ever occur in a place called Peaceful Valley, could it? It’s in the middle of nowhere, it’s a small place, nothing unusual about that. Well, as per always in Twilight Zone episodes or Stephen King stories, that’s not the truth.
Actually, the way the story pans out is terrific, and it is an excellently written episode, with Serling’s wonderful ability to weave a story about the human race and how power can corrupt paramount as to how the episode moves along. It is obvious early on that aliens are somehow tied up in the story, but it is not obvious in what way they are. The characters actions are so excellently written and performed that the motivation of each is difficult to pick right up to the very end, which is what makes the best Twilight Zone episodes.
Are there anomalies? Well yes,you could pick apart parts of the story if you wanted to – and you will at its conclusion – but it is an enjoyable journey before you come to that decision. And even once you have, you will return to this episode because in the long run it is a well written tome piece that still holds up and is still relevant more than fifty years after its first airing.
Rating: The dog really should have eaten that cat. 5/5.
Actually, the way the story pans out is terrific, and it is an excellently written episode, with Serling’s wonderful ability to weave a story about the human race and how power can corrupt paramount as to how the episode moves along. It is obvious early on that aliens are somehow tied up in the story, but it is not obvious in what way they are. The characters actions are so excellently written and performed that the motivation of each is difficult to pick right up to the very end, which is what makes the best Twilight Zone episodes.
Are there anomalies? Well yes,you could pick apart parts of the story if you wanted to – and you will at its conclusion – but it is an enjoyable journey before you come to that decision. And even once you have, you will return to this episode because in the long run it is a well written tome piece that still holds up and is still relevant more than fifty years after its first airing.
Rating: The dog really should have eaten that cat. 5/5.
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