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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: The Twilight Zone Reboot
« on: June 25, 2020, 11:09:44 PM »
Worth Watching: 'Twilight Zone' Returns, ...
The Twilight Zone (streaming on CBS All Access): Welcome back to that special region of the mind that "lies between the pit of one's fears and the summit of one's knowledge." Executive producer Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) once again fills the narrator role of Rod Serling with pronounced understatement in this reboot, as a second season of 10 fantastical stories drops all at once for a binge-watching escape from our own personal twilight zones. Only a few episodes were made available for preview ahead of launch, and my favorite so far is "The Who of You," a body-switching caper in which the soul of a failed actor (Ethan Embry) keeps hopping into various bodies (including Billy Porter as a flamboyant psychic) after a desperate act goes awry. The story builds to a satisfying, ironic finish, just how we like it. (Although I miss the days when the episodes clocked in at under a half-hour.) Guest stars this season include Jenna Elfman, Topher Grace, Tony Hale, Joel McHale, Christopher Meloni, Gretchen Mol, Jimmi Simpson (as a memorably lonely-hearted sad sack), Jurnee Smollett and Damon Wayans, Jr.
The Twilight Zone (streaming on CBS All Access): Welcome back to that special region of the mind that "lies between the pit of one's fears and the summit of one's knowledge." Executive producer Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) once again fills the narrator role of Rod Serling with pronounced understatement in this reboot, as a second season of 10 fantastical stories drops all at once for a binge-watching escape from our own personal twilight zones. Only a few episodes were made available for preview ahead of launch, and my favorite so far is "The Who of You," a body-switching caper in which the soul of a failed actor (Ethan Embry) keeps hopping into various bodies (including Billy Porter as a flamboyant psychic) after a desperate act goes awry. The story builds to a satisfying, ironic finish, just how we like it. (Although I miss the days when the episodes clocked in at under a half-hour.) Guest stars this season include Jenna Elfman, Topher Grace, Tony Hale, Joel McHale, Christopher Meloni, Gretchen Mol, Jimmi Simpson (as a memorably lonely-hearted sad sack), Jurnee Smollett and Damon Wayans, Jr.