{"id":8478,"date":"2019-09-25T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2019-09-23T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T01:33:36","slug":"the-twilight-zone-complete-series-review-season-5-episode-30-stopover-in-a-quiet-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/25\/the-twilight-zone-complete-series-review-season-5-episode-30-stopover-in-a-quiet-town\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twilight Zone \u2013 Complete Series Review \u2013 Season 5 Episode 30 \u2013 Stopover in a Quiet Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob and Millie Frazier are Manhattanites that went to a party in the northern suburbs and have awakened the next morning in a suburban house in their party clothes from the night before with hangovers and no recollection of why they aren\u2019t back home.<\/p>\n

They squabble about whose fault it is that they\u2019re there.\u00a0 Bob was drunk so Millie drove them home.\u00a0 But the last thing she remembers from the drive is a shadow enveloping the car and then nothing.\u00a0 They walk around the house and find no one there.\u00a0 When they try to use the telephone, they find out it\u2019s not wired in but just hooked onto the wall.\u00a0 Likewise, the cabinets in the kitchen are fake with the drawers just panels glued onto a blank wooden side.\u00a0 And the refrigerator is empty except for some prop loaves of bread and empty food boxes.\u00a0 The only sign of life is the sound in the background of a little girl giggling.<\/p>\n

The go outside and find no people and only a stuffed squirrel propped on a tree branch.\u00a0 The go to the church and it\u2019s empty.\u00a0 Bob rings the church bell for an extended time but nobody responds.\u00a0 They walk down the street and every once in a while, they hear the childish laughter coming from nowhere.\u00a0 They discover that the trees are fake and the grass is papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9.\u00a0 Finally, they think they\u2019ve found a man sitting in a car but it\u2019s just a dummy.\u00a0 Then they find out that the car has no engine.<\/p>\n

They start to crack up and Millie imagines that they crashed last night and they are in hell.\u00a0 But then Bob here\u2019s the whistle of a commuter train and they run to find it.\u00a0 They rush on board just as it leaves Centerville (the name of the town).\u00a0 The train pulls out of the station and they laugh with relief.\u00a0 But the next stop is back where they started from in Centerville.<\/p>\n

Now angry and determined, Bob tells Millie that they\u2019re going to leave on foot down the main road.\u00a0 But after a short time, they hear the laughter again and looking up they see a giant eight-year-old girl.\u00a0 They run but she catches them and scoops them up in her hand.\u00a0 Her mother shows up and tells her to play nicely with her pets because her father just brought them all the way from Earth.\u00a0 But it\u2019s lunch time so she deposits Bob and Millie back in Centerville until she finishes eating.<\/p>\n

Alright, altogether!\u00a0 What are my two primary rules for the Twilight Zone?<\/p>\n