Indeed, the last time something like this happened was early in season one, which indicates the show had eschewed this possibility from its formula for a while. For instance, when Serling’s narration popped up out of nowhere with about five minutes left in the episode-the better to speed things along to the point where the kids are going off to college and no longer have need of Grandma-it feels unprecedented. To be sure, the fingerprints of the science fiction master are all over the series, in its focus on short-form stories and its love of juicy twists, but this is the only script the author ever came up with for the series, and it’s obvious throughout that Rod Serling and company are treating him with kid gloves. It’s a bit of a wonder that Ray Bradbury and The Twilight Zone only connected for this one episode. (Available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and CBS.com.)
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