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Yeah, not a good episode to start with. And I had problems hearing some of it. Granted, I had the AC blowing, but I really hate cranking up the TV to "50" to overcompensate. It was difficult to understand what was going on when they were whispering.

And I thought that Hawkins was going to actually appear as "host" and not merely be a voiceover (which I had trouble with as well).

The story could've been told in 30 minutes. And the ending had been telegraphed from the first time she picked up the gun in the first five minutes. My son was playing on the laptop and not watching, but Waterson screaming "What did you do to me?" got his attention. He asked, "what did they do?" I told him exactly what was going on, "He's lost his memory of everything that's happened for a long time, he's older than he thinks he is, and something horrible happened in the world becuse the psychiatrist was about to commit suicide.

40 minutes later . . .

What made the original Twilight Zone great was the fact that it told the story in 30 mins.. No more or less. I did see the 1 hour TZ episodes and they weren't that good. I don't think any show is going to overtake the TZ.

However, I did like the Stephen Hawkings voice over...

I’m not one of those “sensitive” to liberal cues in the movies or TV, like some here who have complained about Shrek, Harry Potter, and other movies, but I thought this was a slight slap at Bush. The pre-emtive strike, the whole “taking responsibility” thing. I dunno, maybe it was just a stupid episode that I read more into it than there was. I don’t know if it was intended, but the only character I felt sorry for was the President.