Concept-wise, I found this one of the weaker, more mundane, and uninteresting TZ-episodes, but it has a couple of moments that makes it almost great.
Salvadore Ross is a brute and egocentric man who just takes what he wants, and he generally feels that life treats him unfair. After the strong woman he wants rejects him, Ross coincidentally discovers that he has the unique ability to exchange physical characteristics with others, if they agree.
For a little while during this episode, I had tremendous respect for protagonist Salvadore Ross! Rather often in "The Twilight Zone", characters find out about their supernatural gifts or unique talents, but then they only use it for dumb and useless things. Not Salvadore, though, or at least not at first. He thinks of an ingenious way to become both extremely rich and remain young. Unfortunately - but typically, though - his stubbornness and grudge push him to winning back his girl rather than to do much smarter things!
The performances of Don Gordon and Gail Kobe are more than impressive, and the end-twist is deliciously sardonic. Otherwise, though, it's an unmemorable and clichéd "you reap what you sow" tale.
Salvadore Ross is a brute and egocentric man who just takes what he wants, and he generally feels that life treats him unfair. After the strong woman he wants rejects him, Ross coincidentally discovers that he has the unique ability to exchange physical characteristics with others, if they agree.
For a little while during this episode, I had tremendous respect for protagonist Salvadore Ross! Rather often in "The Twilight Zone", characters find out about their supernatural gifts or unique talents, but then they only use it for dumb and useless things. Not Salvadore, though, or at least not at first. He thinks of an ingenious way to become both extremely rich and remain young. Unfortunately - but typically, though - his stubbornness and grudge push him to winning back his girl rather than to do much smarter things!
The performances of Don Gordon and Gail Kobe are more than impressive, and the end-twist is deliciously sardonic. Otherwise, though, it's an unmemorable and clichéd "you reap what you sow" tale.