In His Image
- Episode aired Jan 3, 1963
- TV-PG
- 51m
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7.4/10
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A young man grapples with an urge to kill and confusion about his origins.A young man grapples with an urge to kill and confusion about his origins.A young man grapples with an urge to kill and confusion about his origins.
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- TriviaAlan Talbot collects money for the Junior Woodchucks, a fictional Boy Scout organization created by Carl Barks in 1951 for comic books involving Donald Duck. TZ author Charles Beaumont briefly wrote stories for the same firm that published the Woodchucks stories.
- GoofsIn her first scene, Jess lights a cigarette and puts it in an ashtray by the sink. When she goes to the sink a few minutes later, the ashtray is empty.
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[closing narration]
Narrator: In a way, it can be said that Walter Ryder succeeded in his life's ambition, even though the man he created was, after all, himself. There may be easier ways to self-improvement, but sometimes it happens that the shortest distance between to points is a crooked line - through the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: In His Image (2023)
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Longer episodes = more mysterious build-up, less satisfying climax
Season 4 of "The Twilight Zone" is the infamous season where there are less episodes, only 18 whereas the other seasons have 30-35, but the running time is longer, namely around 50 minutes per installment rather than the usual 25 minutes in all the others. It's also, and probably not coincidentally, the least favorite season among fans worldwide. As per illustration, if you list all 156 "Twilight Zone" episodes from highest to lowest rating, the highest rated episode of the 4th season is only ranked #46.
Quite significant, but obviously this shouldn't discourage anyone to watch the episodes of season four, since they generally are still solid and imaginative Sci-Fi/fantasy tales. "In His Image" is worthwhile as well, for sure, but also flawed.
During countless of episodes of the first three seasons, I so desperately wished for the running time to be longer. Mainly because I couldn't get enough of how great these stories were, but also because I sincerely thought the plot and atmosphere held much more potential than fit for a 25-minute episode. And yet, the first longer episode I watched already felt TOO long. "In His Image" takes more patiently its time to unfold the mystery, and this approach quickly become rather tedious and distracting. Alan Talbot struggles with a strange personal issue. He has violent tendencies, accompanied by insufferable headaches and disturbing noises in his brains. He did find true love, though, and he intend to take his fiancé Jessica to his hometown and marry her. Although he only left town eight days ago, everything has changed there, and it seems as if Alan's memories are over twenty years old.
Due to the extended and exaggeratedly mysterious build-up, the conclusion of "In His Image" is inevitably somewhat of a letdown. All the pieces of the puzzle fit, mind you, but it's very silly and implausible.
Quite significant, but obviously this shouldn't discourage anyone to watch the episodes of season four, since they generally are still solid and imaginative Sci-Fi/fantasy tales. "In His Image" is worthwhile as well, for sure, but also flawed.
During countless of episodes of the first three seasons, I so desperately wished for the running time to be longer. Mainly because I couldn't get enough of how great these stories were, but also because I sincerely thought the plot and atmosphere held much more potential than fit for a 25-minute episode. And yet, the first longer episode I watched already felt TOO long. "In His Image" takes more patiently its time to unfold the mystery, and this approach quickly become rather tedious and distracting. Alan Talbot struggles with a strange personal issue. He has violent tendencies, accompanied by insufferable headaches and disturbing noises in his brains. He did find true love, though, and he intend to take his fiancé Jessica to his hometown and marry her. Although he only left town eight days ago, everything has changed there, and it seems as if Alan's memories are over twenty years old.
Due to the extended and exaggeratedly mysterious build-up, the conclusion of "In His Image" is inevitably somewhat of a letdown. All the pieces of the puzzle fit, mind you, but it's very silly and implausible.
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- Jan 17, 2022
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- Runtime51 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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