The Twilight Zone: Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961)
Season 2, Episode 19
8/10
Not great, but still enjoyable
1 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I admit this wasn't one of the show's strongest episodes, but it's still worth looking at. It does really make you wonder what's going to happen next. It features a guy named Mr. Dingle who becomes super strong as a power granted by aliens. Now, Mr. Dingle is actually a decent guy. Normally, you'd expect this to happen to some obnoxious character and it would teach him a lesson about his arrogance. The aliens observe that Mr. Dingle is actually becoming more and more arrogant so they think he deserves to have his power taken away. Then other aliens from another planet come and make him super intelligent instead.

Rod Serling tells us he'll probably lose that ability eventually and probably gain new ones from different aliens. It does make you wonder what could happen. Could aliens from a third planet make him the most handsome person on Earth? Could aliens from a fourth planet make him the fastest person on Earth? It makes you wonder what Mr. Dingle really learned from this. Did he deserve this in the first place? It is kind of weak compared to other episodes as it's actually a bit goofy at times, but still nice. ***
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