Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 8

Uncle Simon (15 Nov. 1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Uncle Simon (original title)

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Caregiver Barbara Polk must take care of her uncle's robot after his untimely and accidental death.

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Caregiver Barbara Polk must take care of her uncle's robot after his untimely and accidental death.

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Narrator: [Closing Narration] Dramatis personae: a metal man, who will go by the name of Simon, whose life as well as his body has been stamped out for him; and the woman who tends to him, the lady Barbara, who's discovered belatedly that all bad things don't come to an end, and that once a bed is made, it quite necessary that you sleep in it. Tonight's uncomfortable little exercise in avarice and automatons - from the Twilight Zone.
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Uncle Simon Torments his Caregiver Niece beyond his Grave
11 August 2008 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This was an excellent Twilight Zone. Cedric Hardwicke was brilliantly rude and mean as Uncle Simon. The direction by Don Siegel - of Dirty Harry fame - was first-rate and creative. The story and dialogue were also extremely sharp. As was often the case with the Twilight Zone, the script was of more movie quality than TV quality.

I'm not sure what the 7.1 rating is all about: it's way too low. The overall score for The Twilight Zone is 9.6, but the individual episodes rarely even get an 8.0. This makes no sense and shows that the raters aren't very good at this kind of thing. Come on people, if you're going to rate these shows make sure you know what you're doing!


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