This episode six of "The New Twilight Zone" from the 1985-86 CBS season featured two segments "Examination Day" and "A Message from Charity". I will give my take on both.
The first and very quick and straight to the point segment "Examination Day" is a tale set in the modern and futuristic world in which the government controls and rules with an iron fist on people's lives. A young boy Dickie Jordan who just turns 12 makes a wish on his birthday to get a good score on the national government test that all kids take. His parents seem worried and uneasy that he made a wish for that they feel Dickie will do fine and has no need to worry because the boy is to smart. However it turns out to be a fatal end as the boy is to smart for the government! So smart that he meets his final end as his parents receive word about his burial plans. Quick and short episode that has a somber and tragic end.
Second "A Message from Charity" features a story of communicating between different time periods. With a modern day teenage boy in Massachusetts who all of a sudden makes contact with an old fashioned girl from Puritan, New England. Little by little the world is experienced thru each others own eyes. An okay story that's touching and shows a special bonding of friendship while contrasting history between modern and old New England.
Overall an okay episode, but still many others during season one were better.
The first and very quick and straight to the point segment "Examination Day" is a tale set in the modern and futuristic world in which the government controls and rules with an iron fist on people's lives. A young boy Dickie Jordan who just turns 12 makes a wish on his birthday to get a good score on the national government test that all kids take. His parents seem worried and uneasy that he made a wish for that they feel Dickie will do fine and has no need to worry because the boy is to smart. However it turns out to be a fatal end as the boy is to smart for the government! So smart that he meets his final end as his parents receive word about his burial plans. Quick and short episode that has a somber and tragic end.
Second "A Message from Charity" features a story of communicating between different time periods. With a modern day teenage boy in Massachusetts who all of a sudden makes contact with an old fashioned girl from Puritan, New England. Little by little the world is experienced thru each others own eyes. An okay story that's touching and shows a special bonding of friendship while contrasting history between modern and old New England.
Overall an okay episode, but still many others during season one were better.