Eye of the Beholder

Episode aired Nov 11, 1960
TV-PGTV-PG
25m

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9.1/10

5.7K

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William D. Gordon and Maxine Stuart in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Drama Fantasy Horror

A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look "normal."

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9.1/10

5.7K

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Donna Douglas and William D. Gordon in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Maxine Stuart in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Donna Douglas in The Twilight Zone (1959)

William D. Gordon and Maxine Stuart in Eye of the Beholder (1960)

Joanna Heyes in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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Trivia
The Leader's hand-movements were meant to resemble the gestures made often during speeches by Adolf Hitler.

Goofs
At the end, when the doctor is unwrapping the bandages, the view from her is a different direction than the doctor is undoing them. Clockwise from her view, and counterclockwise from his.

Quotes
Narrator: [Closing Narration] Now there're questions that come to mind. Where is this place, and when is it? What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? You want an answer? The answer is, it doesn't make any difference. Because the old saying happens to be true. Beauty *is* in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence. On this planet or wherever there is human life, perhaps out amongst the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lesson to be learned - in The Twilight Zone.

Alternate versions
Syndication prints list the episode title as "A Private World Of Darkness".

Connections
Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Eye Of The Beholder (2021)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Marius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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Two Titles?

I just watched this episode again for the billionth time and as the credits started to roll I noticed (strangely for the first time ever)that the title was listed as "Private World of Darkness" rather than "Eye of the Beholder". Did this episode have two titles or is one wrong? I'm sure it was the right show because the credits rolled across a still of Donna Douglas in the bandages. Anyway, it doesn't alter the fact that this is one of my 5 top greatest episodes of TTWZ! The camera work in the beginning is fantastic and I thought is was great the way they kept you from seeing the hospital workers faces until those fantastic shots of the doctor and staff. I'm also a bit curious to know if the voice was dubbed in for Donna Douglas's character Janet Tyler. It doesn't sound like her at all to me.

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