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Time Enough at Last

Episode aired Nov 20, 1959
TV-PGTV-PG
25m

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8.9/10

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Burgess Meredith in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.

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8.9/10

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- John Brahm
- Rod Serling(teleplay by)
- Lynn Venable(based on a short story by)
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Jacqueline deWit in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Jacqueline deWit and Burgess Meredith in The Twilight Zone (1959)

Burgess Meredith and Vaughn Taylor in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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Burgess Meredith

Henry Bemis

Vaughn Taylor

Mr. Carsville

Jacqueline deWit

Helen Bemis
(as Jaqueline deWit)

Lela Bliss

Mrs. Chester

Robert Haines

Bank Customer
(uncredited)

Rod Serling

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- John Brahm
- Rod Serling(teleplay by)
- Lynn Venable(based on a short story by)
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Trivia
Out of the 92 episodes of The Twilight Zone written by Rod Serling, this was his personal favorite.

Goofs
"The Daily Chronicle", the newspaper being read by Henry Bemis in the bank vault, despite its being "published daily" (according to its front page) contains no date.

Quotes
Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] The best-laid plans of mice and men - and Henry Bemis, the small man in the glasses who wanted nothing but time. Henry Bemis, now just a part of a smashed landscape, just a piece of the rubble, just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself. Mr. Henry Bemis - in the Twilight Zone.

Connections
Edited into The Clock (2010)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
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Composed by Bernard Herrmann
(season 1)

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This premise of this episode is brilliant! It has always been more common to see people condemned for watching television. Burgess Meredith's character is criticized for having an intellectual pursuit! Meredith is excellent here, and so is Vaughn Taylor as the bank manager. The scene in which Henry discovers that his wife had inked out every page of his poetry book, is a standout. "Why do you do these things, Helen?" Good question. It came across as cruelty for the sake of being that way. Overall, a great episode with one of the series' most memorable endings.

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