The Blue Scorpion

Episode aired May 23, 2019
TV-MA
41m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

2.1K

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Chris O'Dowd in The Twilight Zone (2019)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

The emergence of a strange, elusive gun changes the life of an anthropology professor whose mind is slowly unraveling.The emergence of a strange, elusive gun changes the life of an anthropology professor whose mind is slowly unraveling.The emergence of a strange, elusive gun changes the life of an anthropology professor whose mind is slowly unraveling.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The funeral service for Jeff Storck's father is held at Cayuga Lake, and Jeff mentions how much his father loved it there. Rod Serling also loved Cayuga Lake and named The Twilight Zone (1959)'s production company, Cayuga Productions, after the lake.

Goofs
Gun appears gold tone during most of the episode. In the scene it was returned after the burglar shooting it appears silver tone.

Quotes
Narrator: [opening narration] Here sits Professor Jeffrey Mingus Storck, a man who holds a doctorate in anthropology, but possesses little true knowledge of himself. Today, Professor Storck is surrounded by the many familiar artifacts that shaped his father's life and the one unknown object that ended it. As a scientist, he's about to embark on his darkest research project yet. His conclusion will lie somewhere between the barrel of a gun and the outer regions of the Twilight Zone.

Connections
Featured in The Twilight Zone: Blurryman (2019)

Soundtracks
White Rabbit
(uncredited)
Written by Grace Slick
Performed by Jefferson Airplane
[Jeff listens to it while high]

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Featured review

7/10

Really enjoyed this episode (apart from one thing)

Well, this was the first episode where you didn't immediately know what's going to happen after 2 minutes. The acting was great and the mystery actually staid mysterious throughout the episode. It probably won't blow your mind but it's far better than any episode so far.

Right after the main story, however, there's a little ending sequence where Peele does his usual outro narration. I guess nobody was able to write anything even remotely clever so they just read some fortune cookies. The episode basically ended with Peele telling us some pretentious drivel that was barely connected to the episode. Just skip the narration if you don't have anything to say.