The Twilight Zone Recap: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

Albert Salmi (Execution from Season 1 and A Quality of Mercy from Season 3) stars as William J. Feathersmith, who is on top of the world. Or would be, if he could just find something that he doesn't already own. And so he meets the devil on his way home one night, and the devil has a new deal for him. The devil agrees to sell him a trip back in time, to Cliffordville, before he struck it rich, with just enough money to make the deals of a lifetime.

Unfortunately for Mr. Feathersmith, he seems to have forgotten a few details, like the fact that he doesn't have the equipment needed to drill down to the depths where the oil can be found. Everyone knows the worthless land contains oil, but no one can get to it. So he has just sold everything he has to get back to the past, with nothing at all to show for it. Perhaps it wasn't such a good deal after all.

Also a brief appearance by Julie Newmar (the original Catwoman) as the devil.

The Twilight Zone Recap: Passage on the Lady Anne

Finally, a cruise, albeit on a decrepit old ocean liner called the Lady Anne. Sure, there are faster vessels around, but beggars can't be choosers, can they now? As it turns out, perhaps they can. For it seems that this old lady holds a secret. It seems that this is the last voyage of this lady, as the passengers have been cruising aboard her for some time, and they have agreed that this shall be her final voyage.

So at the end, this young couple who embarked with such hope, and now faces an uncertain future, has even more worries, as they are set adrift in a life raft. At least they didn't go down with the ship.

The Twilight Zone Recap: Judgment Night

Lanser is having a horrible time on the ship. He can't even remember how he got there. But he sure knows a lot about those German U-Boats. Then he sees one coming at them, but he can't find anyone to tell. So he picks up the binoculars, and who does he see but himself, looking at the boat, and then he remembers.

He remembers having a conversation with his second in command, who asked if perhaps they wouldn't be doomed to repeat the night over and over, for sinking a ship full of innocent people without so much as a warning. And the ship sinks beneath the waves. And then we see him back on deck as the dream starts over again.

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