The Monsters Are Due - A Twilight Zone Podcast

In the ruins of a city, two former soldiers on opposing sides discover each other. But will this chance encounter lead to a romance, or reignite old conflicts? Nicole and Peter will face off in this desolate episode and discuss stars in the making, just chicken drumsticks, and a Furlough Romance.

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The final half of the season two draft is here! With only 14 episodes left, how will the remaining stories be distributed, and which one will be left undrafted? Find out now, and let us know who you think won the draft!

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To celebrate the whirlwind that was season two of The Twilight Zone, Nicole and Peter are taking it to the digital turf to each draft their best possible team of episodes from this season. Whose team will emerge victorious? Tune in to part one of this special two-part presentation to find out!

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In a totalitarian state, a librarian named Romney Wordsworth has been declared obsolete. But with an unusual request for his liquidation, he plans to show them why you should never underestimate a librarian. Nicole and Peter will rule on this shadowy episode and discuss director’s cuts, befuddling tie choices, and the season two draft.

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A bus driver and his six passengers have stopped at a diner while the weather clears up. Unfortunately for them, a flying saucer has crashed nearby and now there’s one more bus rider than they remember… or is there? Nicole and Peter will closely encounter this episode and discuss The War of the Worlds, delightful prospectors, and a new level of product placement.

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A cantankerous misanthrope named Archibald  Beechcroft is given a book that unlocks the true power of pure concentration. With his new skill, he can achieve his wildest dreams and make people disappear, or even better, make them just like him. Nicole and Peter will focus on this drawn out episode and discuss music from The SpongeBob SquarePants movie, an unwelcome bathroom conversation, and a rare misfire from the mak...

Adam Grant is having a recurring nightmare where he is sentenced to death by the electric chair—at least, that’s what he tells the courtroom when they sentence him. And if what he’s saying is true, it will be a much bigger calamity for all of them than for him when the switch is flipped. Nicole and Peter will relive this perpetual episode and discuss Stephen Spielberg’s first film, Velveeta cheese, and German expressi...

A talkative man accepts a half-a-million dollar bet that he cannot go a full calendar year without speaking a single word.  Being in desperate need of the money, he may go to desperate lengths to make sure he wins. Nicole and Peter will shake on this gentlemanly episode and discuss mandatory yard sales, Buster Keaton, and connections to Futurama.

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Four crooks hatch a brilliant scheme to throw people off the trail of their stolen gold: they’ll enter suspended animation for 100 years and come out to spend lavishly when the coast is clear. What could possibly go wrong? Nicole and Peter will push the button on this episode and discuss proper water drinking, beehive theft, and Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

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Christopher Horn's wagon train has found themselves out of food and water somewhere in the desert of the New Mexico territory. On top of that, his son is deathly sick. He resolves to scout for resources just over the rim of the dune ahead, but what he finds is much more than just a stream or some game. Nicole and Peter will load the wagon up for this episode and discuss a 1970s Hollywood scandal, a Peter Jackson conne...

When little Billy gets a toy telephone from his beloved grandmother, she tells him he can use it to call her no matter where she is. But when she passes on, Billy’s parents are horrified to discover who’s on the other line. Nicole and Peter will dial up this ringer of an episode and discuss horrifying toys, disputed writing credits, and a phone call to the moon.

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Ace Larson is a small-time gambler who can never seem to catch a break, so when he learns that his friend Jimbo can move objects with his mind, he knows just how to exploit it: they’ll go to Las Vegas and make money hand-over-fist on craps and roulette. Jimbo is no cheat, however, and realizes he may need to take matters into his own hands to save his friend. Nicole and Peter will roll the dice on this gamble of an ep...

An old radio helps curmudgeonly Mr. Lindsay reconnect with his past, a past he wishes desperately to have another shot at. Disillusioned with modern life and consumed by regret, the old music and programs only he can hear pull him further and further away from the present. Nicole and Peter will tune in to this wireless episode and discuss Richard Matheson’s house parties,  the song “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You,” ...

Mr. Luther Dingle, a naïve, timid vacuum cleaner salesman, is the perfect candidate for an experiment from a pair of Martian scientists. They give Dingle the strength of 300 men, only to be disappointed with the mundane ways he uses it. Nicole and Peter will flex on this gag-heavy episode and discuss reused props, the voice of Mr. Potato Head, and a very apparent stunt double.

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Flight 33 starts off as normal as any other, but after catching one doozy of a jet stream and breaking the sound barrier, they’ve traveled back in time…really, really far back in time. With fuel running low, their only chance may be to find that jet stream again and hope it spits them out closer to home. Nicole and Peter will try to land this episode and discuss the two Serling brothers who worked on the episode, disp...

A recurring dream about a hospital morgue—the eponymous room 22—plagues Miss Liz Powell, who has been checked in to the hospital to treat her nervous fatigue from overwork. Although she can’t quite put her finger on it, she knows what she’s experiencing is much more than a dream…but she may be running out of time to figure out what exactly it is. Nicole and Peter will make room for this episode and discuss a minor riv...

Hector B. Poole, a mild-mannered banker, develops the ability to hear the thoughts of others and learns more than he ever wanted to know about the people he sees everyday. Mind reading, as it turns out, is not all it’s cracked up to be. Nicole and Peter will stand this episode up and discuss A Book of Modern Poetry, a car accident they couldn’t quit, and the importance of not snitching.

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In an isolated farmhouse, one woman finds herself up against two tiny invaders who have crash-landed into her attic. Forced to defend her home, she arms herself with a paddle and a candle and resolves to hunt them down. Nicole and Peter will thoroughly search through episode and discuss this being the final episode of two Twilight Zone greats, dimmer boys, and a performance for the ages.

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Mr. Harvey Hunnicut is a used car dealer with a brand new problem: his latest car is haunted to make him tell the truth. The only way to restore his talent for deception is to sell the car…but to whom?  Nicole and Peter will offload this lemon of an episode and discuss inconsistent lying, the worst punch in Twilight Zone history and Kelly Blue Book values.

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