The Monsters Are Due - A Twilight Zone Podcast
The Twilight Zone is more than just a TV show--it’s a cultural touchstone. Join Nicole and Peter every Tuesday as they take an occasionally funny and always insightful dive into a Twilight Zone episode, highlighting the actors, stories, and everything behind-the-scenes that helped make Rod Serling’s series one of the most iconic in television history. https://themonstersareduepodcast.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Episodes
A mysterious genie may be just what Edna and Arthur Castle need to turn the fortune of their curio shop around, but they’ll have to learn that wishes have consequences first. Nicole and Peter will uncork this smoky episode and discuss a familiar 5th dimension voice, alternate endings, and a very different tax code.
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When Capt. James Embry wakes up outside the wreckage of a WW II bomber in the African desert, he’s left without most of his memory and all of his crew. Nicole and Peter will crash into this mostly empty episode and discuss vegetable aircrafts, designer drug cocktails, and stunning similarities to another episode.
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The final half of the season one draft is here! With only 18 episodes left, how will the remaining stories of season one be distributed, and who will field the best team from the Fifth Dimension? Find out now, and let us know who you think won!
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To cap off season one of The Twilight Zone, Nicole and Peter are taking it to the digital gridiron to each draft their best possible team of episodes from this season. Whose team will reign supreme? Tune in to part one of this special two-part presentation to find out!
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The Hoboken Zephyrs are a terrible baseball team having a terrible season when a new left-handed pitcher named Casey joins with the potential to turn their fortunes around. The thing is, Casey might not be altogether human. Nicole and Peter wind up this episode and discuss an abundance of sound design, potential grave-robbing, and why this episode needed two directors.
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All Marsha White wants is a gold thimble as a present for her mother, but she gets that and much more when a suspicious elevator takes her to the nonexistent 9th floor of her local department store. Nicole and Peter pay cash for this episode and discuss the golden head of Anne Francis, impressively large sets, and an early appearance of the facekini.
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Mr. James B. W. Bevis is having one of those days. Luckily for him, he’s inherited a guardian angel who can give him another shot at it. Nicole and Peter tumble through this episode and discuss bartenders who serve fortitude, a lack of zither music, and finally being able to connect The Twilight Zone to the 1990 film Arachnophobia.
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Trumpet player Joey Crown is tired of hanging around this life and thinks he wants to end it all—but maybe he just needs to be reminded of all the good things. Nicole and Peter blast a high note for this episode and discuss unfortunate mouthpiece technique, an exceptional scream, and Abraham Lincoln.
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Roger Shackleforth needs three things when he is looking to woo a lady: flowers, champagne, and a cheap potion he can buy from Professor A. Daemon. Nicole and Peter hold their noses and throw back this toxic episode and discuss The Big 3 of Twilight Zone writers, permissive producers, and continued connections to the Disney universe.
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In this push-push-push world, wouldn’t it be nice to slow down to a walk and live life full measure? Nicole and Peter finally step off this timeless episode and discuss penny-farthings, the endurance of the office gossip chain, and what the censors of the time will and will not tolerate.
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Helen Foley came home from work one day to find an inquisitive little girl, and in turn, a whole new perspective on a childhood tragedy. Nicole and Peter will examine this strangely familiar episode and discuss unlabeled spices, polarizing musical stings, and a particularly brutal ending sequence.
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Ne’er-do-well Rocky Valentine got himself a bullet to the head, and with it, a one way ticket to everything his heart desires…or is it? Nicole and Peter will ascend into this heavenly episode and discuss the best way to play Mumblety-peg, paradise as a skill issue, and dyeing your hair to appease producers.
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Prizefighter Bolie Jackson could learn the power of wishes, magic, and a little boy’s unwavering faith—if only he could just believe. Nicole and Peter step into the ring with this episode and discuss unravelling time, pugilism, and The Twilight Zone’s range of child actors (sorry, Ron Howard).
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When murderous cowboy Joe Caswell is brought forward in time to 1960, he learns that retribution can follow you no matter where—or when—you are. Nicole and Peter get pulled into this big city episode and discuss malevolent phone booths, deescalation techniques, and a new winner of the Bud McCord Memorial Award.
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Sam Conrad is an astronaut who was surprised to find that the denizens of Mars are people just like him… but is that really a good thing? Nicole and Peter will dive into this eerily alike episode and discuss Teenya Coladas, the folly of biologists in sci-fi, and which cast member was the pilot of the year in 1970.
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Walter Jameson is a well-regarded history professor, but he may have been witness to a great deal more history than his students could possibly know. Nicole and Peter will flip through the photo album of this timely episode and discuss some in-camera aging effects, connecting Weird Al to The Twilight Zone, and giving your daughter’s hand but not her brain.
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Arthur Curtis walked into his office—or had he actually stepped onto a stage as actor Gerald Reagan, playing the Arthur Curtis role? Nicole and Peter clock in to this silver screened episode and discuss some friendly neighborhood origins, the final spouse of Ida Lupino, and vacationing in beautiful San Francisco.
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Our world is full of Maple Streets and eventually they’ll just destroy themselves. Nicole and Peter will give their titular episode its due and discuss The Twilight Zone’s connection to the George of the Jungle theme song, yet another Forbidden Planet and Disney connection, as well as the domino effect from The Night Stalker to The X-Files.
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Millicent Barnes arrived at a New York bus depot and saw more of herself than she bargained for — an exact copy trying to replace her. Nicole and Peter will punch their ticket for this episode and discuss a delightfully ornery old man, the sacred space of the women’s restroom, and what exactly qualifies as a doppelgänger movie.
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