The Monsters Are Due - A Twilight Zone Podcast

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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It’s April 14th, 1865, and Peter Corrigan knows that this is the night President Lincoln will be assassinated. But is that unfortunate event at Ford’s Theatre something that can be changed, or is it built into the fabric of time? Nicole and Peter will go back to this historic episode and discuss ac-TORs, time travelers who can’t think on their feet, and what may or may not be a wedding dress.

In a small Old West town, one man is set to hang for getting drunk and racing his wagon through the streets, hitting and killing a little girl. In an act of desperation, his father purchases some allegedly magic dust, which the salesman says can turns people’s hate into love. Is that what the town really needs, and will it be enough to save his son? Nicole and Peter shake off this gritty episode and discuss another Ol...

It’s Christmas in The Twilight Zone! Downtrodden department store Santa Henry Corwin spends most of his time drunk, unable to cope with all the hardship he sees around him and wanting only to be the greatest gift-giver to ever live, especially for the kids in his hardscrabble neighborhood. Stumbling across a magic bag that produces presents, he sets out to have the best Christmas ever. Nicole and Peter unwrap this gif...

Married thieves Chester and Paula Dietrich are disappointed to learn that their latest heist is mostly fakes and counterfeits. There is one object of interest: an old box camera. This is no ordinary camera, though—this one takes photographs that show what will happen in five minutes’ time. Nicole and Peter pose for this snapshot of an episode and discuss the specific prices of hotel rooms in The Twilight Zone, the ess...

Actor Booth Templeton longs for the good old days, the only times he felt true contentment: over 30 years ago, when he was at the peak of his career and married to his late wife, Laura. As good as the best days are, though, maybe the past should stay the past. Nicole and Peter rehearse this bittersweet episode and discuss their favorite Wacky Racers, the Grocery Witch, and an exceptional shot in an exuberant speakeasy...

Jana has no respect for her father’s life’s work: the team of robots he’s built to tend to their every need, nor the comforting life they provide. She wants the robots gone—all of them—despite how troubled her parents seem at the suggestion. Nicole and Peter will disassemble this domestic episode and discuss the worst way to save $30,000, an over-the-top shoulder massage, and a cast of familiar faces from The Twilight...

Part napkin dispenser, part fortune-telling machine, and all trouble, the Mystic Seer in the first booth of the Busy Bee Cafe in Ridgeview, Ohio may hold the secrets to the future. It may also be just a napkin dispenser, but that’s up to Pat and Don Carter to decide. Nicole and Peter will slide into this fateful episode and discuss how not to cross the street, the value of independent mechanics, and the Mt. Rushmore o...

When, when, when will they take the bandages off? This is the question asked by Miss Janet Tyler—along with the rest of the audience—as Janet waits in the hospital to learn her fate. Nicole and Peter will unwrap this iconic episode and discuss casting by voice, the scene that Serling didn’t write, and an ingenious use off a fishbowl.

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It was a dark and stormy night, and David Ellington was only seeking shelter and some food. When the hermitage he stumbles across turns out to be located in The Twilight Zone, he gets something else entirely. Nicole and Peter will collapse into this consequential episode and discuss show rehearsals, selecting just the right howl, and former players for the Boston Celtics.

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Bartlett Finchley has always hated machines, but lately, they seem to be hating him back. If only there were something he could do! Nicole and Peter will unplug this short-circuiting episode and discuss potential Stephen King connections, the relative dangers of electric razors, and enormous, gilded homes.

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Jackie Rhoades is long overdue for a serious heart-to-heart from someone who has been wanting to chat for a while, and is perhaps the only person Jackie will listen to: his own reflection. Nicole and Peter will take a peek at this minimalist episode and discuss exiting a gang, rear projection, and references in other episodes of American television.

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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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