Strange Highways

S2 , Ep. 29 - The Obsolete Man (Revisited)

This week Terry and Paul continue their detours but revisiting the original series with season 2's The Obsolete Man. Does the story of one man being on trial against The State for the crime of being a librarian still resonate today? Spoilers: It does. 

 

Here's the link for the episode of Talk Without Rhythm that Paul was on that was mentioned during the show;

https://tworpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/04/episode-717-black-sunday-1977-and.html

Prophecy (1979)

This week Terry and Paul continue their detours and head north to Maine with 1979's Prophecy. A papermill wants to expand their logging operations. The native people want to keep the papermill out of their ancestral home. A mutant bear just wants to eat everyone regardless of their position on the logging issue...  

Tales from the Darkside- S4, Ep. 9 - Sorry, Right Number

This week Terry and Paul continue their detours and head to the darkside and meet Mrs. Katie Weiderman, a loving mother and supportive wife. When she gets a static filled phone call that is from someone clearly distraught but sounds familiar to her, Katie won't let it go until she figures out who the caller is... 

Shocker (1989)

This week Terry and Paul take another detour with 1989's Shocker. A serial killer who focuses on murdering entire families, Horace Pinker, is finally caught and sent to the electric chair. However, death is only the beginning of his reign of terror...

Love Death + Robots S3 Ep. 2 - Bad Travelling

This week Terry and Paul take a detour to the Netflix animated anthology series, Love Death + Robots. They meet the crew of a ship that is in the middle of a nasty storm, when an unwanted passenger suddenly comes on board....

A Look Back on 86-87 TZ Season Two

This week Terry and Paul are joined by friend of the show Richard to take a look back across season two of the 80's iteration of the Twilight Zone. They cover their Bottom 5, Middlin'/Frustrating 5, and Top 5 segments of the season. 

Thanks to everyone that has joined us in this very long journey through this season. 2 down, 1 to go! 

S2, Ep. 15 - The Girl I Married

Season 2 Finale! This week Terry and Paul meet Mr. Ira Richman, a successful corporate environmental lawyer that is pining for the younger and more care free version of his wife, Valerie.  When the younger Valerie shows up, he does not hesitate to follow her every whim...  

S2, Ep. 14 - Song of the Younger World

This week Terry and Paul make some poor life decisions and end up at a reformatory for wayward boys and meet Tanner, a young man that has fallen in love with the warden's daughter, Amy. Their relationship is forbidden but Amy thinks she has found a way for them to be free in the pages of a very old book... 

S2, Ep. 13 - Voices in the Earth

This week Terry and Paul head to a distant dead planet called Earth. There they meet an exploration crew that are there to survey the remains for any salvageable materials when one of them finds out that Earth might not be so dead after all... 

S2, Ep. 12 - Time and Teresa Golowitz

This week Terry and Paul awkwardly meet Mr. Bluestone, a very successful Broadway composer that has just died. Given an opportunity by a party on the other side to go anywhere in time and space, Bluestone chooses to back to his senior year in high school to try and have sex with his crush. We apologize for typing those words...