Thursday, April 25, 2019

The Midnight Sun - Twilight Zone

Plot:  In a deserted NYC apartment,  two woman deal with intense Heat and Doom casued by the Earth moving Closer to the Sun.
Stars: Lois June Nettleton, Betty Garde
Best Quote: The poles of fear, the extremes of how the Earth might conceivably be doomed. Minor exercise in the care and feeding of a nightmare, respectfully submitted by all the thermometer-watchers in the Twilight Zone.
Biggest Plot Hole: The Earth has moved closer to the Sun and basks in 24 hour sunshine. But its not the distance from the Sun, but the Earth's rotation that causes day and night.

Not as good as I remember it.  Well acted, and interesting for the first 15 minutes, and then it more or less goes off the rails and peters out. The highlight is the Radio announcer going off-script and saying "Who are we fooling, anyway?"  Its one of the TW zone episodes with a great premise (The earth is getting closer to the Sun - how will people react? What can you do to survive?) that goes nowhere. The twist ending is silly. Much better the 1st time round.

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