A Nice Place To Visit - Twilight-Tober Zone
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2020
- While this is not an episode that really gets under your skin, "A Nice Place To Visit" is filled with memorable performances from Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot who really drive home the twist at the end. Is this a place you would want to visit? Find out now in the Twilight-Tober Zone.
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"A Nice Place to Visit" is episode 28 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode first aired on April 15, 1960. The title comes from the saying, "A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."
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What I think is that "The Good Place" might owe the Serling estate some royalties
@@trippcory the "Surprise! It was Hell all along!" trope is way older than this episode.
I don't think I'd want to live there.. I'll see myself out.
That laugh makes it seem like an evil place.It has to rank in my top 10 favorites.
@@rogue7723 That's exactly the point: Rocky couldn't simply leave, he was stuck in a place you wouldn't want to live in for eternity.
“A scared, angry little man who never got a break. Now he has everything he’s ever wanted. And he’s going to have to live with it, for eternity, in the Twilight Zone.”
If he was clever, he could just work out some way to work out his frustrations while otherwise l̷i̷v̷i̷n̷g̷ existing in his gilded cage forever.
Unfortunately, he's not that bright.
@@dj1NM3 I think if he were that bright, Hell would modify its procedures accordingly in order to remain 'Hell' for him.
@@michaeldailey3219 That's kind of what I thought. The episode wouldn't be too scary if that were not the case. If it was like that for everybody it would just end up being the best fictional portrayal of hell ever!
There was another episode where a hillbilly nearly gets tricked into going to hell, as he's told it's heaven, but he's not allowed to bring his dog, so he turns it down. He's later welcomed into the real heaven, which both allows dogs and is implied to be more down-to-earth and modest.
In other words, hell is filled with blackjack and hookers, but heaven has dogs, so it's clearly the superior of the two.
"A man will walk into Hell with his eyes wide open, but a dog can sniff out the Devil."
The Hunt! I love that episode!
I think the concept in that episode (Not this one) is that Heaven contains whatever the saved soul would find most enjoyable. In the case of the hillbilly, it's allowing his dog to enter with him, hearing that 'coon hunting is allowed as well, and the guide also happily tells him that there will be a square- dance that evening.
Sweet. :03
"The Hunt" is one of my all time favorite episodes!
Heaven?! Whatever gave you the idea you were in Heaven, Mr. Valentine? This IS the other place!
The fact that you've given me everything I've ever wanted and more... Isn't that what Heaven is? If this is the other place... it was worse back on Earth when I was actually alive.
*maniacal laughter*
This line and the laugh that follows is sure to keep anyone up tonight.
@@RialVestro It’s the fact that he has everything he’s ever wanted in life, but now he’s stuck with it for eternity.
It may seem fine at first; but after a while when you’ve been doing something over and over again day after day with the outcome not being any different from the first time, and you have nothing else to do, it gets boring.
@@anonymouscontributor1520 it is essentially solitary confinement with a few extra steps.
Sebastian Cabot makes this episode. His laugh at the end is one of the best evil laughs ever.
It's one of the best things ever period, not just limited to evil laughs!
He’s like an _evil_ Santa Claus.
Agreed. Fan of his performance in this ep. I'd known about him from his voice over roles with Disney he'd done, so, was familiar with his voice.
Of course, he hasn't met Buffy and Jody yet.
This is one of those episodes that really sticks with you long after you watch it. It’s such a creepy premise, and pretty thought provoking
Indeed, it definitely stays with you for a long time after watching! 👀📺
Ikr I watched this episode 2 years ago and I still remember it almost perfectly and when I think about death I think about this episode
I found it the most troubling episode. It inexplicably gives me claustrophobia.
That teacher joke though!!!
Imagine watching it at age 7
I love Serling's end quote. "...and now Rocky has everything he's ever wanted, and he's going to have to live with it, for eternity." Dang.
The title actually comes from the phrase "A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there".
A perfect summary of the episode
@@hyperstormx3194 and New York
yeah i read the video description too
Um, duh.
I can't believe I've never heard that expression before!
Can we please make the Twilight Tober Zone a yearly event? Like disneycember
That, and BatMay in May.
and after we ran out of TZ episode,, let's go for the outer limits!
I want it to just keep going. It will take years to finish this as an annual event.
@@monterrang1 Run out? The Twilight Zone has three updates. The 1980s one, the early 2000s one, and the new one. Throw in the movie, and there is plenty of material to work with.
Make it a daily event. It's the only thing worth watching on this channel anymore.
The bit about school teachers always makes me chuckle, probably since both of my parents work at a school, they're good people fortunately XD
@@KairuHakubi my mom had a coworker that treated her horribly, and and my mom would have gone out of her way to make sure I didn't have her as a teacher, but the teacher got fired before I started there. My mom also had a guidance counselor when she was in school who said she wouldn't go anywhere because of her SAT scores, and that my grandma was a terrible mother because she worked. My grandma was understandably very pissed off and came up with an interesting nickname for the counselor, which I won't repeat.
Sounds like a lot of the teachers I had at my s**thole of a high school.
im sure there's levels to hell in this instance.. Like someone willing to murder others gets this treatment.
This somehow reminds me of a joke my aunt told me:
A teacher ends up in hell and naturally fears the worst. A creature leads her to her place and she's surprised to find she's got a nice house, and is happy at first until the demon days they want her to teach school for them. So again she fears the kind of hellions she'll face only to find a perfectly organized classroom with all the stuff she needs and even has an assistant to help. Confused, she asks the demon how everything can be so wonderful when she's in hell and it laughs. "Why are you surprised? Every time you asked for help or new supplies or working equipment, your administrators and lawmakers told you where you could go." 😂
Demon: So, you like donuts, eh? Well, have all the donuts in the world!
Later.
Demon: don't understand it, James Coco went mad in fifteen minutes.
I love Cabot's malevolent laugh at the end of this episode. Pure evil. This was another great episode from Season One.
This episode is definitely in my Top 5 favorites of the entire series. I love everything about it from the premise, the 2 main actors, to the twist at the end. And to go back to something I said in a previous video, I believe Pip is the same Devil we saw in Escape Clause just with a new name and body for that month.
Definitely, I like to imagine that Pip is the same character in both episodes, but taking on another form. 😍
Pip is think is just a typical demon, because he does allude to a boss at one point. But your theory gets credence from this line from "Escape Clause."
"Cadwallader's my name. At least it's the name I'm using this month. It has a nice feel on the tongue."
Maybe Cadwallader is just Pip’s boss?
The fact that you can see the twist a mile away has been done but like Walter said, it was well executed
I mean I wonder if people would have guessed that twist back then.
Pip’s laugh at the end is still chilling
Combined that with the twist music makes it more shocking and chilling!
Good stuff
Diabolical, actually.
"What made you think you were in heaven ? This IS the other Place!"
Pip
Anyone remember a "got milk" commercial a few years ago. It starts with this guy who fires an employee over a cell phone and laughs about it then gets hit by a car. He wakes up in an all white room and a huge plate of chocolate chip cookies. He laughs and says "I'm in heaven!" With a mouth full of cookies he goes to the fridge for some milk but finds all the bottles empty. He then looks around and asks "..where am I?" Then the slogan "Got milk?" I loved that one and it always made me think of this episode.
Yes! While I've actually never seen this episode, my boyfriend has described it to me a few times and it definitely reminds me of this commercial. A few people have noticed the similarities between the two.
I also remember that commercial
Cabot's laughter at the end is awesome.
This is my favorite episode.
Me too!
Also I. This one I have thought a lot about for many years. What is it exactly that would be heaven for us?
I can't watch it this episode glitches like crazy on my dvd copy, becomes unwatchable same with two more.
Huge fan of this ep, with Sebastian Cabot as Pip being the highlight for me.
Makes you wonder if this is what it’s like to be a billionaire. What do you do when you can literally have anything you want whenever you want? No one would dare ever deny you anything. This is how people go completely from weird to crazy to dangerous.
Typically, billionaires challenge themselves, and are content with, their work.
Elon Musk is living in an alternate dimension within the earth reality. So hell and heaven don't apply to him. He's on a different plane of existence
"Doesn't get under your skin" Speak for yourself! This ending stuck with me for years.
It's that evil laugh at the end that sells the punch line of the story, that joyful evil laugh ! ! ! 😈😈😈
I like to think that Valentine got sent to the “everything he wants until he gets bored” version of hell instead of the “fire and brimstone” kind because of his sole redeeming quality (his concern for his friends, who in hell he can’t see because that would offer him a more meaningful happiness than the frivolous hedonism he indulges throughout the episode). He’s still bad enough to go to hell, but at least his punishment got commuted to “bored to death” instead of “in physical pain”
I can see the twist coming but that laughter from Pip at the end sells it so so good imo
One of the best plot twists at the end. You literally do not see it coming
A lot of people did, but even so, I thought it was a really good and memorable episode.
I could, actually. It's pretty clear with Rocky that it was the thrill of acquisition that he lived for, not the prize itself. So a reality of getting everything handed to him on a silver platter with no chance of any risk or failure would be soul-crushingly boring.
One of my favorite twist endings of the series!
"You're not in heaven or hell- you're on an airplane!!"
“There’s a gremlin destroying the plane! You gotta believe me!”
And you're Hitler!
@@geoffreyfyfe2248 pfff, I saw it coming
“A casino where I always win? That’s boring...
I must be... in Hell!”
“Why should I believe you, you’re Hitler”
I always love to try to guess the twists with these
Me too, I always try predicting the ending, and I'm right half the time! 😉
i loved this episode, even though the twist was obvious. that he was in his own personal hell. it was still good. even though because I'm British and by default a cynic. i sussed "the good place" in the first episode. trust me, a "heaven" with everyone driving a Prius, yoga, and frozen yogurt with everyone being nice, is an idea of hell.
also Pip was just awesome, you knew he was just stringing Rocky along
also i would have loved to have seen Rod Sterling as Rocky, just to see it.
Charles Beaumont apparently ran the idea by his wife before suggesting it to Serling and her response was, "Great, now Rod's gonna think you think he's the cheap crook type."
Quite frankly my idea of hell is the immortality both heaven and hell would bring perfection soon becomes boring and all eventually grow numb to suffering no matter how bad it is it’s the question of what will you do forever because eventually you will do everything and do it again and again into infinitum until you suffer a second death you will eventually just stop thinking because you will have thought every thought that is possible to think so many times you will have just decided to no longer think an eternal vegetable
@@triforceofcourage100 As a Christian, immortality in Heaven is going to be great because we will no longer be human like we are now. So it will not be possible for us to get bored and there will be an endless amount of things to do. God is infinite and so is Heaven. It will not be possible to run out of things to do.
@@misspriss2482 still sounds pretty boring to me humans are not built for immortality we get bored easily so even with an infinite number of things we will crave something more but with an infinite number of things there won’t be more and not human so your god is going to force our minds to stop processing boredom then what else anger, sadness everything thing that isn’t joy and blind faith sorry I like the way I am so death is still preferable to whatever hell your faith has cooked up
@@triforceofcourage100 Well, part of it is that you apparently lose free will so you can worship God forever. So... You don't actually get a _choice_ to be bored
It's a concept that kind of terrifies me. Being forced to feel happy and not question your place forever
This episode has a good message. Getting everything you want is actually a bad thing.
It's particularly true for someone like Rocky. It's made clear that it was the thrill and rush of stealing that he lived for, not the actual stuff he stole. Therefore, having everything handed to him every time with no chance of anything going wrong is his hell.
Is it, though? I think it depends on the things you want.
@@TheGuardDuck Maybe.
But in the end it doesn’t matter because, while it may seem fine at first, it would get boring after a while and you’d be unable to try anything new.
@@anonymouscontributor1520 What if I want a loving wife and family, friends, and basically everything that makes life good? It's WHAT this guy wanted; possessions and pleasures, thing, not people, not loving relationships.
@@TheGuardDuck But consider that you and your loved ones never argue, never get sick, never run out of food, never get cuts and bruises, never taste or smell anything bad, never get on each others' nerves, never have any problems at all...forever. On the surface, that sounds like a good thing. But think about that being the way things are for thousands upon millions upon trillions of years with no possibility of ever changing! Dopamine highs can only last so long.
In reality, it's the bad things in life that make the good things that much sweeter. After all, how can there be light without the dark? I think that's what this episode is mainly trying to teach.
It didn't matter if Valentine was a crook or a saint, the result would be the same.
This is definitely one of my favorites. The twist is so well done, and it leaves you thinking.
I am sad October is almost over, which means these videos will be too..
Is this where the idea for the show "the good place" came from?
The second I heard the plot, I knew the twist. The same twist has been done in other things, including a "Got Milk" commercial.
Yes! My boyfriend constantly describes this episode to me. (I've actually never seen it, but it's one of his favorite episodes) and in turn, I describe the "Got Milk" commercial where the guy gets run over by a car and ends up in Hell--but it looks like Heaven. However, while the cookies are amazing--the milk containers are all empty.
I remember that commercial 😄 well done one!
Even how it ends. Suddenly the room starts smoking as the guy pauses and says: "...Where am I?" Then it cuts to an enflamed "Got Milk".
I wonder if this episode inspired the "Got Milk" commercial?
This one reminds me of that one Star Trek TNG episode where they find a planet that has a a 1950’s Casino on it. It was built for a list in space astronaut. Feels like Star Trek may have taken a few hints from this
One of the ones I was waiting for I love the twist
Having seen The Good Place I highly recommend it for anyone that liked this episode. It dives deep into its message and has a satisfying finally to the series.
This is one of my favorite episodes ❤. I love the twist.
Totally one of my top 10 favorites. I love the big evil laugh at the very end.
Yes, the twist is obvious, but the delivery from Pip is what makes it so memorable.
I'm surprised Walter didn't mention that Sebastian Cabot was the original voice actor for Bagheera in Disney's original adaptation of _The Jungle Book_ and the narrator of _The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh_ like how he said Rod Taylor was the voice actor for Pongo in Disney's original _One Hundred And One Dalmatians._ On an unrelated note, that laugh Cabot does at the end is _chilling._
Yeah, that was actually why I was familiar with Cabot's name.
@@glowworm2 Same with me :).
What he said and his laugh kept me from going to sleep. At age 68 that laugh still puts tingle in back of my neck. Man!!!
These videos are awesome. They have to continue after the 31st!!!!!
Keep this up beyond October please. I've watched and have all episodes on Blu-ray and I'm really enjoying your reviews/comments on each episode. It's adding narrative I wasn't aware of when watching them and is actively encouraging me to watch them again with the new perspective you're providing. Thank you for doing this!
Sometimes it's not about a "twist." Some of the best entertainment ever created has an ending you can see coming long before it gets there. In those cases, it's all about how well they handle it, and how satisfying the inevitable ending is when it comes. This episode is perhaps the best example you can find of how to do that in a half-hour TV show.
Definitely one of my favorite episodes.
Sebastian Cabot was the voice of Bagheera in "The Jungle Book" and the narrator in "The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh".
I forgot the title of the episode, but I really enjoy the one where a writer uses a recorder to lay out his ideas for a character, and they become a reality, until he destroys their tape and they disappear. Especially at the end, he burns Rod Serling's tape. Lol
That's "A World of his Own" and is actually the last episode of season one. It's also probably the only episode in which one of the main characters is aware that Rod Serling is narrating in his home.
A World Of His Own. Season one finale.
Makes you wonder: if West created Serling did he create The Twilight Zone as well? Just how far does West's power extend?
Keenan Wynn was awesome in that episode.
I always come back for his little jump kick dance he does. It just looks like he's having so much fun 😅
This was the first episode of Twilight Zone I'd ever seen - and then I was hooked
This was the First episode i ever saw of the Twilight Zone!Teacher showed us this episode in Media class in High School,and I thought the twist was great!Too much of a good thing rings true in this episode!Sebastion Cabbot as the Friendly Devil sold it for me!
The look on Valentine's face when Pip drops the truth on him at the end is priceless. Now we all know what happens to mob guys when they die.
Dying your hair white for one short TV episode is some serious commitment. Great stuff.
Imagining the horror as the centuries tick by, as he goes completely insane while Pip jovially comments on it.
Twilght Tober Zone is the greatest thing this Halloween. All hail Twilight Tober Zone
I'm still Big Tall Wishing this series continues beyond October...
This gives us the idea of a Personal Hell that I actually find SCARIER than a "punishment" or nothing but fear: Having everything you ever wanted, and it's all you'll ever have FOREVER.
one of my favorit episodes , i love the perfomance of pip
From the moment he said “a good place” I was like...
Yup... I can see the station before the train gets there.
In case I forget on the last entry... I have enjoyed and loved this series!!!! Thank you so much
I can’t wait until next October for the Twilight Tober Zone’s return.
As a church youth director a few years ago, I used this episode's plot and ending once to help teach the youth group about how empty materialism and greed will never satisfy, and can indeed lead a person to Hell.
I agree that Sebastian Cabot's performance was the best part of the episode. btw, some of you may recall Cabot best as the voice of Bagheera in Disney's 'The Jungle Book.'
LOL @ 4:58- 5:03! Me too, and I'm a teacher's assistant myself! In particular, I recall a sadistic middle- school dean I once suffered under and a PE teacher at the same school who was exposed as having gotten more than a little too friendly with a female student. I'd imagine their tickets to Hell are likely already punched.
God forgives. Besides as long as the teacher was male hell is not a reward or punishment for that.
Well, if this isn't an allegory for modern times, I don't know what is.
Sad but true.
"Everything's amazing, and nobody's happy." - Louis C.K.
@@BeeDub57 in the UK, I've heard... "when the biscuit barrel's full, where's the fun in Biscuits?".
@@KairuHakubi He is the leading philosopher of our time.
Apparently, this is Trump's favorite episode and he actually said it partially inspired of his attitude of wanting to win all the time until he gets sick of winning. Guess the whole "This is Hell and Valentine is a terrible person" thing went over his head. Oh well, maybe he'll get to experience it some day.
There’s a couple of radio versions. While Cabot is perfect casting, the best version of the twist is one of the radio versions.
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Valentine requests to be sent to the other place. Pip replies:
“Why, Mr Valentine! WHERE do you think YOU ARE?” *Evil laughter*
This is a good message. When you do have it all, you become miserable because there is nothing left to look forward to. This is one of the reasons why a lot of rich people become depressed. They have everything and are forever bored. The excitement and appreciation of finally obtaining what you worked so hard to get it is something that becomes cherished, because you can remember the journey and be proud of it. If it's just given to you without effort, it doesn't leave much of an impact and the joy is only temporary.
Another classic. This episode is a great illustration of the old adage - careful of what you wish for, you might just get it. The twist flies in the face of the old image of Hell with the fire and torment and Heaven which is supposed to be paradise of everything you desire. Human nature is always striving for success but once achieved boredom and degeneracy can set in.
I mean it just shows that heaven or hell is kind of an absurdity to base you life around, because any thing taken on the scale of eternity becomes torture.
Its like that old buddhist story. About the man who can go to the garden of the gods. At first he loves it there. But he has to go back to earth so he makes a deal so he can go their six days a week, but he has to stay home on day seven. Then he makes another deal, so he can go to Heaven Seven days a week but has to spend one hour at home.
This episode shows off the flaws of what humans think of as "perfect", because we're flawed, our vision of what Heaven should be like is flawed. This is why Heaven is the perfect place, cause it's not what we think is perfect, but what God knows is perfect.
I love that it’s done well enough that you definitely get the feeling of the monotony of always getting your way. Such a great one.
Sebastian Cabot makes this episode awesome as well the writing. A great premise well executed.
Walter, I really, really enjoy your reviewing Twilight Zone. It got me through some dark rough patches in the past, and is one of my top three all time favorite tv series. Keep up the awesome work, buddy! Always supportive and engaged!
It's like Bob Ross said: The darks bring out the brights on the canvas. You can't make a proper painting without the darks to bring out the lights. That's true in life too. You can't truly appreciate the light moments of life without experiencing the dark moments of life.
That's why the simplest of foods taste like pure heaven when you're really hungry. That's why you get the best night sleep when your body is pushed to wear, tear, and exhaustion.
I want to see Pip going up against Michael from the Good Place in an evil reveal laugh-off.
I like how this was a different take on hell as a place of torture. Most depict fire, smoke, pitchforks etc; but here it’s a place that gives you too much of what you want. Nice touch 👍🏾
I personally love that idea, I was brought up as a Christian and people always saw hell as well as you described it, I never understood that, for me anyway, as someone who has seen paintings of what people think hell looks like, I wonder, isnt that just your perspective, I see hell as getting everything you wanted forever.
Amazing concept.
It reminds me of the Matrix, how Agent Smith tells Morpheus how everyone was happy and had everything they wanted in the 1st Matrix but humans ended up rejecting that concept in a catastrophic way.
Perhaps in human's nature the bad things is what makes you appreciate the good things.Perfectly balanced as Thanos would say.
PD: I support the requets for Twilight-Tober to be a yearly thing.
I don’t think Mickey Rooney would have worked at all, I’m glad they got the other guy. I agree Cabot was great, I didn’t even realize it was him he looks so different with the white hair. These videos have been great, please keep them going past October!
keep up the good work I am loving this series (both of them)
This is one of my favorite episodes of them all. I love to hear Walter loving it!
Walter:
I'm going to miss these when the month is over. You did a great job on all of them, & I've seen each & every one from the start.
This is one of my top episodes
I love your content!
Thank you and the team so much!
🐐🐐🐐 episode
I'd say this is probably one of my favorite episodes.
This is one of my favorite twist endings of this series
Funny you mentioned The Good Place, because this episode is actually what got me into that show. There’s definitely a lot of parallels between the two, especially with the characters (Eleanor = Rocky, Michael = Pip.)
This is one of my all-time favourite episodes and I never get tired of watching it. I love the idea of an “ironic hell” and what may seem like paradise for someone, could be torture for someone else. The final reveal is incredibly well-done. Even if you saw it coming from the beginning, the execution is so chilling that it lingers with you long after the episode’s over. Sebastian Cabot, who is wonderfully charismatic in this role, really sells it.
Also, I’m really glad they changed the original title of the episode. “A Nice Place to Visit” does somewhat foreshadow the ending, but at least it’s an intriguing title that pulls you in. “The Other Place” would’ve been way too generic and on the nose.
The Good Pace is such a poor imitation.
This and “It’s A Good Life” are probably the two most depressing episodes.
I don't know if he did this one, but in general if the episode was penned by Richard Matheson then you know it's going to have a bleak ending.
@@johntumahab323 Walter said that Charles Beaumont wrote this episode. Considering some of the other episodes that he wrote, the rule would still apply.
You think so? I think the episode where the Earth is heading for the sun is more depressing. This is just one guy going to Hell and getting his just desserts.
Have you heard of “Time Enough at Last”?
@@frederickschiller2185 That's a good one. "That's not fair...there was time now!"
I’ve been there before. As a kid on summer vacation, you love it at first, but by the time August rolls around, you’re excited for a new school year. Likewise, our ideal perfect world would actually eventually get worse than the real world.
Be so sad when twilight tober ends. Been enjoying the series.
Amazing episode 😎🤘🏻
I love these reviews
Larry Blyden was probably the nicest, soft-spoken actors out there. Without the glasses, he becomes Rocky.
I certainly agree as to the profound quality of A Nice Place to Visit and the deceptive simplicity which compounds this somewhat predicable tale of a man suffering the torment of perfection in Hell. The more evident discussion is centralized around the unique method of inducing torture in Hell that entails employing the monotony of stability and generosity offered by Pip. Just as light cannot exist without shadow, life is naturally concomitant with uncertainty, risk, fear, loss, and pain which serve to amplify the recognition of any experiences of hope and joy that transpire throughout life. Without change, there can be no growth, and the stagnancy of existence becomes torturous to constantly and predictably endure. The concept of Hell manifesting as a realization of all desires instead of fears is intriguing, and inspires conversations pertaining to the constituents of Heaven if Hell already allows for perfection to be achievable. The simple acquisition of all wants appears to never bring true happiness, and the journey, with all its associated pitfalls and oscillatory highs and lows, is what imbues life with its real meaning in the end.
Additionally, there seems to be an ethical discussion on the derivation of criminality and the appropriate retribution modulated for the specific contraventions one has committed throughout their life. “Rocky” himself demonstrates an interesting amalgamation of nature and nurture, as his propensity from youth appears to have been violence towards the innocent, yet, the constancy of his unlucky circumstances and impecuniosity have also contributed to the necessity of his thievery and other crimes. Perhaps some of this ambiguity is why “Rocky” must suffer boredom for eternity rather than other more sanguinary or mentally torturous situations. Conversely, as the thrill of his illegal activities appears to be a significant contributor of why he partakes in them to begin with, it is also possible that monotony and security is the most pernicious and harsh punishment someone like “Rocky” could receive. Regardless, the complexity of what comprises fair punishment for a life of degeneracy is instilled and wonderfully explored within this episode.
Love your work expounding upon the intricacies and depth which make A Nice Place to Visit a rather exceptional and interesting addition to The Twilight Zone compendium!
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This story and similar ones such as "One Punch Man" show why we need challenges in our lives. Of course the opposite, too much challenge or too many losses can be bad as well. We need a healthy balance of both of the sides.
Yessss! this episode is amazing!!!!
Classic "too much of a good thing" story.
Something I love of this episode it is pretty clear what the twist is. Especially at the hall of records part to really get you to start realizing earlier the meaning which I think works better for this. Bevause if it was just "oh he is in hell" that wouldn't be much impact because we assumed that. But having it be obvious let's you figure out the point of this hell is to make him hate everything he loved. Which is a great idea of hell rather than just physical torture and fire. He literally has everything he wanted and grows to despise it. So his hell literally changes him. To me the twist reveal of "this is the other place" is more for the character and not the viewer. As another one of his hopes is crushed before him. He got everything he wanted. Including being in hell. He just didn't know what it meant.
MY FAVORITE EPISODE!!!
I forgot it was an episode from season 1!
I enjoyed this episode! It was creepy but amusing near the end. Kind of reminds me of the Classic Comedy Play of Faust. Great lesson learned.