What’s an episode of the twilight from each season you like, which is generally not popular?
Season 1: The Fever. I get the hate, as there is a lot of camp in this episode and Franklin is extremely detestable. However to defend him, Franklin was adamant about not wanting to get involved in gambling from the beginning. Maybe he had overcome addiction earlier in life, hence his uptight, holier-than-thou attitude. Yet Flora encouraged him to play against his wishes (perhaps thinking it’d do him in eventually). Just some thoughts.
Season 2: A Thing About Machines. Yes an episode about another completely detestable character. I actually really find how the machines turn again Bartlett to be quite eerie and dare I say scary. I think this episode also has good escalation, which some episodes really seem to lack.
Season 3: A Piano in The House. Why stop now with the selection of episodes featuring main characters with few admirable qualities. I’ve heard criticism that what the piano brings out in people is either confused or inconsistent. I disagree. I think the piano clearly brings out the true self hidden behind the facade we all put up to one extent or another. Sometimes that inner self is an upgrade from the presented self, and sometimes it’s a downgrade. Eithet way the episode is relatively light, but I like the psychology that is injected in it, it helps make for a fun episode.
Season 4: The Parallel. This may actually be a well liked episode, I’m not sure. What I enjoyed about it is how there is this slow and subtle unraveling of the fact that something isn’t right. It’s clever to have 99% of the things in Robert’s life remain consistent, while just tinkering with a few details. This actually makes it more eerie. Imagine if you got home one day and the color of your fridge changed, but nothing else, and it was completely inexplicable and anybody you asked would tell you it’d always been like that. It would cause one to question their sanity even though the color of a fridge really didn’t matter. Also the twist at the end is awesome!
Season 5:The Brain Center at Whipples. I never understood the hate for this episode. Not only is it one of the most ahead of its time episodes, predicting how technological advancements would result in massive worker displacement ( and yes I know this had already been happening for a couple hundred years, but in the last couple of generations, the ability to replace human beings through automation has really accelerated). I appreciate how the episode clearly sides with the workers and questions whether just because a robot can do the work of 50 men and bolster a more impressive bottom line as a result, it should? It also has sweet justice to dole out at the end, demonstrating that what goes around comes around. The ending was semi predictable but I really like what they chose to go with.
So what are your choices?