Twilight Zone Season 1 Ep. 16

Twilight zone. Season 1 Episode 16 “The Hitch Hiker”

Netflix has uploaded the entire Twilight Zone original series to their instant stream. I’ve watched a few and have fallen in love. The plot synopsis of the episodes alone are enough to get you to say, “What in the wooooooooooooorld?!!!”. This episode’s description recently caught my eye. So join me in the world of shadow and substance, of things and ideas as we cross over into The Twilight Zone…

0:00- Her name is Nan? I had a teacher in college named Nan. She taught Mountain Climbing. We all thought she was a lesbian

1:00- Her companion is terror? Her route is fear? Is she going on a road trip with my family?

1:00- Gas station service attendants in old shows and movies are way too happy for guys that pump gas all day.

2:00-The hitchhiker from before! Nan is puzzled. How did he catch up with her? How intriguing. Or as the station attendant pointed out, maybe he got a FUCKING ride!

4:00- But wait! No matter how fast she goes he is always ahead of her. The good ol’ days when hobos traveled more efficiently than old people on planes.

5:00- “It’s kind of lonely country out here.” I never would have guessed, diner employee, based on how you have been yammering on none stop to a stranger.

6:00- Uh oh. Construction and the hitch hiker is coming to the window!

7:00- Jesus, lady. Just pick the guy up already, he could be Jack Kerouac. But no, just drive around the construction barrier. Man, these roads are awfully nice for a construction zone.

8:00- The car stalled on the tracks! Classic. I feel like I am watching a Driver’s Ed video.

9:00- Was she dreaming or did she back over the tracks? Oh it was a vision. Some Final Destination shit.

10:00- She drove for three days and three nights, but only got through Tennessee to Arkansas. Remind me not to go on a road trip with this chick. She would be the world’s worst truck driver.

10:00- “Towns go by without names. Lands go by without forms.” Yeah, that’s because you are in rural Arkansas. What did you expect? Oceans? Mountains? People with teeth?

11:00- Is every protagonist of a Twilight Zone episode an undiagnosed schizophrenic?

12:00- If I learned anything from Texas Chainsaw Massacre it’s don’t trust a guy who runs a deserted gas station.

13:00- Holy shit! This attractive woman just told you there was a man following her and she thinks he is going to rob her. What’s your response, gas man? “If he does then come back and I’ll call the sheriff” I have a feeling rob was changed from rape by the network.

13:00- Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo, sailor!

14:00- Offering a sailor a free ride looking like that, do you want to get “robbed” lady?

14:00- Ahhhh, the spoils of being a man in uniform

15:00- This sailor was trying to hitchhike his way back to base and no one picked him up until now? We treat our armed service terribly in this country.

15:00- The sailor totally wants her panties for proof, just like Farmer Ted.

16:00- 45 mph?!?!?! That’s why it’s taking you a year to drive cross country. You might as well be traveling by covered wagon. Once, again remind me to NEVER go on a rode trip with this chick.

16:00- This dialogue is turning into an SAT math question.

17:00- She thinks the hitchhiker is real, so obviously she is trying to kill him.

18:00- This chick is not helping break down stereotypes about women drivers.

20:00- Yeah, sleep it off. That was a cure for the crazies back in the 60’s.

21:00- Whoa! Huge twist! That's some M. Night Shamalamadingdong shit right there.

22:00- I’ve drove through Pennsylvania before, I’d rather have been dead.

24:00- The lesson here kids, don’t try to move to L.A. Duh nun nun nun duh nun nun nun…