This episode will turn you to soup. You can eat that soup in your man zoo for a bunch of crusty, old, white men to stare at while you don't speak for a year. Somehow this is an amazing episode. Seriously.
60: TZ1959 - 224 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper
Stealing money and essentially time traveling to the future is a stupid idea. Guess these guys never heard of inflation. Also if you have the technology to use gases to keep yourself alive for 100 years in a glass casket....just sell your idea and avoid robbing trains.
59: TZ1959 - 223 - A Hundred Yards Over The Rim
In this episode man defeats a rim. Defeats it by about a hundred yards I'd say. Then he is transported to 1961, he gets modern medicine for his dying child and then he goes back over the rim only to find the skeletal remains of his family, untouched by modern man. What? That's how it should have ended. Why does the Twilight Zone keep insisting time travel is a two way street?
58: TZ1959 - 222 - Long Distance Call
This episode has the biggest sack of shit character in Twilight Zone history. Second only to Phoenix. Have you ever loved a child so much that when you died you wanted the kid to murder himself so he could be with you again? You have? Then you're a goddamn psychopath.
57: TZ1959 - 221 - The Prime Mover
Remember when you were a kid and always talked about what your super power would be? Invisibility? Nah, you still make noise. Flight? Nah, you'd crash and die. Super human strength? Nah, you'd rip your dick right off like Mr. Dingle. Telekinesis? YES! You could be a super hero from afar without getting into the actual danger. You could stop bullets like Neo. You could crumble whole buildings if you wanted to be evil. You could......work part-time at a run down diner and just... make your broom stand up so you didn't have to bend over. Is this the lamest super power story ever? Good episode though.
56: TZ1959 - 220 - Static
Who the fuck are these people and why do they all live together like an elderly hostel? Another question, why is watching tv an insanely stupid thing to do but laying around listening to the radio all day every day is 100% the right thing to do? This main character is a real asshole. Also, if you're going to have an episode where the main character time travels back to a happier time, make sure that time isn't when he was still elderly. It's just sad. I think I spent more time writing this description than we did on the actual episode.
55: TZ1959 - 219 - Mr. Dingle, The Strong
What does it take for grown men to stand next to each other, get inside a large box on wheels, superglue tiny unicorn horns to their heads and yet spout out insults to a legendary actor that's right in front of them? Phoenix and Frank break down this and more in this charming episode of The Twilight Zone.
54: TZ1959 - 218 - The Odyssey Of Flight 33
An airplane cockpit full of sweaty men and a bitchy stewardess take to the skies and experience something magical. They survive this ordeal by only discussing what they see out the window instead of showing it. Except the 12 second shot of a dinosaur. There also appear to be satanic children in the "tourist" section of the plane that are rampaging against the passengers but they don't focus on that at all either. @phoenixwest - @linkz - @LIWtheTZReview - @ISCPPODCAST
53: TZ1959 - 217 - Twenty Two
Imagine the most boring dream you've ever had. You explain it to your creepy doctor and your 65 year old friend who acts like he's 18 and they both react like it's the most intense, amazing dream you've ever had. FOOTSTEPS? Then something slightly similar happens and you manage to avoid being on an exploding plane. Do you think about those poor souls lost in the explosion? Nope. You just care about you, don't you? You are a real sack of blonde shit. @phoenixwest - @linkz - @LIWtheTZReview - @ISCPPODCAST
52: TZ1959 - 216 - A Penny For Your Thoughts
This might be the most off topic episode to date. They discuss being good friends with Justin Timberlake, the 60's Gerry Anderson puppet shows that were super creepy, how annoying it is when people tell the time by saying it's 10 of 9, the DMV experiences they've had and then touch on the simple storyline of this episode. This TZ episode has the most rushed opening ever when they could have spent time setting it up which ruined it for Phoenix. Also, Phoenix tries to get Frank to set him up for a mind reading bit the entire episode which finally pays off so you'll have to listen for that. OUR LISTENERS ARE ASSHOLES. What? I didn't say that out loud.
51: TZ1959 - 215 - The Invaders
A great episode without dialogue in which a woman goes insane and murders her children. Or that's what Phoenix thinks really happened in this one. Instead the twist ending divides Phoenix and Frank. Great episodes with minimal plots are difficult to dissect but they find a way to go off topic and still break down the episode. Probably.
50: TZ1959 - 214 - The Whole Truth
This is the longest TZ review episode yet. This is also the worst episode of TZ so far but we managed to milk it for all it had. A scumbag used car salesman buys a haunted car that makes him tell the truth. Frank and Phoenix debate haunted versus cursed, talk at length about cunt honey or a honey cunt and then sort of touch on the episode at hand.
49: TZ1959 - 213 - Back There
Lazy. This episode is dogshit lazy. "What if you could time travel?" Then the guy time travels because of a conversation. Lazy. This episode is dogshit lazy.
48: TZ1959 - 212 - Dust
This episode tackles the worst parts of life. Depression? Check. Capital punishment? Check. Angry vengeful mobs? Check. Racism? Big fat check. Child homicide? Tiny check. Fraud? Check. Magic? Check. Drugs? Check. This world is terrible. Listen and Phoenix https://twitter.com/phoenixwest and Frank https://twitter.com/LlNKZ talk about the depressing Sheriff Sheriff and his sad views on life, the fat man that sells a child some angel dust, Phoenix tells a short story from film school about having to hang an actor without killing him, the worst translation scene in history and much more. Much depending on your definition of much.
47: TZ1959 - 211 - The Night Of The Meek
It's always nice to be able to root for your town drunk. In this cheerful Christmas story pulled from the gutters, a drunk wishes to become Santa Claus. Then he does just that. Apparently it's a very simple request. Also, a cop and a store owner develope a very happy, public, gay relationship which actually seems like a harder request in 1960. Phoenix https://twitter.com/phoenixwest and Frank https://twitter.com/LlNKZ discuss what this all means.
46: TZ1959 - 210 - A Most Unusual Camera
Every single anthology series has a story about a camera or painting that can predict the future. Spooky spooky and so on. This one is for some unknown reason, a 'comedy'. It features the stupidest characters in television history. A 60 year old small time crook. An annoying blonde female with the voice of Harry Fierstein on helium. A giant, child-like moron recently escaped from prison. A truly evil bellhop. Also features a camera. A most unusual one.
45: TZ1959 - 209 - The Trouble With Templeton
Frank couldn't handle this simple plot. Phoenix liked this episode for some reason. This could be the most divisive episode yet. In reality it was just alright but the two go off on many different subjects and many different TZ episodes before finishing this podcast. Enjoy?
44: TZ1959 - 208 - The Lateness Of The Hour
Fuck this fucking episode. It was shot on video and looks like shit. The plot is shit. The actors are shit. The twist ending is shit. Shit...
43: TZ1959 - 207 - Nick Of Time
In this gripping tale of domestic violence and gambling addiction, Shatner gets minor advice from a mystic seer. By that I mean a countertop toy on a small town diner booth. His poor wife has a lifetime of bankruptcy ahead of her. Luckily she won't be allowed to have an opinion on it though. He simply won't allow it.
42: TZ1959 - 206 - Eye Of The Beholder
Frank and Phoenix discuss perhaps the most popular TZ episode of all time. They do not agree with the IMDb rating at all. It's a fine episode but the premise is stretched to a Goodfellas onion level of thin. Only in that movie they make a delicious Italian meal. This episode provides an obvious ending without much follow up. The major problem with this episode is that 18 minutes are spent concealing and then revealing pig doctors and then the remaining few minutes reveal a fascinating Pig-Hitler world which is genuinly interesting. But then the episode ends and we are left with credits instead of seeing the world Pig-Hitler crafted. Opportunity wasted.