The Twilight Zone: Spur of the Moment (1964)
Season 5, Episode 21
7/10
"I think a good stiff drink is in order, don't you?"
17 August 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Well it's a pretty safe bet this isn't the way Anne Marie Henderson (Diana Hyland) planned things out for herself. But that's how life usually works in the real world, much less The Twilight Zone. However you don't generally find a story like this - the young socialite runs off with the man she really loves instead of marrying the rich investment banker her folks approve of, and then he turns out to be a bum! Whoa, it's the guy she abandons that's supposed to be a louse! Then swirl it all together in that bizarre confluence of time and space and you have the ingredients of a surreal mind bender.

Here's the question mark I have - when were the events taking place? Was it young Anne or older Anne that existed in the 'present' day? Was the engagement party referred to held in 1939 or 1963? I guess it doesn't matter much, but I have to agree with another reviewer on this board. The way to make an impression on your youthful alter-ego is to forego the Halloween witch outfit and just introduce yourself without screaming like a banshee. Would the message have been any easier to accept? Maybe so, if Anne had brought along twenty five year older David for the ride.
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