The Parallel
- Episode aired Mar 14, 1963
- TV-14
- 51m
Astronaut Robert Gaines returns from space to a world that is not exactly the one he left from.Astronaut Robert Gaines returns from space to a world that is not exactly the one he left from.Astronaut Robert Gaines returns from space to a world that is not exactly the one he left from.
- News Anchorman
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the phrase "Submitted for your approval" from Rod Serling's opening narration has come to be closely identified with the show (and is often used by Serling impressionists), it is heard in four episodes: Cavender Is Coming (1962), In Praise of Pip (1963), and A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963), and at the end of "The Parallel" as well.
- GoofsBy the time the astronaut is seeing fire out his window. He would not be able to be communicating with ground control. As the spacecraft reenters the atmosphere and the outside of craft heats. Ionization occurs and radio traffic is impossible.
- Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration] In the vernacular of space, this is T minus one hour, sixty minutes before a human being named Major Robert Gaines is lifted off from the Mother Earth and rocketed into the sky, farther and longer than any man ahead of him. Call this one of the first faltering steps of man to sever the umbilical cord of gravity and stretch out a fingertip toward an unknown. In a moment, we'll join this astronaut named Gaines and embark on an adventure, because the environs overhead - the stars, the sky, the infinite space - are all part of a vast question mark known as the Twilight Zone.
- Crazy creditsRod Serling's title narration includes the catchphrase "Submitted for your approval".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Parallel (2023)
The part I found interesting was the reference to JFK. I checked the date and the episode (March 1963) was released about six months before the fateful day in Dallas (Nov 1963).
I suppose the significant part about that is the lack of recognition to JFK in other episodes of the same period.
I have noticed in television shows of the era a hesitancy to talk about current politicians. Often there will be a fictitious congressman or local official, but the president is usually a vague figure, not identified.
This episode is worth watching just for the historical references.
- manzp
- Jul 3, 2007
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1