It's episodes like "Twenty-Two" that showcase just how brilliant, progressive and influential Rod Serling's idea of "The Twilight Zone" really was! The entire successful horror franchise "Final Destination" (five sequels and counting) might very well be based on or inspired by this simple half-an-hour tale! Admittedly many "Twilight Zone" episodes are light-headed and fantasy-like, but the very best ones are mysterious, disturbing and genuinely unsettling. "Twenty-Two" is one of them, with a plot that is compelling from the very first second and suspense that mounts until the shocking climax. Professional dancer Liz Powell lies in the hospital with a nervous breakdown and wakes up to the same devastating nightmare for six nights in a row already. She's lured to the basement of the hospital, more particularly to the morgue with room number 22, and then suddenly a sexy nurse swings the door open and says: "Room for one more, honey!". Liz' uncaring manager, as well as the sleazy head doctor, don't take her very seriously when she claims it must be more than just a harmless nightmare, yet they cannot explain the accuracy of how Liz describes the basement floor and the morgue's room number. Hardly recovered from her illness, Liz is dismissed and prepares to take a flight to Florida, but the nightmare becomes all too real when she's outside of the hospital and wide awake! Okay, granted, if you've seen a lot of supernatural horror movies and thrillers, the climax of "Twenty-Two" is easy to predict. But still, I imagine that it was quite astonishing and courageous in 1961, and even if you do see everything coming from miles away, it's still a very intense and macabre tale. Thus far, my favorite episode of season two, maybe together with "Eye of the Beholder" and "The Howling Man".