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)
- …
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)
Solid and interesting entry, like most TZ way ahead of it's time, though the pace is rather gentle for a modern audience. As with so much of the series, the idea has been used a great many times since. There's a halfway plot twist that you might well guess. The acting is restrained because of the military characters. The picture quality helps to retain the appeal of this nice idea that could have done with a little more powerful delivery.
- darrenpearce111
- Dec 11, 2013
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1