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[Easterncedar]

1. Interesting. Thanks for posting

Serling was a genius, and one of the truly good guys.

[Wonder Why]

2. I loved Rod Serling's works when first shown and still love them now. He was one amazing writer.

I don't remember this episode but that's nothing new as my memory slowly fades.

I think my favorites were about space. One had astronauts land on a barren planet and as they killed each other off, it is only at the end that the viewer finds out they landed near Las Vegas. The other was the poor rural woman attacked by miniature people from an alien planet - who turn out to be earth astronauts who landed on a planet of giants.

I think the one about the climate with a woman and her small daughter who are slowly dying because the planet has become too warm to survive. Only it is their imagination because the planet is really getting too cold and they are freezing. I'm not even sure any more if I remember it right. It might have been that they think they are freezing but in fact, they are dying from the heat.

What a brilliant person was Rod Serling. I wonder what he would be writing about with today's political climate.

Excellent video.

[NBachers]

3. I actually remember watching this on the night it was broadcast.

[MadameButterfly]

6. Cool. You remind me of a t-shirt my husband wears:

It says something like: I may be old, but I saw all the great bands

[krkaufman]

4. The episode info ... s5e31 - The Encounter

The Encounter
The Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 31

Featuring George Takei

[John1956PA]

12. This was the sixth-to-last episode of the series which ran for five seasons. The number of aired episodes was 156.

Martin Goldberg was the writer. He contributed a few more scripts to the final season of the series.

This episode was not put into the syndication rotation until the year 2016. It was the only episode which had been withheld from syndication.

[MadameButterfly]

5. Given the video is now unavailable here

Any suggestions as to how I can access it?

[k0rs]

8. Yes

Just click on the "watch on YouTube" link.

[k0rs]

7. Neville Brand...

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...was an actual WW2 hero and was seriously wounded by German machine gun fire and almost bled to death. He was awarded a Silver Star Medal as well as the Purple Heart. Although born in Iowa, he was raised in my hometown of Kewanee, a small nowhere prairie town in northwestern Illinois. He graduated from Kewanee high school there, as did I.

Although I think George doesn't post directly to DU, it would be interesting to hear him weigh in on this OP.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. Wiki article on the episode

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Encounter_(The_Twilight_Zone)
then click on this one: "The Encounter" (Twilight Zone), a 1964 Twilight Zone episode

[nonaa]

10. The episode is incredibly intense

The acting is very good and Brand is magnificent with excellent dialogue, I don't think todays writers could have put it together like this was written, the old breed is gone.

Serling himself knew the Pacific war well as a decorated paratrooper.
"During fighting for Rizal Stadium, Serling shot and killed a Japanese soldier on third base in the baseball diamond. On another occasion, a Japanese soldier had his rifle pointed directly at Serling from close range. Stunned and unable to react, the American prepared to die. In a split second, though, another paratrooper stepped behind Serling and shot down the enemy soldier. By the time the war had ended, only one out of every three men in Serling’s regiment had survived—fulfilling the prediction made during parachute training."

[whopis01]

11. The SyFy channel included this episode in their Twilight Zone Marathon in 2016. n/t

[twodogsbarking]

13. The list of famous actors appearing on the Zone is a long one. Just watched Godfather II. Duvall has a big part.

Still living at age 94. A terrific actor.

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Except...this episode wasn't banned at all

I remember watching it on channel 44 in the SF Bay Area in the 70’s and 80’s, and I have it on a DVD set that came out about 20-25 years ago.

This video appears to be AI clickbait.

[murielm99]

15. You are correct.

I saw it for the first time only a few years ago. I commented on it here on DU.

[John1956PA]

16. It is reported that the episode did not appear in syndication until the year 2016.

The Wikipedia page reports that it was withheld from syndication from 1964 through 2016. The page also states that it was the only episode to ever be withheld from syndication.