This episode kicks off a series of features centering on The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling's classic anthology show of sci-fi, twist endings, and socio-political allegories. We're going to be dividing them up based on writers. Ryan had too much trepidation about tackling Serling or Richard Matheson for the initial outing, so we're talking about the three episodes that Jerry Sohl ghostwrote on behalf of Charles Beaumont. They include "Queen of the Nile", "The New Exhibit", and the iconic "Living Doll" episodes.

Ryan is joined by Rachel and Sylvan for a dialogue about the background, narrative construction, and thematic undercurrent of each episode. Talking points include the uncanny valley, the "vamp" trope, a woman's subordinate place in marriage during the mid-20th century, the wide-ranging career of June Foray, the music of Bernard Herrmann, and the long shadow that The Twilight Zone extends into both The Simpsons and The Conjuring franchise.

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