When a young writer discovers a mysterious figure named the Blurry Man, she also realizes that she's become the protagonist of the episode of The Twilight Zone that she's writing. "Blurryman" The finale of the first season does an admirable job of creating a meta-take on storytelling and the creative process. but at what cost? O'Dowd is infinitely watchable here and although the final twist offers up a happy ending for Jeff, it leaves no easy answers for us as an audience. Strange, haunting, and sometimes a little abstract, this episode questions the fetishization of guns while offering Jeff an unexpected chance to potentially become a hero. "The Blue Scorpion" Chris O'Dowd ventures into The Twilight Zone as a man who espouses that he hates guns but falls in love with the one that his father used to kill himself. Although it's definitely one of the simpler entries in this season conceptually, it's very effective as a searingly scathing little takedown on the potential harm of true-crime podcast culture. Instead of the iconic gremlin on the wing, we get something far more contemporary, a podcast that tells the future of the very man listening to it. "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" Reinventing one of the most beloved episodes of The Twilight Zone was never going to be easy, and it works to an extent. A smart idea which has a message a little too on the nose at points, this is still a solid episode. But this is The Twilight Zone so it's far from a happy ending as the show warns about the dangers of following charming demagogues, even when they're kids. Though his dream seems insurmountable, with the help of John Cho's down and out campaign manager he makes it a reality. "The Wunderkind" Jacob Tremblay stars as a young kid who wants nothing more than to be president.
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