Great selection for this week’s episode - one that I’ve always enjoyed and one of the few I actually remember from the original broadcast.

As many Twilight Zone fans probably know, a short French film was procured by CBS and aired this story as an episode of The Twilight Zone, during it’s original run. This was also one of 5 episodes never released into syndication, and highly sought after for many years, but finally became available on home video.

The short film is excellent in my opinion, but unfortunately it covers only a fraction of the story and seems to assume the viewer is already familiar with it and there’s little or no dialogue. The first few seconds shows a close up of a posted warning, which states “anyone caught tampering with railroad bridges, tunnels or tracks will be hangedâ€. So we’re left with the possible understanding that the man about to be hanged was guilty of the listed infractions, but not much else.

Listening to this episode provides insight as to exactly what the man was guilty of and why, along with many more details of what he is thinking during those last few seconds. I also liked the simple sound effects… subtle wind and chirping birds.

I like the structure of this story: we’re setup to believe that this man was blessed with a miracle and the listener is quickly lead down another path and then suddenly returned to reality.

A classic.<br>