The Long Morrow
- Episode aired Jan 10, 1964
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Before leaving on a decades-long solo mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.Before leaving on a decades-long solo mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.Before leaving on a decades-long solo mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe launched rocket is a Mercury Atlas.
- GoofsDr. Bixler says that Jupiter is volcanic. It is actually a gas giant with no solid surface for a volcano. Even at the time this was filmed, this was known.
- Quotes
[closing narration]
Narrator: Commander Douglas Stansfield, one of the forgotten pioneers of the space age. He's been pushed aside by the flow of progress and the passage of years - and the ferocious travesty of fate. Tonight's tale of the ionosphere and irony, delivered from - the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Gilmore Girls: The Long Morrow (2006)
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Slender, but with a Little Punch
Slender entry with a poignantly ironic ending that I didn't expect. Seems Commander Stansfield is a pioneering astronaut in the 1980's. In a state of suspended animation, he's being sent to a distant planet that will take 40-years to arrive and return. So, by the time he returns, he'll be the same age, but everybody else will be 40-years older. Okay he accepts the sacrifice. But on his last day he meets adorable technician Sandra Horn. Both being single, they fall hard for one another. So what will he do now that his heart-throb will remain on earth no matter what he does.
That scene where the two meet is utterly charming. It better be since it colors the rest of the episode. I could have used more emotion from Lansing (Stansfield) in the final part, but then he is a highly disciplined space traveler. Good to see old pro's Macready and Binns picking up paydays and playing solid parts. Overall, the 30-minutes generates mild suspense, a good ironic upshot, and a studio-set worth about a dollar eighty. At the same time, the Serling inspired upshot challenges a TV norm of the day that you may want to catch.
That scene where the two meet is utterly charming. It better be since it colors the rest of the episode. I could have used more emotion from Lansing (Stansfield) in the final part, but then he is a highly disciplined space traveler. Good to see old pro's Macready and Binns picking up paydays and playing solid parts. Overall, the 30-minutes generates mild suspense, a good ironic upshot, and a studio-set worth about a dollar eighty. At the same time, the Serling inspired upshot challenges a TV norm of the day that you may want to catch.
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- dougdoepke
- Mar 7, 2017
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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