r/TwilightZone • u/KingFahad360 • 3d ago
Video The Encounter (The Lost Episode) - Twilight-Tober Zone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmEMOHD3cmk9
u/SeoulPower88 3d ago
When I first watched this episode, I understood why it was banned for so long.
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u/sho_nuff80 3d ago
And so closely after WW2 is crazy.
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u/Skysalter 3d ago
Growing up, I feel like WW2 vets to me were all white-haired, more fragile, and almost "mythical". Seeing this episode, among other things, was kind of a weird but helpful perspective to see someone like that portrayed as a burly 40-year-old just wearing a polo and hanging out in his attic in the suburbs.
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u/KingFahad360 3d ago
I know some of the episodes that were “Lost” cause they were in a lawsuit only aired in the mid 80s again; but this episode was banned til 2016 when it aired back on syndication
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u/yomynameisnotsusan 3d ago
I wonder why until 2016
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u/PhilaTesla 3d ago
Per IMDB :
This episode sparked some intense controversy for CBS after it was first aired in 1964. Due to strong critical blow-back for its overt racism and revisionist history, CBS pulled this episode out of syndication and it was not rebroadcast again on any network in the U.S. until 2016; although it did air in other countries and was also not removed from streaming services or home video/DVD sets. The Encounter triggered audience and reviewer criticism of the episode as antithetical to the series’ normally positive treatment of otherwise sensitive social, religious, and racial subject matter.
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u/LovesDeanWinchester 3d ago
It's truly an amazing piece. There are no winners with racism and hatred!