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Season 1 Episode 2: Wordplay/Dreams For Sale/Chameleon (1985 Revival)
SPOILERS!!!
Wordplay - I like Robert Klein, but this episode didn't really work for me. There was no cause, and no resolution. Just a lot of confusion. Even as it got worse, nobody around him seemed to notice that he couldn't understand anyone, and that they couldn't understand him. The concept was a good idea, but it just didn't play out well for me because there was no rhyme or reason to it. Why did the words change for everyone else, but not for him? It just felt like something was missing. However, I did like the ending, with him using his son's book to try to learn the new words.
Dreams For Sale - This one was interesting. The dreams felt like reality, but the reality was worse, so she tried to escape into her dreams, and she ended up staying there forever. If you're going to get stuck in a "Twilight Zone", this is one of the better ones to get stuck in. At least she got a happy ending. (On a different note, Meg Foster has strange eyes that seem to give the episode a bit of a weird vibe.)
Chameleon - This one was probably the best of the three segments. It's nice to see an alien story where the aliens aren't just murderous invaders. They're just curious, just like humans are. I felt the confusion of the scientists as they were trying to figure out what was going on, and then the tension when the situation became dangerous. And it brings up an interesting question. If you were Lockridge, and he made you that offer, would you have gone with him?
Overall, this episode was okay, but the original series episodes all had a unique kind of charm to them. They had a moment in the episode where you realized something, and your brain just said "Oh wow! I didn't see that coming.", but these episodes don't have that. They're just missing something.
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