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| Written by Joshua Smith | |
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Here you'll find a detailed synopsis of Episode 21, from Series 1 of the Original Twilight Zone. This episode originally aired on February 26, 1960, was written by Rod Serling and directed by John Brahm.
"Millicent Barnes, aged 25. A young woman waiting for a bus on a rainy November night. Not a very imaginative type is Miss Barnes, not given to undue anxiety or fears or, for that matter, even the most temporal flights of fancy. Like most young career woman, she has a generic classification as a, quote, "girl with a head on her shoulders," end of quote; all of which is mentioned not only because in just a moment, the head on Miss Barnes' shoulders will be put to a test. Circumstances will assault her sense of reality and a chain of nightmares will put her sanity on a block. Millicent Barnes, who in one minute will wonder if she is going mad." - Rod Serling, opening narration. A particularly strong psychological thriller in the vein of Hitchcock, Mirror Mirror pits an beautiful blonde traveller against her mind. Millicent Barnes, while waiting in a depot for a late bus, is confronted with an unusual set of circumstances that point to her either losing her memory, or being taunted by a doppleganger of sorts who looks and acts like her. "Obscure and metaphysical explanation to . Reasons and Call it parallel planes or just insanity. Whatever it is, you'll find it in the Twilight Zone." - Rod Serling, closing narration. |