Burgess Meredith plays the bookish bank teller who just wants enough time to sit and read the classics without all those boring people and tasks to get in the way. The Twilight Zone gives him his wish as an explosion destroys everything around him, but he should have been a little more careful in the wording. This, except for To Serve Man, is the most well known episode of the classic series. The selfish and flighty bank teller gets the kind of justice that the Bible usually tells of. The lessons: be careful what you wish for and possessions do not/will not bring happiness. The last scene is classic, with Meredith uttering the summary line as the camera pulls out to display the desperation of his situation.
Review of Time Enough at Last
