If you could live forever, would you really want to? To remain the same age while all those you love grow old and die? These are the questions posed by this episode of The Twilight Zone, which stars Kevin McCarthy as history professor Walter Jameson, whose future father-in-law Sam Kittridge (Edgar Stehli) comes to suspect that Jameson's in-depth knowledge of the past is down to first-hand experience.
Long Live Walter Jameson is a very talky episode, mostly consisting of scenes of dialogue between McCarthy and Stehli, but that doesn't stop it from being a very entertaining tale, thanks to the excellent script by Charles Beaumont, which keeps the viewer intrigued throughout, and fine performances from the two male leads.
Others here on IMDb have mentioned TV shows and films that might have been influenced by this episode. I'd like to add '80s fantasy classic Highlander to the list, Russell Mulcahy's film exploring very similar territory.
Long Live Walter Jameson is a very talky episode, mostly consisting of scenes of dialogue between McCarthy and Stehli, but that doesn't stop it from being a very entertaining tale, thanks to the excellent script by Charles Beaumont, which keeps the viewer intrigued throughout, and fine performances from the two male leads.
Others here on IMDb have mentioned TV shows and films that might have been influenced by this episode. I'd like to add '80s fantasy classic Highlander to the list, Russell Mulcahy's film exploring very similar territory.