Admittedly the finale of the overall fantastic first season of "The Twilight Zone" deserved a slightly better and more atmospheric episode than "A World of his Own", but still I don't want to complain too much as it's an enjoyably light-headed and imaginative tale. It's about a writer – joyously depicted by Keenan Wynn – who is so passionate about his profession that the characters he invents spontaneously come to life. When he, Gregory West tries to explain his uniquely bizarre talent to his beautiful wife Victoria, she instantly wants a divorce and suggests that he should be committed to a mental institution. Gregory feels the need to provide further evidence to Victoria, but that doesn't exactly work out well for her. "A World of his Own" further follows the disappointing trend of TZ-episodes turning more into dreamy and comical fantasy tales, rather than being raw and unsettling Sci-Fi stories. The concept of this episode is promising, but the script is exaggeratedly talkative and doesn't contain the slightest trace of suspense, morbidity or menace. It's even somewhat ludicrous, in fact, because who uses an elephant to prove a point or even to scare people? The highlight of the story is undoubtedly the physical appearance of creator Rod Serling is his narrator role. It's a nice gimmick for the season's finale that the whole series, and even its creation, is nothing but a mere fraction of someone's imagination.
Review of A World of His Own
