First of all, this is the Twilight Zone. You don't have to connect it to the real world or fictional world for explanation & back story. It's just quick & episodic, and there's no time to fit a lot in. So suspend all your disbeliefs & try to enjoy. That being said, this is one of the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, with an unique concept. Not everything can be about aliens or apocalypse, time travel or shocking plot twists.
Now for the person making claims that the given story doesn't make any sense, why did he have to mess up with the woman, & all the silly questions. Let me tell you if you couldn't figure it out. This man had probably studied about the dead people he was impersonating, or might've known them somehow indirectly, or even killed them himself & made it look like an accident so he could take advantage of them; honestly it doesn't matter. Sure he could've done something easy, but that wouldn't have been a compelling drama for an episode. So deal with it.
What he wanted was some money that could sustain him for life or a really long time, and a woman that loved him with her life. That's why he seduced the woman by impersonating her lover, and then he impersonated a gangster who was owed a lot of money, & collected his amount. If it wasn't for the turn of events, he was planning to run away with her to Chicago or somewhere else with the acquired money. That's why he was packing his suitcase, as he was planning to meet her at the station like he said. He would've had the money, & the woman who truly loved him.
He was a twisted crook & just wanted to have some fun. Given his age, this could be one of his many little missions, just the most dangerous one yet; and he could always just abandon her later & move on to another mission for fun. He could be doing it for the thrills.
A lot of people misuse their gifts, this is prevalent among a lot classic comic books villains or heroes who turn villains in an alternate universe, there's nothing surprising about it. For all we know, he could be a mutant living on Earth 616 or something & people are not aware of them yet, just like it was in X-Men in the beginning. Nobody mentioned that this was set on our Earth. What would you do if you had the power of invisibility, would completely depend on your nature & personality.
Most of this was pretty much clear from the dialogues, & you certainly didn't pay any attention & missed it. Nothing was meaningless here, it was far too obvious & a lot of potential conclusions can be drawn from it. This simple episode is truly misunderstood if I go by other reviews, but I don't know why. This sort of imaginative piece deserves better, especially when you know about the time it actually came out. Don't give in to the Seinfeld effect, if that's the reason you didn't like this episode instead, because that's just unfortunate & not the episode's fault.
Now for the person making claims that the given story doesn't make any sense, why did he have to mess up with the woman, & all the silly questions. Let me tell you if you couldn't figure it out. This man had probably studied about the dead people he was impersonating, or might've known them somehow indirectly, or even killed them himself & made it look like an accident so he could take advantage of them; honestly it doesn't matter. Sure he could've done something easy, but that wouldn't have been a compelling drama for an episode. So deal with it.
What he wanted was some money that could sustain him for life or a really long time, and a woman that loved him with her life. That's why he seduced the woman by impersonating her lover, and then he impersonated a gangster who was owed a lot of money, & collected his amount. If it wasn't for the turn of events, he was planning to run away with her to Chicago or somewhere else with the acquired money. That's why he was packing his suitcase, as he was planning to meet her at the station like he said. He would've had the money, & the woman who truly loved him.
He was a twisted crook & just wanted to have some fun. Given his age, this could be one of his many little missions, just the most dangerous one yet; and he could always just abandon her later & move on to another mission for fun. He could be doing it for the thrills.
A lot of people misuse their gifts, this is prevalent among a lot classic comic books villains or heroes who turn villains in an alternate universe, there's nothing surprising about it. For all we know, he could be a mutant living on Earth 616 or something & people are not aware of them yet, just like it was in X-Men in the beginning. Nobody mentioned that this was set on our Earth. What would you do if you had the power of invisibility, would completely depend on your nature & personality.
Most of this was pretty much clear from the dialogues, & you certainly didn't pay any attention & missed it. Nothing was meaningless here, it was far too obvious & a lot of potential conclusions can be drawn from it. This simple episode is truly misunderstood if I go by other reviews, but I don't know why. This sort of imaginative piece deserves better, especially when you know about the time it actually came out. Don't give in to the Seinfeld effect, if that's the reason you didn't like this episode instead, because that's just unfortunate & not the episode's fault.