This is a very good episode and when I saw it, it was very familiar. That's because I had first seen a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson production named "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun"--and it was essentially a remake of this particular show--or at least a re-tooling of the idea. Yet, although this British movie came out AFTER the "Twilight Zone" episode aired, no mention or credit is given to the writers of this show! The plots are, in many ways, identical and it can't just be a coincidence that they are so similar.
An astronaut (Steve Forrest) is sent into space. What happens next is a bit vague, but when he returns everyone seems pretty happy--until everyone starts to notice that things just don't add up at all. Because of this, it's obvious he is NOT from this planet at all but an Earth in either another dimension or on an exact opposite orbit or he's crazy. For example, no one on this world has even heard of President Kennedy and in this world Forrest is a colonel--but back on his world he was a major! Overall, this is a very good episode with excellent acting, suspense and writing. I can sure understand why it was later hashed out to a full-length movie...but why no mention of the wonderful Rod Serling! Odd.
An astronaut (Steve Forrest) is sent into space. What happens next is a bit vague, but when he returns everyone seems pretty happy--until everyone starts to notice that things just don't add up at all. Because of this, it's obvious he is NOT from this planet at all but an Earth in either another dimension or on an exact opposite orbit or he's crazy. For example, no one on this world has even heard of President Kennedy and in this world Forrest is a colonel--but back on his world he was a major! Overall, this is a very good episode with excellent acting, suspense and writing. I can sure understand why it was later hashed out to a full-length movie...but why no mention of the wonderful Rod Serling! Odd.