The Twilight Zone: Steel (1963)
Season 5, Episode 2
5/10
Where was the "moment of revelation"?
29 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
There is nothing in this episode that qualifies as a "moment of revelation." In the near future, boxing (with real people) has been outlawed. The Lee Marvin and Joe Mantell characters try to enter their robot into a boxing match. The robot is obsolete and not capable of delivering a fight. Determined to win the $500, Steel (Marvin) decides to pose as the robot, and fight the match himself. Unless something in all of that can be interpreted as a revelation, then there is no revelation. At the end, Marvin seems to go a little wacky. Up to that point, his performance is one-note and kind of drab. Curious that Marvin's character was named "Steel." Sounds like a name more suited to the robot than his owner. Not the best episode.
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