There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.

It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge.

This is the dimension of imagination.

It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.

Up until now, we haven't really touched on any of the more comical episodes of the Twilight Zone.

One for the Angels had its moments, but the tone kind of switched halfway through the episode

and it became, you know rather rather serious and rather

whimsical so with tonight's episode I'd say we're really seeing the first

episode that has a pretty even comical tone all the way through it but it also

had a real dark edge to it especially near the end So after a couple of very thought-provoking episodes

with the last two to 16mm shrine and walking distance, perhaps this was Rod Serling's way

of lightening the mood a torch, but not too much. I also think it's the debut of the more

ironic twist ending that the Twilight Zone often had

rather than endings where you realise that everything you've been watching maybe wasn't quite as it seemed.

This episode employs the kind of be careful what you wish for type of ending, with a moral sort of center to it as well.

But we'll get to more about that later.

So let's get into tonight's episode, The Escape Clause.

You're about to meet a hypochondriac.

Witness Mr. Walter Bedeker age age 44, afraid of the following. Death, disease, other

people, germs, draft, and everything else. He has one interest in life, and that's Walter

Betaker. One preoccupation, the life and well-being of Walter Bedeker.

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