The Twilight Zone : A Stop at Willoughby

A continuation of A stop at willoughby :

This is Gart Williams, age thirty-eight, a man protected by a suit of armor all held together by one bolt. Just a moment ago, someone removed the bolt, and Mr. Williams’ protection fell away from him and left him a naked target. He’s been cannonaded this afternoon by all the enemies of his life. His insecurity has shelled him, his sensitivity has straddled him with humiliation, his deep-rooted disquiet about his own worth has zeroed in on him, landed on target, and blown him apart. Mr. Gart Williams, ad agency exec, who in just a moment will move into the Twilight Zone—in a desperate search for survival.

Mr. Serling said that this was his favorite episode of the first season.

Williams’ mention of “The Bradbury Account” is an in-joke reference by Serling to legendary fantasy writer Ray Bradbury, of whom Serling was a big fan (and whose story “I Sing the Body Electric” was later adapted as a TZ episode).

Secretary: Can I get you anything, sir?
Gart: Yes, a sharp razor and a chart of the human anatomy showing all the arteries.

Gart: Fat boy, why don’t you shut your mouth!

Narrator: Willoughby? Maybe it’s wishful thinking nestled in a hidden part of a man’s mind, or maybe it’s the last stop in the vast design of things, or perhaps, for a man like Mr. Gart Williams, who climbed on a world that went by too fast, it’s a place around the bend where he could jump off. Willoughby? Whatever it is, it comes with sunlight and serenity, and is a part of the Twilight Zone.