Every Easter Egg & Reference In Twilight Zone's "A Traveler"
Here's a guide to every easter egg and reference in The Twilight Zone episode «A Traveler.» The original series of The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling, who in addition to acting as narrator and host, also penned the majority of the episodes. The Twilight Zone is now recognized as a landmark TV anthology series, which often used sci-fi or fantasy storylines to talk about politics or social issues in a coded manner. The series came to a close in the early '60s, but Twilight Zone has been rebooted many times in the years since.
The first happened in the '80s, with this iteration of The Twilight Zone running for three seasons, with filmmakers like Wes Craven helming certain episodes. A TV movie dubbed Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics aired in 1994, while the series was rebooted yet again in 2002 by UPN, with Forest Whitaker acting as host; despite this, the reboot only ran for one season. The most recent revival of The Twilight Zone came in 2019, where Jordan Peele acting as the new narrator. The reception to this CBS All Access reboot was decidedly mixed, with some episodes being well-received but many leaving viewers disappointed, despite featuring a wealth of talent.
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«A Traveler» was the fourth episode of The Twilight Zone's first season and was helmed by Ana Lily Amirpour. «A Traveler's» title character is played by Steven Yeun, whose mysterious character suddenly appears inside of a jail cell during a Christmas party in an Alaskan town. Yeun's stranger soon starts to prey on the fears and secrets of those who attend the party, and his true intentions are revealed in one of Twilight Zone'straditional twist endings (such as «The Gift»).
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