The Sign Post Up Ahead: A Twilight Zone Podcast

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Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the classic Twilight Zone series, one episode at a time, in chronological order. This monthly show is a spin-off of 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast, which dives deep into a different movie every week, and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

  1. Oct 21

    The Four Of Us Are Dying (Season 1, Episode 13)

    Patrick and Matt go through the thirteenth episode of The Twilight Zone: "The Four Of Us Are Dying."  A man with the glorious name of Arch Hammer is able to change his face to perfectly mimic others. How shall he use this gift? In the case of Mr. Hammer, it's to get laid and rip off gangsters. Is this productive? We discuss.  Originally aired January 1, 1960. Directed by John Brahm. Teleplay by Rod Serling, based on "All Of Us Are Dying" by George Clayton Johnson. Starring Harry Townes, Ross Martin, Phillip Pine, Don Gordon, Peter Brocco, Milton Frome, and Beverly Garland as Maggie the chanteuse.      Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@1weekrental).    Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    The Four Of Us Are Dying (Season 1, Episode 13)

  2. Jun 28

    What You Need (Season 1, Episode 12) (with Austin Proctor)

    Matt, Patrick, and special guest Austin Proctor from the Frightmares podcast go through the twelfth episode of The Twilight Zone: "What You Need."  It's yet another episode that heavily features a peddler, a profession that appears to have been much more prominent back in Twilight Zone times. And it's another episode that chastises you for wanting things. Originally aired December 25, 1959. Directed by Alvin Ganzer. Teleplay by Rod Serling, based on "What You Need" by Lewis Padgett. Starring Steve Cochran, Ernest Truex, Arline Sax, and Read Morgan as "Lefty."   Listen to Frightmares on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4nvmSGe) or Spotify (https://bit.ly/4nVvx4D). Follow Austin on Letterboxd: @DoctorProctor Follow Frightmares on TikTok — @frightmarespodcast Follow Frightmares on Instagram — @frightmarespodcast   Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@1weekrental).    Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    What You Need (Season 1, Episode 12) (with Austin Proctor)

  3. May 12

    And When The Sky Was Opened (Season 1, Episode 11)

    Patrick and Matt go through the eleventh episode of The Twilight Zone: "And When The Sky Was Opened."  Three astronauts go into space, and then some Twilight Zone shit happens to them. It's really cool, honestly.  "And When The Sky Was Opened" originally aired December 11, 1959; directed by Douglas Hayes; written by Rod Serling, based on a story by Richard Matheson; starring Rod Taylor, Charles Aidman, Jim Hutton, Maxine Cooper, and Sue Randall as The nurse. Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@1weekrental).    Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    And When The Sky Was Opened (Season 1, Episode 11)

  4. Apr 6

    Judgment Night (Season 1, Episode 10)

    Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the tenth episode of The Twilight Zone: "Judgment Night." Carl Lanser finds himself aboard a British cargo liner in 1942, on a foggy night, pursued by an unknown menace out in the ocean. He doesn't know who he is or why he's here. It probably has something to do with hell. It usually does in The Twilight Zone.   "Judgment Night" originally aired December 4, 1959; directed by John Brahm; written by Rod Serling; starring Nehemiah Persoff as Carl Lanser, Ben Wright, Patrick Macnee, and James Franciscus as Herr Mueller.  Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@1weekrental).    Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    Judgment Night (Season 1, Episode 10)

  5. Jan 26

    Perchance To Dream (Season 1, Episode 9)

    Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the ninth episode of The Twilight Zone: "Perchance To Dream." Richard Conte (Don Barzini from The Godfather) plays Edward Hall, a 35-year-old(!) who is convinced that if he goes to sleep, he'll die. He has a heart murmor, you see, and any excitement will put him down forever. Further complicating things is a sexy BDSM cat lady who visits him in his dreams. Is this just the story of a man who thinks a wet dream will kill him? Is it a metaphor for repressed homosexuality? Or something else? Patrick and Matt definitively answer these questions.  "Perchance To Dream" originally aired November 27, 1959; directed by Robert Florey; written by Charles Beaumont; based on "Perchance To Dream" by Charles Beaumont; starring Richard Conte as Edward Hall, John Larch as Dr. Rathmann, and Suzanne Lloyd as the cat lady.  Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod).   Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

  6. 09/30/2025

    Time Enough At Last (Season 1, Episode 8)

    Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the eighth episode of The Twilight Zone: "Time Enough At Last." Burgess Meredith is Henry Bemis, a freakin' loser who just wants to read BOOKS. Books??? "What's this swill you're reading?!" his shrew of a wife demands. "David Copperfield? Sounds positively pornographic!" she yells as she rolls over it with a bulldozer. Then the apocalypse happens and Henry finally gets some Me Time to read. But the universe is cruel and, we shall learn by the end of this classic episode, not fair.    "Time Enough At Last" originally aired November 20, 1959; directed by John Brahm; written by Rod Serling; based on "Time Enough At Last" by Lynn Venable; starring Burgess Meredith, Jacqueline deWit, and Vaughn Taylor as Mr. Carsville.   Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, 1-Week Rental. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod).   Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    Time Enough At Last (Season 1, Episode 8)

  7. 08/19/2025

    The Lonely (Season 1, Episode 7)

    Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the seventh episode of The Twilight Zone: "The Lonely."   Jack Warden plays Corry, a man wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to a most fiscally irresponsible imprisonment: solitary confinement on a faraway asteroid. His only human contact comes every three months, when space merchant marines spend 15 minutes on his asteroid delivering him supplies. He's lonely, folks. But that's about to change when he's given a miraculous gift: an artificially intelligent ladybot. But can a robot (or, as they repeatedly say it, "ro-but") replace a human being? What is a human being, anyway? And how remarkable is it that this 70-year-old episode maybe predicted a future world of romantic AI chatbots?   "The Lonely" originally aired November 13, 1959; directed by Jack Smight; written by Rod Serling; starring Jack Warden, Jean Marsh, John Dehner, and Ted Knight.   Source: "'I felt pure, unconditional love': the people who marry their AI chatbots" by Stuart Heritage | The Guardian (2025) - https://bit.ly/4oHvrPd   Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA).   Listen to Matt's movie podcast, Load Bearing Beams. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/45fA9IW), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod).   Give Patrick money: https://ko-fi.com/signpostupahead

    The Lonely (Season 1, Episode 7)

  8. 07/14/2025

    Escape Clause (Season 1, Episode 6)

    Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the sixth episode of The Twilight Zone: "Escape Clause." Walter Bedeker is a hypochondriac who convinces himself he's constantly dying, even though his doctor repeatedly gives him a clean bill of health. But he knows the truth, and anyone who tells him otherwise must be lying. His only way out of perpetual illness leading to an early grave is to strike a deal with the devil, here portrayed in the form of a man named Cadwallader. In exchange for Bedeker's immortal soul, Cadwallader will give Bedeker an indefinite extension of life, and he'll be able to run small-scale insurance schemes and smoke as many cigarettes as he wants.  "Escape Clause" was written by Rod Serling and directed by Mitchell Leisen. It originally aired November 6, 1959.  Music credit: "Something Is Coming" by Rural Route Nine. listen on Spotify ( https://bit.ly/3QzvDQE) , Apple Music ( https://bit.ly/3DaYsQl ), or YouTube ( https://youtu.be/EErrn2Zt9mA ).  Listen to Matt's movie podcast, Load Bearing Beams. New episodes out every Friday, a deep-dive into a different movie every week. Listen on Apple Podcast ( https://bit.ly/45fA9IW ), Spotify ( https://bit.ly/3tk7FAr ), or YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod ).  Give Patrick money on Venmo: @Patrick-Perot-1

    Escape Clause (Season 1, Episode 6)
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Matt Stokes and Patrick Perot go through the classic Twilight Zone series, one episode at a time, in chronological order. This monthly show is a spin-off of 1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast, which dives deep into a different movie every week, and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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