The story centers on a young woman named Marilyn who is in a future society where at the age of 19, everyone has to go through a process known as 'the Transformation,' in which each person's body is changed to a physically attractive design chosen from a selection of numbered models. Number 12 Looks Just Like You offers commentary on society’s obsession with physical appearance. It may not happen tomorrow, but it happens now, in The Twilight Zone. At any rate, imagine a time in the future where science has developed the means of giving everyone the face and body he dreams of. Given the chance, what young girl wouldn't happily exchange a plain face for a lovely one? What girl could refuse the opportunity to be beautiful? For want of a better estimate, let's call it the year 2000. Number 12 Looks Just Like You - Season 5 Episode 17

And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone. and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own-for the children and the children yet unborn. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices. The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. It may be true that “the world is filled with Maple Streets.” This episode makes you think about the way that we react in times of crisis and how we're willing to believe the worst about people. The episode leans into the idea of how easily we can turn on each other when we're scared. It's like The Thing meets The Andy Griffith Show. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street focuses on a neighborhood that is terrorized by a 'monster.' The residents of the neighborhood start to turn on each other as they try to figure out who the monster is. Maple Street in the last calm and reflective moment –before the monsters came. This is Maple Street on a late Saturday afternoon. At the sound of the roar and the flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 P.M. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, barbecues, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Season 1 Episode 22 Lesson to be learned in the Twilight Zone. On this planet or wherever there is human life – perhaps out amongst the stars – beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence. Now the questions that come to mind: 'Where is this place and when is it?' 'What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm?' You want an answer? The answer is it doesn't make any difference, because the old saying happens to be true.

You see, the 'beautiful' people are ruled over by a despot and the 'ugly' Janet is exiled with those of her own kind and saved by the oppressive world of the beautiful people. While the twist is surprising with the beautiful people are considered ugly and Janet is sad that the surgery didn't work, there is a happy ending for her. This episode makes you think about the way that we view beauty and the standards that we set for ourselves and others. What makes this episode so thought-provoking is the idea that we all have different standards of beauty and what one person may find attractive, another person may find repulsive. However, she is horrified to see that she still looks 'ugly.' When she wakes up, bandages cover her face and through most of the episode, she is waiting to remove the bandages to see her new face. The Eye of the Beholder centers on a woman named Janet Taylor who is recovering from multiple surgeries that are supposed to make her look like everyone else. This happens to be the Twilight Zone, and Miss Janet Tyler, with you, is about to enter it. Keeping in mind of course that we are not to be surprised by what we see, because this isn't just a hospital, and this patient 307 is not just a woman. In a moment we will go back into this room, and also in a moment we will look under those bandages. A universe whose dimensions are the size, thickness, length of the swath of bandages that cover her face. Suspended in time and space for a moment, your introduction to Miss Janet Tyler, who lives in a very private world of darkness.

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