The other reviewers are spot-on when it comes to this flawed episode. Serling's self-admitted writing fatigue was definitely beginning to set in. Act One starts out with a great premise -- a plane lands with nobody on it -- but by Act Three the episode nearly collapses under the weight of its logical fallacies.
And yet...
Ever since I was 12 years old, every time my plane taxis up to the gate -- and the passengers stand up waiting for the jet bridge to connect and the door to open -- I wonder what would happen if they opened the door and found the plane to be completely empty.
Every single time.
And yet...
Ever since I was 12 years old, every time my plane taxis up to the gate -- and the passengers stand up waiting for the jet bridge to connect and the door to open -- I wonder what would happen if they opened the door and found the plane to be completely empty.
Every single time.