Some twenty year ago, I was so massively impressed by the ending of a movie named "The Machinist" that I even wrote in my user comment that the film should be made mandatary viewing in schools, prisons, and driving academies. Well, maybe this great installment of "The Twilight Zone" could be played just in front of it, as a kind of appetizer. "You Drive" is a marvelous and original episode that is - regrettably - still relevant half a century later. The tale opens with a selfish and embittered slightly-over-middle-aged man causing an accident, and cowardly leaving the victim (a 12-year-old paperboy) to die. Even at home, the loathsome man is more preoccupied with his troubles at work than showing remorse for what he did. His car, however, seems to have a more humane conscience, and turns against its owner.
Directed by John Brahm, my personal choice for most underrated director of all times, "You Drive" is a captivating TZ-installment, and thus far one of the best of the fifth and final season. Edward Andrews plays a courageous role, and I'm secretly also convinced the short story - and the car in particular - inspired both Stephen King and John Carpenter for their 80s classic "Christine".