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***SPOILERS*** The "Pharaoh's Curse" the displacement of two bodies in mid air that was preformed once in 30 years with the late great master magician Johm Holland and his favorite student Harry Kellogg is mailed on a video tape to hot shot 25 year old magician "Mighty Mario" Devlin who's been fascinated with it since childhood. Mario can't quite figure out how it's done and wants the soon to retire Kellogg to let him in on it before, in having a weak heart, he checks out for good and takes the secret of the act along with him.

Getting invited to Kellogg's mansion Mario soon falls in love with Kellogg's secretary and personal squeeze Shannon who in knowing her lover Kellogg doesn't have long to live takes a shine to the handsome young man. It takes a while for Kellogg to let Mario in on the secret of the "Pharaoh's Curse" in getting him more and more interested in how it's done. Finally agreeing to show Mario how it's preformed Kellogg tells him that for the "Curse" be successful he-Mario-has to be part of it along with him which Mario eagerly accepts!

***SPOILERS*** Doing the mysterious act in front of a number of Kellogg's close and endearing friends Mario at first is shocked to see that in didn't work out like he expected it to. Him and Kellogg didn't change places in their spinning and 15 foot apart compartments like Kellogg and Holland did on the video tape that he got! Unknown to Mario is that they did but not in body but in soul!

I'm not sure how you can see the pharaoh's curse, as its shown to the audience near the beginning of this ep, and not know how the 'trick' is performed. Maybe if you have no real background knowledge of the sci-fi/horror/supernatural genre. Even if you are a child, the episode continues to hit you on the head with blatant clues. & the trope of 'take his word literally!' where a 'mysterious' character tells the protagonist the truth, even if he's short on details.

This is a reoccurring problem re: most episodes in this reboot. :/

The problem with watching Twilight Zone episodes is that one is constantly trying to guess what sort of ironic ending will present itself. In this one, a famous trick called the Pharoah's Curse is the envy of all the magicians in the world. But only one man has the secret. So the newest phenom pushes his way into the home of that man as retirement approaches. At first he is told to get lost but finally the older magician deigns to allow the wunderkind to stay in his house, even to sleep with his wife. Of course, the trick is going to be tried, so what could happen. I really enjoyed this episode and will remember it.

I have recently been binging the 2002-3 version of "The Twilight Zone" and have generally disliked the programs. However, this one is a real winner...the best of the shows I've seen so far and every bit as good as the old episodes.

Mario Devlin is one of the best young magicians in the world....sort of a David Copperfield or Chris Angel type performer. But one trick has eluded him...the famous "Pharaoh's Curse". It's been very rarely performed and perhaps only one person alive knows how the trick is done...Harvey Kellogg. So, Mario seeks an audience with the great magician and he pesters the man to show him the secret of this trick. The problem is that it really ISN'T a trick. What does that mean and how does it end? Watch the show.

If more episodes had been like this one, the show would have lasted longer. Well written, exciting and with a really neat twist...this one is well worth your time.