The Parallel

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The Twilight Zone Original series Season four (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5) January 1963 – June 1963 List of The Twilight Zone episodes
Episodes: In His Image The Thirty-Fathom Grave Valley of the Shadow He's Alive Mute Death Ship Jess-Belle Miniature Printer's Devil No Time Like the Past The Parallel I Dream of Genie The New Exhibit Of Late I Think of Cliffordville The Incredible World of Horace Ford On Thursday We Leave for Home Passage on the Lady Anne The Bard

“The Parallel” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

[edit] Details

Episode number: 113
Season: 4
Production code: 4859
Original air date: March 14, 1963
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Producer: Bert Granet
Director of photography: Robert W. Pittack
Music: uncredited

[edit] Cast

Role	Actor
Robert Gaines	Steve Forrest
Helen Gaines	Jacqueline Scott
Colonel Connacher	Frank Aletter
Gen. Eaton	Philip Abbott
Captain	Morgan Jones
Project Manager	William Sargent
Psychiatrist	Paul Comi

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

An astronaut orbiting the Earth disappears from the radar screen and lands in a world like his own except in a few minor details, such as his exact military rank and the name of the American president. While attempting to identify his space capsule more closely, he suddenly finds himself in orbit again.

[edit] Trivia

In 1963 a man filed suit alleging that Serling had stolen the idea for this episode from him. On his attorney's advice, Serling settled the matter out of court for $6500.

[edit] References

Sander, Gordon F.:Serling: The Rise And Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition).