Most Sci-Fi fans are aware that science fiction can be uncomfortably prophetic for future life events. For example, the little hand-held, flip-open transponder gadgets that Kirk & Spock communicated with back in the 1960's? These became prototypes for the first downsized flip phones in the 90's - Which later became these life enhancing(?) things known as "smart"phones that we all are now addicted to today
You get the point; Having just enjoyed a vintage rerun of an episode of the Outer Limits, titled, Tipping Point, in late 2021, I found the story and script to be eerily dead-on correct in its assessment of where computer technology, and the megalomaniac's who own it, are heading.
Even the villain in this story seems very, very similar to most of those who dominate Big Tech and, sadly, control with a chokehold our everyday media in the 21st Century.
Don't get me wrong, this episode isn't an edge of the seater. Not at all. The acting is acceptable, but nothing more. Although our hero/anti-hero does manage to dominate the scenes. It's the antsy, disquieting FEELING this episode gives in relation to current events that I believe earns this minor little television Sci-Fi episode a definite look; also a grade of 9 out of 10, for insight about human nature. For those of you who like to think about the how's and why's of our modern world, it could prove enjoyable. Stream it or catch it on a rerun on the Comet channel. Tipping Point, originally aired in 2001, has something to say worth listening to.
