The Thaw

This looks a great deal like the original series in its visuals and dialogue. I think this is a great throwback to the Original series. The costumes especially remind me of the original. The costumes look as if the wardrobe department shopped at a garage sale for these items.

This is worth an 11 just for the sight of Michael McKean hamming it up. A thought-provoking episode that begs the question "If it's possible to keep human minds alive in an artificially created world, isn't it statistically more likely that we're all living in such a world already."

The episode is pretty good, I liked it, it reminded me of Tranquility Lane from Fallout and I'm mostly sure they were inspired by all of this to make it, I have no doubt. The acting is very good, and the idea of being trapped by the emotion of fear is something that sounds interesting, and I feel like it could've been explored even further. Now, what I didn't quite get is how it all started in the first place, when fear takes control of everything? Also, there is not more emotions? Or only fear was creted here? But I still think it's worth it.

Even the ending creates a lot of intrigue, it's really well done.

It's funny, back when this first came out, I disregarded it. I couldn't stand the clown costumes or the behaviour and acting. I remember thinking it was a cheap looking episode made in a quickly designed set in a studio. Well, maybe some of that is still true, but hey, once you overlook that and try the episode out it's actually quite good! Classic sci fi for sure... the Matrix meets a horror show. I felt like our characters took a journey to Hell... a virtual Hell. That plus there was a good use of a "fear" theme throughout the story and how it's sort of symbolic of what we all go through, and how we deal with fear, and overcome it... anyways, this turned out to be a great episode! Funny it took me twenty years to realize it.

Absolutely creepy and one of a kind. Done well overall.