The End of the World

Somehow this film is prophetic: exactly 60 years after the fictional Trump, there appears the realistic Trump. But everything now is of a much larger scale. 60 years ago, the petit fictional conman wanted to build a wall around a town. Now, a huge realistic conman wants to build a wall around a nation. 60 years ago, the fictional Trump said: "I am the only one. Trust me. I can build a wall around your homes that nothing will penetrate. You ask how do you build that wall. You ask, and I'm here to tell you." Now, everyone can hear the realistic Trump say very similar things, again and again. However, there is a difference between the fiction and the reality. The fiction was fun. The reality is terrible.

Amazing the parallels between this episode and reality 60 years later. If someone would have told me what happens in this episode without seeing it I wouldn't believe it. Sometimes this exact same type of thing happens in other TV and movies. (Simpsons and Family Guy have predicted lots of things and Back to the Future has some eerie parallels to 9/11) The answer certainly is not that the directors and producers were in on anything but that we live in an extremely persistent highly complex simulation of some sort. Sometimes the system glitches and the future is foretold. Usually not in any exact way but pretty close and certainly more than a coincidence. As for the quality of the show itself yeah it's pretty well shot and acted.

WHAT? 😂

First off the guy literally says WALL. Second, which companies you think would build an actual wall? Geee idk maybe DTs buddies who will give him kickbacks??? Third, where are getting this 95% effective data? FOxNeWs? You just got your little feelings hurt and if I'm being SUPER honest this is just one of Elon's hackers hacking someones account and changing ppls reviews. You still rated it an 8/10???? G T F O H.

In this episode, we see a man...a stranger, no less...ride into town and convince everyone that the world is coming to an end. Conveniently, this is going to happen at midnight. Oh, but wait! The good news is that the stranger has something he can sell the citizens if they want to protect themselves. Amazingly, he also has something for the cattle. So for a price, the world will NOT come to an end...

The whole town is panicked and willing to spend their hard earned money to keep themselves alive...They don't stop to wonder how a huge rock falling from the sky is going to protect them from these mere material things they are asked to buy. How is one town's investing going to save the whole world? Hoby is just passing through when he rides into the town. Because the Sheriff (never liked Greer as a sheriff anyhow) doesn't want to do anything to stop the madness, Hoby orders him to take off his badge. With the badge forcibly removed by Hoby, he takes over in the name of the State of Texas.

As insane as all this sound, I remember something similar happening when I was in high school. The world was going to come to an end by some major event, and people started stocking up on the supplies they would need...It really made no sense to me - how mere supplies was going to keep the world coming to an end...

See the earlier review about this episode as a bizarre premonition of the 2016 election. I swear my ears did a double-take at the beginning when Hobie came in and asked the saloon girl if the new visitor had a name, and she said "Trump." Hobie thoughtfully replied "I bet it fits..." There were also a few other parallels not yet mentioned:

The conman Trump alarms the populace with his tales of the outside threat, then literally tells them that he can "build a wall" to protect them.

At another point, when Hobie questions his honesty, Trump threatens to sue him! (How often do people threaten to sue people in your average western?)

The media were mighty amused when it was recalled just after the election that The Simpsons once "predicted" President Trump. I think MeTV should get a copy of this episode of Trackdown over to The Daily Show asap.

In conclusion, let's appreciate the words of the local judge in this episode: "When we were kids, we were all afraid of the dark. Then we grew up, and we weren't afraid anymore... it's funny how a Big Lie can make us all kids again."