Eye of the Beholder

Kind of like a nightmare fueled inducing madness as it as goes on just when I didn't think this show could get weirder, it does in the best way possible too; I even said wow several times! I didn't even look into this one beforehand, so I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

I just watched this episode again for the billionth time and as the credits started to roll I noticed (strangely for the first time ever)that the title was listed as "Private World of Darkness" rather than "Eye of the Beholder". Did this episode have two titles or is one wrong? I'm sure it was the right show because the credits rolled across a still of Donna Douglas in the bandages. Anyway, it doesn't alter the fact that this is one of my 5 top greatest episodes of TTWZ! The camera work in the beginning is fantastic and I thought is was great the way they kept you from seeing the hospital workers faces until those fantastic shots of the doctor and staff. I'm also a bit curious to know if the voice was dubbed in for Donna Douglas's character Janet Tyler. It doesn't sound like her at all to me.

I've just finished watching this episode of The Twilight Zone, and am still trying to catch my breath. What I thought was going to turn out to be just a deviation on the French classic 'Eyes without a Face' turned out to be something much, much more! As the title suggests, this tale is based on the old saying 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', and we are introduced to a woman dressed in bandages. She's in a hospital, and it soon becomes apparent that she is the victim of a horrible facial disfigurement. However, it seems she has undergone some of surgery to reverse the disability; and it's almost time for the bandages to be removed. This episode is great because it presents a real dream-like atmosphere, and it's easy to believe that this story really is taking place in the 'The Twilight Zone'. Our heroine is kept wrapped up in bandages for almost the entire running time, and with that in mind it's not unreasonable to expect a huge payoff once the bandages are removed. To say it delivers would be an enormous understatement - Eye of the Beholder gives the audience their due payoff and then some! I'm not going to say any more - just see this as soon as possible.

The ugly Janet Tyler is submitted to the eleventh treatment trying to look normal. She has anxiety expecting the doctor to remove her bandages in her last attempt to improve her face. When the doctor and nurses remove her bandages, her expectation ends and she learns the procedure has not worked.

"Eye of the Beholder" is one of the best episodes of "The Twilight Zone" even when the viewer is watching for the third or fourth time. The greatest message of this show is the saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder, meaning the perception of beauty is subjective. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "A Beleza Está Apenas em Quem Olha" ("The Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder")

The suspense, the message, the performance; WOW! The whole thing is just genius!