Point of Origin

Welcome to one of the worst written TV show episodes ever. Instead of taking a subject like refugees fleeing oppression and seeking a better life, and making it into a great episode with a worthwile learning experience for everyone, the new Twilight Zone show degrades the experience of refugees with this portrayal.

As if white people could only empathize with the hardships of immigrants and refugees if they see it happen to one of their own. This is humiliating to both white Americans and immigrants because it makes everyone look like a caricature. Whoever wrote this should be banned from making movies and TV, just like the creators of the new Twilight Zone.

Once again the new TZ lets us down. I have no problem with the issues presented on these new episodes, but why do we have to be preached to each week? The writing is once again a major problem. The original Twilight Zone was renown for its heartfelt scripts, great dialogue and clever twist endings. Not every episode had a surprise ending, but enough of them did to make that a hallmark of the show. There hasn't been a decent twist in any of the episodes of this reboot so far, and this is number 8 of the series. 'Point Of Origin', like most of the past weeks on this show telegraphs its ending long before it arrives, and the writing is so flat that in its efforts to be thought-provoking it leaves me with a big 'that's it?'. This show doesn't hold a candle to the original TZ, and pales in comparison to Black Mirror, the show that is the definitive torchbearer of the Twilight Zone legacy.

This felt like the original series. The first quarter of the episode felt like they were going to go all preachy about immigration and the rich versus the poor, but they managed to move it in a direction that made a more universal point about people in general. Everyone is a stranger to everyone, and sometimes even themselves.

Ok, yes, these episodes are not very well written and absolutely spoon-feed the political messages across (all of which I have been 100% politically aligned with). But, the commenters saying things like "stop the politics in The Twilight Zone" miss the entire point of the original series. Rod Serling was 100% controversial with his political messages back in the day. TZ was all about the political message. Those who complain just don't know what they're talking about.

What could have been a great episode is ruined by yet another heavy handed message, this time immigration gets it's turn