Point of Origin

I'm late to the party in watching the New TZ, but I have to agree with most who say the writing is flat and shows are way too long. Point of Origin was the most tolerable of the S1 episodes I've watched, but the story just went on and on long after the point had been made. This would have been OK if we were being led to a Serling-like ending twist, but alas, the story just ran its course and ended. Of course, the only message the writers cared to get across was "Anti-Immigration" attitudes are bad. It's really quite sad that they have so little a grip on the economic realities of immigration control.

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

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.

Why are they doing this... This is boring as hell. This is coming from a guy who completely agrees with the political message... I mean twilight zone use to make me energized, ready to take action, awake. This one is making me fall asleep, and on such an important topic as well. "Sigh"

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.