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Rod was a man of exceptional intelligence and a very fine fellow. His work inspired a similar show, The Outer Limits, which I did not fall in love with but at least the first season of the 1995 remake of that show was excellent. I think his influence is still being felt.

It's a show, that, even if you have never seen it - you will know it. It is so deeply ingrained in popular culture that people know the iconic theme music. Rod Serling has been parodied in so many different shows, that he's familiar, even if you don't know his name. Then there are the episodes: once seen, never forgotten, and I don't mean that lightly. Everyone knows 'The one with the gremlin on the airliner'; 'The one with the book lover'; 'The one with the old lady attacked by aliens'; 'The one with the doctors and nurses with crooked faces'; 'The one with the alien cookbook' Of course, those aren't the proper titles, but a pub conversation will bring up such names. The show was probably too grown up in tone for a lot of the audience - despite the aliens, and monsters, and magic, serious themes were played out, week by week; it could be lighthearted, funny, and dark, so very dark in places, and often cruel. Night Gallery is almost as good, but even darker. Joseph Stefano's 'The Outer Limits' is geared more to outrageous monsters (usually realised, and portrayed by the genius effects man, Janos Prohaska), but again, dealt with serious issues. Some of the episodes are still terrifying today; 'The Architects Of Fear', 'The Sixth Finger', 'The Hundred Days Of The Dragon'; all will chill you today.  These shows are a bit too dark for a binge watch, though, in my opinion.