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69. The Toys of Caliban
gs: Alexandra Borrie (Mandy Kemp) Richard Mulligan (Ernest Ross) David Greenlee (Toby Ross) Anne Haney (Mary Ross)
An elderly husband and wife live in terror of their son, a retarded boy who has the power to summon anything he can conceive. They are forced to limit what he sees and reads, since anything he summons has to come from...somewhere. When he becomes sick from eating too much summoned food, they take him to a hospital and attract the attention of a social worker, who doesn't know of the boy's power and is shocked at the parents' harsh treatment. The boy inadvertently kills his mother when he sees a picture of a heart in a magazine, and "summons" it out of her chest. Later, as the social worker comes calling, the boy demonstrates his power by summoning his missing mother...who has been two weeks in the grave. As the worker summons the police, the boy's father has him summon an explosion, killing them both rather then have his son fall into the hands of the government.
b: 04-Dec-1986 w: George R.R. Martin s: Terry Matz d: Thomas J. Wright
NOTE: This episode is a partial remake of the original Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life".
looks like i picked a good time to finally figure it out, if there's any truth to this article from tvshowsondvd.com:
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Twilight Zone, The - DVDs coming for the 1985 show?
Posted by David Lambert
1/15/2004
The 1985 version of "The Twilight Zone" (a.k.a. "The New Twilight Zone"), which grew out of the popularity generated by the 1983 theatrical film, featured some of the greatest writers of the time.
Names of great television writers and science fiction authors abound in the credits: Greg Bear, Steven Bochco, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, Joe Haldeman, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Richard Matheson, Rod Serling, Robert Silverberg, J. Michael Straczynski, Theodore Sturgeon, and Roger Zelazny are just some of the names who wrote stories or teleplays which became episodes of this genre favorite.
Now the Mondo Digital website reports in their "upcoming" list that this series is coming to DVD this year, in two parts:
JULY 2004
The Twilight Zone (Season One) (1980s Series) (Image)
OCTOBER 2004
The Twilight Zone (Seasons Two & Three) (1980s Series) (Image)
We contacted Image Entertainment tonight for a comment about this, but they didn't respond by our deadline tonight. Stay tuned, though, and we'll keep our third eye peeled for any available information about this.