▶ "One Step Beyond": Forked Lightning.

SEASON (2) EPISODE (9). November 17 1959.

[@amyp112]

She’s a cute little girl.

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

@Amy P: The 1950s were a Golden Age for producing and nurturing cuteness in little girls: all the benefits of a post WW2 first generation prosperous society (stable family structures, upward mobility, disposable income, health and nutrition advances, self-reliant morality, etc). The second generation of the1960s put paid to all of that . . . and it's never recovered.

[@hungfao]

@@one-step-beyond-1959 The best thing about the US is the freedom to do what you want. The worst thing about the US is the freedom to do what you want.

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

@@hungfao Close. The worst thing about the US . . . is what people want to do with their freedom.

[@gaprez100]

Thanks for uploading these videos. Amazing show. Never heard of it until last week. Only knew about the twilight zone. Your awesome

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

She played Lucy's daughter in the first few seasons of "The Lucy Show".

[@psw4763]

These shows are gold. Honestly. Great stories, narration and actors.

[@uwantsun]

Newland always gives a solid, honest appraisal of the teleplay at the end. Perfect closure.

[@angelacarleton9575]

It's amazing how the "music" or introduction to the show affects one to be frightened immediately.

[@sarahalbers5555]

Sets up the atmosphere really well!

[@martintrapper9498]

Yes, works too.

[@minivegana6516]

It's not frightening to me, it's just so mysterious.😳

[@brendaleverick3655]

I really enjoyed this tv series. Wonderful stories, wonderful actors.

[@carlyt99]

The music and Mr Newland introduction set the tone for these shows.

[@Lolabelle59]

I remember my Mom telling me about this episode. Great series. Thank you for posting.

[@johnberry6077]

I defy you to find a bank, here in the early 21st century, that still has an armed Security Guard, walking around, inside. These days, if somebody bothered to do an "in person" bank robbery, the bank manager would probably ask the Armed Robbers if they wanted a Free Toaster, too!

[@ddivincenzo1194]

I live in the Boston area and several branches of my 2 banks have guards.

[@johnberry6077]

@@ddivincenzo1194 That's interesting. Of course, I have seen a lot of movies in which a bank in Boston gets robbed.

[@luislaplume8261]

The paranormal does exist.In 1988 I experienced in my bedroom a hat given to me by a friend who worked in the day shift. A month later in the morning I heard a sound between the wall and my bed. It was the hat spinning around in that space. I had placed that hat on a hat rack that was over the bed. I lived2 blocks from the cemetery at the time.Tat style of hat was popular in1959 1965. The cemetery had tombstones from that time. Other events I will write latee.

[@jacksonraulerson6538]

LSD 25 ! yep, I know what ya mean bru !

[@jacksonraulerson6538]

Satin, is screwin with your head ! BELIVE THAT BRU !

[@sarahalbers5555]

My best friend died from a Xanax overdose. She was on my mind constantly, and of course I was obsessing endlessly, hoping she was at peace. One night I woke up and she was standing by my bed, wearing her over sized shades. She just looked at me and said," it's okay girl, it really is". After that, of course I still missed her, but I felt some resolution after that, and I think she wanted that.

[@TheCalico72]

And I believe you. I experienced a spinning table lamp about 20 years ago. It belonged to an elderly aunt who had died shortly before the incident. I was sitting in my living room when I heard a scraping sound. I let my eyes travel the room to see if I could determine the source and there was the lamp, turning in circles as the cord wrapped around its base!! I immediately called my brother as he was the one who had first taken the lamp and then given it to me. No amount of turning that lamp in a circle would cause it to make a scraping sound...that is, until he leaned on the base as he turned it. I asked him to take it away, break it to pieces, and set it out with his trash.

[@pjparkwood9277]

If the wife hadn't showed up, George probably wouldn't have been killed.

[@genkatqltr8517]

The embezzler blaming his wife for his criminal acts. He knew they couldn't afford all those luxury items. Just tell her there was no way and don't say any more about it! Stand firm and honest.

[@donaldleroy6502]

I really 💘 these old shows I never saw before since they were produced just before I was, also, I can't explain why I'm so enthralled with raven haired gypsy beautys. I'm a bit confused about why the wife and daughter speak with an English accent when the husband and bank employee speak with perfect American accents

[@shirleysavoury5638]

It might be something to do with Mid-Atlantic accents in those days.

[@donaldleroy6502]

@@shirleysavoury5638 I'd never heard of that before, thanks for the info

[@tld8630]

If the wife hadn't interfered..probably one of them would have survived

[@lonnied7709]

Candy Moore from the "The Lucy Show" is the little girl

[@ddivincenzo1194]

She was in another episode of OSB. She was the older sibling who lived with her grandpa, mom and younger brother in a rundown shack type residence near old train tracks.

[@Hogger280]

The answer is immoral action because of a false assumption. You can't make something good out of something evil.

[@shananalexander9789]

This was made a day before I was born.

[@robertedson2374]

That was definately screwed up!!! LOL!

[@gaprez100]

Is really touching episode

[@christinamacneal6187]

days gone by..by..

[@ajp4860]

Same little girl from Goodbye Grandpa.

[@chernobylFarms]

Sheesh...talk about bait-and-switch! Forked lightning, happening on opposite sides of the town...a metaphor only, no real voltage.

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I wish the subplot about the embezzlement was explained a bit more. It was a bit too vague as it was.

[@KLeo-ss1kn]

"You saw me dead? You woke me up to tell me that?" She went from seeing him dead to wanting him dead.

[@hana.the.writer5074]

We really need to teach ourselves how to act right in moments like these. The wife could've pushed the dying man away. He would still shoot but hit somewhere else as with him falling to the floor (maybe) should give time enough for the officer to take action. Promptitude is a need and should be trained in schools. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Most people would freeze like have their brains jammed when something out of the ordinary accidentally take place mostly resulting into sorry consequences if proper action was missed and that is a problem needing to be fixed. My sister once saved her classmate from getting her face bruised by punching away a ball which wrongly flew her way. She came back home glad of course for discovering the gift she's had. 😁 Me? I surprise myself sometimes... Sometimes.. ahem. 😑

[@leanie9660]

The wife sounds like Audry Hepburn. She must be trying to.

[@maryhoose2447]

Did the cute little girl later on play in a movie called 'Night of the grizzly ' by chance?

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

@Mary Hoose: Yes, well done: www.imdb.com/name/nm0600993/?ref_=tt_cl_t_5

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Yes, but she is best known as Lucy's daughter in the first few seasons of "The Lucy Show".

[@jamesziegler4383]

Good program

[@astaraoneill9166]

Re: Alex. We used to say “Someone just walked on my grave. “ about episodes like that.

[@karenvanderbeck]

My Grandmother would say that when she felt a draft.

[@lindamulholland406]

I love this show , but it is strange , my car salesman has the same name JOHN NEWLAND , him and my husband went to the same high school . This was a good episode .

[@hungfao]

Not a great episode but still....entertaining. Thanks!

[@Hogger280]

Looks like the same girl that was in "goodbye Grandpa"

[@ddivincenzo1194]

It is!!

[@mojo_plasma]

So the guy gets off FIVE shots with the guard, pistol drawn and pointed, not answering...

[@johnberry6077]

Is the girl, in the nightgown, who had the premonition dream, Patricia O'Neal?

[@debbies3763]

THE EPISODE ABOUT THE CHANDLIER, LOOKS LIKE HER.

[@brucemckenzie1837]

was this remade in the series "" The next step beyond''?

[@cbass2755]

Was that the little girl that played in The Bad Seed?

[@JohnSmith-el6lk]

On October 31st everybody should listen to Coast to Coast or Ghost to Ghost true ghost stories told by the audience.

[@bsonenthal1]

One of the few episodes of this series where the story is based on sheer coincedence....a woman believes that her husband will die is killed by a man who believes he is to die....

[@bonniemagpie5166]

Sad, hey.

[@dwightpowell6673]

What was the name of the actor that played Allen?I saw him in many shows as a character actor.

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

www.imdb.com/title/tt0507782/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_cl

[@factsoverfiction7826]

Frank Maxwell.

[@37hurtado1]

I don’t really care about the guys somehow they choice their destiny but, what will happen to the little girl 😭 sniff 🤧

[@nobbynoris]

What year did this series start? it is so evidently intended as a rival to The Twilight Zone.

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

"Evidently" (?) In fact, T-Zone began in 1960 . . . after OSB began in 1959.

[@edotis3389]

Nothing worse then loosing focus at the grinding wheel and ruining your work. Even worse on the lathe and running the Head into the cutter at full speed. You Only do that ONCE!!!😅😂🤣 To add to the fireworks the cutter flew up to the ceiling and blew up the neon lights.

[@taliaamaya2790]

Are these stories real ?

[@scottgates6993]

Even in 1959 gun violence in the United States was understood in the entertainment industry. Tragic!