The Passersby - Twilight-Tober Zone

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[@ThePkmnYPerson]

I like this one. I just think it's weird the wife doesn't react much when Abraham Lincoln shows up. A president walking by your house should be surprising even if they're alive.

[@trinaq]

I really enjoyed it, since it was a beautifully crafted story, and Abraham Lincoln's appearance made it all the more memorable, in my opinion.

[@melissacooper8724]

It was my dad's favorite episode. He liked the end where Abraham Lincoln was the last person on the road to the afterlife. I liked the episode too for that reason.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

I love macabre stories that give you a concept on how the afterlife works, but never fully show you what it looks like.

[@melissacooper8724]

@@edgarbanuelos6472 It's probably better that way because different religions have different ideas about the afterlife.

[@trinaq]

I really liked the inclusion of Abraham Lincoln being the one to inform Lavinia that she was dead all along, and try to ease her into her new predicament. The shot of him walking along the road is one of the most haunting endings in the show's history. 💞

[@jx6135]

Even in death Lincoln is a gentlemen with a kind and caring heart

[@hannahmabbott7370]

I agree.

[@yvngxshady]

I haven’t watched the video yet so this comment is very confusing yet very funny at the same time 💀

[@Daviticus042]

It's actually her husband who told her. She just wouldn't accept it until Honest Abe showed up.

[@TruthSpeaker.]

@@jx6135 Lincoln was never a kind gentleman. He said his reason for carrying on the war was to collect taxes. That's why he couldn't handle letting the southern States have independence.

[@AChapstickOrange]

When I was a13-year-old here in Canada in the summer on 1981 and The Twilight Zone was being rerun every night that summer when my parents were asleep and the night belonged to me, this scene with Abraham Lincoln as the kind, understanding, last casualty of the US Civil War brought tears to my eyes. I guess is still does. It was a small part of making me the man I am today.

[@halleyangel1706]

Having had family that fought in the south. I recall reading fron the diary of my Great (5x) Aunt Sara who wrote when her husband actually came home. That I'll quote for you all. "I watched as a figure slowly walked up a path that hadn't been walked upon much other than by Yankees and my children. Time same to stay still as I saw my husband Jackson approach us. White as the dead and dirt colored like the grave. I feared approaching if it wasn't real. It wasn't until the dogs moved up and brushed against his legs. I hadn't heard from my husband since 14th of December. I didn't believe it, but by God my husband had returned. I fell sadness and illness, that never came upon me before. Having heard just a time ago. That our neighbor had become a widow. But I thank God that my husband was able to come home." Thankfully my great Aunt and Uncle had another 15 years together after this. She didn't care that the south lost. She just cared that she knew what happened to her husband.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Thanks for sharing that. I don't think I had family that fought, with the prairie being a dangerous place, and the states seeming so far off back then. Maybe my family from the South fought, but I know not.

[@halleyangel1706]

@@LegendStormcrow my mom traced my family roots all the way back to Revolutionary War days

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Great-uncle Koenig died at Fredericksburg. Recruited off the boat; couldn't speak a word of English. Mary's Heights. A tourniquet would have saved him. Thanks for sharing. I think about him when I see this TZ.

[@halleyangel1706]

@@mikhailiagacesa3406 Sorry about the loss. A lot of those men shouldn't have died in the first place

[@ianbrewster8934]

Wow that is a moving story thanks for sharing that ...

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

I know some people didn't really like Abraham Lincoln's inclusion but I think they pulled it off well. He isn't played as an over the top, humorous characeture of himself, he's played like a kind older man and I think that's what makes it work. You were right, this easily could've been seen as goofy but since the directors and writers didn't want that, they manage to make it come off as truly sincere and I like that

[@Nostripe361]

I think it also works with the theme of all the men being the casualties of the war and Lincoln, being the last to die for the war, following after them all as the last passerby to the destination after death.

[@slyfox2022]

Over the top caricature of himself? How do you know

[@Kahtisemo]

It could have come off as goofy but since the role was brief, his speech helped to nail the message. If he had just walked by and someone else explained it to her, I don't think it would have worked. Or if he didn't stop to help her but just stoically stopped to tell her "I am the last" it would have just been weird. But I think showing him as a bit more somber and human in the moment before watching her rejoin her husband, it's poinient.

[@TruthSpeaker.]

EXCEPT for the fact that Lincoln WAS NOT a "kindly old man", he was a despot whose actions cost thousands of lives, all to line his pockets with gold.

[@MsBackstager]

@@slyfox2022 Honest Abe was said to have a high shrill voice but here, his voice is low, slow and deep -- very befitting for the drama.

[@melissacooper8724]

It's tragic that they're all dead but it's a nice touch that both the North and the South were walking down the road to the afterlife together.

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Yup, emphasizing the point that at the end of the line, we’re all human beings and we all have to walk the same road towards oblivion eventually.

[@nate6898]

@@gothicMCRgirl what is oblivion

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

@@nate6898 what is google

[@Nostripe361]

I'm happy they did that. Its a bit amazing just how long hostility between the North and South remained after the war in some groups.

[@TruthSpeaker.]

@@Nostripe361 There will always be hostility as long as the north holds the South at gunpoint.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

It's a really interesting concept: all people, no matter who they were or in what side they were, end up walking together, equally, at the end of the road.

[@DeadlockDrago]

Reminds me of Aztec myth, where everyone embarked on a 4 year journey to find the afterlife. What kind of person you were was irrelevant. It's a journey everyone had to make. If you've played Grim Fandango, it's based on that premise. Or atleast someone's journey through it.

[@keiththompson9435]

Reminds me of an episode of MASH that ended similarly even had Klinger having a fever. Also it reminds me of an aspect of the Novel Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett

[@melissacooper8724]

@@keiththompson9435 I remember that episode. Klinger was the only one who was able to see the deceased solider because of his fever while everyone else could not.

[@lary6420]

That bit with Lincoln is very powerful. It sounds like he's accepted his fate and the title he gave himself as "The last casualty of the Civil War" is his acknowledgement that without loss we can't move forward and thus a new era begins.

[@TruthSpeaker.]

Lincolns death wasn't a casualty. It was justice for all the blood that was on his hands. Lincoln caused that war.

[@ColonelCarnage]

Wouldn’t John Wilkes Booth or his companions be the last casualties

[@v.v365]

At first the sudden appearance of Abe Lincoln seemed goofy and on the nose, but then he spoke and said “I’m the last casualty of the civil war” and it felt so profound and solemn, brought me right back to the serious tone of the episode

[@nickmanzo8459]

I think his quote from Julius Caesar helped as well, it gave him a sophisticated gravitas that helped him to feel real and yet oddly personable.

[@TruthSpeaker.]

Lincolns death wasn't a casualty. It was justice for all the deaths he caused during his presidency.

[@delstanley1349]

Goofy? 50 years later he was hunting vampires!😬

[@HyenaPaint]

A few years ago I was terribly sick with a fever and put the Twilight Zone on. It was on Netflix and I watched every episode- but I was sick so I kept passing out and waking up to watch an episode or two then passing out again. But it kept playing in the background. I woke up for The Passersby episode and I loved it. It haunted me, but in a good way. It was the most memorable episode for me that I hadn’t already seen or known. I’m also a History major so I really loved anything historic or set in the past. 4 years later my husband unexpectedly dies at 33. I am constantly reminded of this episode and often wonder if I’m actually dead from a fever, just waiting for my husband to come by and wait for me at the end of the road. But he never shows…

[@voicetube]

Great comment, thank you for that. I'm so sorry about your husband. I believe that we as beings are infinite and timeless and when it comes to those we are close to, usually meet up again, down the road.

[@dancepiglover]

It was nice to see the humanity of Lincoln. He helps the woman up and helps to calm her. It doesn’t matter which side of the war you were on; what matters is humanity.

[@grapeshot]

This episode is so poignant especially at the end when you see Abraham Lincoln walk by and you already know what this is all about. Walking that Journey to the afterlife.

[@trinaq]

Precisely, I had a feeling that most of the characters were dead all along, and who better than Honest Abe to break the news to Lavinia!

[@TruthSpeaker.]

@@trinaq Dishonest Abe. He lied to congress, violated his Constitutional oath, & waged a brutal unjust war to prevent the Southern States from exercising our Constitutional rights. Read "Abraham Lincoln, the Southern View" by Lochlainn Seabrook. Hope you'll get the whool taken off your eyes so you stop idolizing that despot.

[@sunnysidesouffle8348]

I don't know why but when I see this episode I start to tear up when Lincoln appears He didn't necessarily die in battle but the thought of all the young lives lost followed by a man who wanted nothing more than to minimize human life lost walking together like that is just gut wrenching

[@EntityofDarkness696]

Abe Lincoln appearing definitely is a little goofy, but then when he said "I guess you could say I was the last casualty of the Civil War", that just kind of grounded it for me.

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Yup, cause it was a simple but poignant observation. He isn’t giving a sermon or anything, he’s just being human.

[@drumdad54sdl47]

Joanna Linville's portrayal of Lavinia is one of my favorites in the whole TZ series. Wonderfully done.

[@ZekeStaright]

Ending with Abraham sends chills down my spine

[@jdpragmatic8644]

That surprise at the very end, made this episode in my top 3 of the Twilight Zone

[@spookytaco666]

My favorite episode. It's so sad and sweet.

[@NRB10ful]

I think Abraham Lincoln's inclusion is pivotal especially after her reaction to the union soldier. This man was the commander-in-Chief of the winning side and yet in the end he was a casualty of the war just like her husband and in the end is walking the same path into the afterlife.

[@MandleRoss]

Also remember that the "they were dead all along" trope wasn't as played-out back when this first aired.

[@jeffwolcott7815]

The sad part for me is that Lincoln was not just the last casualty of the Civil War, he was also the first of the Reconstruction.

[@alexd0617]

One of my favorite episodes of all time, and I will never get tired of it. Seeing Lincoln as the last man on the road was very satisfying to me. Also, I'm an Abe Lincoln fan.

[@RockySamson]

There are a few episodes of the Twilight Zone that make me cry. This was definitely one of them.

[@jamesparker1063]

.absolutely STUPENDOUS episode, on all counts.....the set....casting...music....dialogue...acting....stand-out performances by Joanna Linville/James Gregory, and the supporting cast, including a "spot-on" Abraham Lincoln (Austin Green), and the return of the grieving lead's soldier/husband {"Jud", portrayed by Warren Kemmerling), whose short speech, drips with poignancy and pathos....."your life, Lavinia...it's kinda like a song...you play it all the way to the end....and when the notes are finished...and when they die out, there's only silence...and that's when you move along..."....

[@vengeance1701]

Joanna Linville also portrayed the Romulan Commander in the original series Star Trek episode, "The Enterprise Incident". Her daughter would reprise the role several decades later in Star Trek: Continues.

[@hew2356]

She was a fine actress.I know her from her appearances on "Columbo", "Barnaby Jones" and "Hawaii Five-O'-all very different, but poignant roles.

[@delstanley1349]

1:01 I remember this guy, Rex Holman also from ST as one of the Earp brothers in "Spectre of the Gun." I remember the Earp brothers played their roles really, really, cold and somber. You know, the "we're some no-nonsense bad ass types." I remember Holman as Morgan Earp walking out of a saloon to face a ST crew member, he was so cold that he walked backwards back into the saloon! I guess you never turn your back on the enemy. I remember him also in an Alfred Hitchcock TV episode. He was total psycho. He tried to run a couple off a high mountain road. I don't recall the episode.

[@evilincoln23]

This is probably my favorite twilight zone episode. It actually inspired me to write a civil war horror story a couple years ago. One thing that’s always stuck with me is Lincoln’s Shakespeare quote and that final shot with rod’s closing narration. On a side note I find it interesting that the actor playing Lincoln seemed to have a similar voice performance to Daniel day-Lewis’s Lincoln.

[@garrettkujo26]

Is your Civil War horror story published? Or where can I read it, cause it sounds interesting and has peaked my interest

[@evilincoln23]

@@garrettkujo26 it’s not published, half of it is in notebooks. It’s about a group of confederate soldiers after a battle near the near end of the civil war. They’re in the process of taking p.o.ws to a prison camp when they’re stalked by a skinwalker.

[@psychomammoth9640]

One of my favorite stories of the Twilight Zone. I remember listening to the radio audio drama of the story before seeing the actual episode itself, noticing the various touches and sounds just took me away and I have always been a fan of history. This rolling back all the things that showed me of such a time period, even a bit of a nostalgic trip that went so far as The Liberty Kids of all things. Even when walking aimlessly through the the dirt road of the Twilight Zone, it can still surprises you.

[@jace971]

Fuck man, Liberty Kids was the shit back in the day. Hell i still put it on sometimes

[@Purplesubmariner]

one of my favorite episodes from the whole esries, dang does it stick it with you. and don't forget that wonderful exchange between the solider and the widow, where it illustrates the hurt and pain of war...I don't remember the full exchange, but it was something about the Yank that laughed taking the life of her husband, how he had no remorse, and the solider telling her don't think like that, it was poison, and every man out there was just as scared and remorseful as any

[@strangebrew1231]

Wish we didn’t have to wait a whole ass year for more of these. These are my favorite things about the channel

[@champslim]

One of my favorite episodes. I had my history professor watch this.

[@ahmanetbones9496]

I hope they liked it

[@trinaq]

@@ahmanetbones9496 Neat, I wonder what your professor thought of the episode? 🤔😁

[@Mysteryof89]

That Abe Lincoln reveal was so good, I forgot that he was even there. Definitely not goofy and hit me with all the feels.

[@wstine79]

This was a tragic story in the Twilight Zone Abe Lincoln's ghost at the end with a nice touch. And it's rare to see a Civil War based story doesn't revolve around... you know what.

[@halleyangel1706]

Which I find poinent especially since people seem to forget that these were people. I have passages from my 5x Great Grand Aunt. Whose husband was part of the South. By the time the war ended and he came home. (Where many didnt) My aunt just felt a sort of guilty relief that he did come home. They weren't rich by any means in fact they scraped by all their lives. But the fact he came back to her and their than 9 children. Was all she needed she also felt great guilty for being happy that her husband survived. Because many of her neighbors were now widows.

[@trinaq]

Seconded, I liked that they found a new angle to tell the Civil War story, rather than simply going for the obvious.

[@halleyangel1706]

@@trinaq Which it's easy to do. Since it is part of the history. But we must recall that they're is people same as us under the history. Many just doing what we do. Try and get by during the time we live. That's pretty much what many of us do.

[@kelteckin]

There is so much to that war that noone wants to look at, so much they could draw inspiration and stories from but no they aint gonna do that .

[@melissacooper8724]

I don't even know what!

[@nickmanzo8459]

One of my absolute favorite episodes. The Lincoln reveal and his Shakespeare quote were perfect

[@melissacooper8724]

I agree. I remember reading that right before he died Lincoln was reciting from Macbeth at a dinner party.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@melissacooper8724 Sad that he didn't have a better playwrite to quote from. Still, he enjoyed it, so...

[@weareallbronies9031]

Underrated episode.

[@brianweber4170]

Apparently, the soldier with his face covered in bandages in the beginning of the episode was played by Jamie Farr, best known for playing Maxwell Q. Klinger in the TV show "M.A.S.H."

[@AnimeAngel88]

No wonder I never recognized him. You gotta pause at just the right moment but you can recognize his eyes.

[@melissacooper8724]

I remember in an episode of MASH Klinger got sick with a high fever. He was the only one that saw the dead soldier's ghost while everyone else could not. The soldier was able to come to terms of his death and walked with the others down eternity road.

[@julieporter7805]

My Mom, a Civil War buff, loved this episode. I think its lovely especially the final scene between Abraham Lincoln and Lavinia. never I have a feeling if she didn't go down that road, she would be a ghost continuing to haunt the house out of fury unable to accept her death or let go of heer hatred of the North.

[@melissacooper8724]

And her husband would still be waiting for her.

[@juliannaberry5160]

This is one of the first Zone episode that I watched any part of. It's a tear-jerker!

[@Confederate-hj2dc]

This episode was very respectful to both sides of the conflict. I sure wish we saw more of that in todays movies.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Reminds me of a short story I read back in High School. The protagonist was a kid with severe mental deficits. Wounded and dying soldiers were crawling by and he was playing with them as they did. It was such a surreal story that it took me a moment to realize what was going on, because of how bad the injuries sounded.

[@thecrtf4953]

I'm so curious what this story was called

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@thecrtf4953 For the life of me I can't remember. It's been like 15 years now and *throws up a little* us millennials are so old now.

[@jlev1028]

You know, had the episode taken place a month later, Lincoln's statement of being "the last casualty of the Civil War" would've been inaccurate considering there were a few more successive battles between Union and Confederate forces after his death, the final one on Hobdy's Bridge in Eufaula, Alabama. Then again, having a random Union soldier comfort a Southern belle and urging her to accept her death and meet her husband in the afterlife would've had less of an impact than the President himself.

[@j-man2nd]

"I guess we all died a little in that damn war", The Outlaw Josey Wales summing up the Civil War.

[@titanae30435px1]

This episode makes me cry every time! 😭

[@brianbannon6746]

A somber reflection on the aftermath of war. An elegy of sorts.

[@m.lanzoni9306]

I saw Jonah Hex and Abraham Lincoln in a Twilight Zone episode. How cannot that be awesome? Plus, this is the second episode of Twilight Zone where Lincoln appears. Again, the number 2 is haunting around this show.

[@joeblow26]

There are never will be another Twilight zone!! Yes they've tried to rewrite it a few different times but these original episodes were well done for only having about 25 minutes to complete the entire story line. I have the CD box set of all of them and still find myself rewatching some of these episodes over and over! My favorites include this one the passerby, the third from the Sun, next stop Willoughby, and many many more including some of the one hour episodes like The devil's printer

[@claytonrios1]

A Civil War story? In the Twilight Zone it's more likely than you'd think!

[@trinaq]

Agreed, I liked that they portrayed the Civil War from a different angle, rather than just going for the obvious plots.

[@ramsfan0868]

"Still Valley" was one of the Civil War episodes to.

[@beipiaosaurus]

Back then it was possible someone watching the show could have been alive during the Civil War. Nowadays not so much...

[@campfortson4387]

Not mention they did a lot of Old West period ones

[@panth753]

This episode is one of my father's favorites. He enjoys the simplicity and twist of the story.

[@wickeywaanzla3015]

IMO the greatest episode. As a kid and an adult, the wrap-up still puts tears in the eye.

[@ingeborg-anne]

It took me about ten seconds to realise what the twist was, and about five more to realise that I have to see this one. What a somber, beautiful tale.

[@CommacazyFreak]

This is definitely a memorable episode for me. And probably among my favorites I think this review summed it up perfectly.

[@antonmassopust568]

The center of the photography in this episode is awesome I love this episode I loved this episode I loved this episode

[@advitamgames2672]

I remember crying when I saw Lincoln enter the final scene!

[@paulbaresel6784]

As a Civil War buff I have always enjoyed this episode. A solid review.

[@RoninDave]

A great Twilight Zone episode - a melancholy tale both sad and eerie but with some sliver of hope as former enemies all walked the same path together to the end of the road, their differences set aside. It was a great reminder that no matter what we believe we all headed to the same end of the road eventually.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

Dude, I totally forgot about Abe Lincoln! But I remember thinking that this episode was so sad and so good and such an amazingly balanced look back at the Civil War. Some of that tension is there but by the end you realize it doesn't matter at all anymore. Ugh, so good!

[@JoeVO24]

wow the guy they got to play lincoln looks astonishingly like him!!

[@jaredrcox]

Not sure why by seeing Lincoln struck an emotional cord with me..

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Right? Like a legitimate shiver went up my spine as he came into view and it all made sense. The heaviness of the story really sunk in for me in those couple of seconds, and that’s damn good storytelling right there.

[@whitleypedia]

She was in a great Star Trek episode too

[@johnoneil9188]

It kind of reminds me of one of the stories from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs that I watched recently. You pretty fast put together what is going on but the way it is dine is still great.

[@justsomeokami8867]

This is one of my favorites.

[@57highland]

"I'll wait for ya! I'll wait for ya!" "Judd! Judd!" Best part of the episode.

[@MsBackstager]

Was this really James Gregory real singing voice. If so, it was great.

[@toysvilltvstudios2.072]

Love it! It's a perfect old-fashion Ghost story. :)

[@Tiberius_Productions]

The guy who played Lincoln was absolutely perfect for the role. It’s almost as if Lincoln actually showed up for the episode. It’s not cheesy at all. Lincoln being the last casualty helped a lot of Americans move on from the civil war. Although I’m not religious, Lincoln acted as the Moses of the American mythology, leading us into a future of equality that he himself would never get to see.

[@MandleRoss]

I'm guessing this episode inspired the MASH episode that ended with all the dead soldiers walking off down the road next to the hospital camp to whatever waited for them down at its end.

[@JosephGravingStone5580]

So much old classic shows. So much nostalgic Characters. I feel old.

[@paulbenson4809]

One of one of my all times favorites

[@matthewbuckley7757]

Another episode I have to watch one day, I’ve been enjoying the twilight zone and you’re reviewing of the episodes are great.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is a pretty good episode, with supernatural twist ending.

[@chimelxatrindad1516]

This story was one of three stories of the civil war, this one being the best storyline IMAO.

[@ramsfan0868]

"Still Valley", "The Passersby" which is the third?

[@crowtrobot17]

Back There?

[@chimelxatrindad1516]

@@ramsfan0868 an occurrence at owl Creek bridge

[@melissacooper8724]

Won't that make it four stories of the Civil War? "Back There" "The Passersby" "Still Valley" and "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge".

[@michaelharbuck7847]

saddest twilight zone episode to me. to gradually learn that you are dead is very moving.

[@thekeyofimagination]

I like this episode. I know some people don't like the "surprise political guest" at the end, but I actually like that ending. This is also one of those episodes where the music does a lot of work to help create the atmosphere.

[@LordGreystoke]

Music is great. But Lincoln quoting Shakespeare?? This is an episode that begged to insert the “unmentionable”. Slavery. Why should we care about Southerners reflecting on the antebellum years?? If you’re going to feature the civil war as the backdrop of your story, then you do a grave injustice to the reasons for why there was a civil war in the first place.

[@MforMovesets]

Wow what a fascinating finale. A death march basically.

[@flyonbyya]

My fav ever zone ep !!! Stunningly impactful !

[@CaptainCJ97]

What a nice/chilling ending to episode

[@youtubeaccount697]

One of my favorites for sure

[@MichaelKrinsky-hx1vu]

I've never seen this episode in syndication, but I like it's look. And I didn't know that James Gregory could sing!

[@georger64]

A great review of a great episode! I always loved this one. Thank you ❤️

[@Theonlyonestanding415]

This was one of my favorite episode

[@AnimeAngel88]

Apparently Jamie Farr, best known as Klinger from MASH, had an uncredited role in this episode and I keep trying to figure out where he was.

[@melissacooper8724]

He most likely was one of the extras walking along the road. More of like blink and you miss him.

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

Might be him at 0:22 wearing the face covering...

[@Unownshipper]

@@ThatPurpleGirl81 I also think that's him.

[@melissacooper8724]

​@@ThatPurpleGirl81You're right. Jamie Farr was the soldier with his face covered.

[@Nasser851000]

I love these KZbin moments...I like to wave at them as Passersby ;)

[@parmindersinghsidhu4734]

My favorite episode.

[@blackvirgo09]

I saw this as a kid on forth of July still Sticks with me

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Just folks walking down Eternity Road, how many went in the first gate? Didn't see too many dogs.

[@TheCreepypro]

I love stories like this

[@badgerwijohnson4081]

This is one of my favorites

[@Daviticus042]

I like the Passersby. I guess Lincoln's inclusion could be seen as cheesy, and maybe it kind of is, but you have to admit that his argument makes sense. If I have a complaint, it's that AFAIR it's never made clear whether the Sergeant is dead or if it's one of those "Sixth Sense" kind of deals!

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Austin Green, who played Abe Lincoln in this episode, spent most of his career playing Lincoln both on stage and on screen, due to his strong resemblance to real Abe Lincoln.

[@jeffmiller6954]

One actor from this 1961 episode at least is still with us, Jamie Farr. That is something from a Zone so old that Kennedy was president and there were still living people who experienced the Civil War as young children.

[@CaptainRiterraSmith]

I always get a bit choked up to think of what President Lincoln's death represents. The final ultimate martyr to save the Union. Murdered for holding together a nation that ripped itself in two.

[@philipmarable8698]

A time to remember…… 😢

[@FatNorthernBigot]

This is a top tier episode.

[@Ringohulk777]

I've performed Black is the Color in a much different arrangement. It is easily one of my favorite songs.

[@TheDiamondRoseShow]

Twilight-tober is literally my favorite thing. UGHHH

[@aarongall9191]

I'm surprised the Lincoln actor kept a normal to higher toned voice. It seems he did research or perhaps people were more aware how he may have sounded in those days.

[@richewilson6394]

It makes complete sense to have Abraham Lincoln to complete this episode because even though he died not on the battlefield he was a big part of the Civil War, trying to stop it.

[@marikotrue3488]

This made me cry when I saw it as a child. I was an odd child (actually am still odd as an adult). I watched old black & white movies and series like Twilight Zone and Outer limits instead of morning cartoons. I have since matured to find Bugs Bunny and Wiley Coyote erudite (at least Bugs) and amusing. In this particular episode of the Twilight Zone, I agree even with that famous last casualty, this episode worked. The acting kept it surprisingly relatable. I can only imagine what the studio producers thought. Perhaps back then, they had better taste and more imagination?

[@ThePa1riot]

“I’m the last casualty of the Civil War.” I genuinely believe President Lincoln would have said that. You can also see the pain and sorrow on his face when he puts his hat on to walk down the road. He’s at the back of the line. He’s seen all those who died in the war.

[@shoresean1237]

1 - This one has always haunted me, particularly after reading The Dark Tower series, wherein true death is often called 'The Clearing At The End Of The Path' 2 - Both sides of the war (normally, I hate both sides statements, but this one is legit) had fantasies of a quick war. At First Bull Run/First Manassas, ladies and gentlemen of leisure (so I've heard) camped out on nearby hillsides overlooking the battle. If Abe was the last casualty, thoughts of a quick war were among the first.

[@alanbash2921]

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