Twilight Zone airs The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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Scene from The Twilight Zone episode The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
A scene from The Twilight Zone's 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street' (1960) CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episode shows a suburban street turning on itself after a power failure, as neighbors accuse one another of being disguised aliens. TIME later ranked it among the series' ten best episodes and noted its echo of the Red Scare.

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  1. PressTop 10 Twilight Zone Episodes (opens in a new tab)TIME

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