- The Parallel
Infobox Television episode
Title = The Parallel
Series = The Twilight Zone
Caption = Scene from "The Parallel"
Season = 4
Episode = 113
Airdate =March 14 ,1963
Production = 4859
Writer =Rod Serling
Director =Alan Crosland, Jr.
Guests = Steve Forrest : Robert Gaines
Jacqueline Scott : Helen Gaines
Frank Aletter : Colonel Connacher
Philip Abbott : Gen. Eaton
Morgan Jones : Captain
William Sargent : Project Manager
Paul Comi : Psychiatrist
Music = Uncredited
Episode list =List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev =No Time Like the Past
Next = I Dream of Genie"The Parallel" is an episode of the
American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".In
1963 a man filed suit alleging that Serling had stolen the idea for this episode from him. On his attorney's advice, Serling settled the matter out of court for $6500.cn|date=July 2008 The storyline is similar to the 1969 British sci-fi film, "Doppelgänger".Opening Narration
ynopsis
An astronaut, Major Robert "Bob" Gaines, is orbiting the Earth in his space capsule. However, at one point the systems malfunction and he blacks out, waking up on Earth. He appears to be none the worse for his experiences, and is released to the custody of his family.
However, inconsistencies quickly pop up. His own daughter does not recognize him, everyone keeps calling him Colonel (confirmed by the rank insignia on his uniform) when he knows he's a Major, and he insists the
President of the United States isJohn F. Kennedy - a man nobody else around him has ever heard of. Gaines concludes that he's slipped into a parallel universe and tries to return to his space capsule, but blacks out again before he can do so.He immediately finds himself back in orbit, and lands his craft safely. He is prepared to write the whole thing off as a nightmare, but controllers on the ground subsequently receive another transmission - from Colonel Robert Gaines....
Closing Narration
Preview for Next Week's Story
References
*Sander, Gordon F.:"Serling: The Rise And Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man". New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
*Zicree, Marc Scott: "The Twilight Zone Companion". Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition).
*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090External links
*imdb title|id=0734670|title=The Parallel
* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/the-parallel/episode/12698/summary.html TV.com episode page]Twilight Zone links
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 4
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