Strange Highways

This week Terry and Paul thaw out 324 years later and meet Mr. Matthew Foreman, a man from the far off year of 2023 that was woken up by the future society because of his knowledge of technology. He wonders if that was their only reason for waking him...

This week Terry and Paul mosey along to the middle of nowhere and end up in Winfield, a decidedly older looking small town with people that don't trust outsiders. Soon a stranger appears all dressed in white looking to collect on an account that is overdue... 

This week Terry and Paul try to run as far away as possible from this episode. A comedy that has no comedy and it is about as painful as a root canal, Tooth and Consequences might be one of the worst segments of the 80's Twilight Zone so far... 

This week Terry and Paul go get some Ham and Bean soup and meet Mr. Mitchell Chaplin, who has been convicted of the crime of coldness towards his fellow man and has been sentenced to one year of invisibility. Can Mitchell survive 365 days without any meaningful interaction with anyone whatsoever...

This week Terry and Paul wander around an abandoned factory and meet two brothers, Will and Roger, who are there looking for their father. He comes here twice a year to check on his 'experiment' and has not returned home... 

This week Terry and Paul get awakened by the sound of construction and meet Michael and June Wright, a couple that is confused when they find a number of faceless people moving and arranging items in their home. They soon find out that they are in the not too distant future and may not be able to get back to when they belong...

This week Terry and Paul stop by the UN just as Earth makes contact with an alien race. The alien ambassador explains that the planet will be destroyed as mankind has failed in its mission. Various diplomats are then given 24 hours to find a way to avoid this fate... 

This week Terry and Paul are entering strangers houses without permission meet Toby Michaels, a kid who's a horror fan and short on friends to share that with. He meets the new neighbor, an elderly man that claims to know a lot more about monsters than Toby does..  

This week Terry and Paul take a holiday related detour through the recently released Netflix series, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, and meet Stacey, a socially awkward bank teller that wants to be accepted by her fabulous looking co-workers. While using a beauty skin cream, Stacy has an allergic reaction to it but won't stop because she believes it will eventually make her beautiful...  

This week Terry and Paul just want a good meal when they meet Mr. Harry Folger, a popular restaurant critic that takes joy in destroying businesses with his negative reviews. Though already dead set on ruining a local Chinese establishment, Harry gets a fortune cookie that could change his opinion... 

This week Terry and Paul are at a local pub just trying to drink in peace, when Mr. Liam O'Shaughnessy comes bursting in with a wild tale about seeing little people in the nearby woods... 

This week Terry and Paul went to go get a big brass bed and met Daniel and Becky Arnold, a happy couple that stumbles across a camera that's 70 years old with film still inside. When Arnold develops the pictures, he soon learns the dark truth about the images they hold... 

This week Terry and Paul head to the future and meet Father Costigan and Dr. Chandler, one a man of faith and the other a man of science, who are on a mission to a distant galaxy in which a super nova occurred thousands of years ago. When they arrive, they discover a signal from an unknown people that shouldn't exist... 

This week Terry and Paul, while getting at yelled by the world's worst boss, meet Ms. Karen Billings, a secretary that is very good at her job but not appreciated by anyone. After a mistake with a copy machine, Karen now finds herself in a world in which being a secretary is akin to being a rock star... 

Terry and Paul get back to the second half of the 1st season of the 80's revival of the Twilight Zone with Night of Meek. An updated take on the original series episode in which a downtrodden drunken department store Santa just wants to make Christmas a day worth celebrating for those that have nothing. He gets his wish when his trash bag starts spilling out an unfathomable amount of presents...  

This week Terry and Paul take the last detour before heading back into the Twilight Zone by stopping by 1977's Dead of Night. Three tales of time travel, vampires, and... a kid named Bobby. Happy Halloween! 

Terry and Paul take another detour into the 1970's and head west to Vegas and meet Carl Kolchak, a crime reporter that has seen better days and is looking for his ticket back to the big time. Carl starts to connect the dots on what at first appear to be unrelated murders and soon believes a monster is hunting women at night... 

This week Terry and Paul continue their detours by traveling to a future in which the rich can pay for the privilege of going back in time to hunt dinosaurs. What could possibly go wrong when history is being shot at...

This week Terry and Paul take another detour to the past with 1972's Asylum and meet Dr. Martin as he travels to the asylum for an in person job interview with a twist. The doctor that was to hire him is now a patient and Dr. Martin is tasked with interviewing the four dangerous individuals locked away and determining which one is the real doctor...  

This week Terry and Paul continue on their detours as they head back to Black Mirror to visit San Junipero and meet Yorkie, who is socially awkward and trying to find somewhere to fit in, when she meets Kelly, an outgoing party type. Their connection is instant, but all is not what it seems in this seaside party town...