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The Twilight Zone: What's in the Box
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

As a repairman (Sterling Holloway) works on his malfunctioning television set, middle-aged TV addict Joe Britt (William Demarest) fusses and fumes, while his wife Phyllis (Joan Blondell) launches another of her nag sessions. Once the repairman leaves, Joe tunes in to his favorite program, only to watch in amazement as his own extramarital dalliances are recreated on the 21-inch screen. Dumbfounded, Joe continues watching, whereupon the screen is filled with images of a dire and dismal future for the battling Britts. The second of Martin M. Goldsmith's Twilight Zone scripts (and the last episode directed by Twilight Zone veteran Richard L. Bare, "What's in the Box" was oriignally telecast March 13, 1964.

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 Is related to:    The Twilight Zone: Third From the Sun  (1960, Richard L. Bare)
   The Twilight Zone: Nick of Time  (1960, Richard L. Bare)
   The Twilight Zone: To Serve Man  (1962, Richard L. Bare)
 Is part of the series:    The Twilight Zone [TV Series] [1959-1964]