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   Ubiquitous to wearyflake@gmail.com   
   Re: The 10 Worst Twilight Zone Episodes    
   14 Jul 20 15:41:06   
   
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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   wearyflake@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >> The Invaders (Season 2, Episode 15)   
   >> A poor woman, played by Citizen Kane’s, Agnes Moorehead, lives in a cabin   
   and   
   >> is visited by space aliens that are literally only inches tall. But even   
   >> though she’s a giant compared to them, they torment her, blasting her with   
   >> their tiny—pew pew—space guns, leaving marks all over her body. But there’s   
   a   
   >> twist! Their space ship, which looks like the typical flying saucer from the   
   >> 50s, actually reads U.S. Air Force Space Probe No. 1 (!!!) You mean we were   
   >> the aliens the whole time? Get out of town!   
   >>   
   >> I know this one has its fans, but I’m sorry. Even back then, I think I would   
   >> have laughed out loud like I do today at how bad those “invaders” look.   
   Plus,   
   >> this one pretty much has no dialogue besides the woman’s shrieking. God help   
   >> us all.   
   >   
   >This is a favorite episode for a kid.  It's spooky,   
   >it looks like kids' toys attacking in the middle   
   >of the night.   
      
   I recall their budget made filimg this one difficult. In a couplke scenes, you   
   can see the hand in the robot puppet.   
      
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