"Back There"

Russell Johnson as Peter Corrigan from the Twilight Zone episode "Back There"
Russell Johnson as Peter Corrigan from the Twilight Zone episode "Back There"

  • Twilight Zone Season 2, Episode 49
  • Original Air Date: January 13th, 1961
  • Director: David Orrick McDearmon
  • Teleplay: Rod Serling
  • Cast: Peter Corrigan played by none other than Russell Johnson, better known as the inventor of the coconut battery recharger, as in the Professor, from Gilligan’s Island; John Lasell is our dastardly John Wilkes Booth; Raymond Bailey plays Millard; Bartlett Robinson is William, the butler; and the lieutenant officer who believes Corrigan is played by James Lydon.
  • My rating: Middle Lower-tier
  • Question 1: What exactly is the time travel theory here?
  • Question 2: Do you think if we travelled back in time we could ever actually return psychologically the same as when we left?
  • Question 3: What are your moments of awe?

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