I am the night, color me black.

Rod Serling was a sage. He was simply BRILLIANT.

Eerie and everlasting this thing we can't seem to get past. Dark in 1964, Darker today 2022. This episode needs a remake, sadly.

The ending really makes you think about our world today.

Chillingly prophetic. Rod Serling was an absolute genius.

At 2 p.m there was darkness over a street in Dallas, Texas. It was at 2 p.m. EST - 1 p.m. CST - that President Kennedy was officially declared dead. Nice subtle use of the time reference by Rod Serling.

Serling created The Twilight Zone because he realized he could write about the prejudices and peculiarities of people using sci-fi as a springboard. He wrote this episode as his reaction to JFK's assassination. He refers to it in the closing narration. Cast included Paul Fix, ( The Rifleman, ) George Lindsey, ( Andy Griffith, Hee-Haw, ) and Michael Constantine, ( Room 222, ) and Ivan Dixon, ( Hogan's Heroes. ) One of the most powerful gut-punches Serling wrote about racism.

"I Am the Night—Color Me Black" is episode 146 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on March 27, 1964 on CBS. "Sheriff Charlie Koch on the morning of an execution. As a matter of fact, it's seven-thirty in the morning. Logic and natural laws dictate that at this hour there should be daylight. It is a simple rule of physical science that the sun should rise at a certain moment and supersede the darkness. But at this given moment, Sheriff Charlie Koch, a deputy named Pierce, a condemned man named Jagger, and a small, inconsequential village will shortly find out that there are causes and effects that have no precedent. Such is usually the case—in the Twilight Zone." In a small town, a man by the name of Jagger is about to be executed after being found guilty of murder. The local newspaperman, Colbey, is convinced that Jagger is innocent. He accuses Deputy Pierce of having perjured himself to get a conviction and accuses Sheriff Charlie Koch of just plain laziness in investigating the case. As the morning of his execution arrives, the townsfolk realize that the sun hasn't risen that day. They soon begin to understand the cause of the darkness that surrounds them. After Jagger is hanged and the town folks are pleased with his hanging, The Reverend tells them that they are as doomed as Jagger, and that the darkness is a result of their hatred and cruel behavior. At that moment, the darkness deepens even further. Back at the sheriffs office, Deputy Pierce insists that the darkness is just "a fog" that will soon lift, but Koch replies that only God knows if the sun will rise again. The radio then reports that other areas of the world, particularly areas of notable hatred and strife, are also going dark as well. "A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ—but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don't look for it in the Twilight Zone—look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether.

So chilling because it's true

Happy to share this on a day like today.

"Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. Not even the person it falls upon knows where it comes from, in most cases. It is like a two-edged sword. When you cut the other person, you cut yourself. The more violently you hack at the other person, the more violently you hack at yourself. It can often be fatal. But it is not easy to dispose of. Please be careful, Mr. Okada. It is very dangerous. Once it has taken root in your heart, hatred is the most difficult thing in the world to shake off." ― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Also a subtle reference to Good Friday

Oh I love this episode! So deep and scary tbh. And of course I first watched it at 1:00 in the morning- don’t do that 😳

I love The Twilight Zone but this episode hit the hardest, especially the way things are today.

How many future and past tv shows are represented in this episode? Hogan's Heroes, Andy Griffith Show, Star Trek, The Rifleman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Room 222. Any more?

This episode needs to be aired on every god damn television in America 24/7 right now...

This is my alltime favorite!

maybe i should watch the twilight zone...

Sixty years have passed we have learned nothing will we ever learn before it is too late.

Strangely Biblical. [Revelations 16:10] Then the Fifth Angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

What about whole towns filled with mild dislike?