The Hindsight Zone

"Let me tell you, you're starting something here that's - that's what you should be frightened of! You're starting something here that's- that's a nightmare!"

We're thrilled to be joined this week by our good friend (and streamer extraordinaire) @vernmckey!! The three of us discuss red scare symbolism, mob horror, and the ills of modern television as we unpack an all-time-great episode: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street (Season 1, Episode 22)

Can't get enough Vern?? Neither can we. Find her @vernmckey on Twitch, Youtube, Tiktok, and Instagram

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 1, Episode 9 - Perchance to Dream

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

"Probe Seven is no longer probing, general, unless it's the few subterranean feet where I landed..."

This week we're covering Season 5, Episode 9 - Probe 7, Over and Out. Join us for a discussion of Cold War anxieties, the profound beauty of one Antoinette Bower, and the REAL problem with the story of Adam and Eve....

Referenced in the Episode:

He Walked Among Us (full scanned comic)

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 1, Episode 22 - The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

"I figure it's a man's patriotic duty to invent a liquid propellant if he's a' mind to... and I'd a' mind to!"

This week we're covering Season 3, Episode 30 - Hocus Pocus & Frisby! Join us for a discussion of cracker barrels, alien abduction, and the real-life story of the strangest man either of us have ever met.

Referenced in the episode: The Barney and Betty Hill Incident

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 5, Episode 9 - Probe Seven, Over and Out

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

For this episode, we're joined by a very special guest - Aaron Ussery, creator of our introduction music and narration and general friend of the show, hops on pod to discuss Season 3, Episode 14, Five Characters in Search of an Exit. We're talking existential theater, the gender politics of the void, and Suzy's Clown Tattoo!

Referenced in the episode:

Our incredible tattoo artist friend Julia's Instagram page !

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 3, Episode 30- Hocus Pocus & Frisby

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

For this episode, we're joined by a very special guest - Aaron Ussery, creator of our introduction music and narration and general friend of the show, hops on pod to discuss Season 3, Episode 14, Five Characters in Search of an Exit. We're talking existential theater, the gender politics of the void, and Suzy's Clown Tattoo!

Referenced in the episode:

Our incredible tattoo artist friend Julia's Instagram page !

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 3, Episode 30- Hocus Pocus & Frisby

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

"I don't CARE about their bodies!"

This is Part Two of our coverage of Season 4, Episode 13 - The New Exhibit! This week, we're debating the merits of sleeping in a scary basement, discussing competing theories about the ending of this episode, and posing the ultimate question: What is The Twilight Zone?

Next Week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 3, Episode 14 - 5 Characters in Search of an Exit

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

The New Exhibit - Season 4, Episode 13 - is (like all of Season 4) twice as long as a typical episode of The Twilight Zone, so we decided to cover it as a two-parter! Join us in this first half as we talk wax museums, historical murders, and the horrors of unemployment.

Mentioned in the episode:

Grand Guignol Poster

Next week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 4, Episode 13 - The New Exhibit, Part 2

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

"It IS April Fourteenth, Eighteen Sixty-Five!"

This is a time travel episode, so OF COURSE we're talking H.G. Wells, Stephen Hawking, and r/glitchinthematrix. Grab your top hat and enjoy Season 2, Episode 13 - Back There!

Referenced in the episode:

https://lincolnconspirators.com/

Next week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 4, Episode 13 - The New Exhibit, Part 1.

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

"We can't be separated... We belong to each other!"

The girls talk life, love, and the horrifying implications of immortality as they discuss Season 3, Episode 31 - The Trade-Ins.

Referenced in the episode:

Joseph Schildkraut in "Deaths-Head Revisited"

Nathan Fielder's Big Suit

Bella Dreams About Getting Old

Next week on The Hindsight Zone: Season 2, Episode 13 - Back There

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller

"You can catch the devil... But you can't hold him long."

Your intrepid hosts dissect the tale of a young traveler and the mysterious man he discovers imprisoned at a European monastery. This episode features Suzy's fan fiction writing debut LIVE ON POD - don't miss it!!

The Hindsight Zone is written and produced by Olivia Sterne and Suzy Beller. The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling and is not our intellectual property.

Intro/Outro music and narration by Aaron Ussery

Cover art by Suzy Beller