This "Twilight Zone" episode the third in the 1985-86 season on CBS was overall a pretty good one with the first and third segments the best while the second one was just a treat. So one by one I will give my take.
The first segment titled "Healer" features a young drifter and criminal type of a man(Eric Bogosian) who upon his latest break in of a city museum gallery of fine collection of stone and art makes a score. When he comes away with a magical Mayan stone he soon finds it's powers can bring back the dead and heal the sick. When bringing back his friend(Vincent Gardenia) from death the two then use the stone for profit and power. They run a religious healing service in which they heal the sick with the power of the stone, while all along posing like it's an act of god. The money and greed soon corrupts as the message this episode brings is greed and power can bring you down especially when you don't have any caring or good manner. Also it was neat to see how this episode showed how corrupt and money hungry that religion ties became. The episode takes a twist in the end showing that this stone must be in the hands of a good healer of caring that eventually greed and money backfires and spoils the soul. Overall pretty good segment.
The second segment is short and quick "Children's Zoo" has an innocent little girl who's caught between two raging and angry parents(Lorna Luft, and Steven Keats) all she wants is a trip to the zoo. Only this turns out to be a most unusual zoo. It's really a prison or home type for disgruntled parents! A place that kids can trade them in for a new set of parents! Neat story and concept from director Robert Downey Sr. also Wes Craven has a cameo.
The last and maybe best segment "Kentucky Rye" involves a salesman(Jeffrey DeMunn) who after getting a raise becomes to drunk and happy and one night has a fatal crash that kills a passenger, yet he survives. Upon awakening he ends up at the end of the road in a most strange bar called "Kentucky Rye" and the bar has a fatal and cruel guilty connection awaiting for him. It's just like living a life of eternal guilt inside a deserted bar! Really a great episode one of the seasons best.
Good episode made really good by the final segment "Kentucky Rye".
The first segment titled "Healer" features a young drifter and criminal type of a man(Eric Bogosian) who upon his latest break in of a city museum gallery of fine collection of stone and art makes a score. When he comes away with a magical Mayan stone he soon finds it's powers can bring back the dead and heal the sick. When bringing back his friend(Vincent Gardenia) from death the two then use the stone for profit and power. They run a religious healing service in which they heal the sick with the power of the stone, while all along posing like it's an act of god. The money and greed soon corrupts as the message this episode brings is greed and power can bring you down especially when you don't have any caring or good manner. Also it was neat to see how this episode showed how corrupt and money hungry that religion ties became. The episode takes a twist in the end showing that this stone must be in the hands of a good healer of caring that eventually greed and money backfires and spoils the soul. Overall pretty good segment.
The second segment is short and quick "Children's Zoo" has an innocent little girl who's caught between two raging and angry parents(Lorna Luft, and Steven Keats) all she wants is a trip to the zoo. Only this turns out to be a most unusual zoo. It's really a prison or home type for disgruntled parents! A place that kids can trade them in for a new set of parents! Neat story and concept from director Robert Downey Sr. also Wes Craven has a cameo.
The last and maybe best segment "Kentucky Rye" involves a salesman(Jeffrey DeMunn) who after getting a raise becomes to drunk and happy and one night has a fatal crash that kills a passenger, yet he survives. Upon awakening he ends up at the end of the road in a most strange bar called "Kentucky Rye" and the bar has a fatal and cruel guilty connection awaiting for him. It's just like living a life of eternal guilt inside a deserted bar! Really a great episode one of the seasons best.
Good episode made really good by the final segment "Kentucky Rye".