When The Twilight Zone was on UK TV circa 1990 I recorded them on video and then taped over the episodes I didn't think so good. I ended up with about a third of them, and since buying a computer last year I've seen another third, including this episode. I must have missed it back in the 90s as it's one of only a handful I'd unhesitatingly score 10. The others, since you ask, are Long Live Walter Jameson, No Time Like the Past, Walking Distance, and for the dialogue A Kind of a Stopwatch.
I always read the reviews before watching, fortunately with TZ there aren't too many. They work best when there is a good range of high, low, and middling scores - many views make a world as they say. But I am puzzled why anyone would continue watching a lengthy anthology which they clearly found unrewarding. It is said this episode doesn't have enough content for the run-time. Well, it has gadgets that can disassemble and reassemble matter at will. It has mystery, a hotel which is claimed to be full but there are never any guests about. It has a trio of sinister town elders who control everything. Last but not least some romance with a beautiful woman. In fact just about everything a good SF story could possibly have!
I always read the reviews before watching, fortunately with TZ there aren't too many. They work best when there is a good range of high, low, and middling scores - many views make a world as they say. But I am puzzled why anyone would continue watching a lengthy anthology which they clearly found unrewarding. It is said this episode doesn't have enough content for the run-time. Well, it has gadgets that can disassemble and reassemble matter at will. It has mystery, a hotel which is claimed to be full but there are never any guests about. It has a trio of sinister town elders who control everything. Last but not least some romance with a beautiful woman. In fact just about everything a good SF story could possibly have!