They make quite the couple, don’t they? He is a domineering jerk with that one raised eyebrow who can’t enjoy life and is so caught up on morality that he verbally lambasts his wife in front of a crowd telling her she’s not “mature enough” to enjoy herself. At least I can understand why this one doesn’t find its way into the repeat performances on July 4 th weekend!Įverett Sloan plays Franklin Gibbs, a man who goes on holiday with his wife, Flora. That was actually a really clever use of the sound in the start of the story, but before long, I was ready to fast-forward the whole episode just to stop hearing it. Franklin, by the time the episode was over, was just a word that meant nothing more than the sound of coins clinking in the tray at the casino.

There’s a term for when you say a word so many times that it loses meaning: semantic satiation.

After 2 sentences, I was done with the idea. For instance, franklin: how many times do you think that appeared in the script? I was going to add it throughout this entire writeup but couldn’t stomach the idea. Conceptually, The Fever is franklin good because it speaks of the dangers of addiction but franklin it really overdoes some things. I know times were different back in 1960 when the Franklin Twilight Zone aired, but by franklin, was this a tough episode to watch.

Twilight zone casino episode