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= = plot summary = =

<unk> far sighted bank teller and avid bookworm henry bemis ( meredith ) works at his window in a bank while reading david copperfield which causes him to <unk> an annoyed customer bemis 's angry boss ( taylor ) and later his nagging wife ( <unk> ) both complain to him that he wastes far too much time reading doggerel as a cruel joke his wife asks him to read poetry from one of his books to her he eagerly obliges only to find that she has inked over the text on every page obscuring the words seconds later she destroys the book by ripping the pages from it much to henry 's dismay
the next day as usual henry takes his lunch break in the bank 's vault where his reading will not be disturbed moments after he sees a newspaper headline which reads h @@ bomb capable of total destruction an enormous explosion outside the bank violently shakes the vault knocking bemis unconscious after regaining consciousness and recovering the thick glasses required for him to see bemis emerges from the vault to find the bank demolished and everyone in it dead leaving the bank he sees that the entire city has been destroyed and realizes that a nuclear war has devastated the earth but that his being in the vault has saved him
finding himself totally alone in a shattered world with food to last him a lifetime but no one to share it with bemis succumbs to despair as he prepares to commit suicide using a revolver he has found bemis sees the ruins of the public library in the distance investigating he finds that the books are still intact and readable all the books he could ever hope for are his for the reading and ( as he gazes upon a huge fallen face of a clock ) learns that he has all the time in the world to read them without interruption
his despair gone bemis contentedly sorts the books he looks forward to reading for years to come just as he bends down to pick up the first book he stumbles and his glasses fall off and shatter in shock he picks up the broken remains of the glasses he is virtually blind without and says that 's not fair that 's not fair at all there was time now there was was all the time i needed it 's not fair it 's not fair and bursts into tears surrounded by books he now can never read

= = closing narration = =


= = production = =

time enough at last was one of the first episodes written for the twilight zone it introduced burgess meredith to the series he went on to star in three more episodes being introduced as no stranger to the twilight zone in promotional spots for season two 's the obsolete man he also narrated for the 1983 film twilight zone the movie which made reference to time enough at last during its opening sequence with the characters discussing the episode in detail
footage of the exterior steps of the library was filmed several months after production had been completed these steps can also be seen on the exterior of an eloi public building in mgm 's 1960 version of the time machine john brahm was nominated for a directors guild award for his work on the episode the book that bemis was reading in the vault and that flips open when the bomb explodes is a history of the life and voyages of christopher columbus by washington irving

= = themes = =

although the overriding message may seem to be careful what you wish for there are other themes throughout the episode as well paramount among these is the question of solitude versus loneliness as embodied by bemis ' moment of near @@ suicide additionally the portrayal of societal attitudes towards books speaks to the contemporary decline of traditional literature and how given enough time reading may become a relic of the past at the same time the ending punishes bemis for his antisocial behavior and his greatest desire is thwarted
rod serling 's concluding statement in the episode that bemis has become just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself alludes to robert burns ' scots language poem to a mouse ( 1785 for which john steinbeck 's book of mice and men ( 1938 ) was also named ) the poem concludes the best @@ laid schemes o ' mice an men / gang aft <unk> ( translation often go awry )
although time enough at last implies that nuclear warfare has destroyed humanity film critic andrew sarris notes that the episode 's necessarily unrealistic format may have been what allowed its production to commence
in the era of the internet and ebooks the irony depicted in time enough at last has an information age counterpart according to weston ochse of storytellers unplugged as ochse points out when bemis becomes the last person on earth he finally has time to read with all his books at his fingertips and the only impediment is technology when his medium for accessing them his glasses breaks in a hypothetical world where all books are published electronically ochse observes readers would be only a lightning strike a faulty switch a sleepy workman or a natural disaster away from becoming henry bemis at the end of the world that is a power outage has the potential to give them time to read yet like bemis they too would lose their medium for accessing their books namely the computer this analogy has been taken further by those who suggest that today 's technology @@ dependent world where books have become passé ( cf bradbury 's the pedestrian ) could render an outage both a liberator and an executioner as the gateway to both work and entertainment ( be it a computer video games or television ) removing electricity from the equation presents henry bemis ' heaven but modern society 's hell

= = = similar episodes = = =

the twilight zone often explored similar themes throughout its run time enough at last has strong thematic ties to a number of other episodes in the series starting with that of isolation first explored in the series pilot where is everybody it is also a prominent theme in the previous episode the lonely additionally in a plot very similar to that of time the mind and the matter tells of a man who uses his mind to erase humanity only to find that existence without other people is unbearable the notion of being an outsider lost in a sea of conformity was one of the most common themes of the series
other thematic elements in this episode can be found throughout the series as well the obsolete man takes the episode 's literary subtext the notion that reading may eventually be considered obsolete to an extreme the state has declared books obsolete and a librarian ( also played by meredith ) finds himself on trial for his own obsolescence this notion akin to ray bradbury 's short story the pedestrian ( 1951 ) is also alluded to in the episode number 12 looks just like you in which a perfect and equal world <unk> considers works like those of shakespeare smut

= = impact = =


= = = critical and fan favorite = = =

time enough at last was a ratings success in its initial airing and became an instant classic it remains one of the best @@ remembered and best @@ loved episodes of the twilight zone according to marc <unk> author of the twilight zone companion when a poll asked readers of twilight zone magazine which episode of the series they remembered the most time enough at last was the most frequent response with to serve man coming in a distant second in tv land 's presentation of tv guide 's 100 most memorable moments in television time enough at last was ranked at # 25
in an interview years after this episode aired serling cited time enough at last as one of his two favorites from the entire series ( the other episode was the invaders with agnes moorehead )

= = = in popular culture = = =

many elements of american popular culture frequently pay homage to time enough at last

= = = = amusement park attractions = = = =

the twilight zone tower of terror a theme park ride at disney 's hollywood studios and disney california adventure park displays a replica of henry bemis ' broken glasses in the lobby it is noted that while they are indeed reading glasses burgess meredith wears them the entire episode to make bemis look more bookish

= = = comics = = =

the comic book version of the simpsons simpsons comics published a story called the last fat man based partially on time enough at last and includes a short scene where homer simpson <unk> a bespectacled man who is reading a book out of a nuclear bunker so he can eat in it unintentionally taking shelter in it

= = = film = = =

in twilight zone the movie ( 1983 ) albert brooks recounts the episode to dan aykroyd as they drive along an empty stretch of highway this thing freaked me out when i was 7 years old says brooks ' character adding i bought another pair of glasses just in case that would happen
the episode 's title was borrowed by a 2004 independent film about a man who tries to escape an office building the film 's official website listed the webmaster 's e @@ mail alias as <unk>
the pixar movie wall @@ e ( 2008 ) which takes place in a desolate future also contains a scene in which a pair of broken glasses can be seen in the foreground

= = = games = = =

the pc game fallout tactics ( 2001 ) includes a librarian in a desolate world who wants the player to find his missing glasses so he can read his books

= = = music = = =

the episode 's title was borrowed by a song on the fall 's 1992 album code selfish ( 1992 )

= = = television = = =

there are numerous notable television spoofs of the episode examples include
stephen colbert 's a colbert christmas the greatest gift of all ( in the dvd 's second alternative ending )
family guy ( at the end of the season 2 episode wasted talent )
futurama ( during an episode of the scary door [ a twilight zone @@ style tv show that airs in the year 3000 ] on a head in the polls )
spongebob squarepants
the adventures of jimmy neutron boy genius ( return of the nanobots )
the drew carey show ( y2k you 're ok )
episodes of other television shows that refer to time enough at last include
the modern family episode airport 2010 references time when the screen on jay 's electronic reader gets broken jay pours the broken glass to the floor while saying not fair it 's not fair
episode 12 of revolution titled ghosts has jim hudson 's character who goes by the name of henry bemis henry ( jim ) has become the town librarian until miles convinces him to help the rebels and go back to his real name
the line seconds minutes hours they crawl by on hands and knees was referenced to in the powerpuff girls season 2 episode speed demon where the villain him torments the powerpuff girls before revealing that they have unknowingly arrived 50 years into the future landing in a townsville that him now controls
the hωmega man segment of the simpsons episode treehouse of horror viii features homer who accidentally survives by hiding in a nuclear bunker and comes out to discover that he is apparently the last person alive
in the season 14 episode of the simpsons strong arms of the ma a postman is accidentally trapped under a car in front of the simpson house he intends to read the twilight zone magazine but discovers that his glasses were broken in the accident and says that 's not fair while the twilight zone main @@ theme music is heard in the background
the sitcom two and a half men made references to it when the character alan has a nervous breakdown in a bookstore
this episode was mentioned in the cbs drama series under the dome 's third season

= = adaptations = =

time enough at last has been released in numerous formats over the years
in 1988 it was available on vhs as part of a twilight zone collector 's edition
two releases were made in 1998 and 1999 as part of a more widely available two @@ episodes @@ per @@ tape release scheme
although similar individual multi @@ episode dvds were released it is now exclusively available as part of the twilight zone the definitive edition the first volume of which was released december 24 2004 included is an audio @@ only interview with burgess meredith as well as the clip of the drew carey show 's parody of the episode
the story which inspired it has been released in ebook and mp3 form capitalizing on the success of the episode
in 2003 the falcon picture group produced a series of radio dramas based on the series stating in the 1950s many radio series were turned into television series so why not the reverse which were broadcast on about 200 stations through the usa time was included in volume six
in 2005 time became one of the first twilight zone episodes offered for download via google video and later on sites such as amazoncom


= dead head fred =

dead head fred ( japanese <unk> ～ <unk> ～ hepburn <unk> <unk> <unk> ~ <unk> tantei no <unk> ~ ) is a horror @@ themed action @@ adventure video game for the playstation portable developed by vicious cycle software and published by d3 publisher it was released in north america on august 28 2007 and is powered by vicious cycle 's proprietary vicious engine it features a premise that is a combination of 1940s @@ style noir and contemporary horror dubbed twisted noir by the design team
the game is a single @@ player experience whose title character fred neuman is a private investigator with the ability to switch heads fred has recently been murdered and decapitated and has few memories of the events leading to his death the plot follows fred as he pieces together the clues of his murder and tries to get revenge on the man who killed him unlike many action game heroes fred has no conventional weapons he relies solely on the powers available to him from the severed heads of fallen enemies
the game received generally positive reviews with reviewers mentioning its dark humor and noir @@ inspired motif as high points it received criticism for its controls and lack of combat depth in 2008 it won the writers guild of america 's first @@ ever award for video game writing

= = gameplay = =

= = opening narration = =

= = plot summary = =

<unk> far sighted bank teller and avid bookworm henry bemis ( meredith ) works at his window in a bank while reading david copperfield which causes him to <unk> an annoyed customer bemis 's angry boss ( taylor ) and later his nagging wife ( <unk> ) both complain to him that he wastes far too much time reading doggerel as a cruel joke his wife asks him to read poetry from one of his books to her he eagerly obliges only to find that she has inked over the text on every page obscuring the words seconds later she destroys the book by ripping the pages from it much to henry 's dismay

the next day as usual henry takes his lunch break in the bank 's vault where his reading will not be disturbed moments after he sees a newspaper headline which reads h @@ bomb capable of total destruction an enormous explosion outside the bank violently shakes the vault knocking bemis unconscious after regaining consciousness and recovering the thick glasses required for him to see bemis emerges from the vault to find the bank demolished and everyone in it dead leaving the bank he sees that the entire city has been destroyed and realizes that a nuclear war has devastated the earth but that his being in the vault has saved him

finding himself totally alone in a shattered world with food to last him a lifetime but no one to share it with bemis succumbs to despair as he prepares to commit suicide using a revolver he has found bemis sees the ruins of the public library in the distance investigating he finds that the books are still intact and readable all the books he could ever hope for are his for the reading and ( as he gazes upon a huge fallen face of a clock ) learns that he has all the time in the world to read them without interruption

his despair gone bemis contentedly sorts the books he looks forward to reading for years to come just as he bends down to pick up the first book he stumbles and his glasses fall off and shatter in shock he picks up the broken remains of the glasses he is virtually blind without and says that 's not fair that 's not fair at all there was time now there was was all the time i needed it 's not fair it 's not fair and bursts into tears surrounded by books he now can never read

= = closing narration = =

= = production = =

time enough at last was one of the first episodes written for the twilight zone it introduced burgess meredith to the series he went on to star in three more episodes being introduced as no stranger to the twilight zone in promotional spots for season two 's the obsolete man he also narrated for the 1983 film twilight zone the movie which made reference to time enough at last during its opening sequence with the characters discussing the episode in detail

footage of the exterior steps of the library was filmed several months after production had been completed these steps can also be seen on the exterior of an eloi public building in mgm 's 1960 version of the time machine john brahm was nominated for a directors guild award for his work on the episode the book that bemis was reading in the vault and that flips open when the bomb explodes is a history of the life and voyages of christopher columbus by washington irving

= = themes = =

although the overriding message may seem to be careful what you wish for there are other themes throughout the episode as well paramount among these is the question of solitude versus loneliness as embodied by bemis ' moment of near @@ suicide additionally the portrayal of societal attitudes towards books speaks to the contemporary decline of traditional literature and how given enough time reading may become a relic of the past at the same time the ending punishes bemis for his antisocial behavior and his greatest desire is thwarted

rod serling 's concluding statement in the episode that bemis has become just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself alludes to robert burns ' scots language poem to a mouse ( 1785 for which john steinbeck 's book of mice and men ( 1938 ) was also named ) the poem concludes the best @@ laid schemes o ' mice an men / gang aft <unk> ( translation often go awry )

although time enough at last implies that nuclear warfare has destroyed humanity film critic andrew sarris notes that the episode 's necessarily unrealistic format may have been what allowed its production to commence

in the era of the internet and ebooks the irony depicted in time enough at last has an information age counterpart according to weston ochse of storytellers unplugged as ochse points out when bemis becomes the last person on earth he finally has time to read with all his books at his fingertips and the only impediment is technology when his medium for accessing them his glasses breaks in a hypothetical world where all books are published electronically ochse observes readers would be only a lightning strike a faulty switch a sleepy workman or a natural disaster away from becoming henry bemis at the end of the world that is a power outage has the potential to give them time to read yet like bemis they too would lose their medium for accessing their books namely the computer this analogy has been taken further by those who suggest that today 's technology @@ dependent world where books have become passé ( cf bradbury 's the pedestrian ) could render an outage both a liberator and an executioner as the gateway to both work and entertainment ( be it a computer video games or television ) removing electricity from the equation presents henry bemis ' heaven but modern society 's hell

= = = similar episodes = = =

the twilight zone often explored similar themes throughout its run time enough at last has strong thematic ties to a number of other episodes in the series starting with that of isolation first explored in the series pilot where is everybody it is also a prominent theme in the previous episode the lonely additionally in a plot very similar to that of time the mind and the matter tells of a man who uses his mind to erase humanity only to find that existence without other people is unbearable the notion of being an outsider lost in a sea of conformity was one of the most common themes of the series

other thematic elements in this episode can be found throughout the series as well the obsolete man takes the episode 's literary subtext the notion that reading may eventually be considered obsolete to an extreme the state has declared books obsolete and a librarian ( also played by meredith ) finds himself on trial for his own obsolescence this notion akin to ray bradbury 's short story the pedestrian ( 1951 ) is also alluded to in the episode number 12 looks just like you in which a perfect and equal world <unk> considers works like those of shakespeare smut

= = impact = =

= = = critical and fan favorite = = =

time enough at last was a ratings success in its initial airing and became an instant classic it remains one of the best @@ remembered and best @@ loved episodes of the twilight zone according to marc <unk> author of the twilight zone companion when a poll asked readers of twilight zone magazine which episode of the series they remembered the most time enough at last was the most frequent response with to serve man coming in a distant second in tv land 's presentation of tv guide 's 100 most memorable moments in television time enough at last was ranked at # 25

in an interview years after this episode aired serling cited time enough at last as one of his two favorites from the entire series ( the other episode was the invaders with agnes moorehead )

= = = in popular culture = = =

many elements of american popular culture frequently pay homage to time enough at last

= = = = amusement park attractions = = = =

the twilight zone tower of terror a theme park ride at disney 's hollywood studios and disney california adventure park displays a replica of henry bemis ' broken glasses in the lobby it is noted that while they are indeed reading glasses burgess meredith wears them the entire episode to make bemis look more bookish

= = = comics = = =

the comic book version of the simpsons simpsons comics published a story called the last fat man based partially on time enough at last and includes a short scene where homer simpson <unk> a bespectacled man who is reading a book out of a nuclear bunker so he can eat in it unintentionally taking shelter in it

= = = film = = =

in twilight zone the movie ( 1983 ) albert brooks recounts the episode to dan aykroyd as they drive along an empty stretch of highway this thing freaked me out when i was 7 years old says brooks ' character adding i bought another pair of glasses just in case that would happen

the episode 's title was borrowed by a 2004 independent film about a man who tries to escape an office building the film 's official website listed the webmaster 's e @@ mail alias as <unk>

the pixar movie wall @@ e ( 2008 ) which takes place in a desolate future also contains a scene in which a pair of broken glasses can be seen in the foreground

= = = games = = =

the pc game fallout tactics ( 2001 ) includes a librarian in a desolate world who wants the player to find his missing glasses so he can read his books

= = = music = = =

the episode 's title was borrowed by a song on the fall 's 1992 album code selfish ( 1992 )

= = = television = = =

there are numerous notable television spoofs of the episode examples include

stephen colbert 's a colbert christmas the greatest gift of all ( in the dvd 's second alternative ending )

family guy ( at the end of the season 2 episode wasted talent )

futurama ( during an episode of the scary door [ a twilight zone @@ style tv show that airs in the year 3000 ] on a head in the polls )

spongebob squarepants

the adventures of jimmy neutron boy genius ( return of the nanobots )

the drew carey show ( y2k you 're ok )

episodes of other television shows that refer to time enough at last include

the modern family episode airport 2010 references time when the screen on jay 's electronic reader gets broken jay pours the broken glass to the floor while saying not fair it 's not fair

episode 12 of revolution titled ghosts has jim hudson 's character who goes by the name of henry bemis henry ( jim ) has become the town librarian until miles convinces him to help the rebels and go back to his real name

the line seconds minutes hours they crawl by on hands and knees was referenced to in the powerpuff girls season 2 episode speed demon where the villain him torments the powerpuff girls before revealing that they have unknowingly arrived 50 years into the future landing in a townsville that him now controls

the hωmega man segment of the simpsons episode treehouse of horror viii features homer who accidentally survives by hiding in a nuclear bunker and comes out to discover that he is apparently the last person alive

in the season 14 episode of the simpsons strong arms of the ma a postman is accidentally trapped under a car in front of the simpson house he intends to read the twilight zone magazine but discovers that his glasses were broken in the accident and says that 's not fair while the twilight zone main @@ theme music is heard in the background

the sitcom two and a half men made references to it when the character alan has a nervous breakdown in a bookstore

this episode was mentioned in the cbs drama series under the dome 's third season

= = adaptations = =

time enough at last has been released in numerous formats over the years

in 1988 it was available on vhs as part of a twilight zone collector 's edition

two releases were made in 1998 and 1999 as part of a more widely available two @@ episodes @@ per @@ tape release scheme

although similar individual multi @@ episode dvds were released it is now exclusively available as part of the twilight zone the definitive edition the first volume of which was released december 24 2004 included is an audio @@ only interview with burgess meredith as well as the clip of the drew carey show 's parody of the episode

the story which inspired it has been released in ebook and mp3 form capitalizing on the success of the episode

in 2003 the falcon picture group produced a series of radio dramas based on the series stating in the 1950s many radio series were turned into television series so why not the reverse which were broadcast on about 200 stations through the usa time was included in volume six

in 2005 time became one of the first twilight zone episodes offered for download via google video and later on sites such as amazoncom

= dead head fred =

dead head fred ( japanese <unk> ～ <unk> ～ hepburn <unk> <unk> <unk> ~ <unk> tantei no <unk> ~ ) is a horror @@ themed action @@ adventure video game for the playstation portable developed by vicious cycle software and published by d3 publisher it was released in north america on august 28 2007 and is powered by vicious cycle 's proprietary vicious engine it features a premise that is a combination of 1940s @@ style noir and contemporary horror dubbed twisted noir by the design team

the game is a single @@ player experience whose title character fred neuman is a private investigator with the ability to switch heads fred has recently been murdered and decapitated and has few memories of the events leading to his death the plot follows fred as he pieces together the clues of his murder and tries to get revenge on the man who killed him unlike many action game heroes fred has no conventional weapons he relies solely on the powers available to him from the severed heads of fallen enemies

the game received generally positive reviews with reviewers mentioning its dark humor and noir @@ inspired motif as high points it received criticism for its controls and lack of combat depth in 2008 it won the writers guild of america 's first @@ ever award for video game writing

= = gameplay = =