Joe Dante loves movies and loves to pay homage to cinema greats in whatever way he can, which included sneaking in a Citizen ...

Even The Twilight Zone occasionally took a break from blowing viewers minds to leave them with a warm fuzzy feeling instead.

Rod Serling went from the world of sci-fi with The Twilight Zone to the Western with The Loner. The result is an under-appreciated and mostly forgotten high point of his career.