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"The Twilight Zone" The Obsolete Man (TV Episode 1961) - IMDb

Often involves the "Save the Dates" segment where contestants vie for one-on-one time to secure their safety before the rose ceremony. [S2E29] Episode #2.29

June 2, 1961 Key Cast: Burgess Meredith as Romney Wordsworth, Fritz Weaver as the Chancellor The Premise: The Sin of Being Obsolete "The Twilight Zone" The Obsolete Man (TV Episode

The episode is structured as an intellectual battle between Wordsworth and the Chancellor. As the clock ticks down, Wordsworth calmly reads

Wordsworth invites the Chancellor to his room just before the execution and locks the door. As the clock ticks down, Wordsworth calmly reads his illegal Bible, showing no fear. In contrast, the Chancellor panics, eventually begging for his life "in the name of God"—a direct violation of the state's rules.

He represents a cold, atheistic state that believes "logic is the only master." To him, Wordsworth is nothing more than a "discarded tool".

Wordsworth is killed, but he wins the moral victory by exposing the Chancellor's hypocrisy. The episode ends with the Chancellor himself being declared "obsolete" by his own subordinates because he showed "cowardice" and "religious inclination".