They took all the footage from the movie Duel (1971) and wrote the script to fit it. And did it very poorly. They didn't even try to hide it. There was even one clip that they used twice! When the truck smashed the Mazda and turned the VW Bug on its side. As if we wouldn't know we just saw the same thing 15 minutes earlier. They went so far as to make whoever was driving the orange car at the time wear the same shirt so that it would match the footage. In one scene, they even made the passenger in the car duck down (to supposedly look for a gun) just so they can use a close up shot from behind that only shows the driver. But almost all the significant shots from Duel were used in their entirety. The car hiding behind a hill for the truck to pass. The multiple reverse angle shots of the truck chasing the car at full steam. Even the sequence of the car overheating and slowing down on a steep grade. All of this making it quite obvious to anyone who has seen the movie. Not sure why they made such a poor episode in a TV show that scores mostly high numbers. My guess is that they assumed not many people have seen the movie Duel 7 years earlier and were convinced no one would notice.
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