Try, Try
- Episode aired Jun 25, 2020
- TV-MA
- 42m
A man dazzles a woman with his seemingly miraculous abilities, but their encounter takes a dark turn when the true source of his charisma is revealed.A man dazzles a woman with his seemingly miraculous abilities, but their encounter takes a dark turn when the true source of his charisma is revealed.A man dazzles a woman with his seemingly miraculous abilities, but their encounter takes a dark turn when the true source of his charisma is revealed.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe truck that almost hits Claudia belongs to Dingle Moving. Dingle Moving has been mentioned in several season 2 episodes, and is a nod to the original series' episode Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961).
- Quotes
The Narrator: [opening narration] You might say that Claudia King has found herself on a kind of blind date. One set up not by friend, family, or co-worker. This is a match neither made in Heaven nor the Internet, but in the far darker web of the Twilight Zone.
The Narrator: [closing narration] Claudia King will, like most of us, proceed directly to a lifetime of tomorrow leaving Marc Wheeler to spend an eternity in a prison of his own design. The inability, no matter how many times he's given, to see beyond himself. An endless loop of solitary confinement here in the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsReferences Groundhog Day (1993)
Claudia King (Kylie Bunbury) and Marc Wheeler (Topher Grace) have a nice meetcute scene before going to a museum together. Their chemistry is palpable, and the day becomes an impromptu date with Marc showing an uncanny understanding of both Claudia and the routines of the museum. When it develops into almost precognition, Marc confesses that he is stuck reliving the same day over and over and has been using his repetitive life to win Claudia over.
Where the episode drifts away from "Groundhog Day" is that it explores the idea that Marc tricking her is not some charming expression of love, but more a deceitful lie, to trick her into accepting that he's someone he isn't and falling for him. The episode, and Marc is a facsimile for every "good guy" that pretended to be a girl's friend before making a pass at her, or worse. There is an added darkness to this episode though that Marc can make any choice he wants, or carry out any action, knowing that everything will reset when he wakes up the next morning. Topher Grace is great at playing both sides of the Marc character, the charmer and then the menacer. Kylie Bunbury is excellent too, I haven't seen any of the other shows she's been in yet and was interested to learn she's the daughter of former footballer Alex Bunbury, but I'll definitely try and catch her again.
I'd accept that the ending was slightly anticlimactical. I was hoping for more of a visceral comeuppance but in many ways this resolution is worse for Marc. In a series of more lows than highs, this was a good story and one of the better episodes.
- southdavid
- Feb 2, 2021
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- Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(Exterior building during opening scene)
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- Runtime42 minutes
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