Profile in Silver

"Profile in Silver" is the first segment of the twentieth episode of the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The Twilight Zone. Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald, a Harvard University professor of history from the year 2172 has travelled back in time and assumed the identity of an instructor at Harvard in 1963. When he is visited by a colleague from his own time, Dr. Kate Wang, we learn that his mission is to observe the assassination of John F... more

"Profile in Silver" is the first segment of the twentieth episode of the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The Twilight Zone. Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald, a Harvard University professor of history from the year 2172 has travelled back in time and assumed the identity of an instructor at Harvard in 1963. When he is visited by a colleague from his own time, Dr. Kate Wang, we learn that his mission is to observe the assassination of John F. Kennedy, from whom he is descended (presumably from "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, JFK's grandfather). Fitzgerald is understandably nervous about watching his own ancestor be murdered, especially since he never got to know the man himself. Wang reassures him that every field historian has moments of doubt such as this. When she departs for their home time, she says something that Fitzgerald does not quite catch. He decides to get it over with and journeys to Dealey Plaza in Dallas. However, when he glances up to the Texas School Book Depository... less