"Shadow Play" is the first segment of the twenty-third episode of the first season (1985-1986) of the American television series The Twilight Zone. The episode first aired April 4, 1986.
A man named Adam Grant is being judged for the crime of murder in the first degree and he is found guilty. After being told that he will be hanged, Grant just sputters and laughs in disbelief. He then walks to the judge and tells him that all this doesn't matter ...
more
"Shadow Play" is the first segment of the twenty-third episode of the first season (1985-1986) of the American television series The Twilight Zone. The episode first aired April 4, 1986.
A man named Adam Grant is being judged for the crime of murder in the first degree and he is found guilty. After being told that he will be hanged, Grant just sputters and laughs in disbelief. He then walks to the judge and tells him that all this doesn't matter because he is only dreaming it. All of what is happening is only a dream of his. After being returned to his cell, Grant continues telling his dream theory. Of course, his fellow death rowers don't believe what he's saying, even after detailed accounts of how he is executed every night in his dream and yet he still comes back.
While Grant is in his cell, the prosecutor, Mr. Ritchie, is at home, pondering the oddity of Grant and his case. His wife attempts to take his mind off it, but then Grant's attorney, Erin Jacobs, shows up. She tries to...
less
