| "Cold Fusion" | |
|---|---|
| Series The Twilight Zone Season 1, Episode 36 | |
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| Air date | April 2nd, 2003 |
| Writers | Ashley Miller |
| Director | Eli Richbourg |
| Producers | Ira Steven Behr; Jim Rosenthal |
| Starring | Forest Whitaker; Sean Patrick Flanery; Keith Hamilton Cobb; Ian McShane; Nancy Sorel; Aaron Pearl |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "Placebo Effect" |
Next "Pharaoh's Curse" |
"Cold Fusion" is the thirty-sixth episode of season one of the 2002-2003 science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone. This episode was directed by Eli Richbourg and written by Ashley Miller. It first aired on UPN on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003. The episode stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Ian McShane, Nancy Sorel and Aaron Pearl.
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Forest Whitaker | Host |
| Sean Patrick Flanery | Doctor Paul Thorson |
| Keith Hamilton Cobb | Commander Skyles |
| Ian McShane | Chandler |
| Nancy Sorel | Team commander |
Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Scott Hylands | Admiral Monroe |
| Gordon Michael Woolvett | Corporal Gordon |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Production code number: 135
- Aired on the same night as "Placebo Effect".
- Keith Hamilton Cobb and Gordon Michael Woolvett have more in common than just sharing three names. They are also both regular cast members on the 2000 to 2005 sci-fi series Andromeda.
Allusions[]
- Commander Skyles is seen playing Halo in this episode. Halo is a popular multimedia video game franchise developed by Bungie and Ensemble Studios in 2001. The series has spawned at least seven spin-off projects as well a series of official soundtracks.
Bloopers[]
Quotes[]
Narrations[]
- Opening narration: Meet Dr. Paul Thorson, man of reason. A man used to solving problems others deem impossible. He's about to find himself tested at a forgotten outpost in a frozen wasteland somewhere deep inside The Twilight Zone.
- Closing narration: The border between sanity and insanity is sometimes marked not by our reason but by fear. Fear of ourselves and our own capacity for destruction. An empirical observation recorded and filed by Dr. Paul Thorsen in The Twilight Zone.
Other quotes[]
- Doctor Thorson: Chandler? Right. You know, I've got a theory about Chandler. Would you like to hear that?
- Commander Skyles: Sure, fire away.
- Doctor Thorson: He's not here. He doesn't exist. He's some sort of a mass delusion.
- Commander Skyles: You're going to give him a complex talking like that.