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This is one of those Twilight Zone episodes that makes you realize just how pioneering this show was. WWII wasn't over 20 years at the time this episode was made, and bad feelings about the Japanese among many Americans were still raw. As well, racial prejudice was rampant -- it was out in the open everywhere but on television. In addition, finding a well-spoken, non-stereotypical non-white person on television was something rare indeed. That's what makes this episode so remarkable, when you consider when it was shown and the topics it dared to address. A WWII veteran who is *anything* but a war hero? That's something most would never dare to propose in any movie, TV show or book *today*, let alone 1963. This episode has the usual illogical leaps and sometimes over-the-top dialogue regular watchers of the Twilight Zone will be familiar with. And its unfortunate that the gardener character ends up with a not-very-well-thought-out back story. Even so, it's a quality episode, and builds nicely from the beginning, when nothing the WWII vet says could be definitively seen as racist, and yet, there's this feeling... Consider the time and climate in which this episode was shown and you can't help but appreciate it. Great stuff.

Don't let the college professors who put this episode down fool you. This is a good episode. There is no over the top dialogue that Twilight Zone viewers "are familiar with." (Whatever that means. The dialogue in this series is always top notch.) The acting is excellent. The only problem I can see is that there is too much talking and not enough characters and action for the more dim-witted viewers. The ending is also sub-par in this regard and there is no magic twist that their tiny brains can marvel over. This is just a dramatic contest between two foes and it's a good story. Imagine going to a play. But the surprise ending connoisseurs probably don't care much for plays.

Also, the reason this episode is "lost" is not because it's so bad. Rather, the idea of referring to Asians as not human was offensive to some viewers and therefore this episode was taken off syndication. There are a lot of lousy episodes that see lots of air time, so the "magic twist" lovers need to come up with another justification for their nonsense theories.

Neville Brand & George Takei play Mr. Fenton & Arthur Takamuri, two men in an attic ostensibly to clean it up, but in reality are playing out the climax of a twenty year-old curse involving a samurai sword that Fenton brought home as a souvenir from World War II, feeling guilty about it, but unable to get rid of. Arthur harbors guilt about his father's involvement at Pearl Harbor, feeling him a traitor. Both men will settle this dispute at a high cost indeed... Controversial episode is seldom aired, which is a shame as it tells a mesmerizing story of guilt and atonement. Both actors are superb, and it all leads to a stunning, thought-provoking end. In serious need of re-appraisal.

The Encounter is yet another tale from The Twilight Zone to feature war as its theme; the difference here is that it takes place in peace-time, twenty years after the end of WWII.

Neville Brand plays decorated ex-soldier Fenton, who is clearing out his attic when a young Japanese man, Arthur Takamori (Star Trek's George Takei), turns up looking for gardening work. Fenton invites Arthur up for a beer and shows the young man one of his war souvenirs: a samurai sword, taken from an enemy soldier, with the words 'This sword will avenge me' engraved on the blade in Japanese. When Arthur holds the sword he feels the sudden urge to kill Fenton...

Fenton and Takamori lock horns in the cramped attic, driven by the intolerance, bigotry, guilt and hatred that bubbles to the surface throughout the course of the episode. The touchy subjects of 'just following orders' (every Nazi's excuse) and post war Japanese/American relations touched sensitive nerves in the U. S., while the story's somewhat revisionist account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour helped to ensure that The Encounter wouldn't get another airing in America until 2016.

The characters' fluctuating/conflicting emotions, combined with the ambiguous supernatural element and crazy conclusion, make this a rather confusing tale, and writer Martin Goldsmith's intent is hard to fathom, but Takei and Brand put in strong performances, making it an entertaining way to spend twenty-five minutes even if ascertaining its true meaning isn't easy.

This is a story of two men who are victims of a history beyond their control. When a disillusioned WWII combat veteran invites the son of a Japanese American who witnessed Pearl Harbor in for a beer, that history will devour them piecemeal.

A lot is mentioned about the themes of guilt and atonement. And there is a lot of (unnecessary and insipid) talk about the racial overtones. The racial overtones are neither thematic nor instructive. They are authentic and dramatic. Racial tension, guilt and atonement are symptomatic of a larger issue that Serling spoke of often.

The real message behind this episode is, quite simply, a protest against war itself as the two characters are victimized by its consequences.

It is very interesting, dramatic and thought-provoking in a way that is blunt without pontificating. The characters tell their own stories and it quickly becomes clear they are both victims of the same thing.

The previous commenter really tore this episode apart. It is not the best, or my favorite of Twilight Zone episodes, but it is worth the look for the true Twilight Zone fan. This episode is available through Image Entertainment in either the Complete Definitive Collection or The Season 5 Definitive Collection. I am not trying to spam, however I will put the disclaimer that I do work for Image. I have seen many comments that certain episodes are "rare" or "hard to find." I just want to say that this isn't true. We have all the episodes in their entirety. I am not in sales and do not profit. I love Twilight Zone - even the hokey episodes.

I was wondering why I could not recall this episode. Went on to read this was out of syndication until 2016. Blown away by the acting - it really drew me in (enjoyed seeing a young George Takei). Some posters have been hard on this episode saying it did not incorporate the supernatural. Huh? Were they watching a different program? I think the serious drama threw them off. To me, the sword and its inscription "the sword will avenge me" indicated that the spirit of the slain Japanese warrior had indeed infiltrated that attic and pushed Taro and Fenton to do the unspeakable. That being said, rehashing the horrors of war and the glorification of toxic masculinity are not genres I generally find appealing.

This episode was strange to watch due to Takei's activism and his antics of recent years. His performance here in terrific, but it's just odd to watch him play a such a heavy. Neville Brand's performance in superb, in that he brings the pairing to life. The script, the plot, the performance, and the theme are each perfectly assembled and presented. When WWII was fought, American teens were not eating Tide Pods or their Japanese counterparts doing flamboyant gender-less talk/game shows. Moreover, when the episode was first aired, most of the greatest generation who fought the war were in their late 30s and early 40s. The war's memory was still fresh in their minds, and the leftover bigotry from it still existed. This episode is a visceral display of that time and mood. It's historically accurate with a classic TZ presentation. It truly is one of the classics.

I agree that this really is near the bottom of the Serling canon. It's set up nicely, but then falls into a pit of misguided complexity. It's about two men from different poles: a war veteran, played by Neville Brand, and a Japanese American, played by George Takei (Mr. Sulu from Star Trek). Takei comes to take a job mowing lawns and gardening for Brand, who comes across as bigoted and angry. The dynamics of their first few moments has great potential. However, it soon drops into a confusing mess. There is a Japanese Samurai sword that keeps being played with. There is a lot of dialogue around it. It is picked up, put away, picked up, put away. The talk goes on and on. Does the sword have a secret power? I don't know. The men act irrationally. The viewer is hung out to dry over and over. The ending is really dumb. I can't imagine this was ever thought out. They must have been on a real deadline to let this sneak through.

Or four years before John Boorman's HELL IN THE PACIFIC, this brilliant, powerfiul story shows us a scheme never evoked before in the TZ tv show. The war in pacific and more precisely the relation between Americans and Japaneses regarding of this the conflict. A subtle and intelligent angle used here. There is no evil, no good characcter, that's what I love here, in this episode that I totally forgot. And any movie buff already knows that actor Neville Brand was himself the most decorated American soldier during WW2, after Audie Murphy, but the latest never fought in the Pacific, only the European front. But after all, Brand also fought only in Europe.

Anything too real is rarely allowed on tv. Take this episode for example, one episode too real for anything... but the twilight zone.

It deals with real issues in a very real way and is nothing like 99% of episodes. Like a real adult wrote this instead of a child like most episodes (I like most episodes but yeah.. they are not realistic in writing or acting).

Racism is horrible and this episode shows many ways it can be used to hurt someone in speech. And the very real responses are fantastic. Both men did a great job acting in this one, a tale of tragic pasts and the struggle of living with them.

The craziest part is the very end lol. That was hilarious but also a stereotype. Like if there is only 1 part of the episode that is must see- that would be it.

Some of the episodes in series five were by one-time-only, or twice-only TZ writers as the overall quality declined. The writer in this case Martin Goldsmith, had some fairly impressive credits in the thriller and film noir area of the movies ('Narrow Margin' and 'Detour'). This story is set up interestingly enough but then simply too many plot factors let it down. The claustrophobic setting of the man's attic was more likely to do with the show's budget than any intended dramatic device. The final season produced by William Froug often suffered in this way and often with a very small cast of actors, that in one or two cases, like this one, becomes boring.

What begins as looking like good and brave material for George Takei turns out to be flawed by the unwanted, silly back-story about a WW2. Another William Froug production like 'Caesar and Me', 'From Agnes-With Love', and 'Sounds and Silences', somewhere low budget in 'The Twilight Zone'.

Neville Brand and George Takei were great in this episode!! However it feels like I am watching the 60s version of the Travolta flick Domestic Disturbance. Both were confusing and felt like they were rushed just so the producers could do another film and episode. Now don't get me wrong but John Travolta, Neville Brand, and George Takei are great actors but Domestic Disturbance (Travolta's film) and this episode I believe we're pieced together and rushed. Like no twists or for the case of this episode no proper ending in other words big messes tied up in a knot and pushed through production.

Anyways, we all have to remember that World War two was still etched in our minds and some veterans still saw the Japanese as the enemy, I mean who knows. I didn't live in that era but nobody forgets war and the haunting effects it has.

I think someone should re-write this either in the new series or in a film but re-write it in a better way and give it a proper ending and twists. Still keep Mr. Fenton as a war veteran who is an alcoholic and very lonely due to his recent broken marriage only make him more sympathetic to where you can actually feel his pain and emotions and reason with him. I mean after all he does feel guilty about killing the Japanese officer and even show him crying about it. Now with Arthur Takamori keep him the same only don't make him into a psycho maniac at the end yelling Banzai!! Instead make him more sympathetic and understanding and not cry baby sensitive. With the ending instead of Fenton dying and Arthur killing himself maybe have both of them put the past behind them and burry the hatchet.

That right there would be a proper ending or like one of the reviews I have seen where the review suggests that at the end Arthur puts a comforting hand on a sobbing Fenton's shoulder before walking out would be better than both of them dying.

Then again the ONLY two who were and will always be great at portraying these characters will always be George Takei and the late great Mr. Neville Brand.

This episode was reportedly banned from syndication at one time. This was not the first TZ episode to deal with racial bias and tension. The difference is that this episode lacks the subtlety of the other episodes. The treatment here is raw. We have two good actors playing unlikeable characters. You are never on either one's side, nor does the story suggest you should be. Overall, well done-but too one-dimensional.

According to Paramount, this is actually Episode 11 of season 5. Does paramount have them in the correct order since it was CBS original? I thought sure I had seen all the twilight Zones until today, December 1, 2024. Neville Brand, a great western actor and George Takei of Star Trek fame. The power of the attic brings out the truth. Now...if we can get the younger generation interested in watching the Twilight Zone. Now, if you watch this episode closely, it reminded me of a later episode from the 80s versions of The Twilight Zone where a pair of shoes was found. I had no idea this episode had been banned for several years.

I started watching the Twilight Zone when I was six years old with the very first episode. I am now 61 and I thought that I had seen every episode numerous times. It was a total surprise to me when I turned on a weird channel called B/W on Roku and saw this episode that I had never seen before. It was just thrilling to see an original Twilight Zone episode and not know what was going to happen next. It was also great seeing two good actors, Neville Brand ("Laredo")and George Takei (Star Trek). Both of doing were sharp and did the best they could with largely cliché roles. Unfortunately, the story just bounced around and jumped from here to there and didn't really make much sense. I have to put it in the lower 10% of episodes. It is sad that my last original Twilight Zone episode wasn't a better quality product. There is a slightly racist tone to the episode, so I understand why it wasn't traditionally included in the reruns. Still, I'm happy to have seen it. I'm hoping I will one day enter a real twilight zone, where I find a whole season of Twilight Zones that were shot but never shown. Unfortunately, I don't think that's likely.