History Series / TheTwilightZone2019

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E7NotAllMen "Not All Men"]] draws a lot of tension from its depiction of how typical male entitlement feeals from a woman's perspective.

On June 25, 2020, CBS All Access released the entire second season.

*** Various pieces of technology in different episodes all have the brand name "Whipple".

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E7NotAllMen "Not All Men"]] draws a lot of tension from its depiction of how typical male entitlement feels from a woman's perspective.

* KillAndReplace: In "The Who of You" Harry accidentally does this to Detective Reece, who is shot dead by the police after the two body swap.

The third revival of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', which is made for Creator/{{CBS}} All Access. Creator/JordanPeele hosts the series, as well as serving as an executive producer throughout his company Monkeypaw Productions. The first teaser played during UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LIII and the first season consists of ten episodes featuring many prominent actors in guest roles.

CBS has confirmed that this reboot will have a second season.

On June 25, 2020, CBS All Access released the entire second season.

->''"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. And it lies between the pit of one's fears and the summit of one's knowledge. You are now traveling through a dimension of imagination. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone."''

->''"You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of one's fears and the summit of one's knowledge. You're now traveling to the dimension of imagination. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone."''

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E3Replay "Replay"]] name-drops ''Film/TheMatrix,'' Creator/RyanCoogler's''Film/BlackPanther2018'', and writer Creator/TaNehisiCoates.

->"What dimension are you even in?"''

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Heavily used in [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E5TheWunderkind "The Wunderkind"]].

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E3Replay "Replay"]] name-drops ''Film/TheMatrix,'' Creator/RyanCoogler's''Film/BlackPanther'', and writer Creator/TaNehisiCoates.

* DirtyCommunists: In modern form in [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E4ATraveler "A Traveler"]]. Involve "the Russians" in your story, no matter how outlandish it is, and a good chunk of the Iglaak Sheriff's Department will be inclined to believe you (unless it involves smart phones).

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", "A Traveler" and [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E8PointOfOrigin "Point of Origin",]] the passcode for the three different keypads (which all look the same) is 1015, the show's ArcNumber.

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E6SixDegreesOfFreedom"Six Degrees of Freedom"]] gives several to author Creator/RayBradbury and ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles''.

* AlternateTimeline: Creator/KumailNanjiani's character, Samir Wassan, in "The Comedian" finds himself in a universe where he no longer has a dog and is extremely successful after he "changed something. Erased something." The more he erases, the more he changes.

* ArtifactOfDeath: The [=MP3=] player in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" [[spoiler: doesn't seem to be inherently malevolent but still causes the death of [[Creator/AdamScott Adam Scott]]'s character, Justin Sanderson.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Implied in "The Comedian" where J.P. Wheeler gives Samir Wassan advice. [[spoiler: He does it again after Samir is RetGone from existence]].
* DirtyCommunists: In modern form in [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E4ATraveler "A Traveler"]]. Involve "the Russians" in your story, no matter how outlandish it is, and a good chunk of the Iglaak Sheriff's Department will be inclined to believe you (unless it involves smart phones).

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Justin buys a magazine in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" one cover reads "Not Kidding Around: The Unexpected Rise of Oliver Foley." This is the name of the young boy who runs for the US presidency in the later episode "The Wunderkind".

* ImplacableMan: Officer Lasky from "Replay".
* MicDrop: How the last routine of "The Comedian" ends [[spoiler:due to Samir having himself be erased]].

*** Various pieces of technology have the brand name "Whipple". These include the [=MP3=] player from "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" the camcorder from "Replay", and a Pinball Machine in "The Wunderkind". The name also appears on a poster in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" and the news channel in "The Wunderkind." It's also the company responsible for the space mission in "Six Degrees of Freedom". Whipple is a reference to "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E153TheBrainCenterAtWhipples The Brain Center at Whipple's]]".
*** "Kanamit Lager" appears in "The Comedian" and "The Wunderkind" which shares its name with the alien race from "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan To Serve Man]]".

*** The gas pump that Annie and Martha hide behind has a sticker that reads Maple Street on it, a reference to "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters are Due on Maple Street]]".

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Justin Sanderson's actions in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" [[spoiler:are what leads up to his plane crashing. Everyone but the pilot survives, and the survivors kill him as a result.]]

** "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" ends with Justin Sanderson [[spoiler:realizing to his horror that the survivors of Flight 1015 are approaching him with malicious intent due to his role in the crash]].

* TheRemake: "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" is a contemporary remake of the classic episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]". [[spoiler: It's a SpiritualSuccessor to the original episode [[NotHisSled and does not involve a Gremlin.]]]]

** Samir Wassan from "The Comedian" can be seen on the cover of an airport magazine in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet".

** The airport in "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" also features an ad for a trip to UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}, alluding to "Six Degrees of Freedom".
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", "A Traveler" and "Point of Origin", the passcode for the three different keypads (which all look the same) is 1015, the show's ArcNumber.

* AlternateTimeline: Creator/KumailNanjiani's character, Samir Wassan, in "The Comedian" finds himself in a universe where he no longer has a dog and is extremely successful after he "changed something. Erased something." The more he erases, the more he changes.
* AChildShallLeadThem: "The Wunderkind" has a child being elected president on a "Video Games 4 All" platform.

* AsHimself: Creator/JordanPeele, Creator/SethRogen, Betty Gabriel and Jason Priestley in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E10Blurryman Blurryman]]".
* ChristmasEpisode: "A Traveler" follows an Alaskan police officer, Sergeant Yuka Mongoyak, on Christmas Day.

* DirtyCommunists: In modern form in "A Traveler". Involve "the Russians" in your story, no matter how outlandish it is, and a good chunk of the Iglaak Sheriff's Department will be inclined to believe you (unless it involves smart phones).

*** The mask used by the facility in this episode is [[spoiler: similar to the pig faces from]] "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E42TheEyeOfTheBeholder The Eye of the Beholder]]"

* PoliceBrutality: "Replay" has Nina Harrison threatened by a police officer, Christopher Lasky, with a taser while clearly confused by what's happening to her.

* RecurringElement: The number 1015 is seen on clocks, license plates and so forth.

* RetGone: In "The Comedian", Samir Wassan discovers that the audience can't stop laughing whenever he uses a real person (or his dog) as "material," but afterwards they're just ''gone'' like they never existed. [[spoiler: He attempts to balance out his power by making "terrible people" (such as a fellow comedian who got away with murder) disappear, but after he has a fit of jealous rage that leads to his girlfriend's mentor disappearing (therefore, she doesn't become a lawyer, resulting in the two not staying together), he begins to realize his mistake. Samir eventually does this to ''himself'' after his girlfriend calls him out on stage over "being a bully" and in a way to protect her from using his power on her]].

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", "A Traveler" and "Point of Origin", the passcode for the three different keypads (which all look the same) is 1015, the show's RecurringElement.

-->-- '''Creator/JordanPeele''', OpeningNarration'''