I dimly recall seeing a few of the episodes of TZ (I preferred The Outer Limits).
Sometimes Serling's monologues annoyed me, especially the closing ones, where he felt the need to explain what the point of the story was. If it's well written and well acted, summing up is redundant and a little bit condescending to the viewer.
I believe several (perhaps most) of the Twilight Zone stories were adapted from print short stories. "What You Need" is a particularly good tale, although I have only read the story, not seen the TZ episode. There is a certain amount of pathos in the fact that the inventor had to kill the main character, not because he had yet done anything wrong, but because of what he would otherwise do some time in the future.
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