The Twilight Zone (r1s02e13)

Back There

by Rod Serling, directed by David Orrick McDearmon

• Release: 13 January 1961
• Format: TV Episode
• Genre: Fantasy
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

I’ve got a devil of a lot more than a premonition. Lincole will be assassinated unless somebody tries to prevent it!

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1800 to 1899: back to 14 April 1865
• Circa AD 1960 to 1969: starting on 14 April 1961

Timeline Models

• Into a Changed Timeline with Just One You
• Remembering Different Timelines
• Resilient Timeline: Although the timeline can be changed, there is the suggestion that it’s resistant to big changes.
• Stereotypical New Timeline Is Created and Returned To

Time Travel Methods

• Timeslips: The camera goes out of focus to indicate the timeslip.

Themes

• Save Lincoln!

Real-World Tags

• John Wilkes Booth

Groupings

• Cited in Time Machines by Paul J. Nahin ()
• The Twilight Zone (multiple TV series): [The Twilight Zone[/em] (v1s02e13)
• The Twilight Zone (franchise)

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From outside the Potomac Club, Washington, DC, the night of '14 April 1961 ⋙ to outside the same club, the day of 14 April 1865. Round trip.