this a good episode of the new twilight zone that actually include interesting idea and clever story ( i note both of them be base on short story ) . examination day be set in the future and year unknown but at a point where they have cake candle that light themselves and huge tv look phone that double a numerous other entertain machine and distribute only to those of a certain age . and the examination day and a point where 12 year old must undergo a government require iq test . the kid be this story and dickie jordan ( david mendenhall ) be just celebrate his own 12th birthday and be a smart kid and so be calm and even eager to take the test that he have see friend pass easily and know he will excel at base on his school grade . his parent ( christopher allport and elizabeth norment ) and on the other hand and say he shouldn not have use his birthday wish on get a good score and and while their reason include that they believe he capable and he should have no need to worry and it pretty obvious they be worried . i would not give anything away in the end and but i will say this there a point where we get a glimpse of what to come a far as why the test be such a heavy subject represent that even ( or another . ) his parent ask dickie whether he would prefer to watch tv all night . by today standard and we would be please he would say he would rather read and not just because there nothing worth watch . but why would his family ask this . the flavor of what encourage and discourage in the future remind me a bit of the atmosphere from harrison bergenon ( which i hear hasn not receive a great adaptation to the screen ) . i only wish they could have provide an opening and closing narration to make this theme as powerful a the obsolete man be . i find it to be good than the short story it be base on . i haven not read the one that a message from charity be base on and but would like to since it be interest a 16 year ld boy and peter ( robert duncan mcneill ) be suffer a fever from unclean water and that have always be common in his massachusetts hometown . but he be able to see through the eye of a young puritan woman suffer the same type of fever and charity payne and ( kerry noonann ) who also find herself able to experience what go on around him . they both recover and especially since it common for that to happen in 1985 and but the connection doesn not go away . charity be curious about the sight and sound she record of 1985 and they each enjoy each other company and especially peter and who have promote grade in school enough to always have felt isolate from other student and even at the college he be stay in one place at . thing take an unexpected turn and though and when charity reveal some of these experience to a friend who take her claim that the 13 colony will breach from england a a sign of bewitchment and add to the fact that she be spar death from the fever ( not so common in 1700 ) . the two try to learn a way to save her . the end be sad but have an interesting final moment that make it touch . both segment of this episode include a lot of pain but both time and through a lesson or warn that sound like something rod sterling would have cook up and entertainment and make cheerful watching a reminder that friendship and love and and wisdom do a great deal . probably 3/4 of this have no theme and but somehow i think it all would have be approve by sterling crew .