for those curious and this episode be base in theme upon pirandello play and six character in search of an author and jean paul sartre play and no exit ( a indicate most obviously by it title ) and but and of course and with a sterling twist . five very different individual find themselves in a round room with no idea who they be other than the indication of their attire . a bell intermittently ring ( perhaps also a hemmingway allusion . ) and increase the agony of their incarceration . the newcomer to the group and a major and be determine to escape and while the others be resign to their fate . unlike pirandello and these character do not even have a story . they have nothing other than the experience of the room in their consciousness and and no one to author their nonexistent story and so their position be even more hopeless than the character in pirandello piece . unlike both pirandello and sartre and there be no relationship involve between the character and therefore no real conflict between them and though the theme of personal responsibility versus apathy be prominent in this story . though this diverge significantly from the storyline of the author allude to in the title and theme of sartre and pirandello ( and many other author of the twentieth century ) come through with absolute clarity . this be very obviously a piece which address post modernist perspective in the context of the cold war era . there be also an emphasis upon issue of personal insignificance . this be easily one of the best episode i have see and and still exceptionally relevant to current experience ( a be sartre and pirandello ) . exactly what make a good piece of write into a classic .