YMMV / The Twilight Zone 2019 S 1 E 4 A Traveler

• Genius Bonus: A. Traveler's ID card gives his address as "1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025" — the headquarters for Facebook.
• Magnificent Bastard: "A. Traveler" himself is a mysterious, charming man who shows up in a small Alaskan town as a charismatic "extreme traveler." Manipulating the townspeople into conflict to deflect suspicion from himself, he plants misinformation about himself and his goals while laying the groundwork for an alien colonization of earth. After having Sheriff Pendleton sent out to check the power grid, he manipulates Sergeant Yuka with a promise of Pendleton's job to send her after him, ending the episode victorious and sharing a slice of pumpkin pie with a cellmate as his forces come to take over earth.
• Slow-Paced Beginning: It takes roughly 11 minutes before the titular Traveler is discovered in the cell and for Jordan Peele to deliver the opening monologue.
• Spiritual Successor: A strange thing appears in the sky as power outages occur, along with the unraveling of a tight knit community is very reminiscent of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street".

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