The Twilight Zone
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Its … not hard at all, right?
Or, so it seems.
But the dinners not purely a business obligation.
), and some not-so-subtle hints of force.
As she walks away, she sees him explode into rage.
Whats more, she learns that shell be working directly for him for the foreseeable future.
Whats to be done?
But at least there she gets to witness a happy marriage.
They must have figured something out.
All that takes a turn as the evening progresses.
Annie teases Martha about how handsome Dylan is, but when Annie tells her whats happened, she understands.
Ive been on a million shitty dates, just like everybody, right?
And a few of them were a little more than shitty.
But unease soon turns to panic.
When a motorcycle-riding creep follows them home, they watch in horror as Mike murders him.
When they return to town, everyones gone insane.
Well, not everyone.
As Annie points out, Its just the men.
It also half-reverses The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon (a.k.a.
(Shades of incels to come.)
But whatever the case, its women who pay the price.
The subliminal misogyny of the office has erupted into the open.
Ive been alone with you inside my mind.
The opening owes a little bit to 1958sThe Blobdoesnt it?
Maybe that still exists in the Twilight Zone.
