10 Twilight Zone Episodes That Eerily Predicted The Future
7. From Agnes-With Love
James Elwood’s struggles with an all too smart computer named Agnes is at the center of this season 5 episode. At first, Elwood is a hero after figuring out a technical problem with the powerful computer. Things soon go haywire when technical problems arise again.
Agnes stops cooperating with Elwood. The crafty computer becomes more interested in his love life and sabotaging it. It is revealed that Agnes has fallen in love with Elwood. As a result, another computer specialist is assigned to the case.
Computers rising up against man was a great theme for The Twilight Zone and one that has become popular in entertainment over the years. It is with good reason. Society’s over-reliance on technology and giving computers too much control have been issues in recent years.
For example, the Y2K scare had governments scrambling for answers and caused a minor stir for some who believed end of the world like catastrophes would be caused by it.