This episode is based on 'The Bet' by Anton Chekhov.Ĭolonel Archie Taylor is a prominent member of his local gentleman's club. Tennyson does about it, and in the process we'll witness all parties spin a wheel of chance, in a very bizarre casino called The Twilight Zone. In just a moment we'll see the terms of the wager and what young Mr. It stands alone in the annals of bet-making as the strangest game of chance ever offered by one man to another.
Rod Serling: The note that this man is carrying across a club room is in the form of a proposed wager, but it's the kind of wager that comes without precedent.
