Can the past be changed, or are we forever prisoners of the moments that shaped us? Today we’re diving into two classic Twilight Zone tales that wrestle with the tantalizing, terrifying idea of time itself, exploring what we might do with a second chance and whether tampering with history carries a price we can never fully calculate.

“Back There” follows a man mysteriously transported to 1865, desperately trying to prevent Lincoln’s assassination. “Once Upon a Time” sends Buster Keaton’s bumbling 1890s janitor hurtling into the chaotic present. Both episodes ask the same haunting question: if you could rewrite history, would the universe even let you?

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