Time Enough at Last

"Time Enough at Last" is the eighth episode of the American anthology series The Twilight Zone, first airing on November 20, 1959. The episode was adapted from a short story by Lynn Venable, which appeared in the January 1953 edition of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

"Time Enough at Last" became one of the most famous episodes of the original Twilight Zone. It tells "the story of a man who seeks salvation in the rubble of a ruined world". The man in question is Henry Bemis (/ˈbiːmɪs/), played by Burgess Meredith, who loves books but is surrounded by those who would prevent him from reading them. The episode follows Bemis through a post-apocalyptic world, touching on such social issues as anti-intellectualism, the dangers of reliance upon technology, and the distinction between solitude and loneliness.