The episode is basically Mickey Rooney as a jockey, Grady, whose career has been rocked with scandal and is ending with a big one. Then Grady falls asleep and dreams that his alter ego is talking to him and is part of the blame for all his troubles.
The dream the expands to the sleeping Rooney waking up a much bigger man than whe he went to sleep. Everything seems out of wack until Grady gets a phone call that the owners want him back. Only now he is too big to ride any horse.
At the end, this Serling tale pinches the viewer when they realize this is all just a dream. For it is just another visit, to the Zone.
The dream the expands to the sleeping Rooney waking up a much bigger man than whe he went to sleep. Everything seems out of wack until Grady gets a phone call that the owners want him back. Only now he is too big to ride any horse.
At the end, this Serling tale pinches the viewer when they realize this is all just a dream. For it is just another visit, to the Zone.
