The episode in question is Season 1, Episode 22: It is an episode that takes the comforting, nostalgic aesthetic of mid-century suburbia and fills it with dread, turning neighbors into enemies. It is a masterclass in social commentary, proving that the most terrifying monsters are not green-skinned invaders from outer space, but the people living right next door.

If Where Is Everybody? is about physical emptiness, Maple Street is about a town full of fear .

The Twilight Zone a small town full of secrets, a small town full of aliens, a small town full of prisoners, a small town full of absence.

Rod Serling’s final narration for A Stop at Willoughby sums it up best: "A stop on the line. A stop at Willoughby. And a private, special, private, last stop of all... where the trains don't run."