The Lake
- by Ray Bradbury, directed by Pat Robins
- TV Episode
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury, directed by Pat Robins (USA Network, 21 July 1989).
The TV adaptation of Bradbury’s “The Lake” focuses more on the adult man, who’s now thirty-something Doug, but the story structure and pathos of his lost childhood love remain intact.
—Michael Main
If I finish it, will you come?
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1960 to 1969: Presumed flashback time, circa 1963.
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Presumed adult time time, circa 1988.
- Themes
- Moments Surrounding Death: Perhaps Tally travels during the time surrounding her drowning.
- Fictional Tags
- Ghosts: Possibly a ghost rather than time travel, but we don’t think so because of the well-preserved body.
- Groupings
Variants
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- “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury, directed by Pat Robins (USA Network, 21 July 1989).
Ray Bradbury (story)
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created by
Mark Massari [uncredited] (based on another source)
Previous Works
based on “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury
Indexer Notes
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- Credits—Unlike the other seasons that we watched, Season 3 has some audio narration about the story from Ray Bradbury immediately after the stock opening and before the credits. Therefore, we list him as the episode’s credited host for Season 3.