Many of the episodes of this series are a little uneven. Far too many stories deal with the same themes. The writing is all over the place, and most of the fun comes from seeing familiar faces. In this case, I liked the first story quite a bit.
An established showtune writer dies, and the devil (not as evil as the devil usually is) offers to strike him a deal - letting him go back in time to fix a regret of his, in exchange for Hell getting to have him as part of their ranks for a limited time.
Interestingly, the story doesn't focus on the "deal with the devil" angle that much. That's just a vehicle for getting to the meat of the story.
The musician decides that he wants to have the chance to sleep with a girl he was especially into, but never made a move on. The devil puts him into his 16-year-old body (at least, I think they reference him being 16) and places him at the party he remembers. With the hindsight that comes as an adult, the musician alters his past in a different way, by preventing a tragedy from happening. This affects the rest of his life.
I wish I could give a little more of it away. Loneliness, and isolation have been a pretty consistent theme in The Twilight Zone, but they had more difficulty tackling it during the 80s. This was a story that rang true.
The second story, Voices in the Earth, was actually a little annoying. I didn't care for it, and I didn't even realize it was part of the same episode.
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