High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Walking Distance" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The episode was listed as the eighth best episode in the history of The Twilight Zone by Time Magazine.A middle-aged man, Martin Sloan (Gig Young), is driving cross-country when he stops his car at a gas station. He walks toward his hometown, Homewood, that the attendant assures him is within 'Walking Distance'. Homewood appears exactly as it was when he was a boy. He goes into a drugstore, and has an ice cream soda at the soda fountain while recalling his memories from the past. He says "One of the greatest memories I have is old man Wilson, may God rest his soul, sleeping in his comfortable chair just like he did before he died". The cashier looks shocked but doesn't say anything and as Martin leaves the store, the cashier goes up to a room where Mr. Wilson is sleeping and says "We'll need more chocolate syrup, Mr. Wilson." He responds by saying "I'll order some more of it this afternoon."