From 1989, The Ray Bradbury Theater: To the Chicago Abyss concerns some future era when times are tough and food is precious. In fact, apparently very few are left who remember how life used to be, when everyone could go where they wanted and each fruits and vegetables.
I don’t believe they did a really good setup for this drama. In fact, I’ve noticed that one of my issues with several of
these Ray Bradbury science fiction stories is that I’m having to do too much guessing about where the story occurs and when it happens. It’s like I’m thrown into the middle of the action, but I’m not being told the scenario. I’m only getting half of the environment that I need to really know what’s going on.
To the Chicago Abyss opens with an old man getting into a fight with another ...