[eerie music]
(male presenter, off) THERE IS A FIFTH DIMENSION
BEYOND THAT WHICH IS KNOWN TO MAN.
IT IS A DIMENSION AS VAST AS SPACE
AND AS TIMELESS AS INFINITY.
IT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW,
BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION.
AND IT LIES BETWEEN THE PIT OF MAN'S FEARS
AND THE SUMMIT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.
THIS IS THE DIMENSION OF IMAGINATION.
IT IS AN AREA WHICH WE CALL THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Where is Everybody?
THE PLACE IS HERE,
THE TIME IS NOW,
AND THE JOURNEY INTO THE SHADOWS
THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO WATCH
COULD BE OUR JOURNEY.
[jazz music drifting out]
[ jazz playing loudly ]
SAY, I NOTICED THERE'S A TOWN UP THE ROAD.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT?
CUSTOM ER.
HEY, YOU GOT A CUSTOM ER OUT IN FRONT!
CUSTOMER!
[percolating]
HAM AND EGGS!
[thud]
[music stops]
EGGS OVER EASY!
HASH BROWNS!
HEY, YOU GOT A CUSTOM ER OUT HERE!
HAM AND EGGS, EGGS OVER EASY, HASH BROWNS!
H U NG RY CASH CUSTOM ER!
I GOT $2.85, AM ERICAN MONEY.
SURE. AM ERICAN MONEY.
WELL, WE'VE GOT THAT MUCH SETTLED.
I'M AN AM ERICAN.
YOU SEE, THERE'S SOME QU ESTION ABOUT MY I DENTITY.
LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY: I'M NOT SURE WHO I AM.
BUT I GOT $2.85, AND I'M H U NG RY--
THAT MUCH IS ESTABLISH ED.
$2.85, AND I'M H U NG RY!
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[bell clanging]
ANYBODY HERE?
HEY! HEY!
HEY, MISS?
MISS, OVER HERE!
LOOK, I WON DER IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR.
IT'S THE CRAZI EST THING, BUT I'VE LOOKED
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY AROUND.
MAYBE THEY'RE ALL ASLEEP OR SOMETHING, BUT--
WELL, LITERALLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN A SOU L.
LOOK, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M N UTS OR ANYTHING.
IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST THAT, WELL--
IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T SEEM TO REMEMBER WHO I AM.
WELL, IT'S A REAL ODDBALL THING,
BUT, WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I--
WELL, I DIDN'T EXACTLY WAKE UP.
I J UST--I J UST FOU N D MYSELF OUT ON THAT ROAD, WALKING.
AM N ES IA. ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT?
THAT MUST BE WHAT I GOT
'CAUSE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER A THING,
AND I CAN'T SEEM TO F IN D ANYBODY TO ASK.
YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I'VE SEEN.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE FRIGHTEN ED OR ANYTHING,
BUT I WAS WON DERING IF THERE'S A DOCTOR--
I'M TERRIBLY SORRY, MADAM.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT AT NO TIME DID I MEAN TO BE SO UPSETTING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'VE ALWAYS HAD KIND OF A SECRET YEN
FOR THE QU I ET TYPE.
GET WHAT I MEAN, BABE?
HEY! ANYBODY HERE?
YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE IGNITION KEY, HAVE YOU, DOLL?
[telephone ringing]
[ringing]
HELLO.
OPERATOR.
HELLO, OPERATOR.
HELLO. OPERATOR?
OPERATOR?!
(female recorded voice) THIS IS THE SPECIAL OPERATOR.
OPERATOR, LOOK--
THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED IS NOT A WORKING NUMBER.
I JUST WON DERED IF ANYBODY THERE COULD TELL ME--
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER.
OPERATOR, WI LL YOU LISTEN TO M E, PLEASE?
THIS IS THE SPECIAL OPERATOR.
THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED IS NOT A WORKING NUMBER.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR HEADS DOWN THERE?
I DIDN'T DIAL A NUMBER! I DIALED THE OPERATOR!
THIS IS A RECORDING.
A RECORD--? OPERATOR.
THIS IS THE--
OPERATOR, LOOK, ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE I AM.
NOT A WORKING NUMBER.
LOOK, PLEASE, CAN YOU--
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE--
ABEL, ADAMS, ALLEN, ATMAN.
BOYS, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE DO YOU BOYS LIVE? JUST IN THIS BOOK?
BAKER, BARG MAN, BLOD, BELMONT.
WELL, GANG, WHO'S WATCHING THE STORE?
WHO'S WATCHING ANY OF THE STORES?
ALRIGHT, WHO'S THE WISE GUY WHO LOCKED THE DOOR?
IT'S A GREAT GAG.
HOW ABOUT A HAN D, SOMEBODY? A LITTLE ASS ISTANCE, HOW ABOUT IT?
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL TURN-ON.
I'M GROWING VERY FOND OF IT.
THIS ISN'T FU N NY ANYMORE.
I DON'T LIKE THIS [inaudibIe].
I WISH I COULD SHAKE THAT CRAZY FEELING
OF BEING WATCH ED.
LISTEN ED TO.
CALLING ALL CARS,
CALLING ALL CARS.
U N KNOWN MAN WALKING AROUND POLICE STATION.
SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTER, PROBABLY WANTED BY THE F--
[door creaking]
[water pouring]
[creaking]
TIME TO WAKE UP NOW.
TIME TO WAKE U P NOW!
[creaking ]
HEY!
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?!
[loud clanging of bell]
ANYBODY WANT A SU N DAE?
I'M SORRY, OLD BUDDY, I DON'T RECOLLECT THE NAME.
THE FACE IS VAGUELY FAMILIAR, BUT THE NAME ESCAPES ME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY PROBLEM IS.
I'M IN THE M I DDLE OF A NIGHTMARE I CAN'T WAKE UP FROM,
AND YOU'RE PART OF IT--
YOU AND THE ICE CREAM AND THE POLICE STATION
AND THE PHONE BOOTH, THAT LITTLE MAN N EQU I N--
THIS WHOLE BLOODY TOWN, WHEREVER IT IS.
WHATEVER IT IS.
I J UST REMEMBERED SOMETHING.
SCROOG E SAID IT.
YOUREMEMBER SCROOG E, OLD BUDDY? EBENEZER SCROOG E?
IT'S WHAT HE SAID TO THAT GHOST, JACOB MARLEY.
HE SAID, "YOU MAY BE AN UN DIGESTED B IT OF BEEF,
"A CRUMB OF CHEESE, A BLOT OF MUSTARD,
"A FRAGMENT OF AN UN DONE POTATO.
BUT THERE'S MORE OF GRAVY THAN OF GRAVE ABOUT YOU."
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
YOU'RE WHAT I HAD FOR DIN N ER LAST NIGHT.
YOU MUST BE.
BUT NOW I'VE HAD IT.
I'D LIKE TO WAKE UP.
I'D LIKE TO WAKE UP NOW.
IF I CAN'T WAKE UP,
AT LEAST I'D LIKE TO F IN D SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.
I MUST BE A VERY I MAG I NATIVE GUY.
NOBODY IN THE WHOLE BLOODY WORLD
COULD HAVE A DREAM AS COM PLETE AS M IN E,
RIGHT DOWN TO THE LAST DETAI L.
AIR FORCE.
AIR FORCE. I'M AIR FORCE!
AIR FORCE! I'M IN THE AIR FORCE!
I'M IN THE AIR FORCE!
HEY, I'M IN THE AIR FORCE!
I'M IN THE AIR FORCE!
HEY, EVERYBODY, I'M IN THE AIR FORCE!
AIR FORCE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WAS THERE A BO--?
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN IT-- A BOM B.
BUT IF THERE WAS A BOM B, EVERYTHING WOULD BE DESTROYED,
AND NOTHING IS DESTROYED.
[plane engine roaring]
[suspenseful music playing]
HEY!
WHO'S UP THERE?!
WHO'S RU N NING THE PICTURES?!
WHO'S UP THERE?!
WHO'S RUNNING THE PICTURES?!
HEY!
WHO'S UP THERE?!
CAN'T YOU SEE ME?!
WHO'S IN HERE?!
[groans]
[panting]
[whimpering]
[shouts in fear]
PLEASE, SOMEBODY, HELP ME. HELP ME.
PLEASE, SOMEBODY, H ELP ME. H ELP ME.
PLEASE, H ELP ME.
H ELP ME. H ELP ME. PLEASE, SOMEBODY, H ELP ME.
H ELP ME, PLEASE. SOMEBODY, H ELP ME.
PLEASE, SOMEBODY, HELP ME.
(lonely man) HELP ME.
PLEASE, SOMEBODY, HELP ME!
SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT ME!
SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME! HELP ME! PLEASE, HELP ME!
HELP ME! HELP ME!
HELP ME! HELP ME, PLEASE!
HELP ME!!
SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT ME! PLEASE, HELP ME!
HELP ME! HELP ME!
CLOCK HIM.
HELP ME! SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT ME.
SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME. HELP ME!
GET HIM OUT OF THERE, QU ICK.
RELEASE THE SU BJ ECT ON THE DOU BLE.
BE CAREFU L, COLON EL. DON'T CUT HIS HAN D.
THE GLASS ON THE CLOCK IS BROKEN.
I CAN SEE THAT, SERG EANT.
SERGEANT--
ALL RIGHT, COLON EL, GO.
HE'S ALL RIGHT, S I R.
DELUSIONS, I THINK.
HE'S COMING OUT OF IT NOW.
F IN E. DID YOU GET ALL THE DATA RECORDED?
YES, S I R, EVERY B IT OF IT.
GET A TI MING ON HIM?
484 HOURS, 36 MINUTES.
GOOD. I WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE DATA
AS SOON AS IT'S COM P I LED
AND I WANT TO SEE THE REACTION SHOT ON HIM, TOO.
YES, S I R. OH, THE PRESS, S I R.
YES, ON THE RU N, G ENTLEM EN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I WANT TO SEE SERG EANT FERRIS.
DO YOU CONSIDER THIS A SUCCESS, S I R?
VERY MUCH SO.
THE MAN WAS CONFINED ALONE IN A BOX
FOR SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 484 HOURS.
THAT'S ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO A TRIP TO THE MOON,
SEVERAL ORBITS AND RETURN.
THEN THIS WAS A S IMU LATED TRI P TO THE MOON?
FOR ALL I NTENT AND PU RPOSE, YES.
WHAT ABOUT THESE WIRES ATTACHED TO HIM?
ELECTRODES.
ALL OF HIS REACTIONS WERE CHARTED AND GRAPH ED.
RESPIRATION, HEART ACTION, BLOOD PRESSURE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM TOWARD THE END, GENERAL,
BEFORE HE PUSH ED THAT BUTTON, WHATEVER IT WAS?
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IS THAT HE CRACKED.
DELUSIONS OF SOME KIND, WE ASSUME.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, GENTLEM EN.
IF ANY ONE OF YOU WERE CONFINED IN A BOX
FIVE FEET SQUARE FOR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS
ALL BY YOUR LONESOME WITHOUT HEARING A HUMAN VOICE
OTHER THAN YOUR OWN,
I'LL GIVE YOU ESPECIALLY GOOD ODDS
THAT YOUR IMAGINATION WOULD RUNAWAY WITH YOU, TOO,
SUCH AS HIS OBVIOUSLY DID.
EXCUSE ME.
(coIoneI) DETAI L.
HOW DO YOU FEEL, SERG EANT?
(Ferris) I FEEL MUCH BETTER, SIR.
I'M SORRY ABOUT TOWARD THE END.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE, FERRIS?
WHERE DID YOU THINK YOU WERE?
A PLACE I DON'T WANT TO GO AGAIN, S I R.
A TOWN.
A TOWN WITHOUT PEOPLE, WITHOUT ANYBODY.
WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH ME, DOC?
JUST OFF MY ROCKER, HUH?
JUST A KIND OF A NIGHTMARE
THAT YOUR MIND MANUFACTURED FOR YOU.
YOU SEE, WE CAN FEED THE STOMACH
WITH CONCENTRATES.
WE CAN SUPPLY MICROFILM FOR READING, RECREATION,
EVEN MOVIES OF A SORT.
WE CAN PUMP OXYGEN IN AND WASTE MATERIAL OUT.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN'T SIMULATE
THAT'S A VERY BASIC NEED--
MAN'S HUNGER FOR COMPANIONSHIP.
THE BARRIER OF LONELINESS--
THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVEN'T LICKED YET.
NEXT TIME, IT WON'T BE JUST A BOX IN A HANGAR, WILL IT?
NO, M I KE.
NEXT TIME, YOU'LL REALLY BE ALON E.
HEY. DON'T GO AWAY UP THERE.
NEXT TIME, IT WON'T BE A DREAM OR A NIGHTMARE.
NEXT TIME, IT'LL BE FOR REAL.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
WE'LL BE UP THERE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
(male presenter, off) UP THERE,
UP THERE IN THE VASTNESS OF SPACE
IN THE VOID THAT IS SKY--
UP THERE IS AN ENEMY KNOWN AS ISOLATION.
IT SITS THERE IN THE STARS, WAITING--
WAITING WITH THE PATIENCE OF EONS.
FOREVER WAITING,
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
(male presenter, off) IN A MOMENT,
ROD SERLING WILL TELL YOU ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S STORY,
AFTER THIS WORD FROM OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR, KIMBERLY CLARK.
NEXT WEEK, I'LL HAVE A REUNION WITH A UNIQUE TALENT AND A VALUED FRI EN D.
OUR FIRST SINCE REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT.
NEXT WEEK, ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
MR. ED WYNN STARS IN ONE FOR THE ANGELS,
PLAYING AN OLD PITCH MAN WHO SELLS M ECHAN ICAL TOYS LIKE THIS.
BUT WHOSE COMPETITION IS MR. DEATH.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US THEN. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
[eerie music]
(male voice, off) FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, THE SICK AND THE TROUBLED,
GIVE THE UNITED WAY.