[eerie music]
(male narrator) 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.
[machinery clanking]
(announcer) THE BLASTING AREA WILL BE CLEARED BY 0200.
REPEAT. THE BLASTING AREA WILL BE CLEARED BY 0200.
IT'S AN ODD WAY TO SPEND THE LAST NIGHT, ISN'T IT?
ODD?
WELL, THE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH YOU DON'T SPEN D LOOKING AT YOUR TRANSPORTATION.
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH, YOU SPEND ENJOYING EARTH.
YOU WALK ITS STREETS, GO IN ITS BARS, DANCE WITH ITS WOM EN.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR WORLD FOR A LONG TIME, SAM.
AND YET WE STAND OUT HERE WATCHING HER JUST THREE HOURS BEFORE WE TAKE OFF.
MARCUSSON?
MM?
ARE YOU AFRAI D?
I DON'T THINK SO. ARE YOU?
I AM.
VERY.
IT'S DIFFERENT WITH YOU.
YOU'RE TRAINED FOR IT.
IT'S NOT THE SAME WITH ME.
I'M A SCI ENTIST, A B IOLOG IST.
MY WORLD IS ONE OF BOOKS AND SLI DES AND M ICROSCOPES.
I'M BEING SENT UP THERE BECAUSE THEY NEED MY MIND.
AND IT'S A P ITY THEY CAN'T J UST SEND THAT.
LEAVE THE BODY BACK HERE WHERE IT BELONGS. J UST SEND THE MIND.
OH, I AM FRIGHTEN ED.
I'M FRIGHTEN ED OF WHAT WE'LL F IN D UP THERE.
WELL, THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU SHOU LDN'T BE FRIGHTEN ED OF.
THE U N KNOWN, SURE. TH E-THE LON ELIN ESS, THE S I LENCE.
THAT SHOULD SCARE ANYBODY.
BUT I'VE GOT A PH I LOSOPHY ABOUT PEOPLE.
I MEAN, ALL PEOPLE, SAM.
THEY'RE THE SAME ALL OVER.
WELL, I'M SURE THAT WHEN GOD MADE HUMAN BEINGS,
HE DEVELOPED THEM FROM A F IXED FORM U LA.
THEY'D BE THE SAM E HERE ON EARTH
AS IN THE FURTHEST REACHES OF SPACE.
PEOPLE ON MARS?
WHEREVER THEY'RE ABLE TO EXIST, THEY'D BE THE SAM E.
(narrator) YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIE OF FLIMSY LITTLE TWO-LEGGED ANIMAL
WITH EXTREMELY SMALL HEADS WHOSE NAME IS MAN.
WARREN MARCUSSON, AGE 35.
SAMUEL A. CONRAD, AGE 31.
HEY, LET'S GET READY, SAM. WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THEY'RE TAKING A HIGHWAY INTO SPACE. MAN UNSHACKLING HIMSELF
AND SENDING HIS TINY, GROPING FINGERS UP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
THEIR DESTINATION IS MARS,
AND IN JUST A MOMENT WE'LL LAND THERE WITH THEM.
[groans]
MARCUSSON?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
MARCUSSON, WHAT THE--
MARCUSSON.
ANY LAN DING, YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM, REMEMBER?
WHAT ABOUT THE SH I P? [groans]
THE AIR PRESSURE SEEMS TO BE HOLDING UP. I GOT THE LIGHTS RU N NING.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO CHECK ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU-YOU, UH, REST FOR A WHILE. THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME.
PLENTY OF TIME?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE.
[moans]
[clanking]
SAM?
SAM!
HEY.
HOW LONG DID I SLEEP?
OH, A COUPLE OF HOURS. YOU NEEDED IT.
CONRAD. WELL, LET'S PLANT THE FLAG.
YOU TAKE IT EASY. THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME.
WE'VE COME 35 M I LLION M I LES!
SO? ANOTH ER FEW HOURS WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
[clanking]
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN IT. THE HYDRAU LIC'S OUT.
PUT HER ON THE AUXI LIARY, THEN. WE CAN OPEN IT.
NO, WE CAN'T.
I'LL F IX IT. I'LL PUT H ER ON THE AUXI LIARY.
THEN WE CAN OPEN HER UP. THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO NOW.
I'LL OPEN HER UP.
MARCUSSON.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT EASY.
OPEN THE DOOR, CON RAD.
I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU, THAT DOOR--
YOU'RE A LIAR! YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR.
WHY, SAM? WHY WON'T YOU OPEN THE DOOR?
I DON'T WANT TO OPEN IT.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ENQU I RING SCI ENTIF IC MIND, CON RAD?
I THOUGHT YOU BROUGHT THAT ALONG.
WHY DID YOU COME ALONG ANYWAY?
LOOK, I WANT OUT. I WANT YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR.
YOU CAN LOCK IT BEH IN D ME. J UST H ELP ME UP.
THAT'S ALL I ASK. PLEASE, H ELP ME UP.
SAM.
I'M BUSTED UP I NSIDE.
I THINK I'M BLEEDING IN THERE.
LISTEN, SAM, I DON'T WANNA DIE IN HERE.
I WANNA SEE WHAT I'M DYING FOR.
TAKE ME OUT, WILL YOU? TAKE ME OUT.
MARC, PLEASE. PLEASE!
DON'T-DON'T BE AFRAI D, SAM. I GOT A STRANG E H U NCH.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE, THEY'LL H ELP YOU.
AS LONG AS THEY'VE GOT MINDS AND HEARTS, THAT MEANS THEY'VE GOT SOU LS.
THAT MAKES THEM PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE ARE ALIKE.
THEY'RE BOUND TO BE ALIKE.
FOR GOD'S SAKE!
DON'T LEAVE ME ALON E, MARC. DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!
[clanking]
YOU SAID WHATEVER IS OUT THERE IS JUST LIKE US.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT!
I DON'T WANNA KNOW.
I DON'T WANNA KNOW, I DON'T WANNA KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
[rumbling]
YOU'RE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE I AM.
FACE, BODY.
EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE I AM!
OH, UH-- FORGIVE ME.
U H, DON'T BE FRIGHTEN ED.
MY NAME IS-IS, U H, SAM CON RAD.
U H, SAM U EL CON RAD.
THAT NAME, UNDERSTAND?
MY FRI END AND I, WE CAME HERE FROM THE EARTH.
LOOK, I'LL SHOW YOU.
U H, THIS IS THE EARTH, SEE?
WE ARE THE THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN.
THIS IS YOU.
WHERE I COME FROM, THIS PLAN ET IS CALLED MARS.
THE OTHER ONE IS DEAD.
DON'T BE ALARMED, MR. CONRAD. WE DON'T INTEND TO HARM YOU EITHER.
WE'VE BEEN WONDERING WHEN YOU PLANNED TO COME OUT. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY LANGUAGE?
WE DON'T, MR. CON RAD.
AS YOU'LL NO DOU BT SOON REALIZE, YOU ARE SPEAKING OUR LANGUAGE.
YOUR LANGUAGE?
UNCONSCIOUS TRANSFERENCE. YOU'D CALL IT HYPNOSIS OF A SORT.
BUT YOU MUST BE TIRED. WE'LL PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU TO REST.
I'M APPRECIATIVE, I REALLY AM.
YOU'LL FORGIVE ME. MY STARING, I MEAN. I JUST CAN'T GET OVER IT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE HUMAN BEINGS, JUST LIKE I AM.
PEOPLE.
MARCUSSON SAID YOU WOULD BE.
MARCUSSON.
MR. CONRAD?
WE'LL BU RY YOUR FRI END FOR YOU.
LATER ON YOU CAN TELL US WHAT KIND OF MARKER YOU'D LIKE.
WE'LL REPAIR YOUR SH I P FOR YOU, TOO.
THANK YOU.
YOU WERE RIGHT, OLD FRI EN D.
THEY ARE PEOPLE. JUST LIKE US.
I WISH YOU LIVED TO SEE THAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY QU ESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU.
SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CIVI LIZATION.
YOUR SOCIAL STRUCTU RE, THE WAY YOU LIVE. YOUR SCI ENCE.
OH, A H U N DRED QU ESTIONS. A THOUSAND QU ESTIONS.
WE'LL ANSWER ALL YOUR QU ESTIONS, MR. CON RAD.
BUT FIRST, YOU M UST REST HERE FOR A WHILE
WHILE WE PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, A PLACE YOU'LL FEEL FAMILIAR IN.
WE'LL BE BACK SOON.
MISS?
YOU DO HAVE A NAM E, DON'T YOU?
I'M CALLED TEENYA.
WELL, UH, TEENYA,
WILL YOU TELL THE OTH ERS HOW VERY APPRECIATIVE I AM?
I-I WAS SO FRIGHTEN ED, SO M ISERABLY FRIGHTEN ED.
DON'T BE FRIGHTEN ED, MR. CON RAD. NO ONE WILL H U RT YOU.
NO ONE WILL HURT YOU. YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT.
THANK YOU, TEENYA. THANK YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER, MR. CON RAD.
GOOD MORNING.
DID YOUREST WELL, MR. CON RAD?
LONG AND WELL. MAY I SEE YOUR CITY NOW AND THE REST OF YOUR PEOPLE?
VERY SOON. FIRST, FIRST WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE.
REALLY?
WOULD YOU ACCOM PANY US, PLEASE?
OF COURSE. WHERE ARE WE GOING?
THAT'S THE SURPRISE, MR. CON RAD.
ARE YOU COMING?
YES, I WILL COME.
IS-IS THIS A MARTIAN HOUSE? IS THIS THE WAY YOU LIVE?
OH, NO, OU RS ARE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT. WE BU I LT THIS DU RING THE NIGHT
BECAUSE WE ASSU MED THIS IS THE WAY YOU PEOPLE LIVE.
OH, IT'S A PERFECT REPLICA.
PERFECT.
[chuckIing] A TELEVIS ION SET.
THE FU RN ITU RE, DRAPES, EVERYTHING!
BUT HOW COULD YOU BU I LD IT SO QU ICKLY? HOW COULD YOU POSS I BLY KNOW?
FROM YOUR MIND. YOU THINK VERY CLEARLY, MR. CON RAD.
VERY CLEARLY, IN DEED. VERY STRONG IMPRESS ION.
WOULD YOU CARE TO SEE THE REST OF THE HOUSE?
U H-HUH.
IT'S FABU LOUS. IT'S REALLY FABU LOUS!
WE WANTED YOU TO FEEL AT HOM E, MR. CON RAD. DO YOU?
DO YOU FEEL AT HOME?
IT'S U N BELI EVABLE.
THANK YOU.
WE WERE WON DERING IF YOU'D MIND REMAINING HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
YOU EXPRESSED AN I NTEREST IN SEEING OUR CITY, M EETING OUR PEOPLE.
WE'LL GO OUT AND ARRANG E THAT.
THAT'S WON DERFU L. YOU WANT ME TO STAY HERE?
DO YOU MIND?
U H, I'D BE DELIGHTED.
GOOD. FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN.
ENJOY YOURSELF, MR. CON RAD. ENJOY YOUR HOUSE.
LET ME SHOW YOU OUT. AFTER ALL, IT'S MY HOUSE.
TEENYA?
I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, WON'T I?
OF COURSE YOU WI LL, MR. CON RAD.
IF IT'S AN I LLUS ION, A GUY CAN LIVE WITH IT.
THAT'S THE BEST SCOTCH I EVER DRAN K.
HEY! YOU LOCKED ME IN. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, PEOPLE?
[shouting] I'M LOCKED IN! WHAT'S WRONG?
[gasping]
THERE AREN'T ANY WIN DOWS.
THERE AREN'T ANY WIN DOWS ANYWHERE!
[buzz of conversation]
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
WHY?
WHY HAVE YOU LOCKED ME IN HERE?
WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?
MARCUSSON!
MARCUSSON, YOU WERE RIGHT.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE.
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE EVERYWHERE.
(narrator) SPECIE OF ANIMAL BROUGHT BACK ALIVE.
INTERESTING SIM ILARITY AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO HUMAN BEINGS,
IN HEAD, TRUNK, ARMS, LEGS, HANDS, FEET.
VERY TINY, UNDEVELOPED BRAIN.
COMES FROM PRIM ITIVE PLANET NAMED EARTH.
CALLS HIMSELF SAMUEL CONRAD.
AND HE WILL REMAIN HERE IN HIS CAGE WITH THE RUNNING WATER
AND THE ELECTRICITY AND THE CENTRAL HEAT AS LONG AS HE LIVES.
SAMUEL CONRAD HAS FOUND THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
(male presenter) ROD SERLING, THE CREATOR OF TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S STORY AFTER THIS WORD FROM OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
THIS MAY LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF KOOKY GREEN HOUSE.
ACTUALLY, IT HAPPENS TO BE A CONVEYANCE, A MODE OF TRAVEL, TIME TRAVEL.
AND NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL SEE ALBERT SALM I TAKE AN EXTEN DED JOU RN EY
FROM 1 880 TO 1 960.
I HOPE THEN NEXT WEEK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ANOTHER WALK WITH US
INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
(male voice) HEY, WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?
[eerie music]
KIMBERLY-CLARK INVITES YOU TO WATCH STEVE MCQUEEN
IN WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.
SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER MOST OF THE SAME STATIONS.