The Outer Limits (1963–1965): Season 2, Episode 16 - The Premonition - full transcript
When a test pilot crashes in his experimental X-15 plane, he and his wife discover they are in a reality where time has slowed down almost to a standstill. Returning to the airbase, they are horrified to see their daughter standing in the path of a moving truck and they seem to be unable to prevent her death.
On the
fabulous spawning grounds
of man's ever-increasing knowledge
of science and technology,
ancient half-forgotten legends
seemingly have no place,
except one
the legend
of the Gordian knot.
A knot so intricate
and convoluted.
That no man could untie it.
For there are
problems so perplexing.
That they're seemingly
impossible to solve.
When man ventures
to the outer limits.
Of his experience.
There is nothing
wrong with your television set.
Do not attempt
to adjust the picture.
We are controlling
transmission.
For the next hour, we will control
all that you see and hear.
You are about to experience
the awe and mystery.
Which reaches from
the inner mind to...
The outer limits.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Darcy, I can't let you in.
Tests are underway.
We're gonna see
my daddy land.
Well, I have a pass
from Mr. Baldwin.
Thank you.
It'll be so exciting
meeting your husband
at the landing
field, Mrs. Darcy.
Well, I wish I
could've taken Janie.
Oh, she'll have more fun
here with the children.
Thanks, Mrs. Anderson.
Bye.
Bye, mommy.
Bye, Janie.
Be back soon with daddy.
OK.
That's 2 chocolate
and one strawberry, right?
Yes.
right.
Now, I'll be back in a few minutes.
Behave, now.
Darcy, this is Baldwin.
You're drifting.
Correct 2 degrees right.
Uh, 2 degrees
right, baldy.
High chase here, Darcy.
Mach 2.3. Heading 2-9-1.
83,005.
Read you clear, high chase.
Heading uphill at 92,000.
Flight angle good, Jim.
Looking real good
from back here, Darcy.
I'm glad you're enjoying
the view, high chase.
OK, buddy.
Climbing to 93.
100,000.
Right on profile, Jim.
Mach 4.
Point 8, point 9.
Mach 5. Point one.
Point 2.
Jim, don't forget
the vertical.
Got you, baldy.
Mach 5. Point 6. Point 7.
Reaching test
velocity, Darcy.
It's green across the board.
Now look, Jim,
no heroics.
If she starts to chatter again,
don't try to ride it out.
Are you kidding, baldy?
I'm unlimbering
my escape target right now.
Reaching mach 6.
OK, Jim.
Start leveling out and let's
go with the countdown.
Ready when you are, baldy.
All right, Jim,
countdown commencing.
Read you 5 square, baldy.
Minus 30
seconds and counting.
29, 28...
27...
26...
25, 24...
23...
22, 21...
20...
19, 18...
17...
16...
15...
14...
13, 12...
11...
10, 9...
Green across the board.
All go here.
3, 2...
One.
Execute.
Hey!
You guys got
an extinguisher?
This thing's
liable to blow.
What's the matter
with you guys?
You deaf?
Linda!
Linda, darling.
What are you
doing here?
Wh-what happened?
I... I...
I saw your plane
about to crash and...
Well, I... I
remember swerving...
I crawled out
of that cockpit
dreaming everything
in the world was frozen.
Heh.
Believe me,
it's nice to wake up.
Listen, you better take
it easy for a minute, honey.
I do feel a little shaky.
Jim, your... your plane...
Isn't that your plane
up there?
Uh,
Jim, I... I... I must be
seeing things.
Linda...
Linda, I want you to...
Look right over there
and tell me what you see.
Where?
Right there.
Coyote chasing
a jackrabbit.
How fast are they moving?
They're not
moving at all.
Jim, look.
It's my car
and I'm in it!
Is this...
Is this some kind
of a nightmare?
Or are we dead?
It has to be real.
We both see it.
Honey!
Don't look.
It'll be just
like the others.
They're not moving.
Well, what is this?
Wh-where are we?
Where are we?
There has to be an answer.
Hey, buddy?
Hey!
This doesn't
make sense, Linda.
It isn't happening.
What's happening?
Your plane's up there and...
And you're in it.
No.
My plane's over here
and I've crawled out of it.
But it... it can't be.
If... if we're not dead,
I'm having a terrible dream.
But everything's still.
So still.
Honey, please!
Darling, this has
got to make sense.
This is not a dream,
and we're not dead.
Here, feel.
Look at me! I'm alive!
I'll... I'm...
I know I can't explain
it to you now,
but we'll figure it out.
Now, come on.
It's funny.
You and I,
and the wreck,
and your smashed car,
they're not frozen.
But everything else is.
This is Skybird.
Skybird, come in.
Will someone
please come in?
Is the whole
world like this?
Maybe not.
There has to be
an explanation.
What's the last thing
you remember?
Uh...
Your plane, it...
It was falling.
The last thing I remember...
Was reaching mach 6.
And then suddenly, here.
Do you remember smashing
into that Boulder?
Uh.
No, just putting
my brakes on.
Huh.
Apparently, we both lost
a little piece of time.
You... you mean blacked out?
No.
Let's get over
to flight control.
Maybe we can
find some answers!
Come on!
It's the same all over.
No, no. It might all be
just confined to the base.
Janie!
What about Janie?
Well... well, I brought
her here with me.
She wanted to see you land.
Where is she?
Where'd you leave her?
In the nursery!
Come on!
She's not in there.
She's got to be.
I left her here.
Janie!
Where could she be?
She must be here somewhere.
Come on!
Janie?
Janie?
Janie?
Janie?
Janie!
What's happened
to the world?
What's happened?
We don't know, honey,
but we will.
There's nothing
we can do here.
Maybe I can find the answer
at test control. Come on.
The countdown is frozen
at plus 3 seconds.
What does that mean?
Well...
I executed the probatory
maneuver at zero,
and somehow upset
the balance of time.
That's when I must've...
Skidded through
into the future.
Jumped ahead
somehow into this...
Limbo state.
And that's why everything
is frozen to us.
We went through
a time barrier.
And that's why we can't
make anybody hear us.
But... but, Jim,
why am I here?
I... I wasn't up
there with you.
So... so, why
am I here now?
Hmm.
Maybe...
You know what a sonic
boom is, don't you?
Yes, it's a... a loud noise when a
plane breaks the sound barrier.
Well, technically, it's an
instantaneous shock wave.
Now, suppose, when I
broke the time barrier,
there was such a shock wave.
Your car could have
been caught in it.
And... and pushed along with it.
Something like that, yes.
From the altitude
at which it happened,
it'd take about
half a minute...
Well, say 27 seconds
to reach the ground.
Jim, please take me
out of here.
What's going on, baldy?
What's happening?
Jim, I...
I feel faint.
Nothing's moving.
Nothing.
Well, at least
we still are, honey.
Get out of here! Hurry!
Let's try that Jeep.
Maybe it'll start up.
What was it?
I don't know, but it was afraid
of fire, whatever it was.
Ah, it's no use.
What's the matter?
Did that light just go on?
I don't know.
I can swear it...
Jim.
what?
Are we dead?
I am going back.
where?
To my baby.
I...
I... I... I'm sorry! I...
I... I didn't mean to do that.
I...
I thought I'd be
more prepared for
what it was going to
be like the next time!
But, oh, Jim...
Look at her.
Janie?
Ja...
I... I know you
can't hear me,
but maybe somehow
you'll know that I...
I love you, darling.
Now... now, you be
a good girl, huh?
And a happy little girl.
Even...
Even if mother isn't...
Ever able
to come back to you.
What is it?
Well, she moved.
Are you sure?
I'm positive!
She didn't have her other
foot on the pedal before.
Jim.
Jim, if she's moving,
then she's alive.
Then that light
did blink on.
And that countdown indicator
moved from zero to plus 3.
Here we are watching a world
moving at extreme slow motion.
But time is moving
forward here,
it's catching up with us.
Becoming re-synchronized.
Well... well, what then?
Perhaps we'll move
back in normal life.
But why are they
moving so slow?
Maybe I could
figure it out.
The clock is smashed
in the plane's cockpit,
but the one...
In the control center's
still operating.
Well, uh, you're not
going back in there?
Honey, I've got to.
Not with that thing?
It only tried
to frighten us.
It didn't attempt to hurt any of
the men in the control center.
I don't think it can.
Well, it tried to kill us, whether
you care to believe it or not.
Thank heavens
it's afraid of fire.
Looks like we'll have
to go back to the car
and pick up some flares.
You go.
I... I don't want
to leave Janie.
Honey, there's absolutely
nothing you can do for her
by staying here.
Besides, I can't
leave you here alone.
Please, honey!
I know what I'm saying.
What's the matter now?
I'm not sure.
The truck.
It's moving, isn't it?
He left the brake off.
It will run over Janie.
In time, she'll be
right in its path.
Do something!
All this is happening in
another segment of time.
Behind us.
Beyond our reach.
There's nothing we can do.
Come on.
It's closer.
Yeah. The car is closer, too.
Time's catching up with us. We're
standing still, not the world.
Look! They're ducking clear
of the crash that's coming.
Honey, get the flares.
I wanna check the instruments.
The plane's instruments
are frozen at plus 10 seconds
and they haven't moved.
And my watch
hasn't moved either.
What about yours?
It stopped.
That all adds up to the fact
that time has stopped for us.
The plane is closer,
and the car.
And the truck is
closer to Janie.
What can we do?
Linda, listen to me.
If that truck is destined to hit
Janie before the plane crashes,
or you hit the Boulder, there's
nothing we can do about it.
If we can just get back in sync
with time before the accident,
then maybe we can stop the
truck and save our daughter.
Honey, at flight control
I can find out
how many seconds
there are left for us now.
We can relate
their time to ours.
Their clocks are ticking... ever
so slowly, but they are ticking.
Jim, it's too late.
It's too late.
But it's not!
How are you gonna
light the flares?
You were right, honey.
This is the only thing
between us and that thing.
Come on.
It's red light scramble.
I can hear baldy
yelling at me,
"blow your capsule."
Well, believe me, baldy,
I tried.
But I was pinned to the seat.
It's moved to plus 8.
Now, I blacked out at zero,
and crash landed at plus 10.
That means 10 seconds elapsed.
In other words,
we jumped into the future
at least...
10 seconds.
There are 2 seconds left.
At the rate the world
is moving to us...
Those 2 seconds
are a long time.
At least 2 hours.
The match.
Come on, hurry up, light it!
No, don't!
You do understand.
You must be able to speak.
Who are you?
What are you?
Stand where you are,
or I'll set you on fire.
Stop, or I'll throw it at you!
I... I can't talk
with that flame.
Then don't turn around.
Just tell me what it is
you're trying to do.
Who are you?
Talk.
I am what you are,
trapped in this limbo world between
the present and the future.
I am what you will be...
If you cannot return
to normal time
at the instant
of re-synchronization
of the time rift you created,
and through which
you were catapulted here.
What has happened to you,
happened to me.
I didn't get back.
What does happen at the instant
time catches up with us?
At that instant,
since 2 lives entered here,
there will be space
for 2 lives to escape
this time prison.
That is my chance.
I must not miss that chance.
And you wanna take my place?
If you miss your chance
to return...
One millionth of a second
behind time,
time will pass you by
and leave you where I am now,
in forever now.
Black, motionless, void.
No light.
No sun. No stars. No time.
Eternal nothing.
No hunger. No thirst.
Only endless existence.
And the worst of it,
you can't die.
So, fellow man,
you challenge me
for a wish to take your place?
You, both of you,
would feel no different
if you were caught
in this black oblivion.
If you are not in your plane,
in your car
at the exact instant...
We'll be there.
That will hold him off
till we can get out of here.
Janie!
Janie!
Jim, she'll be killed.
There must be something
we can do.
The truck's moving
10 miles an hour.
It'll pick up another
2 or 3 miles.
It'll take about one second
for it to reach us here.
One second.
Hell, that's about
one hour our time.
And... and Janie will
be here in time,
won't she?
Won't she?
All right, Linda.
A collision's inevitable.
Well... well,
we'll get something
and... and put it in front of
the tricycle to stop it.
Or... no.
No, we'll put something
in front of the truck
and make it swerve
out of the way.
It's no good.
Everything's petrified.
Nothing moves.
We can't just let it happen.
I mean, there must be
something we can do.
There's always
a solution to a problem.
There's always something
you can do.
Jim, you always say that.
Yeah. Maybe.
Maybe there's something
in the plane I could use.
Yes, there must be!
Yeah, but let's get
you back to the car.
You've got to be in it when the
world we know catches up with us.
Are you willing to give up
your daughter that easy?
Or...
Are you trying
to tell me that...
You're willing to give up
your own life
and... and save ours.
There's one hour left.
Come on.
Trust me.
Please, trust me.
Jim, there must be a way.
I've always had faith in you,
and... and so has Janie.
I know you can
think of something.
Anything.
That's it.
What is?
The safety belts.
One thing that
might help Janie
without our being there.
A knife.
I've got to have a knife..
I wish I had more time.
Get in.
What are you gonna do?
I'm going back to the truck.
Well, I'm going with you!
No, you're not.
Think of Janie.
It won't do her any good
to lose her mother.
Now, you know I'm right.
I've got to know that you're
going to get back into time.
And what happens to you?
You're wasting time
for the three of us.
Honey, everything is
gonna be all right.
I'm sure.
Oh, Jim!
I...
It must work.
It's got to work!
It's got to!
Now all we can do
is hope, Janie.
Oh, Jim!
It's done.
Whatever you've done,
I know it will work!
I think it will.
I love you!
Hey, this thing's
liable to blow.
Have you got
a fire extinguisher?
Thank heavens, you're alive!
I thought I was
having a nightmare.
Jim.
Let's get back to the base.
Now.
Oh, Janie! Oh!
Why are you crying, mommy?
Oh, it's all right now.
Why were you so fired up
to hurry back here?
Why did you agree so quickly?
I don't know.
Kind of a feeling,
just a premonition.
So did I.
So did I.
Man is forever solving
the most perplexing problems.
As he ventures ever further
into the unknown.
But where are the outer limits,
of his ingenuity?
Will he ever encounter
a problem,
a Gordian knot, which he
cannot ultimately cut?
We now return control of your
television set to you.
Until next week,
at this same time,
when the control voice
will take you to...
The outer limits.
fabulous spawning grounds
of man's ever-increasing knowledge
of science and technology,
ancient half-forgotten legends
seemingly have no place,
except one
the legend
of the Gordian knot.
A knot so intricate
and convoluted.
That no man could untie it.
For there are
problems so perplexing.
That they're seemingly
impossible to solve.
When man ventures
to the outer limits.
Of his experience.
There is nothing
wrong with your television set.
Do not attempt
to adjust the picture.
We are controlling
transmission.
For the next hour, we will control
all that you see and hear.
You are about to experience
the awe and mystery.
Which reaches from
the inner mind to...
The outer limits.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Darcy, I can't let you in.
Tests are underway.
We're gonna see
my daddy land.
Well, I have a pass
from Mr. Baldwin.
Thank you.
It'll be so exciting
meeting your husband
at the landing
field, Mrs. Darcy.
Well, I wish I
could've taken Janie.
Oh, she'll have more fun
here with the children.
Thanks, Mrs. Anderson.
Bye.
Bye, mommy.
Bye, Janie.
Be back soon with daddy.
OK.
That's 2 chocolate
and one strawberry, right?
Yes.
right.
Now, I'll be back in a few minutes.
Behave, now.
Darcy, this is Baldwin.
You're drifting.
Correct 2 degrees right.
Uh, 2 degrees
right, baldy.
High chase here, Darcy.
Mach 2.3. Heading 2-9-1.
83,005.
Read you clear, high chase.
Heading uphill at 92,000.
Flight angle good, Jim.
Looking real good
from back here, Darcy.
I'm glad you're enjoying
the view, high chase.
OK, buddy.
Climbing to 93.
100,000.
Right on profile, Jim.
Mach 4.
Point 8, point 9.
Mach 5. Point one.
Point 2.
Jim, don't forget
the vertical.
Got you, baldy.
Mach 5. Point 6. Point 7.
Reaching test
velocity, Darcy.
It's green across the board.
Now look, Jim,
no heroics.
If she starts to chatter again,
don't try to ride it out.
Are you kidding, baldy?
I'm unlimbering
my escape target right now.
Reaching mach 6.
OK, Jim.
Start leveling out and let's
go with the countdown.
Ready when you are, baldy.
All right, Jim,
countdown commencing.
Read you 5 square, baldy.
Minus 30
seconds and counting.
29, 28...
27...
26...
25, 24...
23...
22, 21...
20...
19, 18...
17...
16...
15...
14...
13, 12...
11...
10, 9...
Green across the board.
All go here.
3, 2...
One.
Execute.
Hey!
You guys got
an extinguisher?
This thing's
liable to blow.
What's the matter
with you guys?
You deaf?
Linda!
Linda, darling.
What are you
doing here?
Wh-what happened?
I... I...
I saw your plane
about to crash and...
Well, I... I
remember swerving...
I crawled out
of that cockpit
dreaming everything
in the world was frozen.
Heh.
Believe me,
it's nice to wake up.
Listen, you better take
it easy for a minute, honey.
I do feel a little shaky.
Jim, your... your plane...
Isn't that your plane
up there?
Uh,
Jim, I... I... I must be
seeing things.
Linda...
Linda, I want you to...
Look right over there
and tell me what you see.
Where?
Right there.
Coyote chasing
a jackrabbit.
How fast are they moving?
They're not
moving at all.
Jim, look.
It's my car
and I'm in it!
Is this...
Is this some kind
of a nightmare?
Or are we dead?
It has to be real.
We both see it.
Honey!
Don't look.
It'll be just
like the others.
They're not moving.
Well, what is this?
Wh-where are we?
Where are we?
There has to be an answer.
Hey, buddy?
Hey!
This doesn't
make sense, Linda.
It isn't happening.
What's happening?
Your plane's up there and...
And you're in it.
No.
My plane's over here
and I've crawled out of it.
But it... it can't be.
If... if we're not dead,
I'm having a terrible dream.
But everything's still.
So still.
Honey, please!
Darling, this has
got to make sense.
This is not a dream,
and we're not dead.
Here, feel.
Look at me! I'm alive!
I'll... I'm...
I know I can't explain
it to you now,
but we'll figure it out.
Now, come on.
It's funny.
You and I,
and the wreck,
and your smashed car,
they're not frozen.
But everything else is.
This is Skybird.
Skybird, come in.
Will someone
please come in?
Is the whole
world like this?
Maybe not.
There has to be
an explanation.
What's the last thing
you remember?
Uh...
Your plane, it...
It was falling.
The last thing I remember...
Was reaching mach 6.
And then suddenly, here.
Do you remember smashing
into that Boulder?
Uh.
No, just putting
my brakes on.
Huh.
Apparently, we both lost
a little piece of time.
You... you mean blacked out?
No.
Let's get over
to flight control.
Maybe we can
find some answers!
Come on!
It's the same all over.
No, no. It might all be
just confined to the base.
Janie!
What about Janie?
Well... well, I brought
her here with me.
She wanted to see you land.
Where is she?
Where'd you leave her?
In the nursery!
Come on!
She's not in there.
She's got to be.
I left her here.
Janie!
Where could she be?
She must be here somewhere.
Come on!
Janie?
Janie?
Janie?
Janie?
Janie!
What's happened
to the world?
What's happened?
We don't know, honey,
but we will.
There's nothing
we can do here.
Maybe I can find the answer
at test control. Come on.
The countdown is frozen
at plus 3 seconds.
What does that mean?
Well...
I executed the probatory
maneuver at zero,
and somehow upset
the balance of time.
That's when I must've...
Skidded through
into the future.
Jumped ahead
somehow into this...
Limbo state.
And that's why everything
is frozen to us.
We went through
a time barrier.
And that's why we can't
make anybody hear us.
But... but, Jim,
why am I here?
I... I wasn't up
there with you.
So... so, why
am I here now?
Hmm.
Maybe...
You know what a sonic
boom is, don't you?
Yes, it's a... a loud noise when a
plane breaks the sound barrier.
Well, technically, it's an
instantaneous shock wave.
Now, suppose, when I
broke the time barrier,
there was such a shock wave.
Your car could have
been caught in it.
And... and pushed along with it.
Something like that, yes.
From the altitude
at which it happened,
it'd take about
half a minute...
Well, say 27 seconds
to reach the ground.
Jim, please take me
out of here.
What's going on, baldy?
What's happening?
Jim, I...
I feel faint.
Nothing's moving.
Nothing.
Well, at least
we still are, honey.
Get out of here! Hurry!
Let's try that Jeep.
Maybe it'll start up.
What was it?
I don't know, but it was afraid
of fire, whatever it was.
Ah, it's no use.
What's the matter?
Did that light just go on?
I don't know.
I can swear it...
Jim.
what?
Are we dead?
I am going back.
where?
To my baby.
I...
I... I... I'm sorry! I...
I... I didn't mean to do that.
I...
I thought I'd be
more prepared for
what it was going to
be like the next time!
But, oh, Jim...
Look at her.
Janie?
Ja...
I... I know you
can't hear me,
but maybe somehow
you'll know that I...
I love you, darling.
Now... now, you be
a good girl, huh?
And a happy little girl.
Even...
Even if mother isn't...
Ever able
to come back to you.
What is it?
Well, she moved.
Are you sure?
I'm positive!
She didn't have her other
foot on the pedal before.
Jim.
Jim, if she's moving,
then she's alive.
Then that light
did blink on.
And that countdown indicator
moved from zero to plus 3.
Here we are watching a world
moving at extreme slow motion.
But time is moving
forward here,
it's catching up with us.
Becoming re-synchronized.
Well... well, what then?
Perhaps we'll move
back in normal life.
But why are they
moving so slow?
Maybe I could
figure it out.
The clock is smashed
in the plane's cockpit,
but the one...
In the control center's
still operating.
Well, uh, you're not
going back in there?
Honey, I've got to.
Not with that thing?
It only tried
to frighten us.
It didn't attempt to hurt any of
the men in the control center.
I don't think it can.
Well, it tried to kill us, whether
you care to believe it or not.
Thank heavens
it's afraid of fire.
Looks like we'll have
to go back to the car
and pick up some flares.
You go.
I... I don't want
to leave Janie.
Honey, there's absolutely
nothing you can do for her
by staying here.
Besides, I can't
leave you here alone.
Please, honey!
I know what I'm saying.
What's the matter now?
I'm not sure.
The truck.
It's moving, isn't it?
He left the brake off.
It will run over Janie.
In time, she'll be
right in its path.
Do something!
All this is happening in
another segment of time.
Behind us.
Beyond our reach.
There's nothing we can do.
Come on.
It's closer.
Yeah. The car is closer, too.
Time's catching up with us. We're
standing still, not the world.
Look! They're ducking clear
of the crash that's coming.
Honey, get the flares.
I wanna check the instruments.
The plane's instruments
are frozen at plus 10 seconds
and they haven't moved.
And my watch
hasn't moved either.
What about yours?
It stopped.
That all adds up to the fact
that time has stopped for us.
The plane is closer,
and the car.
And the truck is
closer to Janie.
What can we do?
Linda, listen to me.
If that truck is destined to hit
Janie before the plane crashes,
or you hit the Boulder, there's
nothing we can do about it.
If we can just get back in sync
with time before the accident,
then maybe we can stop the
truck and save our daughter.
Honey, at flight control
I can find out
how many seconds
there are left for us now.
We can relate
their time to ours.
Their clocks are ticking... ever
so slowly, but they are ticking.
Jim, it's too late.
It's too late.
But it's not!
How are you gonna
light the flares?
You were right, honey.
This is the only thing
between us and that thing.
Come on.
It's red light scramble.
I can hear baldy
yelling at me,
"blow your capsule."
Well, believe me, baldy,
I tried.
But I was pinned to the seat.
It's moved to plus 8.
Now, I blacked out at zero,
and crash landed at plus 10.
That means 10 seconds elapsed.
In other words,
we jumped into the future
at least...
10 seconds.
There are 2 seconds left.
At the rate the world
is moving to us...
Those 2 seconds
are a long time.
At least 2 hours.
The match.
Come on, hurry up, light it!
No, don't!
You do understand.
You must be able to speak.
Who are you?
What are you?
Stand where you are,
or I'll set you on fire.
Stop, or I'll throw it at you!
I... I can't talk
with that flame.
Then don't turn around.
Just tell me what it is
you're trying to do.
Who are you?
Talk.
I am what you are,
trapped in this limbo world between
the present and the future.
I am what you will be...
If you cannot return
to normal time
at the instant
of re-synchronization
of the time rift you created,
and through which
you were catapulted here.
What has happened to you,
happened to me.
I didn't get back.
What does happen at the instant
time catches up with us?
At that instant,
since 2 lives entered here,
there will be space
for 2 lives to escape
this time prison.
That is my chance.
I must not miss that chance.
And you wanna take my place?
If you miss your chance
to return...
One millionth of a second
behind time,
time will pass you by
and leave you where I am now,
in forever now.
Black, motionless, void.
No light.
No sun. No stars. No time.
Eternal nothing.
No hunger. No thirst.
Only endless existence.
And the worst of it,
you can't die.
So, fellow man,
you challenge me
for a wish to take your place?
You, both of you,
would feel no different
if you were caught
in this black oblivion.
If you are not in your plane,
in your car
at the exact instant...
We'll be there.
That will hold him off
till we can get out of here.
Janie!
Janie!
Jim, she'll be killed.
There must be something
we can do.
The truck's moving
10 miles an hour.
It'll pick up another
2 or 3 miles.
It'll take about one second
for it to reach us here.
One second.
Hell, that's about
one hour our time.
And... and Janie will
be here in time,
won't she?
Won't she?
All right, Linda.
A collision's inevitable.
Well... well,
we'll get something
and... and put it in front of
the tricycle to stop it.
Or... no.
No, we'll put something
in front of the truck
and make it swerve
out of the way.
It's no good.
Everything's petrified.
Nothing moves.
We can't just let it happen.
I mean, there must be
something we can do.
There's always
a solution to a problem.
There's always something
you can do.
Jim, you always say that.
Yeah. Maybe.
Maybe there's something
in the plane I could use.
Yes, there must be!
Yeah, but let's get
you back to the car.
You've got to be in it when the
world we know catches up with us.
Are you willing to give up
your daughter that easy?
Or...
Are you trying
to tell me that...
You're willing to give up
your own life
and... and save ours.
There's one hour left.
Come on.
Trust me.
Please, trust me.
Jim, there must be a way.
I've always had faith in you,
and... and so has Janie.
I know you can
think of something.
Anything.
That's it.
What is?
The safety belts.
One thing that
might help Janie
without our being there.
A knife.
I've got to have a knife..
I wish I had more time.
Get in.
What are you gonna do?
I'm going back to the truck.
Well, I'm going with you!
No, you're not.
Think of Janie.
It won't do her any good
to lose her mother.
Now, you know I'm right.
I've got to know that you're
going to get back into time.
And what happens to you?
You're wasting time
for the three of us.
Honey, everything is
gonna be all right.
I'm sure.
Oh, Jim!
I...
It must work.
It's got to work!
It's got to!
Now all we can do
is hope, Janie.
Oh, Jim!
It's done.
Whatever you've done,
I know it will work!
I think it will.
I love you!
Hey, this thing's
liable to blow.
Have you got
a fire extinguisher?
Thank heavens, you're alive!
I thought I was
having a nightmare.
Jim.
Let's get back to the base.
Now.
Oh, Janie! Oh!
Why are you crying, mommy?
Oh, it's all right now.
Why were you so fired up
to hurry back here?
Why did you agree so quickly?
I don't know.
Kind of a feeling,
just a premonition.
So did I.
So did I.
Man is forever solving
the most perplexing problems.
As he ventures ever further
into the unknown.
But where are the outer limits,
of his ingenuity?
Will he ever encounter
a problem,
a Gordian knot, which he
cannot ultimately cut?
We now return control of your
television set to you.
Until next week,
at this same time,
when the control voice
will take you to...
The outer limits.