The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 2, Episode 15 - The Invaders - full transcript
An old woman who lives alone in a ramshackle farm house comes face to face with alien invaders. She hears something on her roof and then finds a flying saucer, perhaps six or seven feet across from which emerges two small robots. She fights them as best she can and eventually succeeds in destroying their ship. The nature of the invaders however is not immediately obvious however.
( eerie music)
YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND.
A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND
WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.
THAT'S THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES...
THE UNVISITED PLACES...
BLEAK, WASTED, DYING.
THIS IS A FARMHOUSE...
HANDMADE, CRUDE,
A HOUSE WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY OR GAS.
A HOUSE UNTOUCHED BY PROGRESS.
THIS IS THE WOMAN
WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSE.
A WOMAN WHO'S BEEN
ALONE FOR MANY YEARS.
A STRONG, SIMPLE WOMAN,
WHOSE ONLY PROBLEM
UP UNTIL THIS MOMENT
HAS BEEN THAT OF ACQUIRING
ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT.
A WOMAN ABOUT TO FACE TERROR
WHICH IS, EVEN NOW,
COMING AT HER FROM...
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( whirring)
( whirring continues)
( whirring growing louder)
( high-pitched tone)
( woman screams)
( thud, crashing above)
( woman grunts)
( woman coughs)
( silence)
( electronic beeping)
( beeping continues)
( beeping)
( click, whirring)
( alarm-like beeping)
( whirring)
( panting)
( footsteps approaching)
( high-pitched beeping)
( woman gasping)
( footsteps approaching)
( zapping)
( woman grunting)
( zapping)
( woman groaning)
( woman gasping hysterically)
( woman groans)
( footsteps scurrying past)
( footsteps stop)
( crackles)
( electronic beeping)
( irregular beeping)
( woman screams)
( zapping)
( woman panting)
( beeping)
( loud zapping)
( whimperS)
( woman pants)
( woman screaming)
( alarm rings)
( woman crying)
( crying continues)
( whimpering, crying)
( loud panting)
( rapid beeping)
( zapping)
( woman screams)
( explosion)
( zapping)
( hysterical panting)
( footsteps scurrying by)
( footsteps scurrying by)
( woman wheezing)
( whirring)
( man coughing)
MAN: Central Control.
Come in, Central Control.
Do you read me?
Gresham is dead.
Repeat, Gresham is dead.
The ship's destroyed.
Incredible race of giants here.
Race of giants.
No, Central Control.
No counterattack.
Repeat, no counterattack.
Too much for us.
Too powerful.
Stay away.
( man groaning)
Gresham and I, we're
finished... finished.
Stay away... (
weakly): Stay away...
( whirring)
( bell tolling)
THESE ARE THE INVADERS...
THE TINY BEINGS FROM THE
TINY PLACE CALLED EARTH
WHO WOULD TAKE THE
GIANT STEP ACROSS THE SKY
TO THE QUESTION MARKS
THAT SPARKLE AND BECKON
FROM THE VASTNESS OF A
UNIVERSE ONLY TO BE IMAGINED.
THE INVADERS WHO FOUND OUT
THAT A ONE-WAY TICKET
TO THE STARS BEYOND
HAS THE ULTIMATE PRICE TAG,
AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN
IT ENTERED IN A LEDGER
THAT COVERS ALL THE
TRANSACTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE...
A BILL STAMPED "PAID IN FULL"...
AND TO BE FOUND, UNFILED,
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: ROD SERLING, CREATOR
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS WORD FROM
OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT WEEK, ON THIS VERY SPOT,
THERE COMMENCES A VERY
KOOKY CHAIN OF OCCURRENCES.
THE STORY HAS TO DO WITH
A YOUNG BANK CLERK WHO,
FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED
AND MOST UNCANNY REASON,
FINDS HIMSELF ABLE TO
READ OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS,
AND THEN FINDS THAT
THE POWER CAN GET HIM
INTO A PECK OF TROUBLE
AND A BUSHEL OF TRAVAIL.
OUR SHOW IS CALLED "A
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS,"
AND IT WILL BE HERE
WAITING FOR YOU NEXT WEEK
ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: BE SURE AND SEE THE
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY'S
NEW COMEDY SHOW MY SISTER EILEEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON MANY
OF THESE SAME STATIONS.
YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND.
A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND
WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.
THAT'S THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD.
YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES...
THE UNVISITED PLACES...
BLEAK, WASTED, DYING.
THIS IS A FARMHOUSE...
HANDMADE, CRUDE,
A HOUSE WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY OR GAS.
A HOUSE UNTOUCHED BY PROGRESS.
THIS IS THE WOMAN
WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSE.
A WOMAN WHO'S BEEN
ALONE FOR MANY YEARS.
A STRONG, SIMPLE WOMAN,
WHOSE ONLY PROBLEM
UP UNTIL THIS MOMENT
HAS BEEN THAT OF ACQUIRING
ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT.
A WOMAN ABOUT TO FACE TERROR
WHICH IS, EVEN NOW,
COMING AT HER FROM...
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
( whirring)
( whirring continues)
( whirring growing louder)
( high-pitched tone)
( woman screams)
( thud, crashing above)
( woman grunts)
( woman coughs)
( silence)
( electronic beeping)
( beeping continues)
( beeping)
( click, whirring)
( alarm-like beeping)
( whirring)
( panting)
( footsteps approaching)
( high-pitched beeping)
( woman gasping)
( footsteps approaching)
( zapping)
( woman grunting)
( zapping)
( woman groaning)
( woman gasping hysterically)
( woman groans)
( footsteps scurrying past)
( footsteps stop)
( crackles)
( electronic beeping)
( irregular beeping)
( woman screams)
( zapping)
( woman panting)
( beeping)
( loud zapping)
( whimperS)
( woman pants)
( woman screaming)
( alarm rings)
( woman crying)
( crying continues)
( whimpering, crying)
( loud panting)
( rapid beeping)
( zapping)
( woman screams)
( explosion)
( zapping)
( hysterical panting)
( footsteps scurrying by)
( footsteps scurrying by)
( woman wheezing)
( whirring)
( man coughing)
MAN: Central Control.
Come in, Central Control.
Do you read me?
Gresham is dead.
Repeat, Gresham is dead.
The ship's destroyed.
Incredible race of giants here.
Race of giants.
No, Central Control.
No counterattack.
Repeat, no counterattack.
Too much for us.
Too powerful.
Stay away.
( man groaning)
Gresham and I, we're
finished... finished.
Stay away... (
weakly): Stay away...
( whirring)
( bell tolling)
THESE ARE THE INVADERS...
THE TINY BEINGS FROM THE
TINY PLACE CALLED EARTH
WHO WOULD TAKE THE
GIANT STEP ACROSS THE SKY
TO THE QUESTION MARKS
THAT SPARKLE AND BECKON
FROM THE VASTNESS OF A
UNIVERSE ONLY TO BE IMAGINED.
THE INVADERS WHO FOUND OUT
THAT A ONE-WAY TICKET
TO THE STARS BEYOND
HAS THE ULTIMATE PRICE TAG,
AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN
IT ENTERED IN A LEDGER
THAT COVERS ALL THE
TRANSACTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE...
A BILL STAMPED "PAID IN FULL"...
AND TO BE FOUND, UNFILED,
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: ROD SERLING, CREATOR
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY
AFTER THIS WORD FROM
OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT WEEK, ON THIS VERY SPOT,
THERE COMMENCES A VERY
KOOKY CHAIN OF OCCURRENCES.
THE STORY HAS TO DO WITH
A YOUNG BANK CLERK WHO,
FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED
AND MOST UNCANNY REASON,
FINDS HIMSELF ABLE TO
READ OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS,
AND THEN FINDS THAT
THE POWER CAN GET HIM
INTO A PECK OF TROUBLE
AND A BUSHEL OF TRAVAIL.
OUR SHOW IS CALLED "A
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS,"
AND IT WILL BE HERE
WAITING FOR YOU NEXT WEEK
ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: BE SURE AND SEE THE
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY'S
NEW COMEDY SHOW MY SISTER EILEEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON MANY
OF THESE SAME STATIONS.