The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 2, Episode 23 - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim - full transcript
Christian Horn is member of an 1847 wagon train headed west. They are 1500 miles from St. Louis and are now in the New Mexico desert. Many in the wagon train are ready to turn back but Chris wants everyone to persevere. His son has had a fever for 11 days now and Chris goes off looking for water, only 100 yards or so from the others and suddenly finds himself in the present day. He can't quite bring himself to believe what he sees or where he is but those he meets believe he's a man from the past. The trip in time does have one positive outcome.
( 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.
WHOA!
THIS IS THE 11th DAY
OF FEVER, CHRISTIAN
11 DAYS OF FEVER.
HE JUST CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE.
YOU SAID THAT
AFTER THE THIRD DAY
AND THE FOURTH, MARTHA.
HE'LL TAKE MORE,
JUST AS WE ALL HAVE.
HOW'S THE BOY, MRS. HORN?
OH, ABOUT THE SAME,
THANK YOU, CHARLIE.
YOU FIGURE THAT APACHE
COUNTRY IS JUST DUE SOUTH.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID
WE WERE LOOKING FOR, ISN'T IT?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S, UH, IT'S THIS WAY, CHRIS:
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
TALKING AND A LOT OF THINKING...
AND?
WE FIGURE WE OUGHT TO TURN BACK.
TURN BACK.
IS THAT WHAT YOU FIGURE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
CHRIS, WE'RE ABOUT AT
THE END OF OUR ROPE.
WE'RE HUNGRY AND WE'RE SICK.
WE FIGURE IF WE DON'T DO IT
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DIE OUT HERE.
IF YOU TRY TO GO THE 1,500
MILES BACK TO ST. LOUIS
I'LL GUARANTEE YOU'LL LEAVE YOUR
BONES BLEACHED ON SOME DESERT
OR LOSE YOUR SCALPS, OR
FREEZE IN A MOUNTAIN PASS.
WHAT ABOUT WATER, CHRIS?
WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF WATER.
I'LL FIND US WATER.
I'LL GET WATER.
HOW, CHRIS... WITH
A DIVINING ROD?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT
I'LL FIND WATER.
AND FOOD, CHRIS, AND
MEDICINE FOR YOUR OWN CHILD?
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT RIM OVER THERE.
CHRIS, YOU MIGHT... YOU MIGHT
LOOK FOR SOME SHADY SPOT...
A PRETTY SPOT WHERE WE MIGHT...
WE'LL NOT TALK ABOUT
BURYING OUR SON NOW
NOT WHILE THERE'S BREATH IN HIM.
STAY CLOSE TO THE WAGONS.
KEEP THEM BUNCHED UP.
CHRIS, HOW FAR YOU GOING?
JUST OVER THAT RIM
THERE ABOUT 100 YARDS.
MAYBE THERE'S A STREAM,
OR GAME OR SOMETHING.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL.
NEVER CAN TELL, CHRIS.
YOU HOLD ON...
HOLD ON, ALL OF YOU.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THE YEAR IS 1847, THE PLACE IS
THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.
THE PEOPLE ARE A TINY HANDFUL
OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH A DREAM.
11 MONTHS AGO, THEY STARTED
OUT FROM OHIO AND HEADED WEST.
SOMEONE TOLD THEM ABOUT
A PLACE CALLED CALIFORNIA
ABOUT A WARM SUN AND A BLUE
SKY, ABOUT RICH LAND AND FRESH AIR
AND AT THIS MOMENT,
ALMOST A YEAR LATER
THEY'VE SEEN NOTHING
BUT COLD, HEAT, EXHAUSTION
HUNGER AND SICKNESS.
THIS MAN'S NAME
IS CHRISTIAN HORN.
HE HAS A DYING
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON
AND A HEARTSICK WIFE
AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE REMAINING
WHO HAS EVEN A FRAGMENT
OF THE DREAM LEFT...
MR. CHRIS HORN, WHO IS
GOING OVER THE TOP OF A RIM
TO LOOK FOR WATER AND SUSTENANCE
AND IN A MOMENT WILL
MOVE INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MARTHA!
CHARLIE!
WHERE'D THEY GO?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
( motor vehicle approaching)
( honking horn)
( gunshot)
Man: HOWDY.
DID YOU SEE IT?
SEE WHAT?
THAT THING... THAT MONSTERLIKE
THING THAT CAME AT ME.
MONSTER?
YEAH, IT ALMOST...
ALMOST HIT ME.
WELL, MISTER, I
NEVER SAW ANYTHING.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING,
IT NEVER GOT TO HERE.
OH, NO, BUT IT WAS JUST A
MILE OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU MEAN THE TRUCK?
THE TRUCK?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I MEAN, UH... HOW LONG YOU
BEEN OUT THERE IN THE DESERT?
OH, WELL, ALMOST A YEAR.
THAT IS, ALMOST A YEAR
SINCE WE LEFT OHIO.
ONE OF THE WAGONS WAS
BURNED BY THE INDIANS
AND THE OTHER TWO WENT BACK.
YEAH, WELL, UH...
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME
ON INSIDE FOR AWHILE, HUH?
LET ME TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT ARM, TOO.
YES, THE GUN WENT OFF
WHEN THAT... WHEN THAT
MONSTER CAME AT ME.
YEAH, YOU LET MARY
LOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SHE USED TO BE A NURSE'S AIDE.
MARY LOU IS MY WIFE.
COME ON.
MARY LOU!
MARY LOU!
UH... THIS, UH,
FELLOW SHOT HIMSELF
IN THE ARM BY ACCIDENT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM?
WHY, SURE.
YOU SIT DOWN OVER THERE, MISTER
AND I'LL GET SOME BANDAGES OUT.
YEAH, UH, GO AHEAD.
SIT DOWN.
HAVE A GLASS OF WATER.
GO AHEAD.
( tears bandage)
OBLIGED.
WELL, NOW, THERE'S AN OLD-TIMER.
IT, UH... MUST BE A
REAL ANTIQUE, HUH?
IT'S BEEN USED A LOT.
WELL, IT ISN'T HUNTING
SEASON AROUND HERE.
WHAT ABOUT INDIANS?
INDIANS?
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDIANS.
WELL, LEASTWAYS NOT
HOSTILE ONES, HUH?
( chuckles)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
UH... A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SEE, WE LIVED OVER IN PHOENIX.
PHOENIX.
YEAH, PHOENIX.
YOU SEE, UH, MARY LOU'S
FOLKS ARE FROM THERE.
AND, UH...
FIRST MARRIED, I
WORKED FOR HER OLD MAN.
AND THEN WE, UH
WE BOUGHT THIS
PLACE HERE, AND, UH...
OF COURSE, I ADMIT
THE RESTAURANT
ISN'T DOING TOO GOOD
RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH...
TRUCKS ARE
BEGINNING TO STOP NOW.
THIS, UH, IS A JUKEBOX.
IT'S A JUKEBOX.
HEY, MISTER WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I MEAN, REALLY.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
FROM?
YEAH.
I'M FROM OHIO.
OHIO!
I LEFT THE WAGONS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIM.
I CAME TO LOOK FOR WATER.
WELL, THERE'S A NATURAL SPRING
JUST WEST OF HERE.
SPRING?
YEAH.
AND GAME?
WELL, UH... I GUESS SO.
HERE, YOU... YOU
TAKE TWO OF THESE
AND DRINK SOME WATER WITH THEM.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE THERE?
WELL, IT'S PENICILLIN.
IT'LL KEEP AWAY ANY INFECTION.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
AT THE DRUGSTORE.
YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU SAY THIS IS
GOOD FOR A SICKNESS?
WELL, SOMETIMES,
DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
I'VE GOT A REAL SICK
BOY BACK IN THE WAGON.
YOU MEAN, YOU BROUGHT
YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU?
THERE WERE THREE WAGONS...
AND I... I LOOKED
AROUND AND I...
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IS THAT?
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE...
OH, GOD IN HEAVEN,
HOW COULD THAT BE?
THAT SAYS "SEPTEMBER, 1961"
WHEN IT'S...
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND FORTY-SEVEN!
( glass drops and breaks)
WHO ARE YOU?
WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE AM I?
WHERE IS THIS PLACE?
WHERE AM I?
THANK YOU.
COME AGAIN.
WELL, DOC, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF YOU HAD SOME
BOURBON, MARY LOU,
I'D PREFER THAT AT
THE MOMENT, BUT...
COFFEE'LL DO FOR SECOND BEST.
HAVING COFFEE, HUH?
DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HIM, DOC?
I DID, INDEED.
MALNUTRITION, THAT'S
HIS MAJOR PROBLEM
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT A
BAD SPECIMEN OF A MAN
I'LL SAY THAT.
YOU WERE RIGHT, JOE
HE'S AN INTERESTING CUSTOMER.
MUST HAVE BEEN THE HEAT, HUH?
OR SOMETHING.
WELL, I MEAN, DOC,
HE'S JUST NOT RATIONAL.
NOW, I'M NOT A
PSYCHIATRIST, JOE.
I'M JUST AN OLD-FASHIONED G.P.
BUT FREUD HIMSELF
WOULD HAVE SOMETHING
TO GNAW ON HERE.
( chuckles)
OH, HE HAPPENS TO
SEEM VERY RATIONAL.
OH, DOC, COME ON!
HE CAN TRACE HIS IMAGINARY LIFE
A WHOLE LOT CLEARER THAN
ANY OF US CAN OUR OWN.
HIS SEEMING RECALL IS AMAZING.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
AND ONE OTHER THING.
A LITTLE PARENTHETIC
ASIDE, LET'S CALL IT.
THE FILLINGS IN HIS TEETH...
THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
NO MODERN-DAY DENTIST
EVER DRILLED THEM.
AND YOU SAW HIS GUN, JOE.
SURE, BUT IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
AN ANTIQUE THAT ISN'T
MORE THAN A YEAR OLD!
A 100-YEAR-OLD GUN, JOE
AND YOU SAID YOURSELF IT
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MANUFACTURED
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
OKAY, NOW, DOC
YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL US...
I'M NOT TRYING TO
TELL YOU ANYTHING, JOE.
THAT IS, I'M NOT
TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
ALL I'M GIVING YOU
IS THE BENEFIT OF
SOME OBSERVATION.
HE'S SUFFERING A
DELUSION OF SOME KIND
BUT IT'S A DELUSION
OF THE PUREST FORM.
THE WAY HE DESCRIBES
THOSE WAGONS, HIS WIFE
THE OTHER PEOPLE, HIS SON.
HE SAID HIS SON WAS SICK.
YES, HE TOLD ME
HIS BOY WAS DYING
AND FROM THE WAY HE
DESCRIBED THE SYMPTOMS
I'D CALL IT PNEUMONIA.
WELL, I SURE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T EITHER.
SO, DOC...
WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO WITH HIM?
I WANT THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, PLEASE.
PRECISELY WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
I'M GETTING THE AUTHORITIES
IN HERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
HELLO, IS THE SHERIFF THERE?
OH, WELL, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
CAN YOU RADIO TO HIM TO
GET OVER TO JOE'S DINER
AS FAST AS HE CAN?
THERE'S A MAN HERE WHO
NEEDS LOOKING AFTER.
MY SON.
I READ THIS IN THE BOOK.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
"HORN, CHRISTIAN, JUNIOR, M.D.
"FAMOUS FOR HIS EARLY
WORK IN CHILDHOOD DISEASES
"PIONEER IN VACCINE RESEARCH.
"BORN: MELADIN, OHIO, 1839.
DIED: SANTA BARBARA,
CALIFORNIA, 1914."
THAT'S MY SON... THAT'S CHRIS.
I MAY BE CRAZY, OR THE WORLD
MAY BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN
PUT HERE FOR A REASON.
A REASON.
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN KIND AND
GRACIOUS AND I APPRECIATE IT
AND I'VE GOT TO GET BACK.
HORN, WE WANT TO HELP YOU
BUT HELP MEANS REST
AND MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I'VE SENT FOR THE AUTHORITIES.
I WANT YOU TO COME
OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN.
AUTHORITIES... I HAVE
NO IDEA WHO THEY MAY BE
BUT I HAVE NOT THE TIME
TO WAIT AND FIND OUT.
HORN, PLEASE!
( Mary Lou screams)
MARTHA.
DID YOU FORGET
SOMETHING, CHRISTIAN?
WHERE DID YOU GO?
WHERE DID WE GO?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, CHRIS?
WHERE COULD WE HAVE GONE?
WELL... ALL THIS TIME.
ALL WHAT TIME?
CHRIS, HONEY, YOU JUST
LEFT A FEW SECONDS AGO.
WHAT DID YOU FORGET?
WHAT'S THAT?
HERE. GIVE HIM TWO
OF THESE TABLETS.
I THINK IT MAY SAVE HIS LIFE.
Charlie: SHORT TRIP, CHRIS.
NOTHING MUCH ON THE
OTHER SIDE, WAS THERE?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED, CHARLIE.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RIM.
FOR THERE'LL BE HIGHWAYS
AND MANY NEW THINGS...
A WHOLE NEW LAND.
YOU KNOW WHAT, CHARLIE?
IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE US.
WE MADE IT HAPPEN.
I WOULDN'T WORRY NONE, JOE.
HE CAN'T GET FAR.
WE'LL BE FINDING HIM SOON.
OKAY. THANKS, SHERIFF.
JOE, WHAT HAPPENED?
MARY LOU... THIS
IS HORN'S RIFLE.
WHY...
I PICKED IT UP JUST
WHERE HE DROPPED IT,
AND LOOK AT IT. JUST LOOK AT IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN LYING
OUT IN THE DESERT FOR 100 YEARS.
YEAH.
HEY, JOE.
WHO WAS HE?
WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
I THINK HE WENT BACK
TO WHEREVER IT WAS
HE DID COME FROM
BECAUSE, WHEN WE GOT
TO THE TOP OF THE HILL,
HE... JUST DISAPPEARED.
WHERE, JOE?
ALL RIGHT, BOYS,
THERE'S WATER UP AHEAD,
AND WE'RE GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
AND MY SON HAS GOT A WHOLE
LOT TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.
A WHOLE LOT.
GIDDYAP!
MR. CHRISTIAN HORN...
ONE OF THE HEARTY BREED
OF MEN WHO HEADED WEST
DURING A TIME WHEN THERE
WERE NO CONCRETE HIGHWAYS
OR THE SOLACE OF CIVILIZATION.
MR. CHRISTIAN HORN, FAMILY
AND PARTY HEADING WEST
AFTER A BRIEF DETOUR
TO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: BE SURE AND WATCH
GUNSMOKE, STARRING JAMES ARNESS,
SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST 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.
WHOA!
THIS IS THE 11th DAY
OF FEVER, CHRISTIAN
11 DAYS OF FEVER.
HE JUST CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE.
YOU SAID THAT
AFTER THE THIRD DAY
AND THE FOURTH, MARTHA.
HE'LL TAKE MORE,
JUST AS WE ALL HAVE.
HOW'S THE BOY, MRS. HORN?
OH, ABOUT THE SAME,
THANK YOU, CHARLIE.
YOU FIGURE THAT APACHE
COUNTRY IS JUST DUE SOUTH.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID
WE WERE LOOKING FOR, ISN'T IT?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S, UH, IT'S THIS WAY, CHRIS:
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
TALKING AND A LOT OF THINKING...
AND?
WE FIGURE WE OUGHT TO TURN BACK.
TURN BACK.
IS THAT WHAT YOU FIGURE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
CHRIS, WE'RE ABOUT AT
THE END OF OUR ROPE.
WE'RE HUNGRY AND WE'RE SICK.
WE FIGURE IF WE DON'T DO IT
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DIE OUT HERE.
IF YOU TRY TO GO THE 1,500
MILES BACK TO ST. LOUIS
I'LL GUARANTEE YOU'LL LEAVE YOUR
BONES BLEACHED ON SOME DESERT
OR LOSE YOUR SCALPS, OR
FREEZE IN A MOUNTAIN PASS.
WHAT ABOUT WATER, CHRIS?
WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF WATER.
I'LL FIND US WATER.
I'LL GET WATER.
HOW, CHRIS... WITH
A DIVINING ROD?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT
I'LL FIND WATER.
AND FOOD, CHRIS, AND
MEDICINE FOR YOUR OWN CHILD?
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT RIM OVER THERE.
CHRIS, YOU MIGHT... YOU MIGHT
LOOK FOR SOME SHADY SPOT...
A PRETTY SPOT WHERE WE MIGHT...
WE'LL NOT TALK ABOUT
BURYING OUR SON NOW
NOT WHILE THERE'S BREATH IN HIM.
STAY CLOSE TO THE WAGONS.
KEEP THEM BUNCHED UP.
CHRIS, HOW FAR YOU GOING?
JUST OVER THAT RIM
THERE ABOUT 100 YARDS.
MAYBE THERE'S A STREAM,
OR GAME OR SOMETHING.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL.
NEVER CAN TELL, CHRIS.
YOU HOLD ON...
HOLD ON, ALL OF YOU.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THE YEAR IS 1847, THE PLACE IS
THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.
THE PEOPLE ARE A TINY HANDFUL
OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH A DREAM.
11 MONTHS AGO, THEY STARTED
OUT FROM OHIO AND HEADED WEST.
SOMEONE TOLD THEM ABOUT
A PLACE CALLED CALIFORNIA
ABOUT A WARM SUN AND A BLUE
SKY, ABOUT RICH LAND AND FRESH AIR
AND AT THIS MOMENT,
ALMOST A YEAR LATER
THEY'VE SEEN NOTHING
BUT COLD, HEAT, EXHAUSTION
HUNGER AND SICKNESS.
THIS MAN'S NAME
IS CHRISTIAN HORN.
HE HAS A DYING
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON
AND A HEARTSICK WIFE
AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE REMAINING
WHO HAS EVEN A FRAGMENT
OF THE DREAM LEFT...
MR. CHRIS HORN, WHO IS
GOING OVER THE TOP OF A RIM
TO LOOK FOR WATER AND SUSTENANCE
AND IN A MOMENT WILL
MOVE INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MARTHA!
CHARLIE!
WHERE'D THEY GO?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
( motor vehicle approaching)
( honking horn)
( gunshot)
Man: HOWDY.
DID YOU SEE IT?
SEE WHAT?
THAT THING... THAT MONSTERLIKE
THING THAT CAME AT ME.
MONSTER?
YEAH, IT ALMOST...
ALMOST HIT ME.
WELL, MISTER, I
NEVER SAW ANYTHING.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING,
IT NEVER GOT TO HERE.
OH, NO, BUT IT WAS JUST A
MILE OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU MEAN THE TRUCK?
THE TRUCK?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I MEAN, UH... HOW LONG YOU
BEEN OUT THERE IN THE DESERT?
OH, WELL, ALMOST A YEAR.
THAT IS, ALMOST A YEAR
SINCE WE LEFT OHIO.
ONE OF THE WAGONS WAS
BURNED BY THE INDIANS
AND THE OTHER TWO WENT BACK.
YEAH, WELL, UH...
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU COME
ON INSIDE FOR AWHILE, HUH?
LET ME TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT ARM, TOO.
YES, THE GUN WENT OFF
WHEN THAT... WHEN THAT
MONSTER CAME AT ME.
YEAH, YOU LET MARY
LOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SHE USED TO BE A NURSE'S AIDE.
MARY LOU IS MY WIFE.
COME ON.
MARY LOU!
MARY LOU!
UH... THIS, UH,
FELLOW SHOT HIMSELF
IN THE ARM BY ACCIDENT.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM?
WHY, SURE.
YOU SIT DOWN OVER THERE, MISTER
AND I'LL GET SOME BANDAGES OUT.
YEAH, UH, GO AHEAD.
SIT DOWN.
HAVE A GLASS OF WATER.
GO AHEAD.
( tears bandage)
OBLIGED.
WELL, NOW, THERE'S AN OLD-TIMER.
IT, UH... MUST BE A
REAL ANTIQUE, HUH?
IT'S BEEN USED A LOT.
WELL, IT ISN'T HUNTING
SEASON AROUND HERE.
WHAT ABOUT INDIANS?
INDIANS?
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDIANS.
WELL, LEASTWAYS NOT
HOSTILE ONES, HUH?
( chuckles)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
UH... A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SEE, WE LIVED OVER IN PHOENIX.
PHOENIX.
YEAH, PHOENIX.
YOU SEE, UH, MARY LOU'S
FOLKS ARE FROM THERE.
AND, UH...
FIRST MARRIED, I
WORKED FOR HER OLD MAN.
AND THEN WE, UH
WE BOUGHT THIS
PLACE HERE, AND, UH...
OF COURSE, I ADMIT
THE RESTAURANT
ISN'T DOING TOO GOOD
RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH...
TRUCKS ARE
BEGINNING TO STOP NOW.
THIS, UH, IS A JUKEBOX.
IT'S A JUKEBOX.
HEY, MISTER WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I MEAN, REALLY.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
FROM?
YEAH.
I'M FROM OHIO.
OHIO!
I LEFT THE WAGONS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIM.
I CAME TO LOOK FOR WATER.
WELL, THERE'S A NATURAL SPRING
JUST WEST OF HERE.
SPRING?
YEAH.
AND GAME?
WELL, UH... I GUESS SO.
HERE, YOU... YOU
TAKE TWO OF THESE
AND DRINK SOME WATER WITH THEM.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE THERE?
WELL, IT'S PENICILLIN.
IT'LL KEEP AWAY ANY INFECTION.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
AT THE DRUGSTORE.
YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU SAY THIS IS
GOOD FOR A SICKNESS?
WELL, SOMETIMES,
DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
I'VE GOT A REAL SICK
BOY BACK IN THE WAGON.
YOU MEAN, YOU BROUGHT
YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU?
THERE WERE THREE WAGONS...
AND I... I LOOKED
AROUND AND I...
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IS THAT?
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE...
OH, GOD IN HEAVEN,
HOW COULD THAT BE?
THAT SAYS "SEPTEMBER, 1961"
WHEN IT'S...
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND FORTY-SEVEN!
( glass drops and breaks)
WHO ARE YOU?
WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE AM I?
WHERE IS THIS PLACE?
WHERE AM I?
THANK YOU.
COME AGAIN.
WELL, DOC, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF YOU HAD SOME
BOURBON, MARY LOU,
I'D PREFER THAT AT
THE MOMENT, BUT...
COFFEE'LL DO FOR SECOND BEST.
HAVING COFFEE, HUH?
DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HIM, DOC?
I DID, INDEED.
MALNUTRITION, THAT'S
HIS MAJOR PROBLEM
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT A
BAD SPECIMEN OF A MAN
I'LL SAY THAT.
YOU WERE RIGHT, JOE
HE'S AN INTERESTING CUSTOMER.
MUST HAVE BEEN THE HEAT, HUH?
OR SOMETHING.
WELL, I MEAN, DOC,
HE'S JUST NOT RATIONAL.
NOW, I'M NOT A
PSYCHIATRIST, JOE.
I'M JUST AN OLD-FASHIONED G.P.
BUT FREUD HIMSELF
WOULD HAVE SOMETHING
TO GNAW ON HERE.
( chuckles)
OH, HE HAPPENS TO
SEEM VERY RATIONAL.
OH, DOC, COME ON!
HE CAN TRACE HIS IMAGINARY LIFE
A WHOLE LOT CLEARER THAN
ANY OF US CAN OUR OWN.
HIS SEEMING RECALL IS AMAZING.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
AND ONE OTHER THING.
A LITTLE PARENTHETIC
ASIDE, LET'S CALL IT.
THE FILLINGS IN HIS TEETH...
THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
NO MODERN-DAY DENTIST
EVER DRILLED THEM.
AND YOU SAW HIS GUN, JOE.
SURE, BUT IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
AN ANTIQUE THAT ISN'T
MORE THAN A YEAR OLD!
A 100-YEAR-OLD GUN, JOE
AND YOU SAID YOURSELF IT
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MANUFACTURED
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
OKAY, NOW, DOC
YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL US...
I'M NOT TRYING TO
TELL YOU ANYTHING, JOE.
THAT IS, I'M NOT
TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
ALL I'M GIVING YOU
IS THE BENEFIT OF
SOME OBSERVATION.
HE'S SUFFERING A
DELUSION OF SOME KIND
BUT IT'S A DELUSION
OF THE PUREST FORM.
THE WAY HE DESCRIBES
THOSE WAGONS, HIS WIFE
THE OTHER PEOPLE, HIS SON.
HE SAID HIS SON WAS SICK.
YES, HE TOLD ME
HIS BOY WAS DYING
AND FROM THE WAY HE
DESCRIBED THE SYMPTOMS
I'D CALL IT PNEUMONIA.
WELL, I SURE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T EITHER.
SO, DOC...
WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO WITH HIM?
I WANT THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, PLEASE.
PRECISELY WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
I'M GETTING THE AUTHORITIES
IN HERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
HELLO, IS THE SHERIFF THERE?
OH, WELL, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
CAN YOU RADIO TO HIM TO
GET OVER TO JOE'S DINER
AS FAST AS HE CAN?
THERE'S A MAN HERE WHO
NEEDS LOOKING AFTER.
MY SON.
I READ THIS IN THE BOOK.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
"HORN, CHRISTIAN, JUNIOR, M.D.
"FAMOUS FOR HIS EARLY
WORK IN CHILDHOOD DISEASES
"PIONEER IN VACCINE RESEARCH.
"BORN: MELADIN, OHIO, 1839.
DIED: SANTA BARBARA,
CALIFORNIA, 1914."
THAT'S MY SON... THAT'S CHRIS.
I MAY BE CRAZY, OR THE WORLD
MAY BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN
PUT HERE FOR A REASON.
A REASON.
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN KIND AND
GRACIOUS AND I APPRECIATE IT
AND I'VE GOT TO GET BACK.
HORN, WE WANT TO HELP YOU
BUT HELP MEANS REST
AND MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I'VE SENT FOR THE AUTHORITIES.
I WANT YOU TO COME
OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN.
AUTHORITIES... I HAVE
NO IDEA WHO THEY MAY BE
BUT I HAVE NOT THE TIME
TO WAIT AND FIND OUT.
HORN, PLEASE!
( Mary Lou screams)
MARTHA.
DID YOU FORGET
SOMETHING, CHRISTIAN?
WHERE DID YOU GO?
WHERE DID WE GO?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, CHRIS?
WHERE COULD WE HAVE GONE?
WELL... ALL THIS TIME.
ALL WHAT TIME?
CHRIS, HONEY, YOU JUST
LEFT A FEW SECONDS AGO.
WHAT DID YOU FORGET?
WHAT'S THAT?
HERE. GIVE HIM TWO
OF THESE TABLETS.
I THINK IT MAY SAVE HIS LIFE.
Charlie: SHORT TRIP, CHRIS.
NOTHING MUCH ON THE
OTHER SIDE, WAS THERE?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED, CHARLIE.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RIM.
FOR THERE'LL BE HIGHWAYS
AND MANY NEW THINGS...
A WHOLE NEW LAND.
YOU KNOW WHAT, CHARLIE?
IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE US.
WE MADE IT HAPPEN.
I WOULDN'T WORRY NONE, JOE.
HE CAN'T GET FAR.
WE'LL BE FINDING HIM SOON.
OKAY. THANKS, SHERIFF.
JOE, WHAT HAPPENED?
MARY LOU... THIS
IS HORN'S RIFLE.
WHY...
I PICKED IT UP JUST
WHERE HE DROPPED IT,
AND LOOK AT IT. JUST LOOK AT IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN LYING
OUT IN THE DESERT FOR 100 YEARS.
YEAH.
HEY, JOE.
WHO WAS HE?
WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
I THINK HE WENT BACK
TO WHEREVER IT WAS
HE DID COME FROM
BECAUSE, WHEN WE GOT
TO THE TOP OF THE HILL,
HE... JUST DISAPPEARED.
WHERE, JOE?
ALL RIGHT, BOYS,
THERE'S WATER UP AHEAD,
AND WE'RE GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
AND MY SON HAS GOT A WHOLE
LOT TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.
A WHOLE LOT.
GIDDYAP!
MR. CHRISTIAN HORN...
ONE OF THE HEARTY BREED
OF MEN WHO HEADED WEST
DURING A TIME WHEN THERE
WERE NO CONCRETE HIGHWAYS
OR THE SOLACE OF CIVILIZATION.
MR. CHRISTIAN HORN, FAMILY
AND PARTY HEADING WEST
AFTER A BRIEF DETOUR
TO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
MAN: BE SURE AND WATCH
GUNSMOKE, STARRING JAMES ARNESS,
SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE SAME STATIONS.