The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 2, Episode 29 - The Obsolete Man - full transcript

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.

WORDSWORTH.
ROMNEY. OBSOLESCENCE.

HE'S WAITING, CHANCELLOR.

ORDER HIM IN.

WORDSWORTH.

ROMNEY.



OBSOLESCENCE.

YOU WALK INTO THIS
ROOM AT YOUR OWN RISK

BECAUSE IT LEADS TO THE FUTURE,

NOT A FUTURE THAT WILL
BE, BUT ONE THAT MIGHT BE.

THIS IS NOT A NEW WORLD.

IT IS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION OF
WHAT BEGAN IN THE OLD ONE.

IT HAS PATTERNED ITSELF
AFTER EVERY DICTATOR

WHO HAS EVER PLANTED THE
RIPPING IMPRINT OF A BOOT

ON THE PAGES OF HISTORY
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

IT HAS REFINEMENTS,
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

AND A MORE
SOPHISTICATED APPROACH

TO THE DESTRUCTION
OF HUMAN FREEDOM,

BUT LIKE EVERY ONE OF THE
SUPERSTATES THAT PRECEDED IT,

IT HAS ONE IRON RULE:



LOGIC IS AN ENEMY,
AND TRUTH IS A MENACE.

THIS IS MR. ROMNEY WORDSWORTH
IN HIS LAST 48 HOURS ON EARTH.

HE'S A CITIZEN OF THE STATE

BUT WILL SOON HAVE
TO BE ELIMINATED

BECAUSE HE'S BUILT OUT OF
FLESH AND BECAUSE HE HAS A MIND.

MR. ROMNEY WORDSWORTH,
WHO WILL DRAW HIS LAST BREATHS

IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

WORDSWORTH, ROMNEY...

FIELD INVESTIGATION
FINDING: OBSOLESCENCE.

DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE
HERE, MR. WORDSWORTH?

YES, SIR.

I'D ASK YOU TO SPEAK
UP A LITTLE, IF YOU WILL.

YES, SIR, I KNOW WHY I'M HERE.

YOU'VE BEEN UNDER
INVESTIGATION, MR. WORDSWORTH,

FOR THE MANDATORY PERIOD
OF ONE YEAR AND 11 MONTHS.

YOU'RE FOUND TO BE OBSOLETE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS
HEARING IS TO MAKE A FINDING

IN THE MATTER AND MAKE
A SENTENCE ACCORDINGLY.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOUR OCCUPATION, MR. WORDSWORTH?

A LIBRARIAN, SIR.

A WHAT?

A LIBRARIAN, SIR.

HAS THIS MAN HAD
COUNSEL? YES, SIR, HE HAS.

ARE YOU SURE HE KNOWS
HIS RIGHTS? HE'S BEEN GIVEN

ORIENTATION, SIR.

MR. WORDSWORTH, I'M TOLD
THAT YOU'VE HAD COUN...

STAND BACK IN THE
LIGHT, MR. WORDSWORTH!

I'M TOLD YOU'VE HAD COUNSEL

AND BEEN GIVEN ORIENTATION,
MR. WORDSWORTH,

BUT I'M STILL NOT
SURE IN MY OWN MIND

THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE
PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING.

THE FIELD INVESTIGATORS
IN YOUR SECTOR

HAVE CLASSIFIED YOU AS OBSOLETE.

THIS FINDING CARRIES WITH
IT SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT, MR. WORDSWORTH?

NOW I'LL ASK YOU
AGAIN YOUR OCCUPATION.

I AM A LIBRARIAN, SIR.

THAT IS MY OCCUPATION.
THAT IS MY PROFESSION.

IF YOU PEOPLE CHOOSE
TO CALL THAT "OBSOLETE"...

REQUEST CLARIFICATION
OF THE TERM...

YES, THE TERM,
MR. WORDSWORTH, "YOU PEOPLE"...

YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO THE STATE?

I MAKE REFERENCE TO THE STATE.

AND YOU PERSIST IN DECLARING

YOUR OCCUPATION
AS BEING A LIBRARIAN.

THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

A LIBRARIAN... HAVING
TO DO... WITH BOOKS.

YES, SIR, BOOKS.

BUT SINCE THERE ARE NO
MORE BOOKS, MR. WORDSWORTH,

THERE ARE NO MORE LIBRARIES.

AND, OF COURSE, IT FOLLOWS
THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE CALL

FOR THE SERVICES OF A LIBRARIAN.

CASE IN POINT:

A MINISTER.

A MINISTER WOULD TELL
US THAT HIS FUNCTION

IS THAT OF PREACHING
THE WORD OF GOD.

AND, OF COURSE, IT FOLLOWS

THAT SINCE THE STATE HAS PROVEN

THAT THERE IS NO
GOD, THAT WOULD MAKE

THE FUNCTION OF A MINISTER

SOMEWHAT ACADEMIC, AS WELL.

THERE IS A GOD.

YOU ARE IN ERROR,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

THERE IS NO GOD!

THE STATE HAS PROVEN
THAT THERE IS NO GOD!

YOU CANNOT ERASE
GOD WITH AN EDICT!

YOU ARE OBSOLETE,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

A LIE. NO MAN IS OBSOLETE.

YOU HAVE NO FUNCTION,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

YOU'RE AN ANACHRONISM, LIKE
A GHOST FROM ANOTHER TIME.

I AM NOTHING MORE
THAN A REMINDER TO YOU

THAT YOU CANNOT DESTROY
TRUTH BY BURNING PAGES.

YOU'RE A BUG, MR. WORDSWORTH,
A CRAWLING INSECT;

AN UGLY, MISFORMED
LITTLE CREATURE

WHO HAS NO PURPOSE
HERE, NO MEANING.

I AM A HUMAN BEING.

YOU'RE A LIBRARIAN,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

YOU'RE A DEALER IN BOOKS

AND TWO-CENT FINES AND
PAMPHLETS AND CLOSED STACKS

AND THE MUSTY INSIDES
OF A LANGUAGE FACTORY

THAT SPEWS OUT MEANINGLESS WORDS

ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE...

WORDS, MR. WORDSWORTH,

THAT HAVE NO SUBSTANCE
AND NO DIMENSION.

LIKE AIR, LIKE THE WIND,

LIKE A VACUUM THAT YOU
MAKE BELIEVE HAS AN EXISTENCE

BY SCRIBBLING INDEX
NUMBERS ON LITTLE CARDS.

I DON'T CARE.

I TELL YOU I DON'T CARE.

I'M A HUMAN BEING. I EXIST!

AND IF I SPEAK ONE
THOUGHT ALOUD,

THAT THOUGHT LIVES,

EVEN AFTER I'M
SHOVELED INTO MY GRAVE!

DELUSIONS, MR. WORDSWORTH,

DELUSIONS THAT YOU INJECT INTO
YOUR VEINS WITH PRINTER'S INK;

THE NARCOTICS THAT
YOU CALL LITERATURE...

THE BIBLE, POETRY, ESSAYS...
ALL KIND, ALL OF IT AN OPIATE

TO MAKE YOU THINK
YOU HAVE A STRENGTH

WHEN YOU HAVE
NO STRENGTH AT ALL.

YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT
SPINDLY LIMBS AND A DREAM

AND THE STATE HAS
NO USE FOR YOUR KIND!

YOU WASTE OUR TIME,
MR. WORDSWORTH,

AND YOU'RE NOT WORTH THE WASTE.

INSTRUCT HIM.

ROMNEY WORDSWORTH, STEP BACK

TO AWAIT THE
FINDING OF THIS BOARD.

YES, SIR.

HOW DO YOU FIND,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?

OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE.

I CONCUR.

ROMNEY WORDSWORTH, STEP FORWARD.

THE BOARD FINDS YOU OBSOLETE.

YOUR RIGHTS ARE AS
FOLLOWS, MR. WORDSWORTH:

YOU ARE TO BE LIQUIDATED
WITHIN A PERIOD OF 48 HOURS,

BUT YOU HAVE AN OPTION AS
TO METHOD AND PRECISE TIME.

THERE ARE SEVERAL
PRESCRIBED METHODS,

PILLS, GAS, ELECTROCUTION...

AND IT CAN BE DONE IMMEDIATELY,
OR AN HOUR FROM NOW

OR ANY SPECIFIC TIME
THAT YOU REQUEST.

I AM A VERY RICH MAN.

LOUDER.

I MERELY SAID THAT I
WAS A VERY RICH MAN.

I HAVE SUCH A LUXURY OF CHOICES

THAT I CHOOSE THE FOLLOWING:

TO BE GIVEN AN ASSASSIN

TO WHOM I SHALL TELL THE
METHOD OF MY EXECUTION.

THIS IS UNHEARD-OF.

MR. WORDSWORTH,
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND

THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST.

SIMPLY THAT YOU ARE TO
ASSIGN ME MY ASSASSIN,

BUT ONLY HE AND I WILL
KNOW THE WAY THAT I'M TO DIE.

THAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE,
MR. WORDSWORTH,

PROVIDED YOUR
LIQUIDATION IS ACCOMPLISHED

WITHIN THE 48-HOUR PERIOD.

JUST ONE FINAL REQUEST.

I SHOULD LIKE TO DIE
WITH AN AUDIENCE.

AH, MR. WORDSWORTH, THAT
CAN BE ARRANGED, INDEED.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT
WE TELEVISE EXECUTIONS.

IT HAS AN EDUCATIVE
EFFECT ON THE POPULATION.

I HAVE NO DOUBT.

NOW, AS TO THE TIME OF THE
LIQUIDATION, MR. WORDSWORTH...

MIDNIGHT, TOMORROW.

AND THE PLACE?

IN MY ROOM.

AGREED, MR. WORDSWORTH.

WE WILL CHOOSE YOUR LIQUIDATOR
AND SEND HIM OVER TO YOU.

HE WILL BE DUTY BOUND,
JUST AS YOU PRESCRIBED,

NOT TO DIVULGE THE
METHOD YOU'VE DECIDED UPON.

THAT WILL BE ALL,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

YOU MAY LEAVE AND
RETURN TO YOUR ROOM.

AN ODD ONE, AND WITH
VERY BIZARRE REQUESTS.

BIZARRE, YES, BUT
TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

WE'LL SHOW THE PEOPLE
HOW THIS OBSOLETE MAN,

THIS LIBRARIAN, DIES.

COME IN, CHANCELLOR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

VERY IRREGULAR, MR. WORDSWORTH.

DO YOU KNOW WHY I'VE COME?

DO YOU?

WELL, I INVITED YOU.

BY ALL MEANS, YOU INVITED ME,

BUT WHY WOULD I HONOR
SUCH AN INVITATION?

A CRYPTIC NOTE FROM
A CONDEMNED MAN

ASKING ME TO VISIT HIM

IN THE LAST HOURS OF HIS LIFE.

HARDLY THE NORM, MR. WORDSWORTH,

HARDLY WHAT I'M ACCUSTOMED TO...

AND SOMEWHAT SUSPECT, TOO.

HOW DO I KNOW I
WASN'T INVITED HERE

FOR THAT LAST PITIFUL
GESTURE OF VENGEANCE

ON THE PART OF THE CONDEMNED?

VENGEANCE?

YES, I'M SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE FINDING IN YOUR CASE.

YOUR DEMISE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR

CAN BE ATTRIBUTED AT
LEAST IN PART TO MY DECISION.

I'LL TELL YOU WHY I
CAME, MR. WORDSWORTH...

PERHAPS TO PROVE
SOMETHING TO YOU.

AND THAT IS?

TO PROVE TO YOU

THAT THE STATE HAS
NO FEARS, NONE AT ALL.

NO, YOU WILL FORGIVE
ME, CHANCELLOR.

THAT HAS ALL THE
ELEMENTS OF A JOKE.

I MEAN, YOU COME TO MY
ROOM TO PROVE THAT THE STATE

ISN'T AFRAID OF ME?

OH, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
BURDEN I MUST BE,

TO HAVE TO PROVE THAT
THE STATE ISN'T AFRAID

OF AN OBSOLETE
LIBRARIAN LIKE MYSELF.

NO, I'LL TELL YOU THE
REASON YOU CAME.

I'LL TELL YOU THE REASON,

THOUGH YOU WON'T
ADMIT IT TO YOURSELF.

NOW IT'S MY TURN TO
ASK: WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?

I DON'T FIT YOUR FORMULAE.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,

THERE'S BEEN A
DEVIATION FROM THE NORM.

YOUR STATE HAS EVERYTHING
CATEGORIZED, INDEXED, TAGGED.

YOU ARE THE STRENGTH.

PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE THE WEAKNESS.

YOU CONTROL AND
ORDER AND DICTATE,

AND MY KIND MERELY
FOLLOW AND OBEY.

BUT SOMETHING'S
GONE WRONG, HASN'T IT?

I DON'T FIT, DO I?

OH, YES, YOU FIT,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

IN A FEW MOMENTS, YOU'LL
BE CRINGING AND PLEADING

JUST LIKE THEY ALL DO.

OH, YES, INDEED, YOU FIT.

YOU'VE GOT A WORTHLESS,
MISERABLE LITTLE LIFE,

BUT YOU'VE GOT AN
INSTINCT FOR SURVIVAL,

AND IN A FEW MINUTES, WHEN
YOU FEEL LIFE SLIPPING AWAY,

WHEN YOU FEEL YOUR SURVIVAL
IS JUST A QUESTION OF MINUTES,

WE'LL SEE THEN WHICH
IS THE STRONGER...

THE STATE OR THE LIBRARIAN.

I TAKE IT YOU'VE HAD A TALK

WITH WHOEVER IS ASSIGNED
TO YOUR LIQUIDATION.

YES, I HAVE, INDEED.

MIDNIGHT, ISN'T IT?

YES, IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES.

SEE, THEY BROUGHT

THIS EQUIPMENT HERE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE TWO MEN PUT THAT
UP IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.

IT'S REMOTE CONTROL.
VERY EFFICIENT.

WELL, WE'RE BEING TELEVISED NOW.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT
WE TELEVISE EXECUTIONS.

LAST YEAR, IN THE
MASS EXECUTIONS,

WE TELEVISED AROUND THE CLOCK.

1,300 PEOPLE WERE PUT TO
DEATH IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS.

YOU NEVER LEARN, DO YOU?

HISTORY TEACHES YOU NOTHING.

ON THE CONTRARY,

HISTORY TEACHES US A GREAT DEAL.

WE HAD PREDECESSORS
WHO HAD THE RIGHT IDEA.

YES, HITLER.

HITLER, OF COURSE.

STALIN. STALIN, TOO...

BUT THEIR ERROR WAS
NOT ONE OF EXCESS.

IT WAS SIMPLY NOT
GOING FAR ENOUGH.

TOO MANY UNDESIRABLES
WERE LEFT AROUND,

AND UNDESIRABLES EVENTUALLY
FORM A CORE OF RESISTANCE.

OLD PEOPLE CLUTCH AT THE
PAST AND WON'T ACCEPT THE NEW.

THE SICK, THE MAIMED,
THE DEFORMED,

THEY FASTEN ONTO
THE HEALTHY BODY

AND DAMAGE IT, SO
WE ELIMINATE THEM.

AND PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF...

THEY CAN PERFORM

NO USEFUL FUNCTION FOR THE STATE

SO WE PUT AN END TO THEM.

WHAT A CHARMING ROOM
YOU HAVE, MR. WORDSWORTH.

HAVE YOU LIVED HERE LONG?

OVER 20 YEARS.

I BUILT THAT FURNITURE MYSELF.

YES, SO I UNDERSTAND,
MR. WORDSWORTH.

THAT, INCIDENTALLY,
HAS KEPT YOU ALIVE,

THAT PARTICULAR TALENT.

CARPENTRY, YOU SEE, IS A SKILL,

AND THE STATE PROVIDES
CONSIDERABLE LEEWAY

FOR PEOPLE WHO
POSSESS CERTAIN SKILLS.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WENT
AS FAR AS YOU COULD GO,

WHICH WAS INSUFFICIENT.

SO IN A FEW MOMENTS,
IT WILL BE THE END

OF A RATHER FRUITLESS LIFE

AND MR. ROMNEY WORDSWORTH,

LIBRARIAN, GOES
TO HIS OWN NIRVANA.

THAT'S WHAT THEY
CALL IT IN YOUR BOOKS,

ISN'T IT, MR. WORDSWORTH?

YOU AREN'T FACING THE
CAMERA, MR. WORDSWORTH.

YOU'RE CHEATING YOUR AUDIENCE.

THEY WANT TO SEE HOW YOU DIE.

PLEASE, MR. WORDSWORTH,

TURN AROUND, FACE THE CAMERA.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND DON'T STIFLE YOUR EMOTIONS.

IF YOU FEEL LIKE CRYING,
GO AHEAD AND CRY.

OR IF YOU WANT TO PLEAD,
PLEAD, BY ALL MEANS.

SOME HIGH STATE OFFICIAL
MIGHT TAKE PITY ON YOU.

YES, THAT WOULD
PLEASE YOU, WOULD IT?

A LITTLE ABJECT HAND-WRINGING,

CHEST POUNDING, FALLING
DOWN ON MY HANDS AND KNEES.

SUIT YOURSELF, MR. WORDSWORTH.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE TIME

TO BE ENTERTAINED BY
THEM WHEN THEY DO COME.

I HAVE ANOTHER
APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.

CHANCELLOR...

MAKE IT BRIEF, MR. WORDSWORTH.

YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

HOW'S THAT?

I'M AFRAID I HAVEN'T
BEEN VERY FAIR WITH YOU.

I INVITED YOU HERE FOR
A VERY SPECIAL REASON.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW
THE METHOD THAT I'VE CHOSEN

FOR MY LIQUIDATION?

WELL, IN A VERY FEW MOMENTS,

HERE IN THIS ROOM,
A BOMB IS GOING OFF.

VERY THOUGHTFUL, MR. WORDSWORTH:

RELATIVELY QUICK
AND PAINLESS DEATH.

YES, ISN'T IT?

HOWEVER, KNOWING
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE

BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS
IN A FEW MOMENTS

ISN'T THE HAPPIEST THOUGHT
IN THE WORLD, IS IT? IS IT?

THAT DEPENDS ON THE
INDIVIDUAL, MR. WORDSWORTH.

INDEED IT DOES.

WHAT KIND OF IDIOCY IS
THIS, MR. WORDSWORTH?

YOU'VE LOCKED THE DOOR.

OH, YES, YES, I'VE
LOCKED THE DOOR.

NOW, QUESTION:

HOW DOES A MAN REACT
TO THE KNOWLEDGE

THAT HE'S GOING
TO BE BLOWN TO BITS

WITHIN A HALF AN HOUR?

THAT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL.

SO FOR MYSELF... I'M
GOING TO SIT DOWN

AND READ MY BIBLE.

IT'S BEEN HIDDEN HERE
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

IT'S A CRIME
PUNISHABLE BY DEATH,

SO IT'S THE ONLY
POSSESSION THAT I HAVE

THAT HAS ANY VALUE AT ALL TO ME.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST
SIT DOWN AND READ IT

UNTIL THE MOMENT OF MY DEATH.

HOW WILL YOU SPEND

YOUR LAST MOMENTS, CHANCELLOR?

THIS IS INSANE, WORDSWORTH.
LET ME OUT OF HERE.

LET ME OUT OF HERE, SOMEONE!

GUARDS, SOMEONE, ANYONE!

YOU'RE CHEATING THE AUDIENCE.

YOU'RE NOT FACING THE CAMERAS.

GUARDS, SOMEBODY DOWN THERE!

THERE IS NO SENSE IN
WASTING YOUR BREATH.

THERE'S NOBODY THERE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE RULES
YOU MADE UP YOURSELF:

ISOLATE THE PERSONS
TO BE LIQUIDATED.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I THINK THAT THERE'S
NO ONE THERE,

SO WHY DON'T YOU
FACE THE CAMERA?

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU SAID SO YOURSELF.

I'M BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND, WORDSWORTH.

SHOE ON THE OTHER
FOOT... THAT'S THE IDEA?

IT'S ONE THING FOR YOU

TO DO A LITTLE
CRINGING, PLEADING,

BUT WHAT A CHOICE OPPORTUNITY

TO SHOW A MEMBER OF
THE STATE DOING LIKEWISE.

BUT YOU'RE INSANE IF YOU THINK

THEY'LL LET ME STAY HERE.

"THEY"? I ASK CLARIFICATION
OF THE TERM "THEY."

AH, YOU MEAN THE STATE!

OH, I THINK THEY'LL SIT ON
THEIR HANDS FOR AWHILE.

THEY WOULDN'T WANT
TO MISS THIS SCENE.

BESIDES, THE ACT OF RESCUE

WOULD BE VERY DEMEANING TO THEM;

TO HAVE TO BREAK
IN HERE AND RESCUE

A HIGH-RANKING
MEMBER OF THE STATE,

TO SNATCH HIM OUT OF
THE SOUP, SO TO SPEAK.

NO, I THINK THEY WON'T HELP YOU.

I MISJUDGED YOU, WORDSWORTH.

YOU UNDERESTIMATED ME.

YOU WANTED THE WHOLE COUNTRY

TO SEE THE WAY
THAT A LIBRARIAN DIES.

WELL, LET THE COUNTRY SEE

THE WAY AN OFFICIAL
OF THE STATE DIES, TOO.

FACE THE CAMERAS,
STEP INTO THE LIGHT.

LET THE WHOLE COUNTRY SEE

THE STRENGTH OF THE STATE,

THE RESILIENCE OF THE STATE,

THE COURAGE OF THE STATE.

LET THE WHOLE
COUNTRY SEE THE WAY

A VALIANT MAN OF
STEEL FACES HIS DEATH.

YOU HAVE A NIRVANA
COMING UP, TOO.

WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN,

WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CHAT.

JUST YOU AND ME... AND
THE GREAT EQUALIZER,

'CAUSE DEATH IS A
GREAT EQUALIZER.

SO HERE YOU HAVE...

YOU HAVE THIS STRONG,
HANDSOME, UNIFORMED,

BEMEDALED SYMBOL
OF GIANT AUTHORITY,

AND THIS
INSIGNIFICANT LIBRARIAN,

AND SUDDENLY, IN
THE EYES OF GOD,

THERE IS PRECIOUS
LITTLE TO DISTINGUISH US.

WE SHALL SEE,
WORDSWORTH, WE SHALL SEE.

"THE LORD IS MY
SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT.

"HE MAKETH ME TO LIE
DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.

"HE LEADETH ME BESIDE
THE STILL WATERS.

"HE RESTORETH MY SOUL.

"HE LEADETH ME IN THE
PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

"FOR HIS NAMESAKE.

"YEA, THOUGH I WALK
THROUGH THE VALLEY

"OF THE SHADOW
OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR

"NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH ME.

"THY ROD AND THY
STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME.

"THOU PREPAREST
A TABLE BEFORE ME

"IN THE PRESENCE
OF MINE ENEMIES.

"THOU ANOINTEST
MY HEAD WITH OIL.

"MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.

"SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY

SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL
THE DAYS OF MY LIFE."

"DEFEND ME FROM THEM
THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME.

"DELIVER ME FROM THE
WORKERS OF INEQUITY

"AND SAVE ME FROM
THE BLOODY MEN.

"FOR, LO, THEY LIE
IN WAIT FOR MY SOUL.

"THE MIGHTY ARE
GATHERED AGAINST ME,

"NOT FOR MY TRANSGRESSION,

"NOT FOR MY SINS, O GOD.

"THEY RUN AND PREPARE THEMSELVES

"WITHOUT MY FAULT.

"AWAKE TO HELP ME, AND BEHOLD.

THEN, THEREFORE, O
LORD, GOD OF HOSTS..."

"THE FOOL HATH
SAID IN HIS HEART:

"'THERE IS NO GOD.'

"THE LORD LOOKED
DOWN FROM HEAVEN

"UPON THE CHILDREN OF MEN

"TO SEE IF THERE WERE
ANY THAT DID UNDERSTAND

AND SEEK GOD."

"OUT OF THE DEPTHS HAVE I
CALLED UNTO THEE, O, LORD.

"LORD, HEAR MY VOICE.

"LET THINE EARS BE ATTENTIVE

TO THE VOICE OF
MY SUPPLICATIONS..."

PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME OUT.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, LET ME OUT!

LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!

YES, CHANCELLOR,
IN THE NAME OF GOD,

I WILL LET YOU OUT.

Man: STAND WHERE YOU ARE.

NO FURTHER.

YOU HAVE BEEN
REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

THE FIELD INVESTIGATORS
HAVE DECLARED YOU OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE?

YOU HAVE DISGRACED THE STATE.

YOU HAVE PROVEN
YOURSELF A COWARD.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE NO FUNCTION.

YOU ARE OBSOLETE!

BUT I'M NOT. I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

YOU ARE OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE, OBSOLETE.

YOU ARE OBSOLETE.

OBSOLETE...

YOU'RE MAKING A TERRIBLE
MISTAKE, A TRAGIC MISTAKE.

I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

I'VE WORKED FOR THE STATE.

I'VE HELPED THE STATE.

I HELPED GIVE THE
STATE STRENGTH.

HOW CAN YOU CALL ME OBSOLETE?

HOW CAN YOU?!

PLEASE, I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

I...

PLEASE, I... PLEASE,
I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

I-I HAVE A FUNCTION,
I HAVE A PURPOSE.

PLEASE, I... PLEASE.

I WANT TO SERVE
THE STATE, PLEASE.

PLEASE, NO, I'M...
I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

NO, NO, I... I...
PLEASE, PLEASE.

I'M NOT OBSOLETE, NO!

I WANT TO SERVE THE STATE.

PLEASE, PLEASE!

NO!

I WANT TO SERVE THE STATE.

PLEASE, I'M... I'M NOT OBSOLETE.

THE CHANCELLOR...
THE LATE CHANCELLOR...

WAS ONLY PARTLY CORRECT.

HE WAS OBSOLETE,

BUT SO IS THE STATE, THE
ENTITY HE WORSHIPPED.

ANY STATE, ANY ENTITY, ANY
IDEOLOGY THAT FAILS TO RECOGNIZE

THE WORTH, THE DIGNITY,
THE RIGHTS OF MAN...

THAT STATE IS OBSOLETE.

A CASE TO BE FILED
UNDER "M" FOR MANKIND

IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

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.

I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU
A PICTURE OF SOMETHING

THAT ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

PLEASANT LITTLE TOWN,
IT ISN'T THIS AT ALL...

IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

IT'S A CHILLING,
FRIGHTENING JOURNEY

OF ONE MAN INTO A
MYSTIFYING UNKNOWN.

YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN THAT
MAN IN A MOST UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

NEXT WEEK, EARL HOLLIMAN
ASKS, AND YOU'LL ASK WITH HIM,

"WHERE IS EVERYBODY?"

HERE'S AN ITEM WE FORGOT...

A MOMENT FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO PAY THE TAB.

IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT A PICTURE
IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS,

CASE IN POINT.

BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN,

TRY OASIS... YOU'LL
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

BE SURE AND WATCH GUNSMOKE,
STARRING JAMES ARNESS,

SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE SAME STATIONS.