The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 15 - A Quality of Mercy - full transcript

( theme music playing)

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.

YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

( distant explosions)

SHORT.

YARDS: 5-0.

SHORT, YARDS: 5-0.

THAT'S RIGHT, STILL.



THEY SAY THAT'S THEIR LIMIT.

HELLO. THIS IS
BAKER COMPANY F.O.

YOU'VE WRECKED
SOME RICE PADDIES,

YOU'VE KNOCKED DOWN
A GROVE OF PALM TREES.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT IS

IF THERE'S SOMETHING
IN YOUR RELIGION

THAT SAYS YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED

TO SEND A SHELL INTO A CAVE.

HOW'S THAT?

YEAH, WE CAN BYPASS IT.

WELL, LOOK, ALL
YOU'VE DONE SO FAR

IS RUIN SOME REAL ESTATE
AND KEPT SOME JAPS AWAKE.

ANYBODY BACK THERE
FIGURE OUT HOW LONG

IT TAKES THE ENEMY
TO DIE OF INSOMNIA?



YEAH.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. WELL, KEEP IN TOUCH.

HEY, SARGE, WHAT GOES?

THEY'RE GOING TO FIRE FOR EFFECT

UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

IF THEY CAN'T SMOKE THEM OUT,

MAYBE WE'LL BYPASS IT.

YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I LIKE TO HEAR.

AMEN.

WELL, I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.

I'VE GOT NO BIG YEN

TO RUN INTO ANYTHING ANYMORE,

NOT AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME.

( explosions)

LET'S GO UP.

YOU DON'T THINK THEY'D EXPECT US

TO GO AT THAT FRONTALLY, DO YOU?

WHEN TWO AIR STRIKES

AND AN AFTERNOON
OF LOBBING SHELLS

DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING,

YOU BETTER START
COUNTING YOUR CARTRIDGES

BECAUSE WE ARE THE
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.

WHEN THEY CAN'T MOVE AN
ENEMY WITH THE BIG STUFF,

THAT'S WHEN THEY CALL
OUT THE QUEEN OF BATTLE...

THE EVERLOVING INFANTRY.

YEAH, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

A MONTH? MORE? LESS?

I DON'T KNOW. WE
GOT THEM RINGED.

THEY'RE FINISHED ON OKINAWA.

THE TROUBLE WITH THESE
LITTLE BANDY-LEGGED BUZZARDS

IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T
KNOW WHEN TO QUIT.

LOOK AT THEM.

THEY'RE IN THERE,
HOLED UP IN THAT CAVE,

BEATEN, SICK, STARVED...

AND YET THERE'S NO ONE IN THERE

TO TELL THEM THAT THE
WAR'S OVER FOR THEM.

THOSE POOR GUYS.

IT'S AUGUST, 1945,

THE LAST GRIMY PAGES OF
A DIRTY, TORN BOOK OF WAR.

THE PLACE IS THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

THE MEN ARE WHAT'S LEFT OF A
PLATOON OF AMERICAN INFANTRY

WHOSE DULLED AND TIRED EYES

SET DEEP IN DULLED
AND TIRED FACES

CAN NOW LOOK TOWARD A MIRACLE...

THAT MOMENT WHEN THE NIGHTMARE
APPEARS TO BE COMING TO AN END.

BUT THEY'VE GOT ONE
MORE BATTLE TO FIGHT,

AND IN A MOMENT, WE'LL
OBSERVE THAT BATTLE.

AUGUST, 1945,
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

BUT IN REALITY IT'S HIGH
NOON IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

( distant explosions)

WHICH ONE OF YOU IS
SERGEANT CAUSARANO?

THAT'D BE ME.

I'M LIEUTENANT KATELL.

I'M TAKING OVER THE PLATOON.

WHAT'S YOUR SITUATION
HERE, SERGEANT?

WELL, WE'RE OBSERVING

FOR A MORTAR
COMPANY, LIEUTENANT.

( explosions)

THAT CAVE DOWN THERE...

A BUNCH OF JAPS HOLED UP IN IT.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO
GET THEM OUT OF THERE

FOR TWO DAYS. NOTHING DOING.

YOUR BINOCULARS,
PLEASE, SERGEANT.

( clunk)

( explosions)

TOUGH LITTLE ITEM.

LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO DO

A LITTLE MOPPING
UP BY OURSELVES.

SIR?

WE'LL GO AT IT FRONTALLY.

MOVE RIGHT IN THERE
AND WIPE THEM OUT.

HEY, LIEUTENANT,

YOU SURE YOU GOT
THE RIGHT PLATOON?

WHAT ABOUT IT, SERGEANT,
CAN WE GO IT ALONE?

GO IT ALONE?

PARDON ME, SIR,

BUT YOU'VE JUST INHERITED
A PRETTY GOOD OUTFIT,

BUT WE'RE NOT THAT GOOD.

THIS IS INFANTRY, NOT KAMIKAZE.

Soldier: I TOLD YOU HE
HAD THE WRONG PLATOON.

I THINK HE'S GOT THE WRONG ARMY.

Lieutenant Katell:
YOUR NAME IS WHAT?

WATKINS, ANDREW J. WATKINS.

ARE YOU ACCUSTOMED
TO TALKING TO AN OFFICER

LYING ON YOUR BACK?

I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED

TO TALKING TO AN
OFFICER ANY WAY.

WE LOST THE LAST THREE WE HAD,

AND THERE'S USUALLY
A LITTLE SPACE OF TIME...

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN
ASSIGNED ANOTHER ONE.

YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN
TO LIVE WITH HIM.

WE'LL START OFF WITH
A LITTLE REMINDER.

WHEN YOU TALK TO AN OFFICER,

YOU STAND UP ON YOUR TWO FEET.

Causarano: WE'VE BEEN
IN THE LINE 33 DAYS.

WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SLEEP.

YOU HAVE MY SYMPATHY, SERGEANT.

MY JOB IS TO LEAD THIS PLATOON,

AND I INTEND TO LEAD IT MY WAY.

WHEN I TELL YOU TO
JUMP, YOU'LL JUMP.

IF I TELL YOU TO STAND
UP, YOU'LL STAND UP.

IF I TELL YOU TO HEAD
TOWARD THAT CAVE,

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'LL DO.

BEGGING THE
LIEUTENANT'S PARDON...

SERGEANT?

WHAT ARE YOUR
ORDERS, LIEUTENANT?

( explosions)

WE'LL HAVE TO GO RIGHT IN
THERE AND WIPE THEM OUT.

WHAT ABOUT IT, SERGEANT?

ARE YOU ASKING MY
OPINION, LIEUTENANT?

I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS IT.

WELL, CHRONOLOGICALLY,
LIEUTENANT,

FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO

IS TAKE THAT GOLD
BAR OFF YOUR HELMET

AND TAKE THE ONE OFF YOUR COLLAR

AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.

THE JAPS MAY BE
HALF-BEATEN, HALF-STARVED,

BUT THEY'RE NOT DUMB.

THEY'RE TOUGH AND THEY'RE SHREWD

AND THEY GOT EYES.

WE LOST THREE PLATOON
OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY MADE

SLIGHT MOTIONS OF
COMMANDS WITH THEIR HANDS,

AND THAT'S WHAT
THE JAPS LOOK FOR...

THE GUY IN COMMAND.

I INTENDED TO
REMOVE THE INSIGNIA.

NOW WHAT ABOUT
ATTACKING THE CAVE?

WELL, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE
TO DO IT EVENTUALLY,

BUT THE WAR ISN'T GOING TO END

BEFORE DINNERTIME.

I SAY WE SIT ON IT
THE REST OF THE DAY

AND SEE WHAT SOME 105's CAN DO.

MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT IT STRIKES ME WE
COULD MOVE IN THERE

AND WIPE THEM OUT
INSIDE OF AN HOUR.

LOB GRENADES IN
AND PULVERIZE THEM.

LIEUTENANT...

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT HERE?

WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH IT?

NOT A HECK OF A LOT, I SUPPOSE,

BUT YOU TALK LIKE
IT'S A FOOTBALL GAME

AND THIS IS NO FOOTBALL GAME.

IT'S ONE LONG, HARD GUT ACHE

WITH A LOT OF
TORN-UP, MANGLED GUYS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG
TIME FOR US TO FORGET IT.

YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER, LIEUTENANT,

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SHOT AT YET.

AND YOU HAVEN'T
SHOT ANYBODY EITHER.

YOU GOT HERE AHEAD OF
ME, I'LL CONCEDE YOU THAT,

BUT WHEN IT COMES
TO KILLING JAPANESE,

I THINK YOU'LL FIND ME A
PRETTY EFFICIENT OFFICER.

THAT'S A FILTHY PIECE, SOLDIER.

I WANT CLEAN WEAPONS
IN THIS PLATOON

BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO KILL JAPS.

THAT'S MY JOB.

THIS OUTFIT BETTER SHAPE UP.

THIS ONE IS BLOODTHIRSTY.

YOU DON'T THINK HE'LL WANT US

TO SCALP THEM?

NO SLEEP OR NO
GUTS, WHICH IS IT?

YOU'RE TIRED OF
KILLING JAPS, IS THAT IT?

OR YOU JUST GOT
NO STOMACH FOR IT?

LIEUTENANT...

WE'RE ABOUT 24 MONTHS UP ON YOU.

NOW WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH DEAD MEN

TO LAST US FOR THE
REST OF OUR LIVES.

THE REST OF OUR LIVES,
LIEUTENANT, AND THEN SOME.

NOW, YOU GOT A BIG
YEN TO DO SOME KILLING?

OKAY, WE'LL DO
SOME KILLING FOR YOU,

BUT DON'T ASK US TO
STAND UP AND CHEER.

( explosions)

Katell: CAUSARANO.

THOSE FLAMETHROWERS ARRIVE YET?

YES, SIR.

FIGURE WE CAN MOVE IN
BEHIND THE NEXT BARRAGE

AND GET WITHIN 50
YARDS OF THE OPENING.

THOSE FLAMETHROWERS CAN
DO A LOT OF DAMAGE, CAN'T THEY?

THEY CAN, INDEED, SIR.

WHAT ABOUT THE
PHOSPHOROUS GRENADES?

I'D HATE TO BE HIT BY ONE.

CHECK WITH COMPANY

ABOUT THE TIME OF THE
NEXT MORTAR BARRAGE,

AND WE'LL MOVE IN THERE.

( whispering)

( whispering)

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO DOUBLE-TIME
THIS ONE, SERGEANT.

THAT IS, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO KEEP UP WITH ME.

YEAH.

WELL?

NOTHING, LIEUTENANT.

I'M NOT YOUR CUP OF
TEA, AM I, SERGEANT?

YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT

TOO MUCH VINEGAR
FOR ME, LIEUTENANT.

LOOK, WE COULD BYPASS THEM.

THERE AREN'T 20 JAPS IN THERE,

AND THEY'RE SICK
AND HALF-STARVED.

BUT THEY'RE JAPS.

THEY'RE MEN, LIEUTENANT.

YOU'VE GOT A FUNNY
GROUP HERE, SERGEANT,

AND YOU'RE THE
ODDBALL OF THE BUNCH.

IF I HAD TO SIZE YOU UP,

I'D SAY YOU'VE EITHER
GOT BATTLE FATIGUE

OR YOU'RE CHICKEN.

WELL, MAYBE NEITHER

AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT
THE WAY I SIZE YOU...

GO AHEAD, SERGEANT,
HOW DO YOU SIZE ME UP?

ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE A
PEA GREEN SHAVETAIL

JUST FRESH FROM SOME CAMPUS.

YOU'RE AFRAID

YOU WON'T BAG YOUR LIMIT,
OR WORSE, ALL SHOOK UP

BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT SPOT
YOU AS A JOHNNY-COME-LATELY

INSTEAD OF A KILLER OF MEN.

I THINK THAT OUGHT TO DO IT.

YOU ASKED ME,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT.

YOU WANT TO PROVE YOUR MANHOOD,

BUT IT'S A LITTLE
LATE IN THE DAY,

AND THERE AREN'T MANY
CHOICES LEFT AS TO HOW TO DO IT.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN
TO THAT LOUSY CAVE

FULL OF SICK, PITIFUL,
HALF-DEAD LOSERS

AND A PLATOON
OF DIRTY, TIRED MEN

THAT HAVE THEIR
CRAW FULL OF THIS WAR.

YOU'RE A LOUSY
SOLDIER, AND THAT GOES

FOR THE REST OF
THESE POOR, SICK BOYS

YOU WANT ME TO BOTTLE-FEED.

WHEN YOU FIGHT A
WAR, YOU FIGHT A WAR.

AND YOU KILL UNTIL
YOU'RE ORDERED TO STOP.

I GOT YOUR MESSAGE, LIEUTENANT.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE LIKE YOU

THAT SNEAKS IN BEFORE
THEY CLOSE THE DOOR

TO GRIND AN AX BEFORE HE GIVES

THAT FINAL ORDER.

WHAT'S YOUR
PLEASURE, LIEUTENANT?

HOW MANY MEN HAVE TO
DIE BEFORE YOU'RE SATISFIED?

OFFHAND, I'D SAY ALL OF THEM.

NO MATTER WHO THEY
ARE OR WHERE THEY ARE,

IF THEY'RE THE
ENEMY, THEY GET IT!

FIRST DAY OF THE WAR
OR LAST DAY OF THE WAR,

THEY GET IT!

( explosions)

LIEUTENANT YAMURI,

YOU DROPPED YOUR GLASSES, SIR.

( automatic gunire)

( automatic gunire)

LIEUTENANT YAMURI, SIR,

THAT WAS EXCEEDINGLY BRAVE, SIR,

TRYING TO GET AT THE
AMERICANS THAT WAY

AND SINGLE-HANDEDLY.

( Japanese accent:)
THE AMERICANS?

THOSE ARE AMERICANS IN THE CAVE?

YES, SIR.

WE FIGURE THERE
ARE 20 OR 30 OF THEM.

MOST OF THEM WOUNDED.

ARE YOU... ARE
YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?

WHERE ARE WE?

WHO ARE YOU?

WHO AM I, SIR?

SERGEANT YAMASAKI.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, LIEUTENANT?

ARE YOU... FEELING WELL?

WHERE ARE WE?

I ASKED YOU A QUESTION.

WHERE ARE WE?!

WHY... WHY... CORREGIDOR, SIR.

WHEN?

WHEN, SIR?

YOU MEAN, WHAT
IS THE DAY'S DATE.

MAY 4, SIR.

MAY 4, SIR.

IT CAN'T BE MAY.

IT'S AUGUST.

AUGUST 6.

I... HUMBLY ASK THE LIEUTENANT

TO FORGIVE ME, BUT
I MUST CORRECT HIM.

THE DAY IS MAY 4.

MAY 4, WHEN?

WHAT YEAR?

THE YEAR 1942.

IS... IS THE
LIEUTENANT ALL RIGHT?

PERHAPS... PERHAPS
A TOUCH OF MALARIA.

WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?

YOU CALLED ME BY A NAME.

LIEUTENANT YAMURI, SIR.

I CALLED YOU LIEUTENANT YAMURI.

I CALLED YOU BY YOUR NAME, SIR.

NO.

NO.

NO!

WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT HAPPENED?

YAMURI, ARE YOU SICK?

I REQUIRE AN ANSWER, LIEUTENANT.

I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE SICK.

WE SHALL BE MOVING OUT SHORTLY,

AND IF YOU ARE TOO ILL TO MOVE,

WE SHALL LEAVE YOU HERE.

LEAVE ME HERE?

WE HAVE NO TRANSPORT

FOR THE WOUNDED, LIEUTENANT.

WE SHALL SHORTLY MOVE UP,
AND YOU SHALL REMAIN HERE.

MY NAME IS NOT
YAMURI, I SWEAR TO YOU.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED.

MY NAME IS NOT YAMURI.

MY NAME IS...

I'M ALL RIGHT.

FORGIVE ME, SIR.
I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.

YOU WHAT?

I WAS FEVERISH FOR A MOMENT.

I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.

YOU SURE?

YES, SIR.

VERY SURE.

SERGEANT... WE MOVE
OUT IN FIVE MINUTES.

YES, SIR.

BE READY IN FIVE MINUTES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARTILLERY
WAS UNABLE TO DO ITS JOB.

WE WILL ATTACK
THE CAVE IN FORCE.

Yamasaki: PRISONERS, SIR?

WHAT?

ARE WE TO TAKE ANY PRISONERS

IF ANY SURRENDER?

IF ANY DO, I SUPPOSE WE CAN.

YAMURI... TAKE
THE FIRST SECTION.

MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY.

DROP DOWN 50 YARDS IN
FRONT OF THE OPENING.

WATCH FOR MY SIGNAL.

WE WILL COVER YOU
WITH AUTOMATIC FIRE

BEFORE YOU MAKE THE ATTACK.

THEN SECTION TWO AND THREE

WILL FOLLOW YOU IN.

UNDERSTOOD?

YES.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

YOUR SECTION, SIR.

YOU SAID THERE WERE
WOUNDED IN THERE.

I THINK SO, LIEUTENANT.

WHEN THEY RAN INSIDE, THEY
WERE CARRYING EACH OTHER.

THERE ARE NO MORE
THAN 20 OR 30 MEN INSIDE.

IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT.

AMERICANS.

20 OR 30 AMERICANS.

I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT
YOU SAID, YAMURI.

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

THERE ARE WOUNDED IN THERE, SIR.

PERHAPS... PERHAPS WHAT?

PERHAPS WE CAN LET THEM
SURRENDER OR PERHAPS...

OR? OR WHAT?

OR PERHAPS WE CAN
LEAVE THEM THERE...

BYPASS THEM.

BYPASS THEM, LIEUTENANT?

IS THAT TACTICAL?

OR IS THAT SOME SUDDEN
NUGGET OF COMPASSION

THAT YOU HAVE
UNEARTHED IN YOUR FEVER?

BUT THEY-THEY ARE WOUNDED.

THEY CAN'T DO US MUCH HARM.

NEITHER CAN THEY
SINK A BATTLESHIP,

BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE
HAVE TO DESTROY THEM.

A REMINDER, LIEUTENANT...

THE IDENTITY OF
THE MEN IN THE CAVE,

THEY ARE AMERICANS,
THEY ARE ENEMY...

HEALTHY, WOUNDED,
WALKING OR LYING,

THEY ARE THE ENEMY.

THE JAPANESE ARMY
DOES NOT BYPASS.

THE JAPANESE ARMY ATTACKS.

THEY JAPANESE ARMY
WIPES OUT ITS OPPONENTS.

BUT THEY ARE WOUNDED, SIR.

THEY ARE WOUNDED AND BEATEN.

LIEUTENANT YAMURI,

ODD THAT YOU SHOULD
REQUIRE THIS REMINDER,

BUT THE COMPARATIVE HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING OF THE ENEMY...

HIS COMFORT OR HIS DISCOMFORT,

THE DEGREE OF HIS ANGUISH
OR HIS INCAPACITIES...

HAVE NO MORE BEARING
ON A MILITARY ACTION,

A TACTICAL MOVE OR A
DECISION OF COMMAND

THAN THE FORTUNES OF AN ANTHILL

THAT YOU STEP ON WHEN
WE MOVE OUT TO ATTACK.

THEY ARE THE ENEMY.

THEY ARE AMERICAN.

IF, WHEN WE ENTER THE CAVE

AND THEY ARE LYING
ON THE GROUND,

I CAN ASSURE YOU

I WILL HAVE NO MORE COMPUNCTION

ABOUT MAKING THEM A HEAD SHORTER

THAN I WOULD STEPPING
ON THAT ANTHILL.

BUT THEY ARE MEN.

THEY ARE ENEMY, AND THIS IS WAR,

AND IN WAR, YOU KILL.

YOU KILL, LIEUTENANT.

YOU KILL UNTIL YOU ARE ORDERED

TO STOP KILLING.

YOU KILL UNTIL YOU ARE ORDERED

TO STOP KILLING.

NO!

SECTIONS, ASSEMBLE.

SERGEANT YAMASAKI,

YOU WILL HANDLE
THE FIRST SECTION.

SERGEANT HIRO,

YOU WILL TAKE THE
SECOND SECTION.

LIEUTENANT ISHIMOTO,

YOURS IS THE THIRD SECTION.

ALL RIGHT? WE MOVE OUT.

I WILL TAKE CARE OF
YOU WHEN WE RETURN.

CAPTAIN!

WHAT YOU DO TO
THOSE MEN IN THE CAVE...

WILL IT SHORTEN
THE WAR BY A WEEK,

BY A DAY, BY AN HOUR?

MAY I ASK THE CAPTAIN
WHAT IS HIS PLEASURE?

HOW MANY MUST DIE
BEFORE HE'S SATISFIED?

OFFHAND, LIEUTENANT YAMURI,

I WOULD SAY ALL OF THEM.

I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY
ARE OR WHO THEY ARE.

IF THEY ARE THE ENEMY,
THEY ARE TO BE DESTROYED.

FIRST DAY OF THE WAR,
LAST DAY OF THE WAR,

WE DESTROY THEM!

( thud)

Causarano: ANY TIME
YOU SAY, LIEUTENANT.

ANY TIME YOU SAY, LIEUTENANT.

FORM LINES FOR THE DUCK SHOOT.

CAUSARANO...

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

SOMETHING... LIEUTENANT KATELL.

ORDERS, LIEUTENANT.

THEY WANT US OFF THE HILL.

WHO SAYS?

COLONEL HARDIN AT HEADQUARTERS.

THE AIR FORCE DROPPED A BOMB

ON JAPAN THIS MORNING.

THEY CALL IT AN ATOMIC BOMB.

Causarano: HELLO.
WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?

THEY FIGURE THE
BOMB WILL END THE WAR

IN A OF COUPLE DAYS.

THEY WANT THE UNITS TO PULL BACK

AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

LET'S GET READY TO
MOVE OUT OF HERE.

( soldiers cheering)

YOU WITH US, LIEUTENANT?

( soldiers cheering)

YEAH, I'M WITH YOU.

IS IT SOMETHING, LIEUTENANT?

YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING.

WELL, I WOULDN'T FRET.

THERE'LL BE OTHER
CAVES AND OTHER WARS,

OTHER HUMAN BEINGS
YOU CAN KNOCK OFF.

I HOPE NOT.

GOD HELP US, I HOPE NOT.

"THE QUALITY OF
MERCY IS NOT STRAINED.

"IT DROPPETH AS THE
GENTLE RAIN FROM HEAVEN

"UPON THE PLACE BENEATH.

IT BLESSETH HIM THAT
GIVES AND HIM THAT TAKES."

SHAKESPEARE, THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE,

BUT APPLICABLE TO
ANY MOMENT IN TIME

TO ANY GROUP OF
SOLDIERY, TO ANY NATION

ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH,

OR, AS IN THIS CASE,
TO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Announcer: ROD SERLING,
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY

AFTER THIS MESSAGE.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

NEXT WEEK, AN EXCURSION INTO
THE SHADOWLAND OF THE HEREAFTER.

MISS GLADYS COOPER
AND MR. ROBERT REDFORD

COMBINE SIZEABLE TALENTS

TO BRING YOU A SCRIPT BY
GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON

ENTITLED, "NOTHING IN THE DARK."

THE DARK, IN THIS CASE,

BEING THE LITTLE NOOKS,
CRANNIES AND CLOSETS

OF THOSE REGIONS
PRESIDED OVER BY MR. DEATH.

I HOPE YOU'LL BE WITH US NEXT
WEEK FOR "NOTHING IN THE DARK."

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