The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 17 - One More Pallbearer - 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.

SHE'S ALL SET, MR. RADIN.

HOW ABOUT THE SOUND SYSTEM?

YOU CHECK THAT OUT?

SHE'S ALL READY TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU
GOT YOUR SOUND EFFECTS



BUT YOU'D SWEAR A
BOMB WAS EXPLODING.

I MEAN A BIG BOMB.

THAT'S PRECISELY THE WAY
IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOUND.

( explosion)

THAT ABOUT DO IT, MR. RADIN?

THAT ABOUT DOES IT.

YOU GOT QUITE A SETUP HERE.

THIS PART OF THE ILLUSION TOO?

NO, THIS ROOM IS
NOT AN ILLUSION.

I VENTURE TO GUESS

THAT IT'S THE BEST
DESIGNED BOMB SHELTER

ON THE FACE OF THE
EARTH... WHO KNOWS?

THE HYDROGEN BOMB
IS NOT AN ILLUSION.

BUT TONIGHT IT'S FOR GAGS, HUH?



SOMETHING OF THE SORT.

A PRACTICAL JOKE, LET'S SAY.

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

WHEN THEY START
THOSE SOUND EFFECTS

AND THAT STUFF ON THE SCREEN

YOU'D SWEAR THE WORLD
WAS GETTING BLASTED.

THAT'S THE IDEA.

I HAVE THREE GUESTS
COMING THIS EVENING;

RATHER SPECIAL GUESTS.

YOU DID THIS TO FOOL
THREE OF YOUR FRIENDS?

MUST BE KIND OF SPECIAL FRIENDS.

THEY ARE; THEY ARE,
INDEED... VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS.

WHAT YOU HAVE JUST LOOKED AT

TAKES PLACE 300
FEET UNDERGROUND,

BENEATH THE BASEMENT OF A
NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPER.

IT'S OWNED AND LIVED
IN BY ONE PAUL RADIN.

MR. RADIN IS RICH, ECCENTRIC
AND SINGLE-MINDED...

HOW RICH, WE CAN
ALREADY PERCEIVE.

HOW ECCENTRIC AND SINGLE-MINDED,
WE SHALL SEE IN A MOMENT,

BECAUSE ALL OF YOU
HAVE JUST ENTERED

THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

RADIN: Good evening, friends.

Just step across the hall to
the door straight ahead of you.

( whirring)

Please come in, if you will.

Sit down, make
yourselves comfortable.

( whirring)

Please sit down.

HOW GOOD OF YOU TO COME.

COLONEL HAWTHORNE, MR. HUGHES,

MRS. LANGSFORD.

IT'S RADIN, ISN'T IT?

AREN'T YOU PAUL RADIN?

YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT
MEMORY, REVEREND.

AND YOU, COLONEL,
DO YOU RECOGNIZE ME?

I BELIEVE I DO.

SERVED UNDER ME
ONCE, DIDN'T YOU, RADIN?

I DID INDEED, SECOND
LIEUTENANT, INFANTRY REGIMENT

UNDER YOUR
COMMAND, AFRICA, 1942.

I RECALL IT VAGUELY.

I SEEM TO RECALL
SOMETHING ELSE TOO.

IT'S NOT SURPRISING IT
DOESN'T FLOOD BACK TO YOU.

YOU HAD A FEW
THOUSAND MEN UNDER YOU.

I WAS ONLY ONE.

BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T
COURT-MARTIAL ALL OF THEM.

THAT DISTINCTION
YOU RESERVED FOR ME.

AH, YES, I DO RECALL.

YOU REFUSED TO LEAD
AN ASSAULT ON A HILL;

REFUSED IN THE FACE
OF A DIRECT ORDER.

THE DELAY COST US
ALMOST A COMPANY OF MEN.

THAT WAS YOUR CONTENTION
TO THE COURT-MARTIAL BOARD,

AND SO I WAS STRIPPED OF
RANK, DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED.

YOU WERE FORTUNATE, MR. RADIN.

WERE I TO HAVE
DICTATED THE SENTENCE

I WOULD HAVE HAD YOU SHOT.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD
HAVE, COLONEL.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD HAVE.

BUT WHAT A WRETCHED HOST I
AM TO NEGLECT THE LADY PRESENT.

MRS. LANGSFORD.

DO YOU RECALL WHO I AM?

OF COURSE, I DO, PAUL.

I TAUGHT YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T FORGET MY STUDENTS.

OH, SOMETIMES THE NAMES
AND THE FACES GET CONFUSED

BUT IF I PROD MY MEMORY

I USUALLY CAN CONNECT
A NAME AND A FACE...

AND, IN YOUR CASE, A CHARACTER.

YOU FLUNKED ME, MRS. LANGSFORD;

DRESSED ME DOWN
BEFORE AN ENTIRE CLASS;

CALLED ME NAMES, HUMILIATED ME.

WELL, LET ME SAY AGAIN,

HOW GOOD OF YOU TO COME.

I'M DELIGHTED YOU
ACCEPTED THE INVITATION.

Hawthorne: INVITATION?

THE REQUEST THAT I COME
HERE WAS AN ULTIMATUM.

YOUR CHAUFFEUR
SAID IT WAS A MATTER

OF LIFE AND DEATH.

WELL, YES, YES, INDEED.

THAT'S THE WAY IT
WAS BROACHED TO ME.

I WAS HAVING MY DINNER

AND MY WIFE MARY WENT
TO ANSWER THE DOOR,

AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK,

SHE HAD SUCH A STRANGE
EXPRESSION ON HER FACE.

AH, MR. HUGHES,
YOU'VE NEVER CEASED

TO BE A BIT ON THE WORDY
SIDE, NOW, HAVE YOU?

IT'S ODD, REALLY, HOW CHANGELESS
WE REMAIN OVER THE YEARS.

BUT THEN AGAIN, I SUPPOSE
CERTAIN LIFETIME HABITS

ARE NOT EASILY PUT ASIDE.

PAUL, PERHAPS YOU'D BE
GOOD ENOUGH TO TELL US

WHY WE'VE BEEN
ASKED TO COME HERE.

I'D BE DELIGHTED TO.

BUT FIRST, CAN I
GET YOU SOMETHING?

A HIGHBALL, PERHAPS...
OR A CUP OF COFFEE?

REVEREND, HOW DO
YOU TAKE YOUR COFFEE?

HABITS, MRS. LANGSFORD...

THE INCREDIBLE
PERSISTENCE OF HABITS.

YOU CALL ME PAUL, AS
IF I WERE STILL SITTING

IN THE FRONT ROW
IN YOUR CLASSROOM.

BUT WHAT ABOUT
YOU, MRS. LANGSFORD?

A NICE CUP OF TEA?

THANK YOU, NO.

OH?

HOW ABOUT YOU, COLONEL...
A TOT OF RUM, PERHAPS?

I WOULD APPRECIATE

IF YOU MADE YOUR
POINT AND LET US LEAVE.

YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY CALLED
US HERE FOR SOMETHING

AND I WOULD WELCOME
HEARING WHATEVER IT IS.

HOW STAUNCHLY MILITARY, COLONEL.

DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE!

GET UP AGAINST THAT
OBJECTIVE AND WIPE IT OUT.

RED FLAG IN THE MAP

AND TROOPS OUT OF THE SUN.

THE NERVES OF STEEL
AND A CONCRETE HEAD.

THAT WILL BE ALL, RADIN!

COLONEL, YOU ARE NO
LONGER IN COMMAND.

I'M IN COMMAND HERE

AND WHAT I COMMAND
IS YOUR ATTENTION.

I CALLED YOU THREE HERE

FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

I WANT TO SETTLE
THREE OLD SCORES

BUT WILL DO IT IN CHRONOLOGY.

MY DEAR OLD
SCHOOLMARM SHALL BEGIN...

THAT STAUNCH AND
INTREPID EDUCATOR

THAT LOOKS SO OUT OF PLACE

WITHOUT HER SEVERE SPECTACLES

COVERING SEVERE EYES

LOOKING OUT OF A SEVERE
FACE AND POSSESSING

THAT VAST PREROGATIVE THAT
COMES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD,

AND THE VAST COURAGE

THAT COMES WITH PITTING ALL HER
WITS AND INSTINCT AND KNOWLEDGE

AGAINST CAPTIVE CHILDREN.

ARE YOU FINISHED, PAUL?

MY DEAR SCHOOLMARM,
I'VE HARDLY BEGUN.

WELL, THEN, MAY I
MAKE AN OBSERVATION?

JUST A COMMENT

ON HOW INCREDIBLE
THIS WHOLE THING IS

THAT A MAN LIKE YOU, A
MILLIONAIRE THREE TIMES OVER,

AN IMPORTANT MAN WHO WALKS
WITH KINGS AND HEADS OF STATE

AND INDUSTRIAL TYCOONS...

THAT SUCH A MAN SHOULD
HAVE A MIND SO TINY

THAT IT COULD BROOD

OVER A HIGH SCHOOL
INCIDENT OF 20 YEARS AGO

AND LET IT FESTER INSIDE YOU
AS YOU SEEM TO HAVE DONE.

I HAVE NEVER LIKED HUMILIATION,

WHETHER IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS
AGO OR IN THE PAST TEN MINUTES.

HUMILIATION?

ALL RIGHT, PAUL, LET'S
TALK ABOUT HUMILIATION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR HUMILIATION.

MR. RADIN WAS CAUGHT

CHEATING IN AN EXAMINATION.

NOT A CRIME, OF COURSE,

BUT PERHAPS A BIT
INDICATIVE OF THE CHARACTER

OF THE PERSON WHO DOES IT.

AND WHEN HE WAS
ACCUSED OF THIS ACT,

THIS COCOON... SOON
TO BECOME TYCOON...

TRIED TO PLANT HIS CRIB
SHEETS ON AN INNOCENT STUDENT.

HOW RIGHT YOU ARE,

MR. RADIN, THAT I STOOD
YOU UP ON YOUR FEET

AND IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CLASS

I TOLD YOU EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WERE.

BUT NO ROOM WAS THERE
THEN, MRS. LANGSFORD,

FOR A MOMENT OF COMPASSION,

FOR AN IOTA OF SYMPATHY

FOR A POOR, FRIGHTENED,
DESPERATE BOY.

MR. RADIN, I'VE DEALT

WITH FRIGHTENED AND
DESPERATE CHILDREN ALL MY LIFE.

AND IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'VE LENT THEM
MORE OF SYMPATHY

AND OF COMPASSION

THAN I HAVE LENT
THEM OF KNOWLEDGE.

BUT NEITHER SYMPATHY NOR
COMPASSION CAN BE HANDED OUT

WHOLESALE, LIKE
CHEAP BUBBLE GUM.

THE RECIPIENT MUST
BE WORTHY OF THEM

AND YOU NEVER WERE.

YOU WERE A DEVIOUS,
DISHONEST TROUBLEMAKER.

AND IN SPITE OF
ALL YOUR MILLIONS,

IT'S MY GUESS YOU
ARE STILL DEVIOUS,

YOU ARE STILL DISHONEST.

AND I'VE NO DOUBT, EVEN NOW,

YOU'RE A TROUBLEMAKER.

YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED,
MRS. LANGSFORD.

Hughes: MR. RADIN, OBVIOUSLY
MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED

BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME YOU
FELT YOU'D SUFFERED INDIGNITIES

AT OUR HANDS, BUT
WHAT'S TO BE GAINED BY...

Radin: A GREAT DEAL CAN
BE GAINED, REVEREND.

A VERY GREAT DEAL.

YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCUSED
ME OF A LACK OF CHARACTER,

PUT A SCANDAL OVER MY HEAD,
DESTROYED MY REPUTATION.

YES, I REMEMBER.

A GIRL, MR. RADIN, A GIRL
YOU DROVE TO SUICIDE.

BECAUSE EVEN AT THAT EARLY STAGE

YOU WERE NOT A MAN WHO
HELD HONOR IN VERY HIGH REGARD.

YOU CAN GO TO THE
DEVIL, REVEREND!

RADIN!

AND YOU, TOO, COLONEL.

TONIGHT, MY FRIENDS,

YOU WILL ALL GO TO THE DEVIL,

AND THAT IS NOT A
FIGURE OF SPEECH!

DO YOU KNOW WHY I BUILT
THIS ROOM DOWN HERE?

THOSE WALLS ARE 18 INCHES
CONCRETE WITH REINFORCED STEEL.

AND AROUND THEM,
SIX INCHES OF LEAD.

I HAVE MY OWN GENERATOR
SYSTEM, MY OWN AIR SYSTEM.

YES, AND OUT THERE,
BEYOND THAT DOOR,

A STOREROOM THE
SIZE OF A WAREHOUSE.

YOU UNDERSTAND
LOGISTICS, COLONEL.

DOES IT OCCUR TO YOU WHY I
SHOULD HAVE GONE TO ALL THIS

TROUBLE AND EXPENSE?

TO BEGIN A VIGIL, MY FRIENDS.

THE LONG WAIT AND THE COUNTDOWN.

YES. I HAVE WALKED
WITH KINGS AND TYCOONS,

AS YOU PERCEIVE, MRS. LANGSFORD.

I HAVE WALKED WITH THEM,
AND I HAVE LISTENED TO THEM.

I KEEP ABREAST OF THE TIMES,
AND USUALLY WELL AHEAD OF THEM.

I KNOW THINGS THAT
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

I PAY FOR THE SERVICE.

48 HOURS AGO

I RECEIVED A MOST
INTERESTING BIT OF NEWS,

SOMETHING THAT
PERHAPS ONLY SIX MEN

IN THE WORLD KNOW OF...

THE WORLD IS COMING
TO AN END THIS EVENING,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

AT 11:45, THERE WILL BE NO
MORE CITY, NO MORE COUNTRY.

AT 30 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT,
THERE WILL BE NO MORE WORLD.

THEY ARE GOING TO BOMB US,

AND WE ARE GOING TO BOMB THEM.

BY DAWN, THERE WILL BE NOTHING
LEFT BUT RUBBLE AND BODIES.

AND IN A FEW MOMENTS
IT WILL ALL BEGIN.

YOU'LL BE HEARING
SIRENS VERY SHORTLY...

THAT'S THE RED ALERT.

THAT MEANS THEIR
MISSILES ARE ON THEIR WAY.

OURS WILL FOLLOW SOON AFTER.

AND YOU ARE TO
SURVIVE, MR. RADIN?

IS THAT THE IDEA?

I AM TO SURVIVE, MR. HUGHES.

I AM 300 FEET UNDERGROUND.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, REVEREND?

DO YOU WISH TO SURVIVE?

DO THE REST OF YOU
WISH TO SURVIVE?

OR AM I TO BE THE
ONLY PALLBEARER?

( high-pitched tone)

Man: This is your civil
defense announcer.

Repeating, the Air Defense
Command has just declared

a take-cover signal.

This is not a practice
warning, not a drill.

An attack by enemy forces
is expected at any moment.

You must seek the
nearest shelter immediately.

If you are in your home,

go to your prepared
shelter or to the basement.

If you have no
shelter or basement,

go toward the center of
the house, to the first room

or hall that will
put as many walls

as possible between you
and the outside of the house.

Take your radio with you.

If you are in any other type
of building, go to the basement

or lowest floor and get as
close to the center of the building

as possible.

Announcer: leave your shelter
until told it is safe to do so.

This is not a test.

This is a real take-cover...

( broadcast stops)

COMMENTS?

PERHAPS A LITTLE MILITARY
SOPHISTRY NOW, COLONEL.

A QUOTE FROM GENERAL GRANT.

OR YOU, REVEREND,

SOMETHING ENRICHING
FROM THE GOSPEL.

SUCH SILENCE, MRS. LANGSFORD?

NOTHING IN THAT VAST REPERTOIRE,

THAT PILGRIM'S
PROGRESS MIND OF YOURS,

TO HANDLE THE SITUATION?

A MENTAL ERASER
TO WIPE OUT REALITY?

I'VE GOT TO GET TO MY WIFE.

BY ALL MEANS, REVEREND,
GET TO YOUR WIFE.

HOLD HANDS AND DIE TOGETHER.

YOU TURN MY STOMACH, MR. HUGHES.

"GET TO YOUR WIFE."

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND IS
WHAT'S ON THE COLONEL'S MIND

AND THE SCHOOLMARM'S MIND.

YOUR PRECIOUS HIDE,
YOUR SANCTIFIED FLESH.

THAT'S WHAT PREOCCUPIES
YOU AT THE MOMENT.

IF I'M TO DIE TONIGHT

I WANT TO BE WITH
SOMEONE I LOVE.

"SOMEBODY I LOVE..."
HOW THEATRICAL!

BUT MORE BURLESQUE
THAN LEGITIMATE.

HAVE THE DECENCY, REVEREND,
TO DEPART THIS EARTH

WITH JUST A FRAGMENT OF
THE TRUTH IN YOUR MOUTH.

TELL ME TO MY FACE
THAT YOU'RE SO SCARED,

SO MISERABLY FRIGHTENED,

THAT YOU'D SELL YOUR
WIFE BY THE POUND

IF IT MEANT YOUR OWN SURVIVAL.

IF THOSE WERE THE LAST
WORDS I SPOKE BEFORE I DIED,

THEY WOULD ALSO BE
THE WORST FALSEHOOD

I EVER UTTERED ON EARTH.

NOW, WILL YOU OPEN THIS DOOR?

WILL YOU LET ME LEAVE NOW?

( sirens blaring)

HOW DID YOU KNOW, RADIN?

HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY HAVE KNOWN?

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

IF HE'LL LET US LEAVE NOW

PERHAPS WE CAN REACH OUR
HOMES BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

MY DEAR FRIENDS, SHALL WE
DROP THE PRETENSES NOW?

SHALL WE, ALL OF US
NOW, TELL THE TRUTH?

I TOLD YOU HOW THIS
ROOM WAS CONSTRUCTED...

STEEL, CONCRETE AND LEAD.

IT MAY BE THE ONLY PLACE ON
EARTH WHERE YOU CAN SURVIVE.

NOW, WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE
ABOUT GOING BACK TO YOUR HOMES?

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU
WOULD WALK OUT OF HERE AND DIE

WHEN BY SIMPLY SITTING
HERE YOU COULD LIVE?

ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND, MR. RADIN,

THAT YOU WILL PERMIT
US THIS LUXURY?

YOU WILL ALLOW US TO STAY?

OF COURSE, COLONEL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IT'S PRECISELY WHY
I'VE ASKED YOU TO COME.

EACH OF YOU IN HIS OWN
WAY HAS TRIED TO DESTROY ME.

BUT I'LL NOT REPAY
THE COMPLIMENT.

THAT IS TO SAY, I WILL NOT
REQUIRE AN EYE FOR AN EYE,

NOTHING AS PRIMITIVE
OR AS NAKED AS THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR PRICE, MR. RADIN?

I'D BE INTERESTED.

THE COLONEL WOULD BE INTERESTED.

I PRESUME THE REVEREND
AND THE SCHOOLMARM

WOULD BE INTERESTED.

I SUBMIT, DEAR FRIENDS,

YOU'RE NOT JUST INTERESTED.

IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY
THING IN GOD'S EARTH

THAT HAS ANY
MEANING LEFT AT ALL.

BUT THE PRICE, COLONEL...

YOU WILL BEG MY PARDON,

YOU WILL ASK MY FORGIVENESS,

AND, IF NEED BE, WILL GET
DOWN ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES

TO PERFORM THE FUNCTION.

"PRETTY PLEASE
WITH SUGAR ON IT."

HOW'S THAT? SPEAK UP, TEACHER.

"PRETTY PLEASE
WITH SUGAR ON IT."

IT'S WHAT CHILDREN
SAY TO EXACT A FAVOR.

I DON'T WANT YOUR
FAVOR, MR. RADIN!

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

IF I'M TO SPEND MY LAST
QUARTER HOUR ON EARTH

I'D RATHER SPEND
IT WITH A STRAY CAT

OR ALONE IN CENTRAL PARK

OR IN A CITY FULL OF STRANGERS

WHOSE NAMES I'LL NEVER KNOW.

Hughes: THE DOOR, RADIN.

WILL YOU OPEN THE DOOR NOW?

Hawthorne: OPEN UP, RADIN.

YOU'RE TOO BLIND
OR YOU'RE TOO STUPID,

BECAUSE NONE OF YOU
SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO...

LITERALLY, ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO... IS TO SAY A SENTENCE.

JUST A STRING OF
SILLY, STUPID WORDS.

LIKE A COMMAND, COLONEL,

OR LIKE A LESSON, TEACHER,

OR LIKE A PRAYER, REVEREND.

ALL YOU HAVE TO
SAY IS YOU'RE SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, YOU
WANT TO DIE, FINE.

BUT YOU'LL BE BACK
INSIDE FIVE MINUTES.

THERE'S THE ELEVATOR! TAKE IT!

TAKE THE FARCE
TO ITS CONCLUSION.

GO UP INTO THE STREET
AND SEE THE PANIC

AND THE FRENZY AND THE HORROR.

AND THEN COME BACK DOWN
HERE TO YOUR SALVATION.

OR YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL
DOWN HERE ON THAT SCREEN.

YOU CAN SEE IT ALL
HAPPEN, THE WHOLE THING.

WATCH THE WORLD BEING
SHOVELED INTO A GRAVE.

IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE.

IT'S YOUR LAST
CHANCE, I MEAN IT.

TELL ME, REVEREND, IS
LIFE SO STINKING CHEAP

THAT YOU CAN THROW
IT DOWN A DRAIN?

LIFE IS VERY DEAR, MR. RADIN,
INFINITELY VALUABLE.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
THAT COME EVEN HIGHER.

HONOR IS ONE OF THEM...

PERHAPS THE MOST
EXPENSIVE OF THEM ALL.

AMEN.

Langsford: TRY NOT TO GET
TOO LONELY, MR. RADIN.

USE MIRRORS. THEY MAY HELP.

PUT THEM ALL AROUND THE ROOM.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPANY
OF A WORLD FULL OF RADINS.

IT'LL BE A FANTASY, OF COURSE,

BUT THEN YOUR WHOLE
LIFE HAS BEEN A FANTASY,

A PARADE OF ILLUSIONS...

ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO YOU,

ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT JUSTICE IS,

ILLUSIONS ABOUT
WHAT IS THE DIGNITY

OF EVEN THE LOWEST OF US.

A FANTASY, MR. RADIN,

AND NOW YOU CAN
HAVE IT ALL TO YOURSELF.

NO, IT'S NOT TRUE,
IT'S NOT A FANTASY.

NO, IT'S NOT A FANTASY!

( sirens blaring)

This is your Civil
Defense announcer.

Our military authorities have
just ordered a take-cover alert.

Attack by enemy
forces is imminent.

Take cover immediately.

If you are in your car driving
away from your city, continue.

Keep on driving.

Do not stop.

When movement is
no longer possible,

seek the best available refuge.

THAT'S ENOUGH!

If you are outdoors on foot,
hurry to the nearest shelter...

( sirens continue)

( explosion)

THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH!

( sirens stop)

( whimpering)

( sobbing)

( sobbing continues)

( car horn honking)

( wailing)

ANYBODY?

ANYBODY.

PLEASE... SOMEBODY...
HEY, MAC, MAC.

HAD A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH?

HEY, MAC.

I DIDN'T WANT IT THIS WAY.

LET ME TAKE YOU HOME, MAC.

I DIDN'T WANT IT THIS WAY.

NO, SOMEBODY, PLEASE. MAC...?

ANYBODY, WON'T
SOMEBODY LISTEN TO ME?

( clamoring voices)

GO ON NOW, MOVE ALONG.
MOVE ALONG, PLEASE.

THERE ISN'T A THING
HERE TO WORRY ABOUT.

MOVE ALONG, PLEASE!

PLEASE, MOVE ALONG,
PLEASE, PLEASE.

IT'S OKAY NOW. YOU'RE
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU.

ISN'T THERE ANYBODY LEFT?

NOBODY?

YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

NOBODY!

NOW, GO ON, BREAK IT UP.

THERE ISN'T A THING
HERE TO SEE. GO ON, GO ON.

NOBODY.

NOBODY... OH, GOD...

GOD...

MR. PAUL RADIN, A
DEALER IN FANTASY

WHO SITS IN THE RUBBLE
OF HIS OWN MAKING

AND IMAGINES THAT HE'S
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH,

DOOMED TO A PERDITION
OF UNUTTERABLE LONELINESS

BECAUSE A PRACTICAL JOKE
HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

MR. PAUL RADIN,
PALLBEARER AT A FUNERAL

THAT HE MANUFACTURED
HIMSELF IN 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, THROUGH THE GOOD
OFFICES OF MR. CHARLES BEAUMONT,

WE TAKE A WALK IN
SOME DEAD MAN'S SHOES.

IT'S THE STORY OF A HOBO
WHO TAKES SOME SHOES

OFF A RECENTLY-DECEASED
HOODLUM, AND THEN DISCOVERS

THAT IF THE SHOE FITS,
YOU HAVE TO WEAR IT.

AND IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE
TO DO AS THE SHOES DO...

GO WHERE THEY TELL YOU TO

AND THEN PERFORM SOME SERVICES
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NORM.

I HOPE WE SEE YOU NEXT
WEEK FOR "DEAD MAN'S SHOES."

Announcer: SEAT BELTS CAN REDUCE
SERIOUS INJURY BY ONE-THIRD.

DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE
THE SECURITY OF SEAT BELTS?