The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 24 - To Serve Man - 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.

( sighs)

Male voice on speaker:
Mr. Chambers? Mr. Chambers?

It is the mealtime.

Kindly state your
preference, please.

Mr. Chambers?



It is the mealtime.

Kindly state your preference.

( spits)

Please deposit cigarettes
in appropriate receptacle.

This is a safety measure.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A
FLYING JUMP AT THE MOON?

Kindly repeat request.

AW, KNOCK IT OFF,
LEAVE ME ALONE.

You do not care
for food at this time?

YES, I DO NOT CARE
FOR FOOD AT THIS TIME.

Very well.

( sighs)

( muttering): VERY
WELL... VERY, VERY WELL.

( sighs)



( tap running) Please
conserve water.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

There is no time in space.

This is to say

there is no chronology
that can be calibrated.

I SAID WHAT TIME IS IT,
WHAT TIME IS IT ON EARTH?

CAN YOU TELL ME THAT

WITHOUT AN EXERCISE
IN EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY?

NOW, JUST TELL ME
WHAT TIME IT IS ON EARTH.

On Earth it would be 12:00 noon.

( sighs)

( muttering): 12:00
NOON, 12:00 NOON.

Chambers: THIS IS THE
WAY NIGHTMARES BEGIN...

OR, PERHAPS, END.

VERY SIMPLE, DIRECT, UNADORNED.

INCREDIBLE, AND
YET SO TERRIBLY REAL

THAT EVEN WHILE
THEY'RE HAPPENING

WE LIVE WITH THEM
AND DIGEST THEM

AND ASSIMILATE THEM.

AND IF IT'S 12:00 NOON

THAT'S WHAT YOU
PREOCCUPY YOURSELF WITH.

YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT 12:00 NOON

ON THE NEXT DAY OR
THE DAY AFTER THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT...

TOMORROW AND THE
DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

WE WERE PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE HANDS ON A CLOCK

WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CHECKING OFF A CALENDAR.

IT WAS AN APRIL DAY, AND
IT WAS NOON THEN, TOO.

AND PEOPLE WALKED AND DROVE

AND BOUGHT AND SOLD
AND FRETTED AND LAUGHED.

THE WORLD WENT ON MUCH
AS IT HAD BEEN GOING ON

WITH A TENTATIVE TIPTOEING

ALONGSIDE A PRECIPICE OF CRISIS.

THERE WAS BERLIN TO WORRY ABOUT

AND INDOCHINA, AND ALGERIA

AND ALL THE OTHER MYRIAD
PROBLEMS, MAJOR AND MINOR

THAT SOMEHOW HAD LOST
THEIR INCISIVE EDGE OF HORROR

BECAUSE WE WERE
SO FAMILIAR WITH THEM.

AND THEN...

( whirring and whistling)

AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.

THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST
HEARD THAT THEY HAD COME.

THAT'S WHEN WE SHOULD
HAVE PREPARED OURSELVES

FOR ANY EVENTUALITY,
BUT WE DIDN'T.

INSTEAD, WE MILLED AROUND
LIKE FRIGHTENED FARM ANIMALS

LOOKING FOR FORMULAS
AND FATHER IMAGES,

WHILE THE SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS

MADE THE FIRST
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

OF THE ARRIVAL OF
CREATURES FROM OUTER SPACE.

THEY CALLED THEMSELVES KANAMITS

AND ANNOUNCED
OVER THE SHORT WAVE

THAT ON THAT GIVEN AFTERNOON,
THEY WOULD ARRIVE ON EARTH.

AT 11:00 THIS MORNING,
EASTERN STANDARD TIME

THE FIRST OF THESE LANDINGS

TOOK PLACE IN AN AREA JUST
OUTSIDE OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SUBSEQUENTLY, WE HAVE HAD
REPORTS OF OTHER LANDINGS

IN THE SOVIET UNION, IN NORWAY,
THE SOUTHERN COAST OF FRANCE

JUST OUTSIDE OF RIO DE
JANEIRO AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF
OF THE UNITED NATIONS,

I CAN ONLY TELL YOU
THAT AT THIS MOMENT

IT WOULD BE PREMATURE
TO ASSUME HOSTILE INTENT

ON THE PART OF
THESE... THESE KANAMITS.

AND SO, IT IS THE POSITION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

THAT THE WORLD
POPULATION REMAIN CALM,

TO MAKE NO HOSTILE
MOVE, TO KEEP IN MIND

THAT ALL GOVERNMENTS
ARE BEING APPRISED

OF THE EVENTS AS THEY HAPPEN

AND HAVE THE
SITUATION WELL IN HAND.

WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
YEAH, WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?

PLEASE, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE...

WHO ARE THEY, MR. SECRETARY
GENERAL? CAN'T WE GET

A MORE SPECIFIC STATEMENT? WE
DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

WE ONLY KNOW THAT SEVERAL
OF THEIR CRAFT HAVE LANDED

AND THAT THEY...
( anxious murmuring)

Reporter: WHAT'S THE SECRET?

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A STATEMENT?

WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

PLEASE, MR. SECRETARY GENERAL...

IT APPEARS... IT APPEARS
THAT ONE OF THE CRAFT

HAS LANDED JUST A
FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

THAT CLOSE? DOES THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT KNOW...?

ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES
IS ON HIS WAY TO THIS BUILDING.

FANTASTIC! UNBELIEVABLE!

( clamoring voices)

( slow footsteps)

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
FOR YOUR PERUSAL... A KANAMIT.

HEIGHT: A LITTLE OVER NINE FEET.

WEIGHT: IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 350 POUNDS.

ORIGIN: UNKNOWN.

MOTIVES?

THEREIN HANGS THE TALE,
FOR IN JUST A MOMENT

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
SHAKE HANDS, FIGURATIVELY,

WITH A CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

FROM ANOTHER GALAXY
AND ANOTHER TIME.

THIS IS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Kanamit: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE EARTH,

WE GREET YOU IN
PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP.

WE COME FROM A PLANET
FAR BEYOND THIS GALAXY,

A PLANET FAR MORE
DEVELOPED THAN EARTH,

BUT WE COME AS FRIENDS.

ALTHOUGH WE KNOW YOUR LANGUAGE,

OUR OWN METHODS OF COMMUNICATION
ARE MENTAL RATHER THAN VERBAL.

HENCE, THE VOICE YOU
HEAR ME SPEAKING WITH

IS TOTALLY MECHANICAL.

OUR INTENTIONS ARE HONORABLE.

WE DESIRE ABOVE ALL THINGS
TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF EARTH...

( simultaneously translating)

TO ESTABLISH EMBASSIES HERE,

AND, IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
TO SET UP RECIPROCAL VISITS

BETWEEN EARTH
PEOPLE AND KANAMITS.

Chambers: PERHAPS YOU WATCHED
THIS INITIAL QUESTIONING...

MOST PEOPLE ON EARTH DID

ON TELEVISION SETS,
RADIOS, SHORTWAVE.

SURELY, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
ASKED BY YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

MUST HAVE BEEN IDENTICAL
TO A FEW OF YOUR OWN

BECAUSE AS A RACE, WE'RE
UNACCUSTOMED TO CHARITY.

BRUTALITY IS A FAR MORE
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE TO US

THAN AN EXPRESSION OF
FRIENDSHIP FROM OUTER SPACE.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING
TO BE INTERROGATED HERE

AND AT THIS TIME?

THERE ARE U.N. DELEGATES PRESENT

FROM MOST OF THE
IMPORTANT COUNTRIES

AND THE TELEVISION CAMERAS

ARE CARRYING OUR MEETING
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

I WILL BE GLAD TO.

SENOR VALDES OF
ARGENTINA IS RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.

SENOR, COULD YOU
PLEASE INFORM US

PRECISELY WHY HAVE YOU
CHOSEN THIS PLANET FOR YOUR VISIT?

IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION

THAT EARTH HAS BEEN PLAGUED

BY BOTH NATURAL AND
UNNATURAL CATASTROPHES

ALL OF WHICH COULD EASILY
BE ACTED UPON AND PREVENTED.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU.

RECOGNIZING DR. DENIS LEVEQUE,
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE.

MONSIEUR, MY GOVERNMENT
WISHES ME TO ASK YOU

THE NATURE OF YOUR HELP.

WHAT FORMS WILL IT TAKE?

INDEED, IF WE SHOULD PREFER
NOT TO AVAIL OURSELVES

OF THE VARIOUS AIDS
THAT YOU MENTIONED,

YOUR REPLY WOULD BE WHAT?

WE WILL NOT FORCE
ANYTHING ON YOU.

YOU WILL TAKE ONLY THAT
WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE.

FOR EXAMPLE, TOMORROW
WE WILL DEMONSTRATE

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

A NEW AND EXTREMELY
INTERESTING POWER SOURCE

WHICH IS ATOMIC IN NATURE

AND WHICH CAN SUPPLY A
FORM OF ELECTRIC POWER

FOR ENTIRE COUNTRIES

FOR THE COST OF A FEW DOLLARS.

IT'S EXTREMELY ECONOMICAL.

MR. GREGORI, THE REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE SOVIET
UNION, IS RECOGNIZED.

THE SOVIET PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO ASK THE KANAMITS

PRECISELY... I
REPEAT THAT TO HIM...

PRECISELY WHAT ARE YOUR MOTIVES

IN COMING HERE QUITE UNINVITED?

ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT
THERE IS NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE

BEYOND THIS VAST
HUMANITY YOU SPEAK OF?

THERE IS NOTHING
ULTERIOR IN OUR MOTIVES.

NOTHING AT ALL.

YOU WILL DISCOVER THIS FOR
YOURSELVES BEFORE TOO LONG

SIMPLY BY TESTING
THE VARIOUS DEVICES

WHICH WE WILL MAKE
AVAILABLE TO YOU.

WE CAN SHOW YOU, FOR EXAMPLE,

HOW TO ADD A CERTAIN VERY
CHEAP NITRATE TO THE SOIL

AND END FAMINE ON
EARTH FOR GOOD AND ALL.

WE CAN DEMONSTRATE
TO YOU QUITE PRACTICALLY

THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE FORCE FIELD

IN WHICH YOU MAY
CLOAK EACH NATION

WITH AN INVISIBLE WALL

ABSOLUTELY IMPENETRABLE
BY BOMBS, MISSILES,

OR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE ASK ONLY THAT YOU TRUST US.

ONLY THAT YOU SIMPLY TRUST US.

Chambers: THAT WAS
WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT.

IT WAS THE AGE OF SANTA CLAUS.

ONLY THESE KRISS KRINGLES
CAME WITHOUT WHITE WHISKERS

AND ROSY CHEEKS
AND TWINKLING EYES.

THEY WERE NINE-FEET TALL ENIGMAS

WHO DESCENDED
ON US LIKE LOCUSTS.

BUT NOBODY WAS
COUNTING OR WORRYING.

EXCEPT PERHAPS A
FEW PROFESSIONALS

WHOSE JOB IT WAS
TO SECOND GUESS.

IN A SENSE, I WAS
ONE OF THESE...

A DECODING SPECIALIST FOR
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,

AND THIS IS WHERE
I GOT INTO THE ACT.

WELL, CHAMBERS,
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

A CORKER OF A MIGRAINE
HEADACHE AND EYE STRAIN.

YOU CAN'T LICK IT?

NO, NOT IN EIGHT HOURS, I CAN'T.

COLONEL, IT TOOK
US ALMOST A YEAR

TO CRACK THE JAPANESE CODE...

WE HAD AN ARMY OF
MEN WORKING ON THAT.

BUT THIS IS A LANGUAGE OF
PEOPLE FROM OUTER SPACE,

PROBABLY 500 TIMES AS
INTELLIGENT AS WE ARE

AND A THOUSAND
TIMES MORE COMPLEX.

YOU NEED MORE HELP?

ALL DONATIONS
GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.

I SHOWED THIS TO
EVERY MAN ON OUR STAFF.

I'VE HAD A DOZEN PEOPLE WORKING
ON IT SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.

WE'VE TRIED PRETTY
MUCH EVERYTHING...

SINGLE TRANSPOSITION,
DOUBLE TRANSPOSITION.

WE'VE TRIED EVERY KNOWN
METHOD OF CRYPTOGRAPHY THERE IS,

AND I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER WE'RE EVEN CLOSE

OR A MILLION MILES AWAY.

ARE YOU SAYING
IT'S INDECIPHERABLE?

NO, WE'VE JUST GOT TO
KEEP TRYING, THAT'S ALL.

STANDARD, DIRECT, REVERSED,
SYSTEMATICALLY MIXED,

KEYWORD MIXED, RANDOM MIXED,

RECIPROCAL, CONJUGATE.

EVERY NATURE OF SEQUENCE
OF LETTERS THERE IS.

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING,
COLONEL, THIS IS A TOUGH NUT.

THIS IS A REAL TOUGH NUT.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT?

HMM, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT... THAT KANAMIT,

OR WHATEVER IT IS
HE CALLS HIMSELF,

WALKED OFF AND LEFT THIS
BOOK YESTERDAY AT THE U.N.

THE WHITE HOUSE FEELS IF
WE CAN DECIPHER THIS BOOK

WE CAN FIND OUT
WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY,
NOTHING BUT OUR GOOD.

HE HASN'T COMMENTED
ON THE LOSS OF THIS BOOK.

PROBABLY UNCONCERNED.

WHY SHOULD WE BE SO CONCERNED?

THEY'VE DONE ALL
RIGHT BY US SO FAR.

PARLOR TRICKS.

THEY DON'T SEEM
LIKE TRICKS, COLONEL.

THAT NEW NITRATE USE
THEY DEMONSTRATED

IN ARGENTINA THIS MORNING...

THAT SOIL HAD MORE
VITAMINS IN IT SIX HOURS LATER

THAN A DRUGSTORE CHAIN.

I KNOW THAT COUNTRY.

THAT'S AS BARREN AND FRUITLESS

AS ANY PLACE ON EARTH.

WELL... WE MIGHT LICK
THIS, WE MIGHT NOT.

BUT I GOT A STRANGE FEELING.

WHAT?

THAT WE'RE LOOKING

A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.

I GOT ANOTHER
FUNNY FEELING, TOO.

AND THAT IS?

THAT IF THESE KANAMITS

ARE AS HELPFUL
AS I THINK THEY ARE,

YOU BOYS WILL BE OUT OF A JOB.

AND PROBABLY, SO WILL I.

AM I TO ASSUME

THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC
ANALYSIS, MR. CHAMBERS,

OR JUST SOME KENTUCKY WINDAGE?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS, COLONEL,

BEYOND AN INSTINCTIVE FEELING.

WHEN THIS EARTH
GETS ENOUGH TO EAT

AND THERE ARE NO MORE
WARS OR DISEASES OR FAMINES,

THIS IS GOING TO BE
A GARDEN OF EDEN.

YOUR OPTIMISM IS MOST
REFRESHING, MR. CHAMBERS,

BUT I SUGGEST YOU CONTINUE

YOUR PROCESS OF DECIPHERING

UNTIL YOU CAN
TELL US PRECISELY...

AND I MEAN PRECISELY...
WHAT THAT BOOK SAYS.

WE'VE LICKED THE TITLE, ANYWAY.

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

HOW MUCH DOES IT TELL US?

HERE IT IS.

WELL, THAT MAKES THE CHEESE

A LITTLE MORE BINDING,
WOULDN'T YOU SAY, COLONEL?

I'D CALL THAT A REASONABLY
ALTRUISTIC PHRASE,

DO YOU AGREE, PATTY?

WELL, I, UH...

WELL, I WANT TO
BELIEVE IT, BUT...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

"TO SERVE MAN."

I HOPE SO.

I FERVENTLY HOPE SO.

Secretary General: GENTLEMEN,
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING

IS TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH CERTAIN
TESTS MADE OVER THE PAST WEEK.

AT THE REQUEST OF
SEVERAL DELEGATES

AND WITH THE FULL CONSENT

OF OUR GUESTS, THE KANAMITS,

THESE TESTS WERE FILMED, CUT
TOGETHER INTO ONE SHORT FILM

AND YOU CAN WATCH THEM NOW.

KINDLY LOWER THE SCREEN.

( whirring)

THESE ARE THE STANDARD
INSTRUMENTS USED

TO DETERMINE THE
TRUTH OF A STATEMENT.

OUR FIRST OBJECT,

SINCE THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE
KANAMITS IS UNKNOWN TO US,

WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR
NOT THEY REACT TO THESE TESTS

AS HUMAN BEINGS DO.

WE WILL NOW REPEAT ONE OF
THE MANY EXPERIMENTS MADE

IN AN EFFORT TO
DISCOVER THIS FACT.

THIS INSTRUMENT RECORDS
THE SUBJECT'S HEARTBEAT.

THIS ONE SHOWS THE ELECTRICAL
CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SKIN

IN THE PALM OF THE HAND...

A MEASURE OF PERSPIRATION,
WHICH INCREASES UNDER STRESS.

THIS ONE SHOWS THE PATTERN

AND INTENSITY OF
THE ELECTRICAL WAVES

EMANATING FROM
THE SUBJECT'S BRAIN.

WHICH OF THESE IS
LONGER THAN THE OTHER?

THE GRAY.

I SHALL REPEAT THE QUESTION.

WHICH OF THESE IS
LONGER THAN THE OTHER?

THE BLACK.

HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS PLANET?

WALKED.

ONCE AGAIN, HOW DID
YOU GET TO THIS PLANET?

IN A SPACESHIP.

MANY SUCH EXPERIMENTS WERE MADE

AND MY COLLEAGUES
AND MYSELF ARE SATISFIED

THAT THE MECHANISMS
ARE EFFECTIVE.

NOW, I SHALL ASK OUR
DISTINGUISHED GUEST

TO REPLY TO THE QUESTION
PUT AT THE LAST SESSION

BY SEVERAL OF THE DELEGATES.

NAMELY, WHAT IS THE MOTIVE
OF THE KANAMIT PEOPLE

IN OFFERING SUCH GREAT GIFTS

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH?

Kanamit: I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE OF
EARTH WILL UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE

WHEN I TELL YOU THAT OUR MISSION
UPON THIS PLANET IS SIMPLY THIS:

TO BRING TO YOU THE PEACE AND
PLENTY WHICH WE OURSELVES ENJOY

AND WHICH WE HAVE IN THE PAST

BROUGHT TO OTHER RACES
THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY.

WHEN YOUR WORLD
HAS NO MORE HUNGER,

NO MORE WAR, NO MORE
NEEDLESS SUFFERING,

THAT WILL BE OUR REWARD.

Chambers: AND THE MACHINE
SHOWED NO DEVIATION.

ACCORDING TO IT, THE
KANAMIT WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.

YOU AND I AND THE REST OF
THIS EARTH HAD A RINGSIDE SEAT

TO THE REBIRTH OF EVERY
DREAM MAN HAD EVER DREAMED.

( speaking French)

( speaking Japanese)

( speaking Spanish)

Chambers: SANTA
CLAUS CAME THROUGH.

ARID DESERTS BECAME GARDENS

WITH THE DEVICES THE
KANAMITS SHOWED US HOW TO USE.

THE FORCE FIELD THAT WAS
TO END WAR DID PRECISELY THAT.

ARMIES AND NAVIES WERE
PRACTICALLY DISBANDED.

Kanamit: Please
check your guest visas.

This is Flight Number 267
from Earth to our planet.

THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE A MEAN
TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES

ON THEIR PLANET, AND
THE SUN NEVER GOES DOWN.

AND THERE CLOTHING...

IT'S A METALLIC
SUBSTANCE, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

KIND OF LIKE A SPUN GOLD.

MY SISTER WROTE ME.

SHE SAYS THE DAY YOU LAND,

THEY TAKE YOU ON A CONDUCTED
TOUR OF ALL THEIR SHOPS

AND YOU CAN PICK OUT AS
MUCH OF IT AS YOU WANT.

BUT IT'S AN ENTIRE PLANET.

IT'S BIGGER THAN CHINA.

BESIDES IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY

TO SPREAD PEACEFUL
COEXISTENCE TO AN ENTIRE GALAXY.

STAND ASIDE, PLEASE, I
HAVE DIPLOMATIC VISA.

IT'S JUST ONE BIG HOLIDAY
WHEN YOU GET THERE.

THEY'VE EVEN GOT
A FORM OF BASEBALL.

LEAGUES OF EVERYTHING,
JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT.

AND THE WHOLE TRIP,
BILLIONS OF MILES,

ONLY TAKES JUST A FEW DAYS.

OH, MAN, I DON'T THINK
I'LL WANT TO COME BACK

ONCE I DO GET THERE.

( humming)

I'M GOING HOME, BOSS.

NEED ME FOR ANYTHING?

NEED YOU FOR
ANYTHING? LIKE WHAT?

THIS ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT YOU
CALL A BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY.

WELL, THIS IS THE
NEW STORY OF MAN.

NOBODY NEEDS TO DECIPHER
MUCH OF ANYTHING ANYMORE

BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T ANY MORE CODES

SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE AREN'T
ANY MORE SECRET MESSAGES.

ODD.

HUH?

WELL, I MEAN,

WE'RE NOT READING
ABOUT THE HYDROGEN BOMB

OR WAR SCARES OR INSURRECTIONS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

MILLENNIUM.

YEAH, CLOSE TO IT.

HOW MANY OF THEM ARE AROUND NOW?

ANYBODY EVER FIGURE IT OUT?

A FEW THOUSAND, I GUESS.

THEY'VE GOT EMBASSIES
IN EVERY COUNTRY NOW.

AND FOR EVERY ONE
OF THEM THAT COMES,

A FEW THOUSAND OF US
TAKE OFF IN THEIR SHIPS

TO LIVE WITH THEM.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ODD THING:

THE FANTASTIC EASE WITH WHICH

HUMAN BEINGS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

ONE DAY, THEY WATCH
WITH BATED BREATH

WHILE A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
ORBITS THE EARTH

IN A RINKY-DINK LITTLE CUBICLE

AND THEY THINK THIS IS
THE MOST HISTORIC MOMENT

THAT'S EVER HAPPENED IN
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

AND THEN, ONE YEAR LATER,

THEY STAND IN LINE

WAITING TO TAKE
OFF IN A SPACESHIP

TO GO 100 BILLION
MILES OFF INTO SPACE

AND THEY ACT AND REACT

AS IF THIS WERE A WEEKEND
PICNIC IN THE COUNTRY.

OH, STRANGE AND
COMPLEX SANITY OF MAN.

NOTHING FAZES HIM.

ARE YOU GOING?

WELL, AS A MATTER OF FACT

I'M ON A TEN-YEAR EXCHANGE
GROUP WAITING LIST.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, PATTY?

I'M ON THE LIST, TOO.

THE TROUBLE IS,
THEIR QUOTAS FILL

JUST AS SOON AS THEY MAKE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW TRIP.

WHILE I'M WAITING,

I THINK I'LL DO THE
NEXT BEST THING.

I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT BOOK.

DECIPHERING THAT TITLE
HAS BEEN OF NO HELP

BECAUSE THEIR CAPITAL
LETTERS ARE DIFFERENT

THAN THE OTHER SIGNS THEY USE,

JUST AS OURS ARE.

BUT IT'S STARTING
TO FALL INTO PLACE.

I THINK I'LL GET THE
ANSWER EVENTUALLY.

WELL, I GAVE UP
TRYING A MONTH AGO.

This is Flight Number 914

from Earth to our planet.

We will be taking
off in three minutes.

MR. CHAMBERS!

MR. CHAMBERS!

DON'T GET ON THAT SHIP!

THE REST OF THE BOOK,
TO SERVE MAN... IT'S...

IT'S A COOKBOOK!

NO! NO!

NO, NO, NO!

HEY! NO!

You have not eaten
enough, Mr. Chambers.

Please, enjoy.

Eat hearty.

PLEASE, MR. CHAMBERS, EAT.

WE WOULDN'T WANT
YOU TO LOSE WEIGHT.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

YOU STILL ON EARTH
OR ON THE SHIP WITH ME?

WELL, IT DOESN'T MAKE
VERY MUCH DIFFERENCE

BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER
WE'LL ALL OF US BE ON THE MENU...

ALL OF US.

THE RECOLLECTIONS OF
ONE MICHAEL CHAMBERS

WITH APPROPRIATE
FLASHBACKS AND SOLILOQUY.

OR MORE SIMPLY STATED,
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN,

THE CYCLE OF GOING
FROM DUST TO DESSERT...

THE METAMORPHOSIS FROM
BEING THE RULER OF A PLANET

TO AN INGREDIENT
IN SOMEONE'S SOUP.

IT'S TONIGHT'S BILL OF
FARE ON 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 ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE
CONTRIBUTOR CHARLES BEAUMONT

PROVIDES US WITH A
MOST CHARMING TALE

OF AN OLD MAN AND
SOME CHILDREN...

AN OLD MAN WHO'S AN
EXCEPTIONAL PLAYMATE,

EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE, WELL,

HOW MANY OLD MEN DO YOU KNOW
WHO CAN CHANGE INTO MONSTERS?

MR. BEAUMONT'S
EXCELLENT TASTING STEW

IS FURTHER SEASONED BY
AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY.

IT'S CALLED "THE FUGITIVE."

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

THIS IS JAMES ARNESS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY A SHORT HOP

FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE
TO DODGE CITY IN GUNSMOKE.

SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE STATIONS.