The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 31 - The Trade-Ins - full transcript
An elderly couple shop for younger replacement bodies, then resort to desperate measures to cover the cost.
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.
COME IN, COME IN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MR. AND MRS. HOLT, MR. VANCE.
MR. HOLT, HOW DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU DO?
MRS. HOLT, WELCOME.
WELCOME TO NEW LIFE.
PLEASE, SIT DOWN,
RIGHT OVER HERE.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.
WE'RE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, NOW.
LET'S SEE, YOU'RE 79
YEARS OLD, MR. HOLT.
YES.
AND YOU, MRS. HOLT?
I'M 74.
I WAS 74 LAST MAY.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE A
LOOK AT THE MEDICAL HISTORY?
A GREAT DEAL OF
SICKNESS, MR. HOLT.
SOME.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
ARE YOU IN PAIN NOW?
SOME.
HE'S IN GREAT PAIN.
IT'S FAIRLY CONSTANT NOW.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO LET UP.
WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS
THE NEW LIFE CORPORATION
IS IN EXISTENCE.
WE ALLEVIATE PAIN,
MR. AND MRS. HOLT.
OH? OH?
WE MAKE IT A THING OF THE PAST.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DEAL IN?
NO.
WE DEAL IN YOUTH,
MR. AND MRS. HOLT.
WE DEAL IN NEW LIFE.
NEW... YES.
OUR STOCK IN TRADE IS SIMPLY...
IS SIMPLY REBIRTH.
RE... REBIRTH?
COULD YOU...
COULD YOU TELL US
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
EASILY.
THE PROCESS IS
QUICK AND PAINLESS.
WE'VE CONSTRUCTED OTHER
BODIES... BODIES THAT ARE PERFECT
IN COMPOSITION,
CONCEPT, CONSTRUCTION.
PHYSIOLOGICALLY
AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY,
YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU'RE
JUST AS YOU ARE NOW,
BUT IN A DIFFERENT BODY...
A YOUNGER BODY IN
THE PRIME OF HEALTH,
PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY
CLOSE TO PERFECTION.
THE LIFE-SPAN OF ANY ONE
OF OUR HUMAN RECEPTACLES
IS ROUGHLY 112 YEARS.
A HUNDRED...
TELL ME, MY DEARS...
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
50 YEARS.
A RICH LIFE... A HAPPY ONE...
A FULL ONE, I'M SURE,
AND YOU DON'T WANT
THIS RELATIONSHIP TO END.
NO, MR. VANCE, IT CAN'T END.
MARIE IS...
SHE'S ALL I'VE GOT.
SHE'S ALL I CARE ABOUT, YOU SEE.
YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT, MR. VANCE.
IT CANNOT END.
OF COURSE.
WELL, NOW, WHY DON'T I SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE MODELS WE HAVE?
MODELS? Vance: YES.
MODELS?
SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT
TWO THAT APPEAL TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. COME WITH ME.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE MODELS.
WONDERFUL.
NOW, THIS IS OUR, UM, YOUTH,
OR, UH, TEENAGE EXHIBITION.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T
WANT TO GO, UH...
THAT, UH, YOUNG,
BECAUSE UP HERE,
IN OUR YOUNG ADULTS,
WE HAVE SEVERAL
INTERESTING UNITS...
RIGHT UP HERE ON THE LANDING...
THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE OF, UH,
GREAT INTEREST TO YOU.
THANKS... THANK YOU, MR. VANCE.
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
NOW, THIS IS OUR DUAL SPECIAL.
THIS IS THE PHYSIQUE OF A MALE
APPROXIMATELY 22 YEARS OF AGE.
NOTICE THE HEIGHT
AND MUSCULAR
COMPOSITION, MR. HOLT.
THE FEMALE COMPONENT...
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THESE
TWO GO AS A PACKAGE.
YOU NOTE HOW GREATLY
THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER?
NOW, THE FEMALE IS
ROUGHLY 21 YEARS OF AGE,
THREE INCHES
SHORTER THAN THE MALE
BUT OF EQUIVALENT
HEALTH AND POTENTIAL.
IN FACT, THEY SHOW
GREAT PROMISE.
EXCUSE ME, I DON'T
QUITE UNDERSTAND.
HOW WOULD...? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
YES, OF COURSE,
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
NOW, WE PUT YOU TO SLEEP,
AND THEN WE INVEST
IN EACH OF THESE HUMAN REPLICAS
THE PROTOTYPES... MEMORY BANK,
PERSONALITY, CONTINUITY.
YOU WILL AWAKE IN
THESE NEW BODIES
AND LIVE A LIFE-SPAN
NEVER BEFORE DREAMED OF,
AND LIVE IT WITH HEALTH,
CONTENTMENT AND PURPOSE.
AND THERE WOULD BE NO PAIN?
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS...
YOU REMEMBER,
MR. VANCE, DOWN THERE,
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE NO PAIN.
THERE WILL BE NO PAIN, MR. HOLT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN HOW LONG
I CAN ONLY GUESS,
YOU'D BE FREE OF PAIN.
YOU'D BE A YOUNG MAN AGAIN.
AND YOU, MRS. HOLT...
YOU'D BE AT HIS SIDE.
INSTEAD OF THE END,
IT WOULD BE THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THE OPERATION,
THE WAY IT TAKES PLACE.
YES, PLEASE. IT'S SO
SIMPLE, SO UNCOMPLICATED.
YOU'D BE QUITE AMAZED.
DO TELL US, YES.
IT'S AN ELECTRONIC PROCESS,
AND QUITE PAINLESS,
AND VERY FAST.
WE ATTACH THESE TWO...
MR. AND MRS. JOHN
HOLT, AGING PEOPLE
WHO SLOWLY AND WITH
TREMBLING FINGERS
TURN THE LAST PAGES
OF A BOOK OF LIFE
AND HOPE AGAINST LOGIC
AND THE PREORDAINED
THAT SOME MAGIC PRINTING
PRESS WILL ADD TO THIS BOOK
ANOTHER LIMITED EDITION.
BUT THESE TWO SENIOR
CITIZENS HAPPEN TO LIVE
IN A TIME OF THE FUTURE,
WHEN NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE,
EVEN THE TRADING OF
OLD BODIES FOR NEW.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN HOLT,
IN THEIR TWILIGHT YEARS,
WHO ARE ABOUT TO FIND
THAT THERE HAPPENS TO BE
A ZONE WITH THE SAME NAME.
THE SURFERS.
ROMPING AT THE BEACH.
AND ACROSS THE HALL...
COCKTAIL HOUR.
BACHELOR TYPE.
WELL, THAT'S OUR
STOCK ON DISPLAY.
NOW, IF THERE
ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU SEE HERE...
MR. VANCE, YOU'RE
WANTED ON THE VIDEOPHONE.
OF COURSE. WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME?
BUT FEEL FREE TO BROWSE.
ANY QUESTIONS,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU. JOHN...
IT'S LIKE A MIRACLE.
MARIE, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE...
TOO MUCH LIKE A MIRACLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE...
JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT...
YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW,
IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL, DOES IT?
I MEAN, TO BE YOUNG AGAIN,
TO LIVE WITHOUT
PAIN, TO... HAVE IT ALL...
ALL OVER AGAIN, MARIE,
JUST YOU AND I... THE TWO OF US.
HAVE IT ALL FROM THE BEGINNING.
FROM THE BE...
LISTEN, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU A QUESTION NOW.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND ME
FOR A... MAYBE FOR
ANOTHER CENTURY?
FOR A CENTURY?
FOR TEN CENTURIES!
TILL DEATH DO US PART, DARLING.
WELL, NOW, HAVE WE CHOSEN?
YES, MR. VANCE, WE'VE CHOSEN.
RIGHT HERE, THESE TWO...
THESE YOUNG ONES HERE.
EXCELLENT CHOICE...
TWO OF OUR FINEST.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY'RE ALL READY TO GO.
WE COULD BEGIN ANYTIME.
HOW ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING?
TOMORROW MORNING!
HOW ABOUT...?
I AM AN INCREDIBLY BAD SALESMAN.
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT GUARANTEES.
YOU CAN HAVE THE TRANSFORMATION
FOR ONE WEEK ON APPROVAL.
IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED,
WE EXHUME YOUR OLD BODIES.
FOR A ONE-WEEK PERIOD,
THEY REMAIN INTACT,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE...
BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW
INFREQUENTLY THAT OCCURS.
WE'VE HAD BETTER
THAN 98% SATISFACTION
IN THE 12 YEARS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
UH... EXCUSE ME, MR. VANCE,
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST?
WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS
THAT IN MY OFFICE, MR. HOLT?
NO, LET'S FIND OUT RIGHT NOW.
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST, SIR?
WELL, THE ENTIRE
PROCEDURE, $5,000 PER BODY.
FOR YOU AND MRS. HOLT,
IT WOULD BE... $10,000?
BUT PRORATING IT, MR. HOLT,
THAT IS, BY FIGURING IT
ON THE BASIS OF COST PER YEAR,
I MIGHT SAY IT'S
RIDICULOUSLY LOW.
I MEAN, $5,000 PER 100
YEARS OF LIFE-SPAN?
YOU MUST SEE IT FOR YOURSELVES.
IT'S A VERY ECONOMICAL FIGURE.
MR. VANCE, HERE WE ARE.
HERE ARE $5,000.
NOW, THAT'S ALL WE'VE
GOT... THESE $5,000.
NOW, WE COULD
MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT
WITH THIS AND CHARGE THE REST?
AFTER ALL, I'LL BE YOUNG AGAIN,
AND YOU SAID I COULD WORK AGAIN.
YOU COULD TAKE IT OUT
OF MY WEEKLY SALARY.
MR. HOLT, I-I'M SORRY
BUT GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS PROHIBIT
ANY EXTENSION OF CREDIT.
THE TRANSACTION MUST BE IN CASH.
I'M SORRY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, MR. VANCE.
LOOK, THIS IS ALL WE'VE
GOT... THESE $5,000.
THAT'S ALL WE'VE
GOT IN THE WORLD.
MR. HOLT, I-I AM... I AM SORRY.
BELIEVE ME, I AM, BUT...
THESE ARE THE RULES
THAT I MUST FOLLOW.
RULES?
YES, SIR.
WE... WE COULD, OF COURSE...
PERFORM THE TRANSFERENCE
WITH JUST ONE OF YOU.
WHAT?
YES.
YES, THAT'S THE
WAY IT SHOULD BE.
YOU HAVE IT DONE, JOHN.
USE THE MONEY FOR
YOURSELF AND HAVE IT DONE.
I CAN WAIT. I WOULDN'T
MIND WAITING.
KEEP QUIET, MARIE.
NOW, YOU KEEP QUIET.
I WON'T DO THAT.
NOW, YOU... PLEASE.
I WON'T DO THAT EVER, DARLING.
PLEASE.
MR. VANCE, I'M AWFULLY SORRY,
BUT I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BOTH OF US
OR NEITHER OF US, YOU SEE.
WE CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER.
WE ARE NO GOOD
WITHOUT EACH OTHER.
PLEASE, HERE, TAKE... PERHAPS...
PERHAPS... ANOTHER TIME.
MR. VANCE.
I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
PLEASE.
COME, JOHN.
COME, DARLING.
JOHN?
FROM "RABBI BEN EZRA,"
BY BROWNING, REMEMBER?
"GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME.
"THE BEST IS YET TO BE:
THE LAST OF LIFE, FOR
WHICH THE FIRST IS MADE."
♪ DEAR... ♪
♪ LORD... ♪
MR. FARRADAY?
I'M FARRADAY.
EXCUSE ME.
THE BARTENDER TOLD ME THAT...
GO AHEAD, POP.
WHAT DID THE BARTENDER TELL YOU?
HE TOLD ME THAT I
COULD GAMBLE IN HERE.
OH... OH, YEAH, SURE.
THERE'S A GAME NOW.
CHAIR FOR YOU. COME ON IN.
THANK YOU. COME ON IN, POP.
RIGHT OVER THERE.
I'LL JOIN YOU MYSELF.
GOOD EVENING.
YOUR... HORSE COME IN?
A HORSE?
I'M NOT MUCH FOR GAMBLING, SIR.
OH.
WELL, LET'S START
WITH A LITTLE FIVE-CARD DRAW,
JACKS OR BETTER.
EXCUSE ME, MR. FARRADAY,
"JACKS OR BETTER"?
THAT MEANS I HAVE
TO HAVE TWO JACKS...
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO
JACKS OR BETTER TO OPEN.
IF NOBODY HAS THEM,
THEN YOU HAVE TO
HAVE TWO QUEENS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW.
TWO QUEENS. THANK YOU.
YOU CUT THEM, POP.
THANK YOU.
I'LL OPEN... A HUNDRED.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, POP?
YOU SICK?
I'LL BE ALL... BE ALL
RIGHT, MR. FARRADAY.
I'M OUT.
ME, TOO.
RAISE YOU $500, POP.
YOU GOT IT PRETTY BAD, EH?
HOW LONG?
LAST... LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I'M GOING TO CLEAN YOU OUT.
YOU KNOW THAT, HUH?
YES.
YES, I KNOW,
MR. FARRADAY, BUT...
I... I'LL BE ALL
RIGHT IN A MINUTE.
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY
TO HOLD UP THE GAME.
NO, YOU'RE NOT HOLDING
UP THE GAME, POP, BUT...
YOU ARE TAKING A BIG CHANCE.
WHY DO YOU NEED THE MONEY?
NO, GO ON, TELL
ME. I'M INTERESTED.
YOU ARE?
YOU SEE, MR. FARRADAY...
I WANTED TO BE YOUNG AGAIN.
MARIE AND... THAT'S MY WIFE...
MARIE AND I WANTED
TO HAVE NEW BODIES,
BUT IT COSTS $10,000,
AND WE ONLY HAD HALF OF IT,
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE...
BUT I BOTCHED IT.
I'M NO GOOD AT
THIS, MR. FARRADAY.
NO GOOD AT ANYTHING ANYMORE.
JUST A... TIRED, SICK,
OLD USELESS MAN...
NOT WORTH ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
YOU'RE RAISED, POP.
YOUR CALL, MR. FARRADAY.
Smoking man: WHAT A POT!
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE $5,000
TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU.
I HAVE THREE BIG ONES, POP.
BIGGER THAN THOSE, MR. FARRADAY?
NOPE.
BE MY GUEST.
HMM?
YOU CAME WITH $5,000,
YOU LEAVE WITH $5,000.
YOU WALK AWAY, POP.
THE GAME'S OVER.
THANK YOU.
I CAN'T HELP IT, I...
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I... I JUST CAN'T HELP IT.
MARIE WILL UNDERSTAND.
MARIE WILL... I JUST
CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
I CAN'T LIVE, AND I CAN'T
DIE, BUT THIS PAIN, I...
SHE'LL UNDERSTAND.
YES... MARIE WILL UNDERSTAND.
I... I HAVE NO CHOICE.
I JUST HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
SHE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU, AND
GOOD-BYE, GENTLEMEN.
YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
MARIE, DARLING,
PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I JUST... CAN'T STAND
THIS PAIN ANY LONGER.
YES, YES, OF COURSE,
I UNDERSTAND.
MR. VANCE?
JOHN IS READY NOW.
HE'S ALL READY.
HE'S READY FOR HIS REBIRTH.
NOW, GO AHEAD, MY DEAR.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.
ARE YOU, MR. HOLT?
ARE YOU READY?
YES, YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES, YES...
I'M READY.
YES, YES!
Man: IS HIS WIFE WAITING?
MY HUSBAND... IS HE ALL RIGHT?
YOUR HUSBAND IS
JUST FINE, MRS. HOLT.
HE'LL BE COMING OUT IN A MOMENT.
MRS. HOLT, MR. HOLT.
MARIE!
LOOK AT ME!
LOOK AT ME!
SEE WHAT I CAN DO!
AND THERE'S NO PAIN, MARIE!
THERE'S NO PAIN AT ALL!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
DO YOU KNOW?
YOU AND I, YOU AND I, MARIE.
NOW WE'LL REALLY BEGIN TO LIVE.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING ON EARTH
THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO:
THE BIG THINGS,
THE LITTLE THINGS,
THE CRAZY, ILLOGICAL
THINGS THAT WE WERE TOO OLD,
TOO SICK OR TOO TIRED TO DO.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
EVERY DAY WILL BE A WEDDING,
EVERY AFTERNOON A RECEPTION,
AND EVERY EVENING A HONEYMOON.
AND EVERY SEVENTH
DAY AN ANNIVERSARY.
OH, MARIE, MY DARLING,
YOU AND I ARE GOING
TO BEGIN TO LIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO...
Vance: MR. HOLT?
I HAVE SOME PAPERS
FOR YOU TO SIGN.
WOULD YOU STEP BACK
HERE WITH ME, PLEASE?
SORRY TO KEEP YOU
WAITING SO LONG, MRS. HOLT.
JOHN!
MARIE.
MARIE, DARLING, IF YOU...
IF I HAVE TO HAVE
OCCASIONAL PAIN, AMEN.
SO BE IT.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT
ANY OTHER WAY, DARLING.
BUT, UH, I... "GROW
OLD ALONG WITH ME.
"THE BEST IS YET TO BE:
THE LAST OF LIFE, FOR
WHICH THE FIRST WAS MADE."
FROM KAHLIL
GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET:
"LOVE GIVES NOT BUT ITSELF,
AND TAKES NOT FROM ITSELF.
"LOVE POSSESSES NOT,
NOR WOULD IT BE POSSESSED,
FOR LOVE IS
SUFFICIENT UNTO LOVE."
NOT A LESSON, JUST A REMINDER
FROM ALL THE SENTIMENTALISTS
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 ON THE TWILIGHT
ZONE, WE TELL A STORY
THAT WE THINK MIGHT PROVE A
RATHER HAUNTING LITTLE ITEM
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
IT TELLS OF A SMALL MEXICAN BOY
AND A VISITOR FROM
ANOTHER PLANET.
AND IT TELLS FURTHER
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THIS EXTRATERRESTRIAL
TRAVELER IS FACED
WITH SOME OF THE LESS PERSONABLE
INSTINCTS OF HUMAN BEINGS,
LIKE FEAR, SUPERSTITIONS
AND INTOLERANCE.
OUR STORY IS CALLED "THE GIFT".
Announcer: MENTAL ILLNESS
IS NO LONGER HOPELESS.
ACT NOW FOR PREVENTION AND CURE.
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.
COME IN, COME IN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
MR. AND MRS. HOLT, MR. VANCE.
MR. HOLT, HOW DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU DO?
MRS. HOLT, WELCOME.
WELCOME TO NEW LIFE.
PLEASE, SIT DOWN,
RIGHT OVER HERE.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.
WE'RE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, NOW.
LET'S SEE, YOU'RE 79
YEARS OLD, MR. HOLT.
YES.
AND YOU, MRS. HOLT?
I'M 74.
I WAS 74 LAST MAY.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE A
LOOK AT THE MEDICAL HISTORY?
A GREAT DEAL OF
SICKNESS, MR. HOLT.
SOME.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
ARE YOU IN PAIN NOW?
SOME.
HE'S IN GREAT PAIN.
IT'S FAIRLY CONSTANT NOW.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO LET UP.
WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS
THE NEW LIFE CORPORATION
IS IN EXISTENCE.
WE ALLEVIATE PAIN,
MR. AND MRS. HOLT.
OH? OH?
WE MAKE IT A THING OF THE PAST.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DEAL IN?
NO.
WE DEAL IN YOUTH,
MR. AND MRS. HOLT.
WE DEAL IN NEW LIFE.
NEW... YES.
OUR STOCK IN TRADE IS SIMPLY...
IS SIMPLY REBIRTH.
RE... REBIRTH?
COULD YOU...
COULD YOU TELL US
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
EASILY.
THE PROCESS IS
QUICK AND PAINLESS.
WE'VE CONSTRUCTED OTHER
BODIES... BODIES THAT ARE PERFECT
IN COMPOSITION,
CONCEPT, CONSTRUCTION.
PHYSIOLOGICALLY
AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY,
YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU'RE
JUST AS YOU ARE NOW,
BUT IN A DIFFERENT BODY...
A YOUNGER BODY IN
THE PRIME OF HEALTH,
PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY
CLOSE TO PERFECTION.
THE LIFE-SPAN OF ANY ONE
OF OUR HUMAN RECEPTACLES
IS ROUGHLY 112 YEARS.
A HUNDRED...
TELL ME, MY DEARS...
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
50 YEARS.
A RICH LIFE... A HAPPY ONE...
A FULL ONE, I'M SURE,
AND YOU DON'T WANT
THIS RELATIONSHIP TO END.
NO, MR. VANCE, IT CAN'T END.
MARIE IS...
SHE'S ALL I'VE GOT.
SHE'S ALL I CARE ABOUT, YOU SEE.
YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT, MR. VANCE.
IT CANNOT END.
OF COURSE.
WELL, NOW, WHY DON'T I SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE MODELS WE HAVE?
MODELS? Vance: YES.
MODELS?
SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT
TWO THAT APPEAL TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. COME WITH ME.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE MODELS.
WONDERFUL.
NOW, THIS IS OUR, UM, YOUTH,
OR, UH, TEENAGE EXHIBITION.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T
WANT TO GO, UH...
THAT, UH, YOUNG,
BECAUSE UP HERE,
IN OUR YOUNG ADULTS,
WE HAVE SEVERAL
INTERESTING UNITS...
RIGHT UP HERE ON THE LANDING...
THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE OF, UH,
GREAT INTEREST TO YOU.
THANKS... THANK YOU, MR. VANCE.
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
NOW, THIS IS OUR DUAL SPECIAL.
THIS IS THE PHYSIQUE OF A MALE
APPROXIMATELY 22 YEARS OF AGE.
NOTICE THE HEIGHT
AND MUSCULAR
COMPOSITION, MR. HOLT.
THE FEMALE COMPONENT...
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THESE
TWO GO AS A PACKAGE.
YOU NOTE HOW GREATLY
THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER?
NOW, THE FEMALE IS
ROUGHLY 21 YEARS OF AGE,
THREE INCHES
SHORTER THAN THE MALE
BUT OF EQUIVALENT
HEALTH AND POTENTIAL.
IN FACT, THEY SHOW
GREAT PROMISE.
EXCUSE ME, I DON'T
QUITE UNDERSTAND.
HOW WOULD...? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
YES, OF COURSE,
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
NOW, WE PUT YOU TO SLEEP,
AND THEN WE INVEST
IN EACH OF THESE HUMAN REPLICAS
THE PROTOTYPES... MEMORY BANK,
PERSONALITY, CONTINUITY.
YOU WILL AWAKE IN
THESE NEW BODIES
AND LIVE A LIFE-SPAN
NEVER BEFORE DREAMED OF,
AND LIVE IT WITH HEALTH,
CONTENTMENT AND PURPOSE.
AND THERE WOULD BE NO PAIN?
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS...
YOU REMEMBER,
MR. VANCE, DOWN THERE,
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE NO PAIN.
THERE WILL BE NO PAIN, MR. HOLT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN HOW LONG
I CAN ONLY GUESS,
YOU'D BE FREE OF PAIN.
YOU'D BE A YOUNG MAN AGAIN.
AND YOU, MRS. HOLT...
YOU'D BE AT HIS SIDE.
INSTEAD OF THE END,
IT WOULD BE THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THE OPERATION,
THE WAY IT TAKES PLACE.
YES, PLEASE. IT'S SO
SIMPLE, SO UNCOMPLICATED.
YOU'D BE QUITE AMAZED.
DO TELL US, YES.
IT'S AN ELECTRONIC PROCESS,
AND QUITE PAINLESS,
AND VERY FAST.
WE ATTACH THESE TWO...
MR. AND MRS. JOHN
HOLT, AGING PEOPLE
WHO SLOWLY AND WITH
TREMBLING FINGERS
TURN THE LAST PAGES
OF A BOOK OF LIFE
AND HOPE AGAINST LOGIC
AND THE PREORDAINED
THAT SOME MAGIC PRINTING
PRESS WILL ADD TO THIS BOOK
ANOTHER LIMITED EDITION.
BUT THESE TWO SENIOR
CITIZENS HAPPEN TO LIVE
IN A TIME OF THE FUTURE,
WHEN NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE,
EVEN THE TRADING OF
OLD BODIES FOR NEW.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN HOLT,
IN THEIR TWILIGHT YEARS,
WHO ARE ABOUT TO FIND
THAT THERE HAPPENS TO BE
A ZONE WITH THE SAME NAME.
THE SURFERS.
ROMPING AT THE BEACH.
AND ACROSS THE HALL...
COCKTAIL HOUR.
BACHELOR TYPE.
WELL, THAT'S OUR
STOCK ON DISPLAY.
NOW, IF THERE
ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU SEE HERE...
MR. VANCE, YOU'RE
WANTED ON THE VIDEOPHONE.
OF COURSE. WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME?
BUT FEEL FREE TO BROWSE.
ANY QUESTIONS,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU. JOHN...
IT'S LIKE A MIRACLE.
MARIE, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE...
TOO MUCH LIKE A MIRACLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE...
JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT...
YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW,
IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL, DOES IT?
I MEAN, TO BE YOUNG AGAIN,
TO LIVE WITHOUT
PAIN, TO... HAVE IT ALL...
ALL OVER AGAIN, MARIE,
JUST YOU AND I... THE TWO OF US.
HAVE IT ALL FROM THE BEGINNING.
FROM THE BE...
LISTEN, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU A QUESTION NOW.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND ME
FOR A... MAYBE FOR
ANOTHER CENTURY?
FOR A CENTURY?
FOR TEN CENTURIES!
TILL DEATH DO US PART, DARLING.
WELL, NOW, HAVE WE CHOSEN?
YES, MR. VANCE, WE'VE CHOSEN.
RIGHT HERE, THESE TWO...
THESE YOUNG ONES HERE.
EXCELLENT CHOICE...
TWO OF OUR FINEST.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY'RE ALL READY TO GO.
WE COULD BEGIN ANYTIME.
HOW ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING?
TOMORROW MORNING!
HOW ABOUT...?
I AM AN INCREDIBLY BAD SALESMAN.
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT GUARANTEES.
YOU CAN HAVE THE TRANSFORMATION
FOR ONE WEEK ON APPROVAL.
IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED,
WE EXHUME YOUR OLD BODIES.
FOR A ONE-WEEK PERIOD,
THEY REMAIN INTACT,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE...
BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW
INFREQUENTLY THAT OCCURS.
WE'VE HAD BETTER
THAN 98% SATISFACTION
IN THE 12 YEARS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
UH... EXCUSE ME, MR. VANCE,
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST?
WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS
THAT IN MY OFFICE, MR. HOLT?
NO, LET'S FIND OUT RIGHT NOW.
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST, SIR?
WELL, THE ENTIRE
PROCEDURE, $5,000 PER BODY.
FOR YOU AND MRS. HOLT,
IT WOULD BE... $10,000?
BUT PRORATING IT, MR. HOLT,
THAT IS, BY FIGURING IT
ON THE BASIS OF COST PER YEAR,
I MIGHT SAY IT'S
RIDICULOUSLY LOW.
I MEAN, $5,000 PER 100
YEARS OF LIFE-SPAN?
YOU MUST SEE IT FOR YOURSELVES.
IT'S A VERY ECONOMICAL FIGURE.
MR. VANCE, HERE WE ARE.
HERE ARE $5,000.
NOW, THAT'S ALL WE'VE
GOT... THESE $5,000.
NOW, WE COULD
MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT
WITH THIS AND CHARGE THE REST?
AFTER ALL, I'LL BE YOUNG AGAIN,
AND YOU SAID I COULD WORK AGAIN.
YOU COULD TAKE IT OUT
OF MY WEEKLY SALARY.
MR. HOLT, I-I'M SORRY
BUT GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS PROHIBIT
ANY EXTENSION OF CREDIT.
THE TRANSACTION MUST BE IN CASH.
I'M SORRY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, MR. VANCE.
LOOK, THIS IS ALL WE'VE
GOT... THESE $5,000.
THAT'S ALL WE'VE
GOT IN THE WORLD.
MR. HOLT, I-I AM... I AM SORRY.
BELIEVE ME, I AM, BUT...
THESE ARE THE RULES
THAT I MUST FOLLOW.
RULES?
YES, SIR.
WE... WE COULD, OF COURSE...
PERFORM THE TRANSFERENCE
WITH JUST ONE OF YOU.
WHAT?
YES.
YES, THAT'S THE
WAY IT SHOULD BE.
YOU HAVE IT DONE, JOHN.
USE THE MONEY FOR
YOURSELF AND HAVE IT DONE.
I CAN WAIT. I WOULDN'T
MIND WAITING.
KEEP QUIET, MARIE.
NOW, YOU KEEP QUIET.
I WON'T DO THAT.
NOW, YOU... PLEASE.
I WON'T DO THAT EVER, DARLING.
PLEASE.
MR. VANCE, I'M AWFULLY SORRY,
BUT I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BOTH OF US
OR NEITHER OF US, YOU SEE.
WE CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER.
WE ARE NO GOOD
WITHOUT EACH OTHER.
PLEASE, HERE, TAKE... PERHAPS...
PERHAPS... ANOTHER TIME.
MR. VANCE.
I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
PLEASE.
COME, JOHN.
COME, DARLING.
JOHN?
FROM "RABBI BEN EZRA,"
BY BROWNING, REMEMBER?
"GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME.
"THE BEST IS YET TO BE:
THE LAST OF LIFE, FOR
WHICH THE FIRST IS MADE."
♪ DEAR... ♪
♪ LORD... ♪
MR. FARRADAY?
I'M FARRADAY.
EXCUSE ME.
THE BARTENDER TOLD ME THAT...
GO AHEAD, POP.
WHAT DID THE BARTENDER TELL YOU?
HE TOLD ME THAT I
COULD GAMBLE IN HERE.
OH... OH, YEAH, SURE.
THERE'S A GAME NOW.
CHAIR FOR YOU. COME ON IN.
THANK YOU. COME ON IN, POP.
RIGHT OVER THERE.
I'LL JOIN YOU MYSELF.
GOOD EVENING.
YOUR... HORSE COME IN?
A HORSE?
I'M NOT MUCH FOR GAMBLING, SIR.
OH.
WELL, LET'S START
WITH A LITTLE FIVE-CARD DRAW,
JACKS OR BETTER.
EXCUSE ME, MR. FARRADAY,
"JACKS OR BETTER"?
THAT MEANS I HAVE
TO HAVE TWO JACKS...
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO
JACKS OR BETTER TO OPEN.
IF NOBODY HAS THEM,
THEN YOU HAVE TO
HAVE TWO QUEENS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT ALL COMES BACK TO ME NOW.
TWO QUEENS. THANK YOU.
YOU CUT THEM, POP.
THANK YOU.
I'LL OPEN... A HUNDRED.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, POP?
YOU SICK?
I'LL BE ALL... BE ALL
RIGHT, MR. FARRADAY.
I'M OUT.
ME, TOO.
RAISE YOU $500, POP.
YOU GOT IT PRETTY BAD, EH?
HOW LONG?
LAST... LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I'M GOING TO CLEAN YOU OUT.
YOU KNOW THAT, HUH?
YES.
YES, I KNOW,
MR. FARRADAY, BUT...
I... I'LL BE ALL
RIGHT IN A MINUTE.
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY
TO HOLD UP THE GAME.
NO, YOU'RE NOT HOLDING
UP THE GAME, POP, BUT...
YOU ARE TAKING A BIG CHANCE.
WHY DO YOU NEED THE MONEY?
NO, GO ON, TELL
ME. I'M INTERESTED.
YOU ARE?
YOU SEE, MR. FARRADAY...
I WANTED TO BE YOUNG AGAIN.
MARIE AND... THAT'S MY WIFE...
MARIE AND I WANTED
TO HAVE NEW BODIES,
BUT IT COSTS $10,000,
AND WE ONLY HAD HALF OF IT,
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE...
BUT I BOTCHED IT.
I'M NO GOOD AT
THIS, MR. FARRADAY.
NO GOOD AT ANYTHING ANYMORE.
JUST A... TIRED, SICK,
OLD USELESS MAN...
NOT WORTH ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
YOU'RE RAISED, POP.
YOUR CALL, MR. FARRADAY.
Smoking man: WHAT A POT!
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE $5,000
TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU.
I HAVE THREE BIG ONES, POP.
BIGGER THAN THOSE, MR. FARRADAY?
NOPE.
BE MY GUEST.
HMM?
YOU CAME WITH $5,000,
YOU LEAVE WITH $5,000.
YOU WALK AWAY, POP.
THE GAME'S OVER.
THANK YOU.
I CAN'T HELP IT, I...
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I... I JUST CAN'T HELP IT.
MARIE WILL UNDERSTAND.
MARIE WILL... I JUST
CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
I CAN'T LIVE, AND I CAN'T
DIE, BUT THIS PAIN, I...
SHE'LL UNDERSTAND.
YES... MARIE WILL UNDERSTAND.
I... I HAVE NO CHOICE.
I JUST HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
SHE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU, AND
GOOD-BYE, GENTLEMEN.
YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
MARIE, DARLING,
PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I JUST... CAN'T STAND
THIS PAIN ANY LONGER.
YES, YES, OF COURSE,
I UNDERSTAND.
MR. VANCE?
JOHN IS READY NOW.
HE'S ALL READY.
HE'S READY FOR HIS REBIRTH.
NOW, GO AHEAD, MY DEAR.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.
ARE YOU, MR. HOLT?
ARE YOU READY?
YES, YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES, YES...
I'M READY.
YES, YES!
Man: IS HIS WIFE WAITING?
MY HUSBAND... IS HE ALL RIGHT?
YOUR HUSBAND IS
JUST FINE, MRS. HOLT.
HE'LL BE COMING OUT IN A MOMENT.
MRS. HOLT, MR. HOLT.
MARIE!
LOOK AT ME!
LOOK AT ME!
SEE WHAT I CAN DO!
AND THERE'S NO PAIN, MARIE!
THERE'S NO PAIN AT ALL!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
DO YOU KNOW?
YOU AND I, YOU AND I, MARIE.
NOW WE'LL REALLY BEGIN TO LIVE.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING ON EARTH
THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO:
THE BIG THINGS,
THE LITTLE THINGS,
THE CRAZY, ILLOGICAL
THINGS THAT WE WERE TOO OLD,
TOO SICK OR TOO TIRED TO DO.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
EVERY DAY WILL BE A WEDDING,
EVERY AFTERNOON A RECEPTION,
AND EVERY EVENING A HONEYMOON.
AND EVERY SEVENTH
DAY AN ANNIVERSARY.
OH, MARIE, MY DARLING,
YOU AND I ARE GOING
TO BEGIN TO LIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO...
Vance: MR. HOLT?
I HAVE SOME PAPERS
FOR YOU TO SIGN.
WOULD YOU STEP BACK
HERE WITH ME, PLEASE?
SORRY TO KEEP YOU
WAITING SO LONG, MRS. HOLT.
JOHN!
MARIE.
MARIE, DARLING, IF YOU...
IF I HAVE TO HAVE
OCCASIONAL PAIN, AMEN.
SO BE IT.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT
ANY OTHER WAY, DARLING.
BUT, UH, I... "GROW
OLD ALONG WITH ME.
"THE BEST IS YET TO BE:
THE LAST OF LIFE, FOR
WHICH THE FIRST WAS MADE."
FROM KAHLIL
GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET:
"LOVE GIVES NOT BUT ITSELF,
AND TAKES NOT FROM ITSELF.
"LOVE POSSESSES NOT,
NOR WOULD IT BE POSSESSED,
FOR LOVE IS
SUFFICIENT UNTO LOVE."
NOT A LESSON, JUST A REMINDER
FROM ALL THE SENTIMENTALISTS
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 ON THE TWILIGHT
ZONE, WE TELL A STORY
THAT WE THINK MIGHT PROVE A
RATHER HAUNTING LITTLE ITEM
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
IT TELLS OF A SMALL MEXICAN BOY
AND A VISITOR FROM
ANOTHER PLANET.
AND IT TELLS FURTHER
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THIS EXTRATERRESTRIAL
TRAVELER IS FACED
WITH SOME OF THE LESS PERSONABLE
INSTINCTS OF HUMAN BEINGS,
LIKE FEAR, SUPERSTITIONS
AND INTOLERANCE.
OUR STORY IS CALLED "THE GIFT".
Announcer: MENTAL ILLNESS
IS NO LONGER HOPELESS.
ACT NOW FOR PREVENTION AND CURE.