The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 6 - The Mirror - full transcript
A Central American revolutionary comes into the possession of a mirror that shows him his potential assassins.
( 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.
( crowd cheering)
Crowd: VIVA CLEMENTE!
VIVA CLEMENTE! VIVA CLEMENTE!
Man: VIVA! VIVA!
YOU HEAR THAT?
DO YOU HEAR THAT "VIVA
CLEMENTE, VIVA CLEMENTE
VIVA, VIVA, VIVA, VIVA,
VIVA, VIVA, VIVA, VIVA"?
VIVA CLEMENTE!
All: VIVA!
TO THE REVOLUTION.
( laughter continues)
( all laugh nervously)
AH, DO YOU KNOW... DO
YOU KNOW WHY I LAUGH?
I LAUGH BECAUSE THERE IS
SO MUCH... SO MUCH STUFF
BUBBLING INSIDE OF ME,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW
IN THE BEGINNING...
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THIS
MOMENT WOULD HAPPEN,
HOW I WOULD REACT
TO IT, WHAT I WOULD DO...
IF I WOULD DRINK OR
LAUGH OR GET DRUNK OR...
I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT MAKES A MAN DRUNK... WINE,
OR THAT MOB SCREAMING HIS NAME?
I'M GOING TO MAKE
A TOAST TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO TOAST MY FRIENDS.
TO CRISTO, THE BOLD ONE...
TO D'ALESSANDRO,
THE DEDICATED ONE...
TO TABAL, THE QUIET ONE...
TO GARCIA, THE STRONG ONE.
TO THE FOUR LIEUTENANTS
OF THE REVOLUTION.
TO THE NEW HEADS
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ALL RIGHT, BRING HIM IN.
WE'LL START WITH THAT.
Serling: THIS IS THE FACE
OF RAMOS CLEMENTE,
A YEAR AGO, A BEARDLESS,
NAMELESS WORKER OF THE DIRT
WHO PLODDED BEHIND A MULE,
FURROWING SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND.
AND HE LOOKED UP AT A
HOT CENTRAL AMERICAN SUN
AND HE PLEDGED THE IMPOSSIBLE:
HE MADE A VOW THAT HE
WOULD LEAD AN AVENGING ARMY
AGAINST THE TYRANNY THAT
PUT THE ACHE IN HIS BACK
AND THE ANGUISH IN HIS EYES.
AND NOW, ONE YEAR LATER,
THE DREAM OF THE
IMPOSSIBLE HAS BECOME A FACT.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE WILL
LOOK DEEP INTO THIS MIRROR
AND SEE THE AFTERMATH
OF A REBELLION...
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
YOU DISAPPOINT ME.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT MAN?
THAT ONE... THE
ONE IN THE PICTURE.
ARROGANCE IN FULL BRAID.
WHAT IS HE NOW?
HEY.
HEY... WHAT IS HE KNOW?
HE'S AN OLD MAN
IN A DIRTY UNIFORM.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT
WITH ME, CLEMENTE?
NOT WHAT I WANT...
NOT WHAT I WANT.
NOT WHAT I WANT!
NOT WHAT I WANT!
WHAT THEY WANT!
NOT WHAT I WANT, WHAT THEY WANT!
WHAT THEY WANT!
( crowd jeering)
WHAT THEY WANT!
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PLACE YOU
AGAINST THE WALL.
NO, NO, THAT'S A CHEAP
DEATH FOR UNDERLINGS.
THE FIRING SQUAD
IS FOR FOLLOWERS!
NOT FOR LEADERS!
NO, NO, GENERAL. YOU'RE
TOO GOOD. TOO GOOD.
FOR YOU, I'M GOING
TO STRIP YOU NAKED
AND COVER YOU WITH HONEY.
THEN I'M GOING TO TIE YOU TO
THE GROUND UNDER A HOT SUN,
AND THEN I'M GOING
TO LET THE ANTS AT YOU.
AND, EVERY TIME THAT YOU SCREAM,
I'M GOING TO DRINK WINE.
AND EVERY TIME THAT
YOU PRAY FOR MERCY,
I'M GOING TO LAUGH OUT LOUD.
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO TAKE
A LONG TIME TO DIE, DE CRUZ.
ONE PART DEATH FOR EVERY
ACRE OF LAND YOU STOLE,
THEN ONE PART DEATH
FOR EVERY MORSEL YOU TOOK
OUT OF A PEASANT'S MOUTH,
AND ONE PART DEATH
FOR EVERY VOICE THAT
YOU STIFLED BY DECREE.
I WILL NOT OBLIGE YOU, CLEMENTE,
WITH A CRY OR A PLEA.
YOU CAN STRIP OFF MY FLESH
BECAUSE IT IS THERE
FOR YOU, AND EASILY DONE.
BUT MY MANHOOD...
MY MANHOOD, YOU
GREASY LITTLE PEON,
THIS... THIS IS AS FAR
FROM YOU AS THE MOON.
GREASY PEON, EH?
GREASY...
HE'S TO BE JUDGED,
NOT TORMENTED.
HE IS THE ANIMAL.
AND YOU ARE NOT, EH?
( chuckles)
YOU ARE THE PURISTS, HMM?
THE SAVIORS, THE
AVENGING ANGELS, EH?
GENTLEMEN... YOU WILL
SOON BE DISILLUSIONED.
YOU ARE ME.
YOU ARE DE CRUZ.
YOU ARE BATTISTA, YOU ARE
CASTRO, YOU ARE TRUJILLO.
YOU ARE THE KEEPERS
OF THE GRAB BAGS.
OH, YOU CAN WAVE YOUR FLAGS
AND PUT UP YOUR STATUES
AND EMBRACE ALL THE PEOPLE,
THE OLDEST AND
THE YOUNGEST, BUT...
WE ARE ALL THE SAME BREED.
WE ARE THE SPOILERS.
WE CARE FOR NO ONE...
NO ONE BUT OURSELVES.
HE PRESENTS HIS CASE,
AND WE ARE HIS BEST WITNESSES.
WE CORROBORATE
EVERYTHING HE SAYS.
YOU CANNOT HELP BUT DO IT.
YOU THINK THIS ROOM...
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE...
YOU THINK THESE ARE
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY?
THE SPOILS.
THEY ARE SIMPLY A
LEGACY, CLEMENTE...
WHAT I PASS ON TO YOU.
POWER YOU SHALL
HAVE, GENERAL CLEMENTE.
CERTAINLY POWER,
ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU GIDDY.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS IN THE INHERITANCE,
AND YOU'LL FIND
THEM SOON ENOUGH:
FEAR...
FEAR.
THE CHIEF LEGACY.
FEAR OF ASSASSINATION...
FEAR OF DISLOYALTY,
FEAR OF REBELLION, FEAR OF A...
ANOTHER CLEMENTE
HIDING IN THE HILLS.
GOD HELP YOU.
GOD PITY YOU.
TAKE HIM OUT, NOW!
I SEE YOU HAVE
FOUND MY MIRROR, TOO.
AN OLD WOMAN BROUGHT IT TO ME
TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN
I'D FIRST TAKEN OVER.
SHE SAID IT WAS MAGIC.
SHE SAID, BY LOOKING INTO IT,
I COULD SEE THE
FACES OF MY ASSASSINS.
( chuckles)
MAYBE SHE'S RIGHT.
LOOK DEEP, GENERAL CLEMENTE.
FIND OUT WHO YOUR ASSASSINS ARE.
YOU WILL SEE THEM
IN THAT MIRROR.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE
MIRROR. IN THE DARK CORNERS.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE CROWD.
YOU WILL SEE THEM EVERYWHERE.
CRISTO, HOW MANY
PRISONERS ARE THERE?
HERE IN THE CAPITAL?
WELL, A THOUSAND.
HAVE THEM SHOT IMMEDIATELY.
BUT... THE TRIALS.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR TRIALS.
BUT FOR MURDER
THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME,
HMM?
WHAT ARE YOU, SOME
KIND OF A CHAMELEON?
WHAT IS THIS EASE WITH
WHICH YOU STRIP OFF ONE COLOR
AND PUT ON ANOTHER?
YOU TURN MY STOMACH.
MURDERERS CAN NEVER BE MURDERED.
MURDERERS CAN ONLY BE EXECUTED!
CRISTO... TAKE TABAL AND GARCIA.
CARRY OUT THAT ORDER.
GLADLY.
A MIRROR THAT REFLECTS
THE FACES OF MY ASSASSINS.
ISN'T THAT INTRIGUING?
ISN'T THAT INTRIGUING,
D'ALESSANDRO?
YOU KNOW, I HAD
NO IDEA THAT SOME...
YOU!
IT WAS YOU!
IT WAS YOU.
RAMOS... I SAW YOU.
RAMOS, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
I SAW YOU IN THE
MIRROR, WITH A GUN.
WHAT GUN?
YOU SOUND LIKE
SOME DEMENTED MAN.
I WOULD HAVE TO BE YOU.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT IT WOULD BE YOU,
YOU MORALIST, YOU DEDICATED ONE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE YOU.
I KNEW!
( cries out)
( murmur of crowd)
( gunshots)
WHY ARE THEY SO QUIET?
THEY SCREAM FOR JUSTICE
AND, WHEN YOU GIVE IT TO THEM,
THEY'RE SUDDENLY BORED,
LIKE AN AUDIENCE AT
A CHEAP BURLESQUE.
THE ENTERTAINMENT
MUST BE VARIED.
EVERY FIVE MINUTES, MUST
BE A COSTUME CHANGE.
BUT I KNOW THEM VERY WELL.
YOU FILL THEIR STOMACHS,
AND YOU EMPTY THEIR BRAINS.
THEY HAVE CHEAP TASTES
AND SHORT MEMORIES.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, TABAL?
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S
SITTING HEAVY ON YOU?
( gunshots)
THAT.
THAT SITS HEAVY ON ME.
THAT IS WHAT SITS HEAVY ON ME!
AND THE DEATH OF A
MAN WHO WAS MY FRIEND.
THAT PUTS A HOOK INTO MY HEART.
D'ALESSANDRO... AN ASSASSIN.
AND THAT IS THE
WORST LIE OF ALL!
THAT WAS A LIE, RAMOS.
HE WAS NO ASSASSIN.
( yawning)
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
( man shouting orders)
OH. STILL AT IT, HUH?
( gunshots)
LEAVE IT BE, RAMOS.
YOU CAN TALK YOURSELF
INTO AN ILLUSION.
YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF
BELIEVE ANYTHING.
WHAT IS IT, RAMOS?
WELL... WHAT IS IT?
THE MIRROR AGAIN?
NO, NO.
YOU THINK YOU SAW
SOMETHING IN THE MIRROR?
NO, NO. NO, I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT DE CRUZ.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT DE CRUZ.
TABAL, TAKE GARCIA.
GO OVER TO THE PRISON.
TAKE A LOOK AT DE CRUZ
AND REPORT BACK TO ME.
REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT?
ABOUT HIS HEALTH?
I'M CONCERNED WHETHER
HE'S BEING PROPERLY GUARDED.
YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE A
MESSAGE FOR DE CRUZ?
SHOULD WE TELL HIM THAT HE
WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE FEARS?
THAT THERE ARE
ASSASSINS UNDER THE BED,
IN THE SHADOWS, AND
ALL AROUND THE ROOM?
TABAL...
YOU HAVE YOUR FREEDOM
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LIFE,
BUT YOU HAVE THEM
BOTH ON MY SUFFERANCE.
DON'T THROW THEM AWAY.
YES, GENERAL.
HELLO?
HELLO? HELLO?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SLEEPING?
THIS IS GENERAL CLEMENTE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS URGENT.
I WANT THE PRISON.
NO, I WANT THE FRONT
GATE, NOT THE OFFICE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS GENERAL CLEMENTE.
IN A FEW MOMENTS, TWO MEN
ARE GOING TO ARRIVE THERE...
SPIES... AND THEY ARE
TO BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
THEIR NAMES ARE
TABAL AND GARCIA.
I KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
AND I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!
AND THEY ARE TO BE SHOT!
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE.
CRISTO... SIR?
ANY COMPLAINTS?
NONE.
NONE, EH?
WHY SHOULD THERE BE?
A PIE CUT INTO TWO PIECES
IS BETTER THAN
A PIE CUT IN FIVE.
PIE... PIE... THIS IS NO PIE.
THESE ARE THE LIVES OF FRIENDS.
THEY WERE... THEY
WERE VERY CLOSE.
WE WERE VERY
CLOSE. YOU KNOW THAT.
WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND...
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS
THAT I COULD CRUSH THEM OUT,
AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT,
I DON'T FEEL IT. I
JUST CRUSH THEM.
MEN CANNOT BE BROTHERS
IN THESE SETTINGS.
YOU MUST EXPECT
THIS FROM NOW ON.
WHEN A MAN HAS
POWER, HE HAS ENEMIES,
AND NOW YOU HAVE ENEMIES.
ENEMIES, YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT,
BUT MUST MY FRIENDS
BE MY ENEMIES?
FROM NOW ON, RAMOS,
YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE FOLLOWERS
AND YOU HAVE COMPETITORS.
THAT IS THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE WORLD NOW.
YOU MUST LIVE WITH IT.
HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY
YOURSELF, CRISTO?
MYSELF?
I AM A FOLLOWER, GENERAL.
A FOLLOWER...
FOR HOW LONG?
HOW LONG?
HOW LONG WILL YOU BE A FOLLOWER?
UNTIL SOME QUIET MOMENT
WHEN MY BACK IS TURNED?
NO...
ONLY UNTIL THAT MOMENT
WHEN YOU PROVE TO ME
THAT YOU CANNOT LEAD.
ONLY UNTIL THAT MOMENT
WHEN I THINK PERHAPS...
PERHAPS WHAT?
PERHAPS I AM STRONGER THAN YOU.
YOU'LL BE EATEN BY WORMS
BEFORE THAT MOMENT COMES.
WHAT IS IT?
TAKE A DRINK OF WINE.
IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. HAVE
A GLASS OF WINE.
I'LL FEEL BETTER.
WELL, GO AHEAD.
HAVE A GLASS OF WINE.
IT WILL MAKE YOU SLEEP BETTER.
YES, IT WOULD MAKE ME
SLEEP BETTER, WOULDN'T IT?
FOR HOW LONG?
FOR HOW LONG WILL
IT MAKE ME SLEEP?
MAYBE FOR ALL ETERNITY, EH?
YOU ARE DEMENTED.
YOU'VE GONE CRAZY.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
BECAUSE I'M CRAZY.
AND BECAUSE I'M
ALLERGIC TO POISON.
I ALSO HAVE A YEN TO LIVE.
( phone rings)
( ringing)
YES?
YES, HE'S HERE.
WHEN?
ALL RIGHT. I WILL TELL HIM.
THAT WAS THE
GATEHOUSE OF THE PRISON.
THE GUARDS HAVE
SHOT TABAL AND GARCIA.
THEY ARE BOTH DEAD.
AND WHAT SHALL
WE DO NOW, CRISTO?
SHALL WE MOURN FOR THEM?
THEY WERE OUR
FRIENDS, WEREN'T THEY?
BUT, THEN AGAIN, THEY
CAN'T BE OUR FRIENDS
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE
FRIENDS AND ASSASSINS.
THEY CANNOT BE BOTH.
THAT WAS YOUR
POINT, WASN'T IT, EH?
( gunshots)
RAMOS!
THERE WAS NO
POISON IN THAT WINE.
I HAD NOTHING LIKE THAT IN MIND.
NOTHING OF THE SORT.
YOU ARE IMAGINING THINGS.
LOOK! I'LL SHOW YOU.
IT'S AN ILLUSION, YOU SEE?
IT'S JUST A MIRROR.
AN ORDINARY MIRROR.
BUT IT'S GLASS, YOU
SEE? JUST GLASS!
( gunshot)
NOW YOU WILL BE ALL ALONE.
NOW I'M AFRAID...
YOU'LL BE VERY LONELY.
BUT YOU HAVE JUST
KILLED A BETTER MAN,
RAMOS.
GENERAL CLEMENTE.
I AM FATHER TOMAS.
YES?
YOU WILL FORGIVE ME, GENERAL,
BUT THIS MUST BE SAID NOW.
WHAT MUST BE SAID?
THE EXECUTIONS... THEY HAVE
BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR A WEEK.
THE PEOPLE ARE APPALLED.
IS THIS WHAT WE ARE TO
EXPECT FROM THE NEW REGIME?
I HAVE ENEMIES,
FATHER. I HAVE ENEMIES.
AND, AS LONG AS I HAVE ENEMIES,
THE EXECUTIONS WILL CONTINUE.
THEY'LL CONTINUE 24 HOURS
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND, IF THAT
DISTURBS THE PEOPLE,
WELL, THEN, IF
THAT'S... THEN WHAT?
THEN LET THEM DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
LET THEM GO IN THE CAVES.
LET THEM STARVE FOR A YEAR!
LET THEM RAISE
AN ARMY LIKE I DID!
I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO!
GENERAL CLEMENTE,
THE VICTORY IS
NOT SO SWEET, IS IT?
INSTEAD OF THE FLAVOR
OF WINE, IT'S THE TASTE
OF ASHES.
FATHER...
I CAN'T STAND IT.
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
I'M FRIGHTENED.
FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT,
FROM NIGHT TILL MORNING,
I HOLD MY BREATH AND I
KEEP LOOKING IN BACK OF ME
TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING.
I WANT TO KNOW, WHY DO
I HAVE SO MANY ENEMIES?
IT IS THE STORY OF
ALL TYRANTS, GENERAL.
THEY HAVE BUT ONE REAL ENEMY,
AND THIS IS THE ONE
THEY NEVER RECOGNIZE...
UNTIL TOO LATE.
GOD HELP YOU.
( gunshot)
THE LAST ASSASSIN.
AND THEY NEVER LEARN.
THEY NEVER SEEM TO LEARN.
RAMOS CLEMENTE, A
WOULD-BE GOD IN DUNGAREES
STRANGLED BY AN ILLUSION...
THAT WILL-O'-THE-WISP MIRAGE
THAT DANGLES FROM THE SKY
IN FRONT OF THE EYES OF ALL
AMBITIOUS MEN, ALL TYRANTS.
AND ANY RESEMBLANCE
TO TYRANTS LIVING OR DEAD
IS HARDLY COINCIDENTAL,
WHETHER IT BE HERE
OR IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Announcer: 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.
IT'S TRADITIONAL IN THE
GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN
THE CLIMAX OF ANY GIVEN STORY
IS THE GUN DOWN
ON THE MAIN STREET.
NEXT WEEK, MONTGOMERY
PITTMAN HAS WRITTEN A STORY
IN WHICH WE HAVE OUR GUN
DOWN, AND THEN GO ON FROM THERE.
IT'S A HAUNTING LITTLE ITEM
ABOUT A TOP GUN AS HE WAS ALIVE,
AND HIS OPERATION AFTER DEATH.
THIS IS ONE FOR RAINY
NIGHTS AND POWER FAILURES.
BUT, WHEREVER YOU WATCH IT,
I THINK IT WILL
LEAVE ITS IMPRINT.
Announcer: THERE'S AN
ECONOMIC UPSWING COMING.
HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOU?
TO FIND OUT, WRITE
FOR YOUR FREE BOOKLET:
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.
( crowd cheering)
Crowd: VIVA CLEMENTE!
VIVA CLEMENTE! VIVA CLEMENTE!
Man: VIVA! VIVA!
YOU HEAR THAT?
DO YOU HEAR THAT "VIVA
CLEMENTE, VIVA CLEMENTE
VIVA, VIVA, VIVA, VIVA,
VIVA, VIVA, VIVA, VIVA"?
VIVA CLEMENTE!
All: VIVA!
TO THE REVOLUTION.
( laughter continues)
( all laugh nervously)
AH, DO YOU KNOW... DO
YOU KNOW WHY I LAUGH?
I LAUGH BECAUSE THERE IS
SO MUCH... SO MUCH STUFF
BUBBLING INSIDE OF ME,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW
IN THE BEGINNING...
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THIS
MOMENT WOULD HAPPEN,
HOW I WOULD REACT
TO IT, WHAT I WOULD DO...
IF I WOULD DRINK OR
LAUGH OR GET DRUNK OR...
I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT MAKES A MAN DRUNK... WINE,
OR THAT MOB SCREAMING HIS NAME?
I'M GOING TO MAKE
A TOAST TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO TOAST MY FRIENDS.
TO CRISTO, THE BOLD ONE...
TO D'ALESSANDRO,
THE DEDICATED ONE...
TO TABAL, THE QUIET ONE...
TO GARCIA, THE STRONG ONE.
TO THE FOUR LIEUTENANTS
OF THE REVOLUTION.
TO THE NEW HEADS
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ALL RIGHT, BRING HIM IN.
WE'LL START WITH THAT.
Serling: THIS IS THE FACE
OF RAMOS CLEMENTE,
A YEAR AGO, A BEARDLESS,
NAMELESS WORKER OF THE DIRT
WHO PLODDED BEHIND A MULE,
FURROWING SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND.
AND HE LOOKED UP AT A
HOT CENTRAL AMERICAN SUN
AND HE PLEDGED THE IMPOSSIBLE:
HE MADE A VOW THAT HE
WOULD LEAD AN AVENGING ARMY
AGAINST THE TYRANNY THAT
PUT THE ACHE IN HIS BACK
AND THE ANGUISH IN HIS EYES.
AND NOW, ONE YEAR LATER,
THE DREAM OF THE
IMPOSSIBLE HAS BECOME A FACT.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE WILL
LOOK DEEP INTO THIS MIRROR
AND SEE THE AFTERMATH
OF A REBELLION...
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
YOU DISAPPOINT ME.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT MAN?
THAT ONE... THE
ONE IN THE PICTURE.
ARROGANCE IN FULL BRAID.
WHAT IS HE NOW?
HEY.
HEY... WHAT IS HE KNOW?
HE'S AN OLD MAN
IN A DIRTY UNIFORM.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT
WITH ME, CLEMENTE?
NOT WHAT I WANT...
NOT WHAT I WANT.
NOT WHAT I WANT!
NOT WHAT I WANT!
WHAT THEY WANT!
NOT WHAT I WANT, WHAT THEY WANT!
WHAT THEY WANT!
( crowd jeering)
WHAT THEY WANT!
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PLACE YOU
AGAINST THE WALL.
NO, NO, THAT'S A CHEAP
DEATH FOR UNDERLINGS.
THE FIRING SQUAD
IS FOR FOLLOWERS!
NOT FOR LEADERS!
NO, NO, GENERAL. YOU'RE
TOO GOOD. TOO GOOD.
FOR YOU, I'M GOING
TO STRIP YOU NAKED
AND COVER YOU WITH HONEY.
THEN I'M GOING TO TIE YOU TO
THE GROUND UNDER A HOT SUN,
AND THEN I'M GOING
TO LET THE ANTS AT YOU.
AND, EVERY TIME THAT YOU SCREAM,
I'M GOING TO DRINK WINE.
AND EVERY TIME THAT
YOU PRAY FOR MERCY,
I'M GOING TO LAUGH OUT LOUD.
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO TAKE
A LONG TIME TO DIE, DE CRUZ.
ONE PART DEATH FOR EVERY
ACRE OF LAND YOU STOLE,
THEN ONE PART DEATH
FOR EVERY MORSEL YOU TOOK
OUT OF A PEASANT'S MOUTH,
AND ONE PART DEATH
FOR EVERY VOICE THAT
YOU STIFLED BY DECREE.
I WILL NOT OBLIGE YOU, CLEMENTE,
WITH A CRY OR A PLEA.
YOU CAN STRIP OFF MY FLESH
BECAUSE IT IS THERE
FOR YOU, AND EASILY DONE.
BUT MY MANHOOD...
MY MANHOOD, YOU
GREASY LITTLE PEON,
THIS... THIS IS AS FAR
FROM YOU AS THE MOON.
GREASY PEON, EH?
GREASY...
HE'S TO BE JUDGED,
NOT TORMENTED.
HE IS THE ANIMAL.
AND YOU ARE NOT, EH?
( chuckles)
YOU ARE THE PURISTS, HMM?
THE SAVIORS, THE
AVENGING ANGELS, EH?
GENTLEMEN... YOU WILL
SOON BE DISILLUSIONED.
YOU ARE ME.
YOU ARE DE CRUZ.
YOU ARE BATTISTA, YOU ARE
CASTRO, YOU ARE TRUJILLO.
YOU ARE THE KEEPERS
OF THE GRAB BAGS.
OH, YOU CAN WAVE YOUR FLAGS
AND PUT UP YOUR STATUES
AND EMBRACE ALL THE PEOPLE,
THE OLDEST AND
THE YOUNGEST, BUT...
WE ARE ALL THE SAME BREED.
WE ARE THE SPOILERS.
WE CARE FOR NO ONE...
NO ONE BUT OURSELVES.
HE PRESENTS HIS CASE,
AND WE ARE HIS BEST WITNESSES.
WE CORROBORATE
EVERYTHING HE SAYS.
YOU CANNOT HELP BUT DO IT.
YOU THINK THIS ROOM...
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE...
YOU THINK THESE ARE
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY?
THE SPOILS.
THEY ARE SIMPLY A
LEGACY, CLEMENTE...
WHAT I PASS ON TO YOU.
POWER YOU SHALL
HAVE, GENERAL CLEMENTE.
CERTAINLY POWER,
ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU GIDDY.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS IN THE INHERITANCE,
AND YOU'LL FIND
THEM SOON ENOUGH:
FEAR...
FEAR.
THE CHIEF LEGACY.
FEAR OF ASSASSINATION...
FEAR OF DISLOYALTY,
FEAR OF REBELLION, FEAR OF A...
ANOTHER CLEMENTE
HIDING IN THE HILLS.
GOD HELP YOU.
GOD PITY YOU.
TAKE HIM OUT, NOW!
I SEE YOU HAVE
FOUND MY MIRROR, TOO.
AN OLD WOMAN BROUGHT IT TO ME
TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN
I'D FIRST TAKEN OVER.
SHE SAID IT WAS MAGIC.
SHE SAID, BY LOOKING INTO IT,
I COULD SEE THE
FACES OF MY ASSASSINS.
( chuckles)
MAYBE SHE'S RIGHT.
LOOK DEEP, GENERAL CLEMENTE.
FIND OUT WHO YOUR ASSASSINS ARE.
YOU WILL SEE THEM
IN THAT MIRROR.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE
MIRROR. IN THE DARK CORNERS.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE CROWD.
YOU WILL SEE THEM EVERYWHERE.
CRISTO, HOW MANY
PRISONERS ARE THERE?
HERE IN THE CAPITAL?
WELL, A THOUSAND.
HAVE THEM SHOT IMMEDIATELY.
BUT... THE TRIALS.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR TRIALS.
BUT FOR MURDER
THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME,
HMM?
WHAT ARE YOU, SOME
KIND OF A CHAMELEON?
WHAT IS THIS EASE WITH
WHICH YOU STRIP OFF ONE COLOR
AND PUT ON ANOTHER?
YOU TURN MY STOMACH.
MURDERERS CAN NEVER BE MURDERED.
MURDERERS CAN ONLY BE EXECUTED!
CRISTO... TAKE TABAL AND GARCIA.
CARRY OUT THAT ORDER.
GLADLY.
A MIRROR THAT REFLECTS
THE FACES OF MY ASSASSINS.
ISN'T THAT INTRIGUING?
ISN'T THAT INTRIGUING,
D'ALESSANDRO?
YOU KNOW, I HAD
NO IDEA THAT SOME...
YOU!
IT WAS YOU!
IT WAS YOU.
RAMOS... I SAW YOU.
RAMOS, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
I SAW YOU IN THE
MIRROR, WITH A GUN.
WHAT GUN?
YOU SOUND LIKE
SOME DEMENTED MAN.
I WOULD HAVE TO BE YOU.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT IT WOULD BE YOU,
YOU MORALIST, YOU DEDICATED ONE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE YOU.
I KNEW!
( cries out)
( murmur of crowd)
( gunshots)
WHY ARE THEY SO QUIET?
THEY SCREAM FOR JUSTICE
AND, WHEN YOU GIVE IT TO THEM,
THEY'RE SUDDENLY BORED,
LIKE AN AUDIENCE AT
A CHEAP BURLESQUE.
THE ENTERTAINMENT
MUST BE VARIED.
EVERY FIVE MINUTES, MUST
BE A COSTUME CHANGE.
BUT I KNOW THEM VERY WELL.
YOU FILL THEIR STOMACHS,
AND YOU EMPTY THEIR BRAINS.
THEY HAVE CHEAP TASTES
AND SHORT MEMORIES.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, TABAL?
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S
SITTING HEAVY ON YOU?
( gunshots)
THAT.
THAT SITS HEAVY ON ME.
THAT IS WHAT SITS HEAVY ON ME!
AND THE DEATH OF A
MAN WHO WAS MY FRIEND.
THAT PUTS A HOOK INTO MY HEART.
D'ALESSANDRO... AN ASSASSIN.
AND THAT IS THE
WORST LIE OF ALL!
THAT WAS A LIE, RAMOS.
HE WAS NO ASSASSIN.
( yawning)
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
( man shouting orders)
OH. STILL AT IT, HUH?
( gunshots)
LEAVE IT BE, RAMOS.
YOU CAN TALK YOURSELF
INTO AN ILLUSION.
YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF
BELIEVE ANYTHING.
WHAT IS IT, RAMOS?
WELL... WHAT IS IT?
THE MIRROR AGAIN?
NO, NO.
YOU THINK YOU SAW
SOMETHING IN THE MIRROR?
NO, NO. NO, I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT DE CRUZ.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT DE CRUZ.
TABAL, TAKE GARCIA.
GO OVER TO THE PRISON.
TAKE A LOOK AT DE CRUZ
AND REPORT BACK TO ME.
REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT?
ABOUT HIS HEALTH?
I'M CONCERNED WHETHER
HE'S BEING PROPERLY GUARDED.
YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE A
MESSAGE FOR DE CRUZ?
SHOULD WE TELL HIM THAT HE
WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE FEARS?
THAT THERE ARE
ASSASSINS UNDER THE BED,
IN THE SHADOWS, AND
ALL AROUND THE ROOM?
TABAL...
YOU HAVE YOUR FREEDOM
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LIFE,
BUT YOU HAVE THEM
BOTH ON MY SUFFERANCE.
DON'T THROW THEM AWAY.
YES, GENERAL.
HELLO?
HELLO? HELLO?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SLEEPING?
THIS IS GENERAL CLEMENTE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS URGENT.
I WANT THE PRISON.
NO, I WANT THE FRONT
GATE, NOT THE OFFICE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS GENERAL CLEMENTE.
IN A FEW MOMENTS, TWO MEN
ARE GOING TO ARRIVE THERE...
SPIES... AND THEY ARE
TO BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
THEIR NAMES ARE
TABAL AND GARCIA.
I KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
AND I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!
AND THEY ARE TO BE SHOT!
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE.
CRISTO... SIR?
ANY COMPLAINTS?
NONE.
NONE, EH?
WHY SHOULD THERE BE?
A PIE CUT INTO TWO PIECES
IS BETTER THAN
A PIE CUT IN FIVE.
PIE... PIE... THIS IS NO PIE.
THESE ARE THE LIVES OF FRIENDS.
THEY WERE... THEY
WERE VERY CLOSE.
WE WERE VERY
CLOSE. YOU KNOW THAT.
WE WERE LIKE BROTHERS.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND...
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS
THAT I COULD CRUSH THEM OUT,
AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT,
I DON'T FEEL IT. I
JUST CRUSH THEM.
MEN CANNOT BE BROTHERS
IN THESE SETTINGS.
YOU MUST EXPECT
THIS FROM NOW ON.
WHEN A MAN HAS
POWER, HE HAS ENEMIES,
AND NOW YOU HAVE ENEMIES.
ENEMIES, YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT,
BUT MUST MY FRIENDS
BE MY ENEMIES?
FROM NOW ON, RAMOS,
YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE FOLLOWERS
AND YOU HAVE COMPETITORS.
THAT IS THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE WORLD NOW.
YOU MUST LIVE WITH IT.
HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY
YOURSELF, CRISTO?
MYSELF?
I AM A FOLLOWER, GENERAL.
A FOLLOWER...
FOR HOW LONG?
HOW LONG?
HOW LONG WILL YOU BE A FOLLOWER?
UNTIL SOME QUIET MOMENT
WHEN MY BACK IS TURNED?
NO...
ONLY UNTIL THAT MOMENT
WHEN YOU PROVE TO ME
THAT YOU CANNOT LEAD.
ONLY UNTIL THAT MOMENT
WHEN I THINK PERHAPS...
PERHAPS WHAT?
PERHAPS I AM STRONGER THAN YOU.
YOU'LL BE EATEN BY WORMS
BEFORE THAT MOMENT COMES.
WHAT IS IT?
TAKE A DRINK OF WINE.
IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. HAVE
A GLASS OF WINE.
I'LL FEEL BETTER.
WELL, GO AHEAD.
HAVE A GLASS OF WINE.
IT WILL MAKE YOU SLEEP BETTER.
YES, IT WOULD MAKE ME
SLEEP BETTER, WOULDN'T IT?
FOR HOW LONG?
FOR HOW LONG WILL
IT MAKE ME SLEEP?
MAYBE FOR ALL ETERNITY, EH?
YOU ARE DEMENTED.
YOU'VE GONE CRAZY.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
BECAUSE I'M CRAZY.
AND BECAUSE I'M
ALLERGIC TO POISON.
I ALSO HAVE A YEN TO LIVE.
( phone rings)
( ringing)
YES?
YES, HE'S HERE.
WHEN?
ALL RIGHT. I WILL TELL HIM.
THAT WAS THE
GATEHOUSE OF THE PRISON.
THE GUARDS HAVE
SHOT TABAL AND GARCIA.
THEY ARE BOTH DEAD.
AND WHAT SHALL
WE DO NOW, CRISTO?
SHALL WE MOURN FOR THEM?
THEY WERE OUR
FRIENDS, WEREN'T THEY?
BUT, THEN AGAIN, THEY
CAN'T BE OUR FRIENDS
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE
FRIENDS AND ASSASSINS.
THEY CANNOT BE BOTH.
THAT WAS YOUR
POINT, WASN'T IT, EH?
( gunshots)
RAMOS!
THERE WAS NO
POISON IN THAT WINE.
I HAD NOTHING LIKE THAT IN MIND.
NOTHING OF THE SORT.
YOU ARE IMAGINING THINGS.
LOOK! I'LL SHOW YOU.
IT'S AN ILLUSION, YOU SEE?
IT'S JUST A MIRROR.
AN ORDINARY MIRROR.
BUT IT'S GLASS, YOU
SEE? JUST GLASS!
( gunshot)
NOW YOU WILL BE ALL ALONE.
NOW I'M AFRAID...
YOU'LL BE VERY LONELY.
BUT YOU HAVE JUST
KILLED A BETTER MAN,
RAMOS.
GENERAL CLEMENTE.
I AM FATHER TOMAS.
YES?
YOU WILL FORGIVE ME, GENERAL,
BUT THIS MUST BE SAID NOW.
WHAT MUST BE SAID?
THE EXECUTIONS... THEY HAVE
BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR A WEEK.
THE PEOPLE ARE APPALLED.
IS THIS WHAT WE ARE TO
EXPECT FROM THE NEW REGIME?
I HAVE ENEMIES,
FATHER. I HAVE ENEMIES.
AND, AS LONG AS I HAVE ENEMIES,
THE EXECUTIONS WILL CONTINUE.
THEY'LL CONTINUE 24 HOURS
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND, IF THAT
DISTURBS THE PEOPLE,
WELL, THEN, IF
THAT'S... THEN WHAT?
THEN LET THEM DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
LET THEM GO IN THE CAVES.
LET THEM STARVE FOR A YEAR!
LET THEM RAISE
AN ARMY LIKE I DID!
I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO!
GENERAL CLEMENTE,
THE VICTORY IS
NOT SO SWEET, IS IT?
INSTEAD OF THE FLAVOR
OF WINE, IT'S THE TASTE
OF ASHES.
FATHER...
I CAN'T STAND IT.
I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
I'M FRIGHTENED.
FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT,
FROM NIGHT TILL MORNING,
I HOLD MY BREATH AND I
KEEP LOOKING IN BACK OF ME
TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING.
I WANT TO KNOW, WHY DO
I HAVE SO MANY ENEMIES?
IT IS THE STORY OF
ALL TYRANTS, GENERAL.
THEY HAVE BUT ONE REAL ENEMY,
AND THIS IS THE ONE
THEY NEVER RECOGNIZE...
UNTIL TOO LATE.
GOD HELP YOU.
( gunshot)
THE LAST ASSASSIN.
AND THEY NEVER LEARN.
THEY NEVER SEEM TO LEARN.
RAMOS CLEMENTE, A
WOULD-BE GOD IN DUNGAREES
STRANGLED BY AN ILLUSION...
THAT WILL-O'-THE-WISP MIRAGE
THAT DANGLES FROM THE SKY
IN FRONT OF THE EYES OF ALL
AMBITIOUS MEN, ALL TYRANTS.
AND ANY RESEMBLANCE
TO TYRANTS LIVING OR DEAD
IS HARDLY COINCIDENTAL,
WHETHER IT BE HERE
OR IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Announcer: 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.
IT'S TRADITIONAL IN THE
GREAT AMERICAN WESTERN
THE CLIMAX OF ANY GIVEN STORY
IS THE GUN DOWN
ON THE MAIN STREET.
NEXT WEEK, MONTGOMERY
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ABOUT A TOP GUN AS HE WAS ALIVE,
AND HIS OPERATION AFTER DEATH.
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