The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 4, Episode 16 - On Thursday We Leave for Home - full transcript
The first human space colony's about to be rescued from the forsaken planet they've been on for 3 decades. But their leader's having a hard time accepting that change will happen when they get back to Earth.
YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.
BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,
A DIMENSION OF MIND.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,
OF THINGS AND IDEAS.
YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
HANK, ANYTHING?
NOTHING YET, CAPTAIN.
NO SOUND AT ALL.
WELL, TRY IT ON .402.
PROBABLY COMING
FROM THAT DIRECTION.
I HAD IT ON THAT
ALL MORNING, SIR.
OH.
TRY IT AGAIN.
CAPTAIN... ANYTHING?
NO, NOTHING YET,
JOAN, NOTHING YET.
THEY LOST, YOU FIGURE, CAPTAIN?
THEY'RE NOT LOST, GEORGE,
JUST TAKES TIME, THAT'S ALL.
TAKES TIME.
JULIE, WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?
IN OUR BUNKER, CAPTAIN.
SOMETHING WRONG?
GO GET HIM.
SOMETHING WRONG?
SOMETHING'S WRONG, JULIE.
YES, SIR.
HOW'S THE WATER, GEORGE?
HOT, FLAT AND UNFORGETTABLE.
BUT WET?
WELL, BEAR WITH IT,
FOLKS, BEAR WITH IT.
SIX MONTHS' TIME,
WE'LL ALL BE DRINKING
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM SODA.
YOU WANT TO SEE ME, CAPTAIN?
MAN ON THE RADAR
TOWER LIKE TO SEE YOU, AL...
WOULD'VE LIKE TO HAVE
SEEN YOU TWO HOURS AGO
WHEN YOU WERE
SUPPOSED TO RELIEVE HIM.
I OVERSLEPT, CAPTAIN.
YOU TELL THAT TO HANK
PARKER UP THERE, WILL YOU?
YOU TELL HIM THAT YOU OVERSLEPT.
THEN BE GOOD ENOUGH TO TELL HIM
YOU'LL TAKE HIS ENTIRE
WATCH ALL DAY TOMORROW.
THAT'S NOT FAIR... IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
ONCE IS OFTEN.
MORE THAN ONCE IS INTOLERABLE.
AND MANY TIMES MORE THAN ONCE
IS THE CASE HISTORY OF A
MAN NAMED ALBERT BAINES
WHO LIKES HIS SLEEP.
I PREFER IT TO A STUPID
GAME IN THE HOT SUN.
GAME, AL?
WHAT ARE WE
LISTENING FOR UP THERE?
30 YEARS, TWO WATCHES A
DAY, WHAT HAVE WE EVER HEARD?
WIND NOISE.
WHAT DID WE EVER
PICK UP ON RADAR?
DUST PARTICLES.
THIS IS WILLIAM BENTEEN
WHO OFFICIATES ON A
DISINTEGRATING OUTPOST IN SPACE.
THE PEOPLE ARE A REMNANT SOCIETY
WHO LEFT THE EARTH
LOOKING FOR A MILLENNIUM,
A PLACE WITHOUT WAR, WITHOUT
JEOPARDY, WITHOUT FEAR.
AND WHAT THEY FOUND
WAS A LONELY, BARREN PLACE
WHOSE ONLY
INDUSTRY WAS SURVIVAL.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE
FOR THREE DECADES... SURVIVE...
UNTIL THE MEMORY OF
THE EARTH THEY CAME FROM
HAS BECOME AN INDISTINCT,
SHADOWED RECOLLECTION
OF ANOTHER TIME
AND ANOTHER PLACE.
ONE MONTH AGO, A SIGNAL
FROM EARTH ANNOUNCED
A SHIP WOULD BE COMING TO
PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM HOME.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL
HEAR MORE OF THAT SHIP,
MORE OF THAT HOME
AND WHAT IT TAKES
OUT OF MIND AND
BODY TO REACH IT.
THIS IS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THAT'S ALL WE GOT, CAPTAIN.
NONE LEFT?
THAT'S ALL OF IT RIGHT THERE.
MAIN SWITCH?
THAT'S ALL GONE, TOO.
WE USED IT ON THE
CONVERTER PUMPS.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET CURRENT.
TEMPERATURE WILL GO UP
50 DEGREES IN THOSE ROOMS
WITHOUT REFRIGERATION.
WE COULD STOP THE
SALT-WATER CONVERTER
FOR A DAY OR TWO.
SWITCH THE PARTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.
YOU TELL THE PEOPLE TO FILL
UP ALL THE JUGS THEY'VE GOT.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF
THE WATER IN SIX HOURS.
YES, SIR.
OH, CAPTAIN.
WHAT ABOUT THE SHIP?
IT'S ON THE WAY, GEORGE.
WE KNOW IT'S ON THE WAY.
AND WHEN WE GET BACK,
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THINGS THAT ARE
OLD AND WORN OUT,
WE'RE JUST GOING
TO THROW THEM AWAY.
JUST THROW THEM AWAY.
Man: CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CUT HER DOWN.
OH, NO...
PREPARE HER FOR
BURIAL IN AN HOUR.
SAY YOUR FAREWELLS NOW.
AND ASK GOD'S FORGIVENESS
FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
FORGIVE HER, LORD.
FATHER, FORGIVE HER...
FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
SHE WAS DOING, LORD.
SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
BETTER AND CLEARER
THAN ANY OF THE REST OF US.
THIS IS A FUNERAL, AL.
THE NINTH IN THE
LAST SIX MONTHS,
THE NINTH!
THIS WOMAN AND THE
OTHERS TOOK THEIR LIVES
BECAUSE LIVING
BECAME INTOLERABLE.
AND I SAY THAT DYING
WAS THEIR RIGHT.
THAT'S A BLASPHEMY!
IT'S THE TRUTH.
ISN'T LIVING TOUGH ENOUGH HERE
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO GO BY THE BOOK?
ISN'T IT HOT AND
MISERABLE ENOUGH
THERE SHOULDN'T BE RULES?
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
SUFFER BY THE NUMBERS?
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE
MAKE THE SIMPLE COMMENT
THERE'S MORE HAPPINESS
GOING INTO THAT GRAVE,
MORE PEACE OF MIND
THAN ALL MOURNERS PUT TOGETHER?
NOTHING BUT ANGUISH HERE.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN, LET US
LIVE WITH IT IN OUR OWN WAY.
OR LET US DIE FROM
IT... IN OUR OWN WAY!
YOUNG MR. BAINES...
WOULD HAVE US
LIE DOWN IN THE SUN.
YOUNG MR. BAINES...
WOULD HAVE US GIVE IN TO
DEATH, WHILE THERE IS STILL LIFE.
HE'D END THE RULES.
THROW AWAY THE REGULATIONS.
NO MORE STANDING
IN LINE FOR WATER.
WE'LL LET THE STRONG
TAKE AWAY FROM THE WEAK.
AND NO MORE FOOD RATIONING.
LET THE YOUNG
STEAL FROM THE OLD.
AND WHEN THAT
SHIP DOES ARRIVE...
IT WON'T FIND A SOCIETY.
JUST A PACK.
NOT ONE HUMAN BEING LEFT ALIVE.
ONLY ANIMALS.
AND THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
IT'S WINGING ITS WAY NOW.
IT'S ON ITS WAY.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
SAY IT OUT LOUD.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman 2: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman 3: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Men: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Man: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
Crowd: THERE'S A SHIP COMING,
THERE'S A SHIP COMING...
METEOR STORM!
IT'S A METEOR STORM!
IT'S A METEOR STORM!
GET UP TO THE COMPOUND.
GET UP TO THE COMPOUND!
GET IN THE CAVE.
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
HOW'S THE ARM, AL?
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY ACCOUNTED FOR?
THEY'RE ALL HERE, CAPTAIN.
NOBODY'S MISSING.
OH, THANK GOD.
EVERYBODY JUST STAY
AS QUIET AS YOU CAN.
I THINK THE WORST IS OVER.
I THINK THE WORST IS OVER.
QUIET.
YOU'RE NOT SCARED,
ARE YOU, JO-JO?
KIND OF, CAPTAIN.
WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE
YOU BEING SCARED.
LET'S YOU AND ME
TALK A BIT, HUH?
PASS THE TIME.
CAPTAIN, TELL US
ABOUT THE EARTH.
DO THAT, CAPTAIN, WOULD YOU?
TELL US ABOUT THE EARTH
AS YOU REMEMBER IT?
AGAIN, JERRY?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
FRAN... YOU AND HANK
FILL IN ANY HOLES I LEAVE.
IF I'M WRONG ABOUT ANY
OF MY RECOLLECTIONS,
CORRECT ME, WILL YOU?
JO-JO, I WAS JUST A BOY
WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, BUT
I REMEMBER THE EARTH.
I REMEMBER IT AS A PLACE...
A PLACE OF COLOR.
I REMEMBER, JO-JO,
THAT IN THE AUTUMN...
JO-JO?
IN THE AUTUMN... THE
LEAVES CHANGED...
TURNED DIFFERENT COLORS.
RED, ORANGE, GOLD.
I REMEMBER STREAMS OF WATER
THAT FLOWED DOWN HILLSIDES.
AND THE WATER WAS
SPARKLING AND CLEAR.
AND I REMEMBER
CLOUDS IN THE SKY.
WHITE... BILLOWY THINGS...
FLOATED LIKE SHIPS, LIKE SAILS.
YOU SEE, IN ANCIENT TIMES
THAT'S THE WAY MEN
MOVED THEIR SHIPS
ACROSS THE WATER.
THEY UNFURLED LARGE SECTIONS
OF CANVAS AGAINST THE WIND
AND THE WIND MOVED THEM.
AND I REMEMBER... NIGHT SKIES.
NIGHT SKIES... LIKE
ENDLESS BLACK VELVET.
WITH STARS... SOMETIMES A MOON
HUNG AS IF SUSPENDED BY WIRES...
LIT FROM INSIDE.
WHAT'S NIGHT, CAPTAIN?
NIGHT... NIGHT WAS
A QUIET TIME, JO-JO,
WHEN THE EARTH WENT TO SLEEP.
KIND OF LIKE A COVER
THAT IT PULLED OVER ITSELF.
NOT LIKE HERE WHERE
WE HAVE THE TWO SUNS
ALWAYS SHINING, ALWAYS BURNING.
IT WAS DARKNESS, JO-JO.
DARKNESS THAT FELT
LIKE... LIKE A COOL HAND
JUST BRUSHED PAST TIRED EYES.
AND THERE WAS SNOW
ON THE WINTER NIGHTS...
GOSSAMER STUFF... FLOATED DOWN
AND COVERED THE EARTH,
MADE IT ALL WHITE, COOL.
AND IN THE MORNINGS,
WE COULD GO OUT
AND BUILD A SNOWMAN.
SEE OUR BREATH IN THE AIR.
AND IT WAS GOOD THEN.
IT WAS RIGHT.
CAPTAIN, WHY DID
YOU LEAVE THERE?
WELL, WE THOUGHT WE COULD FIND
ANOTHER PLACE LIKE EARTH
BUT WITH DIFFERENT
BEAUTIES, JO-JO.
AND WE FOUND THIS PLACE.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD ESCAPE WAR.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD...
WELL, WE THOUGHT
THAT WE COULD BUILD
AN EVEN BETTER PLACE.
AND IT TOOK US 30
YEARS TO FIND OUT
THAT WE'D LEFT OUR
HOME A BILLION MILES AWAY
TO BE ONLY VISITORS
HERE, TRANSIENTS...
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT
DOWN ROOTS IN THIS GROUND.
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
SO WE SPENT 30 YEARS
WATCHING A CLOCK AND A CALENDAR.
AND WAITING.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
WAIT ANY LONGER, JO-JO.
WE CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER... DAY...
NOT ANOTHER HOUR.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO
THE EARTH... RIGHT NOW.
AL BAINES?
AL BAINES!
AL!
YOU HEAR THAT NOISE?
ALL OF YOU, DO YOU HEAR THAT?
THAT'S NOT A METEOR.
THAT'S NOT WISHFUL THINKING.
THAT'S NOT... MAKE-BELIEVE
OR A PHANTOM.
THOSE ARE ROCKETS.
THAT'S THE SHIP.
THE SHIP IS HERE.
MR. BENTEEN?
I'M BENTEEN.
COLONEL SLOANE,
COMMANDING THE GALAXY VI.
OUR ORDERS ARE TO TRANSPORT
YOU ALL BACK TO EARTH.
OH, WELCOME, SIR!
Benteen: COLONEL...
COLONEL, COLONEL,
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
WELL, WE'VE BEEN
TRAVELING FOR SIX MONTHS...
OH, A HUNDRED TIMES MORE.
WE'VE WAITED 30 YEARS.
WE GOT YOUR MESSAGE
TWO MONTHS AGO
THEN WE LISTENED AND
LISTENED... WE DID IT.
WE DID IT.
THEN NOTHING MORE.
WE TRIED TO TRANSMIT TO YOU,
BUT WE SIMPLY
COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
BUT WHEN WE HEARD
YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
WE KNEW YOU'D RECEIVED
THE INITIAL MESSAGE.
DOES IT ALL LOOK LIKE THIS?
THE WHOLE PLACE?
YES, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE THIS.
CRAGGY MOUNTAINS,
SALT FLATS, TWO SUNS,
PERPETUALLY SHINING.
YES, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE THIS.
30 YEARS.
YES, 30 YEARS.
SOME HERE HAVE NEVER
SEEN EARTH, COLONEL.
SOME OLDER PEOPLE DON'T
REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE TO GET YOU ON
BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE FIGURED YOU SHOULD
BE READY TO LEAVE THURSDAY.
THAT GIVES YOU THREE
DAYS TO ARRANGE THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR PEOPLE
CAN ONLY TAKE WHAT THEY CAN CARRY.
THERE ARE OVER 150, RIGHT?
187... MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
BUT THEY'LL TRAVEL
STANDING ON THEIR HEADS.
THAT WON'T BE
NECESSARY, MR. BENTEEN.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE CROWDED,
BUT WE'LL FIT YOU ALL IN.
I CAN SEE YOU'RE VERY USED TO
A GREAT DEAL OF SPACE, SIR.
SPACE... AND HEAT!
YES, I CAN BELIEVE IT.
CAPTAIN, JO-JO WANTS
TO MEET THE COLONEL.
COLONEL SLOANE, JO-JO.
HOW DO YOU DO?
CAN I GIVE YOU A KISS, CAPTAIN?
YOU SURE CAN.
CAN JO-JO INSPECT
THE SHIP, COLONEL?
CERTAINLY, TAKE
HIM RIGHT UP THERE.
THE EARTH!
COLONEL, HAS THE EARTH CHANGED?
NO, NOT TOO MUCH.
IS IT STILL GREEN?
IT'S STILL GREEN.
AND THE CITIES?
AND THE CITIES STILL STAND.
AND WAR?
ONE POPS UP HERE,
ANOTHER DIES OUT THERE,
BUT THROUGH A MIRACLE
AND THE GRACE OF GOD
WE NEVER HAD THE HYDROGEN WAR.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
GEORGE, GEORGE.
COLONEL SLOANE,
THIS IS GEORGE MORRIS.
HOW DO YOU DO?
I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT
VERY MUCH AS YOU
LEFT IT, MR. BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CALL ME.
THIS PLACE WAS MY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 30 YEARS.
YOU'VE DONE QUITE A JOB.
BUT YOU CAN REST EASY.
WE'LL HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY.
I'VE BECOME USED
TO THE FUNCTIONS.
YOUR QUARTERS,
THEY'RE UNDERGROUND.
AS I WAS... COOLER
THERE, MR. BENTEEN?
I... WHERE?
I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
YOUR UNDERGROUND
ROOMS, ARE THEY COOLER?
THEY'RE REFRIGERATED.
BUT IT'S CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN'S
KEPT US ALIVE HERE.
I BELIEVE IT, CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAN I SHOW YOU THE
SHIP, GENTLEMEN?
YES, YES.
AL... AL BAINES.
WHERE'S YOUR SLING?
IT'S A MAGNESIUM BAND.
COLONEL SLOANE SAYS
MY ARM WILL BE PERFECT
BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
LOOK AT JULIE'S CHEEK.
ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN?
LOOK, COLONEL
SLOANE GAVE IT TO ME.
IT'S A MEDICINAL BANDAGE.
YOU WEAR IT FOR 24 HOURS...
Al: IT ACCELERATES THE
GROWTH OF NEW SKIN.
YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THE BRUISE.
IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.
LOOKS LIKE I'VE
LOST MY PRACTICE.
AL, DO ME A FAVOR.
PUT THAT IN A SLING.
I'VE TREATED HUNDREDS
OF BROKEN ARMS
AND THE ONLY WAY TO CURE
THEM IS TO KEEP THEM IMMOBILE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN LESS THAN
36 HOURS, WE'LL BE DEPARTING.
WEIGHT ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN
SET AT 14 POUNDS PER PERSON.
WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, WE'LL
BEGIN A PROCESS OF NOTATION
TO ESTABLISH WHAT YOUR
PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE
AND WHAT THEY WILL...
COLONEL SLOANE.
HOPE I'M NOT INTRUDING, CAPTAIN.
OF COURSE NOT.
I WAS GIVING THE
WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
WE'LL HANDLE THAT TOMORROW.
WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE MEETING,
I BROUGHT ENGLE AND RAFFERTY.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN ASKING SO
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH
I THOUGHT WE'D
ANSWER A FEW MORE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING
IS DEPARTURE PROBLEMS.
COLONEL, MY FOLKS
WERE FROM SAN DIEGO.
WHAT'S CALIFORNIA LIKE?
SUNNY AND WARM,
MOST OF THE TIME.
LOS ANGELES IS THE BIGGEST
CITY IN THE WORLD NOW.
I FEEL THAT THESE QUESTIONS
CAN BEST BE ANSWERED
AT A LATER TIME.
DO THEY STILL HAVE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
OH, YES.
AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH
THE SAME AS THEY WERE.
EXCEPT THEY'RE LARGER,
BETTER-EQUIPPED,
MORE ADEQUATELY STAFFED.
THERE'S A WHOLE NEW
SYSTEM OF VISUAL AIDS NOW.
MANY CLASSES ARE TELEVISED.
IF A STUDENT IS
LEARNING ABOUT, OH...
WE'LL SAY THE GRAND CANYON,
THEY DO AN ACTUAL PROGRAM
RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE
THAT'S FED INTO THE CLASSROOM
ON A NEW TAPE DEVICE.
COLONEL SLOANE, ARE
THERE STILL MAJOR LEAGUES?
MY DAD USED TO TELL
ME ALL ABOUT BASEBALL
AND THE WORLD SERIES.
TWO LEAGUES, SAME AS BEFORE.
AMERICAN AND NATIONAL.
WHAT CITY HAS THE DODGERS NOW?
STILL LOS ANGELES.
THEY CAME IN TENTH LAST SEASON.
AFTER WE'RE FINISHED HERE,
LET'S IMPROVISE A BALL AND A BAT
HAVE OURSELVES A BALL GAME.
IT'S MUCH TOO HOT FOR
THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
WE MIGHT SING HERE IN THE CAVE
WE HAVEN'T DONE
THAT IN SOME TIME.
WHY DON'T WE SHOW THE
COLONEL THE MUSIC WE CAN MAKE?
LET'S LET HIM HEAR
SOME REAL HARMONY.
Woman: TWO MORE.
Man: COME ON, BABY, COME ON.
THAT IS THE UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE, CAPTAIN.
BASEBALL?
MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE A VERY LIMITED
VOCABULARY, COLONEL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THE TEMPERATURE
IS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW?
WELL, NOT BY DEGREES BUT
CERTAINLY BY DISCOMFORT.
AT THIS TIME OF
DAY IT'S ABOUT 110.
DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOUR CREW MEMBERS
BEING ABLE TO STAND THAT HEAT,
BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT
MY OWN PEOPLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFER
FOR THIS LITTLE ATHLETIC EVENT.
FOR SOME OF THE OLDER
PEOPLE, IT MIGHT BE SERIOUS.
AW, IT'S ONLY A GAME, BENTEEN.
IF THEY'RE SUFFERING,
MY GUESS IS THAT
IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT.
COLONEL, WHEN WE GET ABOARD
YOUR SHIP, YOU'LL BE IN COMMAND.
YOU TELL US WHAT
TO DO, WHERE TO GO,
AND WE'LL FALL RIGHT INTO LINE.
BUT HERE, IN THIS
PLACE, I'M IN COMMAND.
NOW, MR. BENTEEN...
CAPTAIN BEN...
I'M NOT TRYING TO USURP
YOUR AUTHORITY, CAPTAIN.
I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT HARM
A LITTLE BASEBALL GAME COULD BE.
THAT'S NOT YOUR
CONCERN, IS IT, COLONEL?
THE WELL-BEING OF THESE
PEOPLE, THEIR HEALTH...
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
Sloane: GALAXY CREW
MEMBERS, INSIDE THE SHIP.
LOWER THE PORT.
NOW, MY FRIENDS, TIME TO REST.
GO TO YOUR HOMES.
I'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN
THE NEW DAY WILL BEGIN.
GO TO YOUR HOMES.
HAPPY NOW, CAPTAIN?
I WAS NEVER UNHAPPY.
I JUST KNOW WHAT'S
RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG.
I SEE.
COLONEL, I HAVE TO ASK
YOUR MEN TO STAY ON THE SHIP.
I DON'T WANT THE
PEOPLE DISTRACTED.
YOU DO HAVE A
WEIGHTY FIST, CAPTAIN.
WELL, HAD IT BEEN ONE OUNCE
LIGHTER, THERE'D BE NO ONE HERE
TO GO BACK WITH YOU, COLONEL.
I'VE HELD THESE PEOPLE
TOGETHER... BY WILL.
THEY'D HAVE DIED IF THEY HADN'T
HAD SOMEONE TO HANG ONTO.
THEY'D HAVE WITHERED AWAY.
HMM.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
WITHER AWAY NOW, CAPTAIN.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST RELAX?
THAT'S A LUXURY I'VE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD.
I'VE NEVER TAKEN A WIFE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO THINK ONLY OF MYSELF.
I'VE... I'VE BEEN
CONFESSOR, GOVERNOR,
FATHER FIGURE, IF YOU WILL.
AND IF I HADN'T BEEN,
THERE'D BE NO LIFE HERE TODAY.
THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE, COLONEL.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
MY PEOPLE.
WHAT'S WITH HIM, COLONEL?
WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM?
OH, SUFFER HIM A WHILE LONGER.
HE'S REALLY QUITE
A GUY, YOU KNOW.
QUITE A GUY.
HE JUST HAS ONE ABERRATION:
HE THINKS HE'S A GOD.
AND WE'RE BOOTING
HIM OUT OF HIS HEAVEN.
Announcer: TWILIGHT ZONE WILL
CONTINUE AFTER STATION IDENTIFICATION.
COLONEL SLOANE?
Sloane: YES.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN IS HERE.
OH, YES.
OH, COME IN, CAPTAIN. COME IN.
COLONEL.
WELL, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
FINE. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A LIST OF
YOUR PASSENGERS,
AND THEIR APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS.
ALSO, THE WEIGHT
OF THEIR BELONGINGS
NOTED AFTER EACH NAME.
WE WEIGHED ON OUR SCALE,
AND I'M AFRAID
IT'S AN OLD-TIMER,
UNDERWEIGHS ABOUT
FOUR OR FIVE POUNDS.
ALL I WANTED WAS AN
APPROXIMATION, CAPTAIN.
OH, THIS WILL DO JUST FINE.
WE'LL WEIGH THEM OUT
ON OUR OWN EQUIPMENT
BEFORE WE BLAST OFF ANYWAY.
WELL, CAPTAIN,
TODAY'S WEDNESDAY.
TOMORROW WE LEAVE.
TOMORROW YOU GO
BACK TO MOTHER EARTH.
BACK TO MODERN TIMES.
THOUGH I HONESTLY WONDER
WHETHER IT'LL BE TO YOUR LIKING.
BECAUSE THE WAY
YOU'LL BE LIONIZED
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO EARTH...
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
REFERRED TO IN THE PRESS
AS "THE LOST PIONEERS."
THEY'LL MAKE QUITE A THING
OUT OF YOU WHEN YOU LAND.
I SUPPOSE IT'S INEVITABLE.
I GUESS THAT SEEMS
TO BE YOUR FATE.
AND WHEREVER YOUR PEOPLE SETTLE,
THEY'LL BE MET BY BRASS BANDS,
WELCOMING COMMITTEES,
KEYS TO THE CITY...
KEYS TO THE CITY.
YEAH, THE GOVERNMENT
HAS HAD INQUIRIES
FROM LITERALLY
THOUSANDS OF RELATIVES.
THEY'LL JUST HAVE TIME TO
LOOK INTO A TELEVISION CAMERA
AND THEN THEY'LL SCATTER...
ALL OVER THE 50 STATES.
THEY WON'T BE SCATTERED,
WE'LL GO TOGETHER.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU GET BACK
ON EARTH, CAPTAIN.
WELL, SO AM I, COLONEL.
WE WON'T BE SPLITTING UP.
NOT THOSE PEOPLE, NOT MY PEOPLE.
WE'LL STAY TOGETHER.
YOU MEAN THIS IS WHAT
YOU'VE ALL DECIDED TO DO?
NO DECISION WAS NECESSARY.
YOU HAVE ASKED
THEM, HAVEN'T YOU?
COLONEL, ASKING THEM WOULD
BE EXACTLY LIKE ASKING A CHILD
IF HE WANTS SOME MORE ICE CREAM.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE
CHILDREN, COLONEL.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ADULTS.
CHRONOLOGICALLY, YES.
THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM
SIX MONTHS TO 60 YEARS.
BUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND
SOCIALLY, THEY'RE CHILDREN.
I'VE KEPT THESE PEOPLE ALIVE
AND TOGETHER ALL THESE YEARS.
WHEN WE GET BACK TO EARTH,
I WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO
CONTINUE THE PROCESS.
HAVE YOU TOLD THEM THIS?
THERE'S NO NEED TO TELL
THEM, THEY KNOW IT ALREADY.
YOU MEAN THEY KNOW THAT
AFTER 30 YEARS OF WAITING,
AFTER 30 YEARS OF
LIVING IN A COMPOUND,
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
TRAVEL A BILLION MILES
JUST TO WALK SINGLE
FILE INTO ANOTHER ONE.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY.
COLONEL, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU,
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN.
AND TO TRANSPORT
THEM A BILLION MILES
AND THEN LAND THEM IN A
STRANGE PLACE AND ABANDON THEM
WOULD BE AN ACT OF CRUELTY.
IT WOULD BE A CRIME.
WOULD YOU DO ME A
SMALL FAVOR, CAPTAIN?
OF COURSE.
ASK THEM.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ON EARTH,
THERE ARE SUBURBAN AREAS.
THIS WAS A MAJOR LIVING CHANGE
THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 1950s:
DECENTRALIZATION OF
THE POPULATION AREA.
THERE'S CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF EARTH LIVING
WE SHOULD TOUCH ON.
WE WILL NOT CONCERN OURSELVES
WITH COLDER AREAS, THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES
AND SOME UPPER SECTIONS
OF THE GREAT PLAINS.
CAPTAIN, I WANT TO
LIVE IN WISCONSIN.
SO YOU BETTER TELL
US ABOUT FROSTBITE.
WHAT ABOUT THE STATE
OF OREGON, CAPTAIN?
THAT'S WHERE BETTY
AND I WANT TO SETTLE.
I CAN REMEMBER
THE FORESTS THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE EASTERN
SEABOARD, CAPTAIN?
THE FINGER LAKE DISTRICT
IN UPPER NEW YORK
STATE, CAPTAIN?
Man: IS THERE STILL
A NEW YORK CITY?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE
THING VERY CLEAR.
YOU'LL ALL BE ABLE TO
MEET YOUR RELATIVES
AND POSSIBLY VISIT WITH THEM
FOR EVEN A WEEK OR MORE.
WE'LL STAY TOGETHER
AS A COMMUNITY
IN WHATEVER LAND
GRANT WE CAN GET
OR WHATEVER PRESCRIBED
AREA CAN BE ARRANGED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO
ASSURE YOU THAT...
AND, I HOPE, PUT ALL
YOUR FEARS TO REST...
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE AS
YOUR GUIDE AND CONSULTANT.
I GUARANTEE NONE OF YOU WILL
WANT FOR MY HELP OR ADVICE.
CAPTAIN?
JULIE AND I...
JULIE AND I WERE
PLANNING ON FARMING.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL
IDEA, A FINE IDEA.
OF COURSE WE'LL FARM.
AS WE FARMED HERE, ONLY
BETTER... MORE RAINFALL.
REMEMBER, ONE SUN, NOT TWO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHIELD
CROPS FROM THE SUN.
THE SUN HELPS THEM.
YOU'LL FARM, AL,
CERTAINLY WE'LL FARM.
JULIE HAS RELATIVES IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
WE'LL SETTLE THERE.
IT WOULD BE TOO COLD
FOR YOU THERE, AL.
IT WOULD BE TOO
COLD FOR ALL OF YOU.
NOW, WHEREVER WE SETTLE,
I GUARANTEE THERE
WILL BE GOOD FARMING.
I'LL SEE TO THAT.
WELL, NOW, WHAT'S
THE MATTER WITH YOU?
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ALL OF YOU?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, CAPTAIN.
WE, UH... WE DON'T
PLAN TO STAY TOGETHER.
WELL, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, AL.
YOU NEVER DID UNDERSTAND
MUCH OF ANYTHING.
NOW, AL, IF WE DID SPLIT UP, IF
WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS,
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
IF WE COULD SURVIVE.
EXPLAIN IT TO HIM, AL, GO AHEAD.
YES, GO ON, TELL HIM, AL.
WE'LL SURVIVE, CAPTAIN.
IF ANY OF US WANT
TO STAY TOGETHER,
THAT'LL BE THEIR RIGHT.
IF ANY OF US WANT TO
GO OFF ON THEIR OWN,
THAT'LL BE THEIR RIGHT, TOO.
AM I WRONG, COLONEL?
NO, YOU'RE NOT WRONG.
OUR ORDERS ARE TO TAKE
YOU BACK TO EARTH AS A GROUP.
ON EARTH, YOU'RE FREE
TO DO WHAT YOU PLEASE.
COLONEL SLOANE, I TELL YOU NOW
TO LET US SETTLE OUR
DIFFERENCES ALONE.
THERE ARE NO
DIFFERENCES, CAPTAIN.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES!
THERE ARE CHANGES THAT
HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON EARTH
THAT NONE OF US
ARE PREPARED FOR.
NOW, THESE... THESE PEOPLE,
THEY MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE A BIG HOLIDAY,
LIKE EVERYTHING'S
EASY, LIKE THE GOOD LIFE...
YOU CAN PLUCK IT OFF A TREE!
WELL, MY PEOPLE,
I DON'T WANT ANY ONE OF
YOU TO BE DISILLUSIONED.
I TELL YOU NOW
THAT WHEREVER MEN LIVE
THEY GRUB AND THEY STRUGGLE.
THEY DIG TO STAY ALIVE.
THIS I KNOW.
THIS IS TRUE, THIS IS A FACT.
BUT TOGETHER... THAT'S
THE WORD, TOGETHER...
WE MUST STAY TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO THINK OF THAT NOW
AND I WANT YOU TO SAY
IT WITH ME OUT LOUD.
ALL OF YOU:
"TOGETHER."
A few people: TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
Man 1: TOGETHER.
Man 2: TOGETHER
TOGETHER... TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
WELL, I FIGURED OUT
THE COMPARTMENT
ASSIGNMENTS, CAPTAIN.
I'D LIKE TO GO OVER
THEM WITH YOU.
THE COMPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS.
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME.
WE STILL HAVE CHECKING TO DO.
THERE'S A DECOMPRESSION PROBLEM
ALSO A MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS
AFTER WE LEAVE THE ATMOSPHERE...
COLONEL, DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WE CALLED YOU?
THE MESSIAH.
WE CALLED YOU THE MESSIAH.
YOU DID?
WE SAID YOU'D BRING... FREEDOM.
THAT'S NOT WHAT
YOU'VE BROUGHT AT ALL.
WHAT DID WE BRING, CAPTAIN?
SELFISHNESS.
DISSATISFACTION, DIVISIVENESS.
WITH ALL THE MISERY
WE'VE HAD HERE,
THOSE WERE GERMS
WE NEVER SUFFERED.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN, UH...
I BROUGHT NOTHING
BUT A SHIP AND A CREW...
UH, A MEANS OF ESCAPE.
YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO
DISEASES, NO VIRUSES.
WELL, HAS IT EVER
OCCURRED TO YOU WHY?
IT'S BECAUSE YOU LIVE
IN A TEST TUBE, CAPTAIN.
ANTISEPTIC AND GERM-FREE.
AND ALSO STERILE.
OH, SURE, YOU'RE A
GROUP, SURE, YOU'RE A CELL,
BUT THAT'S ALL OVER
WITH NOW, CAPTAIN.
NOW IT'S TIME TO BE WHAT
GOD MEANT YOU TO BE...
INDIVIDUALS.
A MAN, A WOMAN,
A CHILD, A BEING.
IT'S TIME TO BREAK
THAT TEST TUBE.
IT'S TIME TO REJOIN
THE RACE OF MEN.
I REMEMBER THE
RACE OF MEN, COLONEL.
I REMEMBER THE EARTH.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN WRONG.
30 YEARS I'VE BEEN
LYING TO MY PEOPLE.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT AN
EARTH THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT
AN IMAGINARY GARDEN.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT A
PLANET A BILLION MILES AWAY
THAT HAS NO MORE
SUBSTANCE THAN A WISH.
WE CAN'T GO BACK
TO EARTH, COLONEL.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR US.
WE CANNOT GO BACK THERE.
EVERYBODY?
EVERYBODY!
COME, GATHER 'ROUND.
COME.
GATHER 'ROUND, EVERYBODY.
I HAVE SOMETHING
I MUST TELL YOU.
NOW, LISTEN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU
THINGS ABOUT EARTH
THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.
THINGS THAT ARE UGLY.
THINGS THAT ARE WRONG.
THINGS THAT
CANNOT BE LIVED WITH.
THERE IS VIOLENCE ON EARTH.
THERE ARE HATREDS.
AND JEALOUSY.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME, LISTEN TO ME,
AND LISTEN CAREFULLY.
THE EARTH IS A PLACE
WE DO NOT KNOW.
THE EARTH IS A PLACE
WE HAVE NEVER LIVED IN.
IT IS A SOCIETY WE
DO NOT BELONG IN.
IF WE LEAVE HERE...
WE WILL DIE, WE WILL DIE!
WE'LL BE COMMITTING SUICIDE
IF WE GO BACK TO EARTH.
WE WILL DIE
OF A MISERY WE HAVE
NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE...
LONELINESS.
LONELINESS, LIKE
ANIMALS IN A ZOO.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
WE DO NOT BELONG TO HIS KIND.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN?
WHY DON'T YOU LET YOUR
CHILDREN VOTE ON IT?
ONLY IF THEY KNOW
WHAT'S WAITING FOR THEM.
ONLY IF THEY KNOW THAT
THE EARTH IS NOT A GARDEN.
NEVER WAS A GARDEN!
AND IT NEVER WILL BE A GARDEN.
FAIR ENOUGH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
THEN I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT EARTH IS.
IT'S A RACE OF MEN,
STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL.
JUST AS YOU HAVE SURVIVED.
AND CAPTAIN
BENTEEN IS QUITE RIGHT
WHEN HE TELLS YOU
IT ISN'T A PLACE OF ALL BEAUTY.
WE MAY YET HAVE WARS
AND THERE STILL
REMAINS PREJUDICE.
AND I SUPPOSE AS
LONG AS MEN WALK
THERE WILL BE ANGRY MEN,
JEALOUS MEN, UNFORGIVING MEN.
BUT IT HAS ONE THING
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
ONE THING.
IT LETS EVERY MAN
BE HIS OWN MASTER.
THERE WON'T BE ANY
CAPTAIN BENTEENS
THERE FOR YOU.
THERE WON'T BE
ANYBODY TO TELL YOU
WHEN TO EAT, SLEEP AND MEET.
THERE WON'T BE
ANYONE TO TELL YOU
WHEN TO DANCE, WHAT
TO SING, OR HOW TO PLAY.
INSTEAD OF THIRST, YOU MAY FEEL
HUNGER; INSTEAD OF HEAT, COLD.
BUT YOU'LL BE MEN AND WOMEN.
YOU WON'T BE SHEEP.
YOU WON'T BE A KINDERGARTEN.
AND WHEN YOU PRAY TO GOD,
HIS NAME WON'T BE BENTEEN.
A VOTE NOW, CAPTAIN.
AND THE MAJORITY WINS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE
ON BOARD TEN HOURS FROM NOW
TO HEAD BACK TO
EARTH RAISE YOUR HANDS.
LET LOOSE NOW, CAPTAIN.
FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, LET LOOSE!
MAY GOD HELP YOU.
MAY GOD HELP YOU ALL.
TOMORROW YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE GETTING ON A SHIP
ON ITS WAY TO... PARADISE.
WELL, YOU'LL BE ON
YOUR WAY TO HELL!
WHAT ABOUT YOU, CAPTAIN?
I'LL STAY HERE.
I'LL STAY HERE, THIS IS MY HOME.
THIS IS WHERE I BELONG.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL BELONG.
CAPTAIN, WE LEAVE AT
0800 TOMORROW MORNING.
DON'T WAIT FOR A
FETCHING COMMITTEE.
0800... IF YOU'RE NOT ON BOARD,
YOU'LL NEVER BE ON BOARD.
IF YOU TAKE OFF AT 0800,
YOU TAKE OFF AT 0800.
BUT AS FOR THE REST OF YOU,
YOU CAN GO ON THIS SHIP
OR YOU CAN REMAIN HERE WITH ME.
CAPTAIN?
BENTEEN?
WE KNOW YOU CAN HEAR US.
WE KNOW YOU'RE
IN HERE SOMEPLACE.
COME OUT.
PLEASE.
LET US TALK TO YOU.
WE'RE LEAVING NOW, BENTEEN.
WE HAVE TO TAKE
OFF IN FIVE MINUTES
OR WE'LL LOSE OUR
ORBITAL POSITION.
IT'LL BE TOO LATE FOR US.
BENTEEN, IT HAS TO BE NOW.
CAPTAIN, PLEASE.
PLEASE COME OUT.
BENTEEN, REMEMBER THIS:
IF WE LEAVE WITHOUT YOU,
THERE'LL BE NO SHIPS
RETURNING HERE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL
LIVE FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL DIE.
ALL RIGHT, BENTEEN.
AS YOU PREFER.
COME ON, LET'S GO, BAINES.
GOOD-BYE... CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
WELL, MY FRIENDS...
ANY BUSINESS TO TRANSACT TODAY?
NO BUSINESS?
JO-JO.
JO-JO...
NOTHING FROM YOU TODAY?
DON'T YOU WANT ME TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THE EARTH, JO-JO?
DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT THE RIVERS AND THE SEAS,
THE BLUE SKIES AND NIGHT,
THE STARS AND MOON?
DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS TODAY?
THERE'S COLOR ON EARTH.
THE CHANGE OF THE
SEASONS, THE WIND.
THE WIND BRINGS THE
SMELL OF THE GROUND...
THE PLANTS, THE SEEDS, THE
ROOTS, THE FLOWER PETALS,
THE SAP FROM THE TREES.
THE WIND BRINGS WITH IT
THE SMELL OF THE WEATHER,
THE RAIN, THE MIST, THE FOG...
AND THE EARTH IS GREEN, JO-JO.
GREEN.
THE COLOR GREEN.
THE FEELING GREEN.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SO FRESH ABOUT IT.
SO ALIVE ABOUT IT.
SO LIVING ABOUT IT.
IT'S THE EARTH.
THE EARTH.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!
DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!
PLEASE... PLEASE, I...
I WANT TO GO HOME.
WILLIAM BENTEEN, WHO
HAD PREROGATIVES.
HE COULD LEAD, HE COULD
DIRECT, DICTATE, JUDGE, LEGISLATE.
IT BECAME A HABIT,
THEN A PATTERN...
AND FINALLY A NECESSITY.
WILLIAM BENTEEN, ONCE A
GOD, NOW A POPULATION OF ONE.
NEXT ON TWILIGHT ZONE,
AN EXERCISE FROM THE
TYPEWRITER OF CHARLES BEAUMONT.
A SEA VOYAGE INTO THE
DARKER REGIONS OF THE ZONE.
OUR STARS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
GLADYS COOPER,
WILFRID HYDE-WHITE,
CECIL KELLAWAY, LEE PHILIPS,
AND JOYCE VAN PATTEN.
I'M PREPARED TO PAY YOU DOUBLE
THE AMOUNT OF YOUR TICKETS
IF YOU'LL ABANDON YOUR PLANS.
NOT A CHANCE.
MRS. RANSOME, YOU'RE
DRIVING ME TO EXTREMES.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LEAVE
THE LADY ANNE NOW,
I'LL GIVE YOU THE EQUIVALENT
OF 5,000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.
AND I'LL MATCH THAT.
MAKING IT A TOTAL OF 10,000.
EVER SINCE WE PICKED THIS TUB,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRYING THEIR BEST
TO DISCOURAGE US.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
FORGET IT.
AND LEAVE US ALONE.
GREAT NEWS, GREAT
NEWS. VERY IMPORTANT,
SINCE WE'VE BEEN
TALKING IT OVER,
MILLIE AND OLD BURGESS
AND THE REST OF US,
AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO
LEAVE THE SHIP AFTER ALL.
WHAT MY HUSBAND IS TRYING TO SAY
IS THAT YOU WON'T
HAVE TO DIE AFTER ALL.
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.
BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...
A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,
A DIMENSION OF MIND.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,
OF THINGS AND IDEAS.
YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
HANK, ANYTHING?
NOTHING YET, CAPTAIN.
NO SOUND AT ALL.
WELL, TRY IT ON .402.
PROBABLY COMING
FROM THAT DIRECTION.
I HAD IT ON THAT
ALL MORNING, SIR.
OH.
TRY IT AGAIN.
CAPTAIN... ANYTHING?
NO, NOTHING YET,
JOAN, NOTHING YET.
THEY LOST, YOU FIGURE, CAPTAIN?
THEY'RE NOT LOST, GEORGE,
JUST TAKES TIME, THAT'S ALL.
TAKES TIME.
JULIE, WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?
IN OUR BUNKER, CAPTAIN.
SOMETHING WRONG?
GO GET HIM.
SOMETHING WRONG?
SOMETHING'S WRONG, JULIE.
YES, SIR.
HOW'S THE WATER, GEORGE?
HOT, FLAT AND UNFORGETTABLE.
BUT WET?
WELL, BEAR WITH IT,
FOLKS, BEAR WITH IT.
SIX MONTHS' TIME,
WE'LL ALL BE DRINKING
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM SODA.
YOU WANT TO SEE ME, CAPTAIN?
MAN ON THE RADAR
TOWER LIKE TO SEE YOU, AL...
WOULD'VE LIKE TO HAVE
SEEN YOU TWO HOURS AGO
WHEN YOU WERE
SUPPOSED TO RELIEVE HIM.
I OVERSLEPT, CAPTAIN.
YOU TELL THAT TO HANK
PARKER UP THERE, WILL YOU?
YOU TELL HIM THAT YOU OVERSLEPT.
THEN BE GOOD ENOUGH TO TELL HIM
YOU'LL TAKE HIS ENTIRE
WATCH ALL DAY TOMORROW.
THAT'S NOT FAIR... IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
ONCE IS OFTEN.
MORE THAN ONCE IS INTOLERABLE.
AND MANY TIMES MORE THAN ONCE
IS THE CASE HISTORY OF A
MAN NAMED ALBERT BAINES
WHO LIKES HIS SLEEP.
I PREFER IT TO A STUPID
GAME IN THE HOT SUN.
GAME, AL?
WHAT ARE WE
LISTENING FOR UP THERE?
30 YEARS, TWO WATCHES A
DAY, WHAT HAVE WE EVER HEARD?
WIND NOISE.
WHAT DID WE EVER
PICK UP ON RADAR?
DUST PARTICLES.
THIS IS WILLIAM BENTEEN
WHO OFFICIATES ON A
DISINTEGRATING OUTPOST IN SPACE.
THE PEOPLE ARE A REMNANT SOCIETY
WHO LEFT THE EARTH
LOOKING FOR A MILLENNIUM,
A PLACE WITHOUT WAR, WITHOUT
JEOPARDY, WITHOUT FEAR.
AND WHAT THEY FOUND
WAS A LONELY, BARREN PLACE
WHOSE ONLY
INDUSTRY WAS SURVIVAL.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE
FOR THREE DECADES... SURVIVE...
UNTIL THE MEMORY OF
THE EARTH THEY CAME FROM
HAS BECOME AN INDISTINCT,
SHADOWED RECOLLECTION
OF ANOTHER TIME
AND ANOTHER PLACE.
ONE MONTH AGO, A SIGNAL
FROM EARTH ANNOUNCED
A SHIP WOULD BE COMING TO
PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM HOME.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL
HEAR MORE OF THAT SHIP,
MORE OF THAT HOME
AND WHAT IT TAKES
OUT OF MIND AND
BODY TO REACH IT.
THIS IS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THAT'S ALL WE GOT, CAPTAIN.
NONE LEFT?
THAT'S ALL OF IT RIGHT THERE.
MAIN SWITCH?
THAT'S ALL GONE, TOO.
WE USED IT ON THE
CONVERTER PUMPS.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET CURRENT.
TEMPERATURE WILL GO UP
50 DEGREES IN THOSE ROOMS
WITHOUT REFRIGERATION.
WE COULD STOP THE
SALT-WATER CONVERTER
FOR A DAY OR TWO.
SWITCH THE PARTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.
YOU TELL THE PEOPLE TO FILL
UP ALL THE JUGS THEY'VE GOT.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF
THE WATER IN SIX HOURS.
YES, SIR.
OH, CAPTAIN.
WHAT ABOUT THE SHIP?
IT'S ON THE WAY, GEORGE.
WE KNOW IT'S ON THE WAY.
AND WHEN WE GET BACK,
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THINGS THAT ARE
OLD AND WORN OUT,
WE'RE JUST GOING
TO THROW THEM AWAY.
JUST THROW THEM AWAY.
Man: CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CUT HER DOWN.
OH, NO...
PREPARE HER FOR
BURIAL IN AN HOUR.
SAY YOUR FAREWELLS NOW.
AND ASK GOD'S FORGIVENESS
FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
FORGIVE HER, LORD.
FATHER, FORGIVE HER...
FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
SHE WAS DOING, LORD.
SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
BETTER AND CLEARER
THAN ANY OF THE REST OF US.
THIS IS A FUNERAL, AL.
THE NINTH IN THE
LAST SIX MONTHS,
THE NINTH!
THIS WOMAN AND THE
OTHERS TOOK THEIR LIVES
BECAUSE LIVING
BECAME INTOLERABLE.
AND I SAY THAT DYING
WAS THEIR RIGHT.
THAT'S A BLASPHEMY!
IT'S THE TRUTH.
ISN'T LIVING TOUGH ENOUGH HERE
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO GO BY THE BOOK?
ISN'T IT HOT AND
MISERABLE ENOUGH
THERE SHOULDN'T BE RULES?
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
SUFFER BY THE NUMBERS?
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE
MAKE THE SIMPLE COMMENT
THERE'S MORE HAPPINESS
GOING INTO THAT GRAVE,
MORE PEACE OF MIND
THAN ALL MOURNERS PUT TOGETHER?
NOTHING BUT ANGUISH HERE.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN, LET US
LIVE WITH IT IN OUR OWN WAY.
OR LET US DIE FROM
IT... IN OUR OWN WAY!
YOUNG MR. BAINES...
WOULD HAVE US
LIE DOWN IN THE SUN.
YOUNG MR. BAINES...
WOULD HAVE US GIVE IN TO
DEATH, WHILE THERE IS STILL LIFE.
HE'D END THE RULES.
THROW AWAY THE REGULATIONS.
NO MORE STANDING
IN LINE FOR WATER.
WE'LL LET THE STRONG
TAKE AWAY FROM THE WEAK.
AND NO MORE FOOD RATIONING.
LET THE YOUNG
STEAL FROM THE OLD.
AND WHEN THAT
SHIP DOES ARRIVE...
IT WON'T FIND A SOCIETY.
JUST A PACK.
NOT ONE HUMAN BEING LEFT ALIVE.
ONLY ANIMALS.
AND THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
IT'S WINGING ITS WAY NOW.
IT'S ON ITS WAY.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
SAY IT OUT LOUD.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman 2: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman 3: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Men: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Man: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
Woman: THERE'S A SHIP COMING.
THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
THERE IS A SHIP COMING.
Crowd: THERE'S A SHIP COMING,
THERE'S A SHIP COMING...
METEOR STORM!
IT'S A METEOR STORM!
IT'S A METEOR STORM!
GET UP TO THE COMPOUND.
GET UP TO THE COMPOUND!
GET IN THE CAVE.
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
GET IN THE CAVE!
HOW'S THE ARM, AL?
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY ACCOUNTED FOR?
THEY'RE ALL HERE, CAPTAIN.
NOBODY'S MISSING.
OH, THANK GOD.
EVERYBODY JUST STAY
AS QUIET AS YOU CAN.
I THINK THE WORST IS OVER.
I THINK THE WORST IS OVER.
QUIET.
YOU'RE NOT SCARED,
ARE YOU, JO-JO?
KIND OF, CAPTAIN.
WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE
YOU BEING SCARED.
LET'S YOU AND ME
TALK A BIT, HUH?
PASS THE TIME.
CAPTAIN, TELL US
ABOUT THE EARTH.
DO THAT, CAPTAIN, WOULD YOU?
TELL US ABOUT THE EARTH
AS YOU REMEMBER IT?
AGAIN, JERRY?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
FRAN... YOU AND HANK
FILL IN ANY HOLES I LEAVE.
IF I'M WRONG ABOUT ANY
OF MY RECOLLECTIONS,
CORRECT ME, WILL YOU?
JO-JO, I WAS JUST A BOY
WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, BUT
I REMEMBER THE EARTH.
I REMEMBER IT AS A PLACE...
A PLACE OF COLOR.
I REMEMBER, JO-JO,
THAT IN THE AUTUMN...
JO-JO?
IN THE AUTUMN... THE
LEAVES CHANGED...
TURNED DIFFERENT COLORS.
RED, ORANGE, GOLD.
I REMEMBER STREAMS OF WATER
THAT FLOWED DOWN HILLSIDES.
AND THE WATER WAS
SPARKLING AND CLEAR.
AND I REMEMBER
CLOUDS IN THE SKY.
WHITE... BILLOWY THINGS...
FLOATED LIKE SHIPS, LIKE SAILS.
YOU SEE, IN ANCIENT TIMES
THAT'S THE WAY MEN
MOVED THEIR SHIPS
ACROSS THE WATER.
THEY UNFURLED LARGE SECTIONS
OF CANVAS AGAINST THE WIND
AND THE WIND MOVED THEM.
AND I REMEMBER... NIGHT SKIES.
NIGHT SKIES... LIKE
ENDLESS BLACK VELVET.
WITH STARS... SOMETIMES A MOON
HUNG AS IF SUSPENDED BY WIRES...
LIT FROM INSIDE.
WHAT'S NIGHT, CAPTAIN?
NIGHT... NIGHT WAS
A QUIET TIME, JO-JO,
WHEN THE EARTH WENT TO SLEEP.
KIND OF LIKE A COVER
THAT IT PULLED OVER ITSELF.
NOT LIKE HERE WHERE
WE HAVE THE TWO SUNS
ALWAYS SHINING, ALWAYS BURNING.
IT WAS DARKNESS, JO-JO.
DARKNESS THAT FELT
LIKE... LIKE A COOL HAND
JUST BRUSHED PAST TIRED EYES.
AND THERE WAS SNOW
ON THE WINTER NIGHTS...
GOSSAMER STUFF... FLOATED DOWN
AND COVERED THE EARTH,
MADE IT ALL WHITE, COOL.
AND IN THE MORNINGS,
WE COULD GO OUT
AND BUILD A SNOWMAN.
SEE OUR BREATH IN THE AIR.
AND IT WAS GOOD THEN.
IT WAS RIGHT.
CAPTAIN, WHY DID
YOU LEAVE THERE?
WELL, WE THOUGHT WE COULD FIND
ANOTHER PLACE LIKE EARTH
BUT WITH DIFFERENT
BEAUTIES, JO-JO.
AND WE FOUND THIS PLACE.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD ESCAPE WAR.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD...
WELL, WE THOUGHT
THAT WE COULD BUILD
AN EVEN BETTER PLACE.
AND IT TOOK US 30
YEARS TO FIND OUT
THAT WE'D LEFT OUR
HOME A BILLION MILES AWAY
TO BE ONLY VISITORS
HERE, TRANSIENTS...
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT
DOWN ROOTS IN THIS GROUND.
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
SO WE SPENT 30 YEARS
WATCHING A CLOCK AND A CALENDAR.
AND WAITING.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
WAIT ANY LONGER, JO-JO.
WE CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER... DAY...
NOT ANOTHER HOUR.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO
THE EARTH... RIGHT NOW.
AL BAINES?
AL BAINES!
AL!
YOU HEAR THAT NOISE?
ALL OF YOU, DO YOU HEAR THAT?
THAT'S NOT A METEOR.
THAT'S NOT WISHFUL THINKING.
THAT'S NOT... MAKE-BELIEVE
OR A PHANTOM.
THOSE ARE ROCKETS.
THAT'S THE SHIP.
THE SHIP IS HERE.
MR. BENTEEN?
I'M BENTEEN.
COLONEL SLOANE,
COMMANDING THE GALAXY VI.
OUR ORDERS ARE TO TRANSPORT
YOU ALL BACK TO EARTH.
OH, WELCOME, SIR!
Benteen: COLONEL...
COLONEL, COLONEL,
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
WELL, WE'VE BEEN
TRAVELING FOR SIX MONTHS...
OH, A HUNDRED TIMES MORE.
WE'VE WAITED 30 YEARS.
WE GOT YOUR MESSAGE
TWO MONTHS AGO
THEN WE LISTENED AND
LISTENED... WE DID IT.
WE DID IT.
THEN NOTHING MORE.
WE TRIED TO TRANSMIT TO YOU,
BUT WE SIMPLY
COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
BUT WHEN WE HEARD
YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
WE KNEW YOU'D RECEIVED
THE INITIAL MESSAGE.
DOES IT ALL LOOK LIKE THIS?
THE WHOLE PLACE?
YES, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE THIS.
CRAGGY MOUNTAINS,
SALT FLATS, TWO SUNS,
PERPETUALLY SHINING.
YES, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE THIS.
30 YEARS.
YES, 30 YEARS.
SOME HERE HAVE NEVER
SEEN EARTH, COLONEL.
SOME OLDER PEOPLE DON'T
REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE TO GET YOU ON
BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE FIGURED YOU SHOULD
BE READY TO LEAVE THURSDAY.
THAT GIVES YOU THREE
DAYS TO ARRANGE THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR PEOPLE
CAN ONLY TAKE WHAT THEY CAN CARRY.
THERE ARE OVER 150, RIGHT?
187... MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
BUT THEY'LL TRAVEL
STANDING ON THEIR HEADS.
THAT WON'T BE
NECESSARY, MR. BENTEEN.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE CROWDED,
BUT WE'LL FIT YOU ALL IN.
I CAN SEE YOU'RE VERY USED TO
A GREAT DEAL OF SPACE, SIR.
SPACE... AND HEAT!
YES, I CAN BELIEVE IT.
CAPTAIN, JO-JO WANTS
TO MEET THE COLONEL.
COLONEL SLOANE, JO-JO.
HOW DO YOU DO?
CAN I GIVE YOU A KISS, CAPTAIN?
YOU SURE CAN.
CAN JO-JO INSPECT
THE SHIP, COLONEL?
CERTAINLY, TAKE
HIM RIGHT UP THERE.
THE EARTH!
COLONEL, HAS THE EARTH CHANGED?
NO, NOT TOO MUCH.
IS IT STILL GREEN?
IT'S STILL GREEN.
AND THE CITIES?
AND THE CITIES STILL STAND.
AND WAR?
ONE POPS UP HERE,
ANOTHER DIES OUT THERE,
BUT THROUGH A MIRACLE
AND THE GRACE OF GOD
WE NEVER HAD THE HYDROGEN WAR.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
GEORGE, GEORGE.
COLONEL SLOANE,
THIS IS GEORGE MORRIS.
HOW DO YOU DO?
I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT
VERY MUCH AS YOU
LEFT IT, MR. BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CALL ME.
THIS PLACE WAS MY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 30 YEARS.
YOU'VE DONE QUITE A JOB.
BUT YOU CAN REST EASY.
WE'LL HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY.
I'VE BECOME USED
TO THE FUNCTIONS.
YOUR QUARTERS,
THEY'RE UNDERGROUND.
AS I WAS... COOLER
THERE, MR. BENTEEN?
I... WHERE?
I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
YOUR UNDERGROUND
ROOMS, ARE THEY COOLER?
THEY'RE REFRIGERATED.
BUT IT'S CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN'S
KEPT US ALIVE HERE.
I BELIEVE IT, CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
CAN I SHOW YOU THE
SHIP, GENTLEMEN?
YES, YES.
AL... AL BAINES.
WHERE'S YOUR SLING?
IT'S A MAGNESIUM BAND.
COLONEL SLOANE SAYS
MY ARM WILL BE PERFECT
BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
LOOK AT JULIE'S CHEEK.
ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN?
LOOK, COLONEL
SLOANE GAVE IT TO ME.
IT'S A MEDICINAL BANDAGE.
YOU WEAR IT FOR 24 HOURS...
Al: IT ACCELERATES THE
GROWTH OF NEW SKIN.
YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THE BRUISE.
IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.
LOOKS LIKE I'VE
LOST MY PRACTICE.
AL, DO ME A FAVOR.
PUT THAT IN A SLING.
I'VE TREATED HUNDREDS
OF BROKEN ARMS
AND THE ONLY WAY TO CURE
THEM IS TO KEEP THEM IMMOBILE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN LESS THAN
36 HOURS, WE'LL BE DEPARTING.
WEIGHT ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN
SET AT 14 POUNDS PER PERSON.
WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, WE'LL
BEGIN A PROCESS OF NOTATION
TO ESTABLISH WHAT YOUR
PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE
AND WHAT THEY WILL...
COLONEL SLOANE.
HOPE I'M NOT INTRUDING, CAPTAIN.
OF COURSE NOT.
I WAS GIVING THE
WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
WE'LL HANDLE THAT TOMORROW.
WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE MEETING,
I BROUGHT ENGLE AND RAFFERTY.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN ASKING SO
MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH
I THOUGHT WE'D
ANSWER A FEW MORE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING
IS DEPARTURE PROBLEMS.
COLONEL, MY FOLKS
WERE FROM SAN DIEGO.
WHAT'S CALIFORNIA LIKE?
SUNNY AND WARM,
MOST OF THE TIME.
LOS ANGELES IS THE BIGGEST
CITY IN THE WORLD NOW.
I FEEL THAT THESE QUESTIONS
CAN BEST BE ANSWERED
AT A LATER TIME.
DO THEY STILL HAVE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
OH, YES.
AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH
THE SAME AS THEY WERE.
EXCEPT THEY'RE LARGER,
BETTER-EQUIPPED,
MORE ADEQUATELY STAFFED.
THERE'S A WHOLE NEW
SYSTEM OF VISUAL AIDS NOW.
MANY CLASSES ARE TELEVISED.
IF A STUDENT IS
LEARNING ABOUT, OH...
WE'LL SAY THE GRAND CANYON,
THEY DO AN ACTUAL PROGRAM
RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE
THAT'S FED INTO THE CLASSROOM
ON A NEW TAPE DEVICE.
COLONEL SLOANE, ARE
THERE STILL MAJOR LEAGUES?
MY DAD USED TO TELL
ME ALL ABOUT BASEBALL
AND THE WORLD SERIES.
TWO LEAGUES, SAME AS BEFORE.
AMERICAN AND NATIONAL.
WHAT CITY HAS THE DODGERS NOW?
STILL LOS ANGELES.
THEY CAME IN TENTH LAST SEASON.
AFTER WE'RE FINISHED HERE,
LET'S IMPROVISE A BALL AND A BAT
HAVE OURSELVES A BALL GAME.
IT'S MUCH TOO HOT FOR
THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
WE MIGHT SING HERE IN THE CAVE
WE HAVEN'T DONE
THAT IN SOME TIME.
WHY DON'T WE SHOW THE
COLONEL THE MUSIC WE CAN MAKE?
LET'S LET HIM HEAR
SOME REAL HARMONY.
Woman: TWO MORE.
Man: COME ON, BABY, COME ON.
THAT IS THE UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE, CAPTAIN.
BASEBALL?
MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE A VERY LIMITED
VOCABULARY, COLONEL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THE TEMPERATURE
IS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW?
WELL, NOT BY DEGREES BUT
CERTAINLY BY DISCOMFORT.
AT THIS TIME OF
DAY IT'S ABOUT 110.
DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOUR CREW MEMBERS
BEING ABLE TO STAND THAT HEAT,
BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT
MY OWN PEOPLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFER
FOR THIS LITTLE ATHLETIC EVENT.
FOR SOME OF THE OLDER
PEOPLE, IT MIGHT BE SERIOUS.
AW, IT'S ONLY A GAME, BENTEEN.
IF THEY'RE SUFFERING,
MY GUESS IS THAT
IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT.
COLONEL, WHEN WE GET ABOARD
YOUR SHIP, YOU'LL BE IN COMMAND.
YOU TELL US WHAT
TO DO, WHERE TO GO,
AND WE'LL FALL RIGHT INTO LINE.
BUT HERE, IN THIS
PLACE, I'M IN COMMAND.
NOW, MR. BENTEEN...
CAPTAIN BEN...
I'M NOT TRYING TO USURP
YOUR AUTHORITY, CAPTAIN.
I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT HARM
A LITTLE BASEBALL GAME COULD BE.
THAT'S NOT YOUR
CONCERN, IS IT, COLONEL?
THE WELL-BEING OF THESE
PEOPLE, THEIR HEALTH...
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
Sloane: GALAXY CREW
MEMBERS, INSIDE THE SHIP.
LOWER THE PORT.
NOW, MY FRIENDS, TIME TO REST.
GO TO YOUR HOMES.
I'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN
THE NEW DAY WILL BEGIN.
GO TO YOUR HOMES.
HAPPY NOW, CAPTAIN?
I WAS NEVER UNHAPPY.
I JUST KNOW WHAT'S
RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG.
I SEE.
COLONEL, I HAVE TO ASK
YOUR MEN TO STAY ON THE SHIP.
I DON'T WANT THE
PEOPLE DISTRACTED.
YOU DO HAVE A
WEIGHTY FIST, CAPTAIN.
WELL, HAD IT BEEN ONE OUNCE
LIGHTER, THERE'D BE NO ONE HERE
TO GO BACK WITH YOU, COLONEL.
I'VE HELD THESE PEOPLE
TOGETHER... BY WILL.
THEY'D HAVE DIED IF THEY HADN'T
HAD SOMEONE TO HANG ONTO.
THEY'D HAVE WITHERED AWAY.
HMM.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
WITHER AWAY NOW, CAPTAIN.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST RELAX?
THAT'S A LUXURY I'VE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD.
I'VE NEVER TAKEN A WIFE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO THINK ONLY OF MYSELF.
I'VE... I'VE BEEN
CONFESSOR, GOVERNOR,
FATHER FIGURE, IF YOU WILL.
AND IF I HADN'T BEEN,
THERE'D BE NO LIFE HERE TODAY.
THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE, COLONEL.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
MY PEOPLE.
WHAT'S WITH HIM, COLONEL?
WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM?
OH, SUFFER HIM A WHILE LONGER.
HE'S REALLY QUITE
A GUY, YOU KNOW.
QUITE A GUY.
HE JUST HAS ONE ABERRATION:
HE THINKS HE'S A GOD.
AND WE'RE BOOTING
HIM OUT OF HIS HEAVEN.
Announcer: TWILIGHT ZONE WILL
CONTINUE AFTER STATION IDENTIFICATION.
COLONEL SLOANE?
Sloane: YES.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN IS HERE.
OH, YES.
OH, COME IN, CAPTAIN. COME IN.
COLONEL.
WELL, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
FINE. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A LIST OF
YOUR PASSENGERS,
AND THEIR APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS.
ALSO, THE WEIGHT
OF THEIR BELONGINGS
NOTED AFTER EACH NAME.
WE WEIGHED ON OUR SCALE,
AND I'M AFRAID
IT'S AN OLD-TIMER,
UNDERWEIGHS ABOUT
FOUR OR FIVE POUNDS.
ALL I WANTED WAS AN
APPROXIMATION, CAPTAIN.
OH, THIS WILL DO JUST FINE.
WE'LL WEIGH THEM OUT
ON OUR OWN EQUIPMENT
BEFORE WE BLAST OFF ANYWAY.
WELL, CAPTAIN,
TODAY'S WEDNESDAY.
TOMORROW WE LEAVE.
TOMORROW YOU GO
BACK TO MOTHER EARTH.
BACK TO MODERN TIMES.
THOUGH I HONESTLY WONDER
WHETHER IT'LL BE TO YOUR LIKING.
BECAUSE THE WAY
YOU'LL BE LIONIZED
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO EARTH...
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
REFERRED TO IN THE PRESS
AS "THE LOST PIONEERS."
THEY'LL MAKE QUITE A THING
OUT OF YOU WHEN YOU LAND.
I SUPPOSE IT'S INEVITABLE.
I GUESS THAT SEEMS
TO BE YOUR FATE.
AND WHEREVER YOUR PEOPLE SETTLE,
THEY'LL BE MET BY BRASS BANDS,
WELCOMING COMMITTEES,
KEYS TO THE CITY...
KEYS TO THE CITY.
YEAH, THE GOVERNMENT
HAS HAD INQUIRIES
FROM LITERALLY
THOUSANDS OF RELATIVES.
THEY'LL JUST HAVE TIME TO
LOOK INTO A TELEVISION CAMERA
AND THEN THEY'LL SCATTER...
ALL OVER THE 50 STATES.
THEY WON'T BE SCATTERED,
WE'LL GO TOGETHER.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU GET BACK
ON EARTH, CAPTAIN.
WELL, SO AM I, COLONEL.
WE WON'T BE SPLITTING UP.
NOT THOSE PEOPLE, NOT MY PEOPLE.
WE'LL STAY TOGETHER.
YOU MEAN THIS IS WHAT
YOU'VE ALL DECIDED TO DO?
NO DECISION WAS NECESSARY.
YOU HAVE ASKED
THEM, HAVEN'T YOU?
COLONEL, ASKING THEM WOULD
BE EXACTLY LIKE ASKING A CHILD
IF HE WANTS SOME MORE ICE CREAM.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE
CHILDREN, COLONEL.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ADULTS.
CHRONOLOGICALLY, YES.
THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM
SIX MONTHS TO 60 YEARS.
BUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND
SOCIALLY, THEY'RE CHILDREN.
I'VE KEPT THESE PEOPLE ALIVE
AND TOGETHER ALL THESE YEARS.
WHEN WE GET BACK TO EARTH,
I WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO
CONTINUE THE PROCESS.
HAVE YOU TOLD THEM THIS?
THERE'S NO NEED TO TELL
THEM, THEY KNOW IT ALREADY.
YOU MEAN THEY KNOW THAT
AFTER 30 YEARS OF WAITING,
AFTER 30 YEARS OF
LIVING IN A COMPOUND,
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
TRAVEL A BILLION MILES
JUST TO WALK SINGLE
FILE INTO ANOTHER ONE.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY.
COLONEL, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU,
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN.
AND TO TRANSPORT
THEM A BILLION MILES
AND THEN LAND THEM IN A
STRANGE PLACE AND ABANDON THEM
WOULD BE AN ACT OF CRUELTY.
IT WOULD BE A CRIME.
WOULD YOU DO ME A
SMALL FAVOR, CAPTAIN?
OF COURSE.
ASK THEM.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ON EARTH,
THERE ARE SUBURBAN AREAS.
THIS WAS A MAJOR LIVING CHANGE
THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 1950s:
DECENTRALIZATION OF
THE POPULATION AREA.
THERE'S CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF EARTH LIVING
WE SHOULD TOUCH ON.
WE WILL NOT CONCERN OURSELVES
WITH COLDER AREAS, THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES
AND SOME UPPER SECTIONS
OF THE GREAT PLAINS.
CAPTAIN, I WANT TO
LIVE IN WISCONSIN.
SO YOU BETTER TELL
US ABOUT FROSTBITE.
WHAT ABOUT THE STATE
OF OREGON, CAPTAIN?
THAT'S WHERE BETTY
AND I WANT TO SETTLE.
I CAN REMEMBER
THE FORESTS THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE EASTERN
SEABOARD, CAPTAIN?
THE FINGER LAKE DISTRICT
IN UPPER NEW YORK
STATE, CAPTAIN?
Man: IS THERE STILL
A NEW YORK CITY?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE
THING VERY CLEAR.
YOU'LL ALL BE ABLE TO
MEET YOUR RELATIVES
AND POSSIBLY VISIT WITH THEM
FOR EVEN A WEEK OR MORE.
WE'LL STAY TOGETHER
AS A COMMUNITY
IN WHATEVER LAND
GRANT WE CAN GET
OR WHATEVER PRESCRIBED
AREA CAN BE ARRANGED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO
ASSURE YOU THAT...
AND, I HOPE, PUT ALL
YOUR FEARS TO REST...
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE AS
YOUR GUIDE AND CONSULTANT.
I GUARANTEE NONE OF YOU WILL
WANT FOR MY HELP OR ADVICE.
CAPTAIN?
JULIE AND I...
JULIE AND I WERE
PLANNING ON FARMING.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL
IDEA, A FINE IDEA.
OF COURSE WE'LL FARM.
AS WE FARMED HERE, ONLY
BETTER... MORE RAINFALL.
REMEMBER, ONE SUN, NOT TWO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHIELD
CROPS FROM THE SUN.
THE SUN HELPS THEM.
YOU'LL FARM, AL,
CERTAINLY WE'LL FARM.
JULIE HAS RELATIVES IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
WE'LL SETTLE THERE.
IT WOULD BE TOO COLD
FOR YOU THERE, AL.
IT WOULD BE TOO
COLD FOR ALL OF YOU.
NOW, WHEREVER WE SETTLE,
I GUARANTEE THERE
WILL BE GOOD FARMING.
I'LL SEE TO THAT.
WELL, NOW, WHAT'S
THE MATTER WITH YOU?
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ALL OF YOU?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, CAPTAIN.
WE, UH... WE DON'T
PLAN TO STAY TOGETHER.
WELL, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, AL.
YOU NEVER DID UNDERSTAND
MUCH OF ANYTHING.
NOW, AL, IF WE DID SPLIT UP, IF
WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS,
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
IF WE COULD SURVIVE.
EXPLAIN IT TO HIM, AL, GO AHEAD.
YES, GO ON, TELL HIM, AL.
WE'LL SURVIVE, CAPTAIN.
IF ANY OF US WANT
TO STAY TOGETHER,
THAT'LL BE THEIR RIGHT.
IF ANY OF US WANT TO
GO OFF ON THEIR OWN,
THAT'LL BE THEIR RIGHT, TOO.
AM I WRONG, COLONEL?
NO, YOU'RE NOT WRONG.
OUR ORDERS ARE TO TAKE
YOU BACK TO EARTH AS A GROUP.
ON EARTH, YOU'RE FREE
TO DO WHAT YOU PLEASE.
COLONEL SLOANE, I TELL YOU NOW
TO LET US SETTLE OUR
DIFFERENCES ALONE.
THERE ARE NO
DIFFERENCES, CAPTAIN.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES!
THERE ARE CHANGES THAT
HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON EARTH
THAT NONE OF US
ARE PREPARED FOR.
NOW, THESE... THESE PEOPLE,
THEY MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE A BIG HOLIDAY,
LIKE EVERYTHING'S
EASY, LIKE THE GOOD LIFE...
YOU CAN PLUCK IT OFF A TREE!
WELL, MY PEOPLE,
I DON'T WANT ANY ONE OF
YOU TO BE DISILLUSIONED.
I TELL YOU NOW
THAT WHEREVER MEN LIVE
THEY GRUB AND THEY STRUGGLE.
THEY DIG TO STAY ALIVE.
THIS I KNOW.
THIS IS TRUE, THIS IS A FACT.
BUT TOGETHER... THAT'S
THE WORD, TOGETHER...
WE MUST STAY TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO THINK OF THAT NOW
AND I WANT YOU TO SAY
IT WITH ME OUT LOUD.
ALL OF YOU:
"TOGETHER."
A few people: TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
Man 1: TOGETHER.
Man 2: TOGETHER
TOGETHER... TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
WELL, I FIGURED OUT
THE COMPARTMENT
ASSIGNMENTS, CAPTAIN.
I'D LIKE TO GO OVER
THEM WITH YOU.
THE COMPARTMENT ASSIGNMENTS.
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME.
WE STILL HAVE CHECKING TO DO.
THERE'S A DECOMPRESSION PROBLEM
ALSO A MOMENT OF WEIGHTLESSNESS
AFTER WE LEAVE THE ATMOSPHERE...
COLONEL, DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WE CALLED YOU?
THE MESSIAH.
WE CALLED YOU THE MESSIAH.
YOU DID?
WE SAID YOU'D BRING... FREEDOM.
THAT'S NOT WHAT
YOU'VE BROUGHT AT ALL.
WHAT DID WE BRING, CAPTAIN?
SELFISHNESS.
DISSATISFACTION, DIVISIVENESS.
WITH ALL THE MISERY
WE'VE HAD HERE,
THOSE WERE GERMS
WE NEVER SUFFERED.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN, UH...
I BROUGHT NOTHING
BUT A SHIP AND A CREW...
UH, A MEANS OF ESCAPE.
YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO
DISEASES, NO VIRUSES.
WELL, HAS IT EVER
OCCURRED TO YOU WHY?
IT'S BECAUSE YOU LIVE
IN A TEST TUBE, CAPTAIN.
ANTISEPTIC AND GERM-FREE.
AND ALSO STERILE.
OH, SURE, YOU'RE A
GROUP, SURE, YOU'RE A CELL,
BUT THAT'S ALL OVER
WITH NOW, CAPTAIN.
NOW IT'S TIME TO BE WHAT
GOD MEANT YOU TO BE...
INDIVIDUALS.
A MAN, A WOMAN,
A CHILD, A BEING.
IT'S TIME TO BREAK
THAT TEST TUBE.
IT'S TIME TO REJOIN
THE RACE OF MEN.
I REMEMBER THE
RACE OF MEN, COLONEL.
I REMEMBER THE EARTH.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN WRONG.
30 YEARS I'VE BEEN
LYING TO MY PEOPLE.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT AN
EARTH THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT
AN IMAGINARY GARDEN.
I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT A
PLANET A BILLION MILES AWAY
THAT HAS NO MORE
SUBSTANCE THAN A WISH.
WE CAN'T GO BACK
TO EARTH, COLONEL.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR US.
WE CANNOT GO BACK THERE.
EVERYBODY?
EVERYBODY!
COME, GATHER 'ROUND.
COME.
GATHER 'ROUND, EVERYBODY.
I HAVE SOMETHING
I MUST TELL YOU.
NOW, LISTEN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU
THINGS ABOUT EARTH
THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.
THINGS THAT ARE UGLY.
THINGS THAT ARE WRONG.
THINGS THAT
CANNOT BE LIVED WITH.
THERE IS VIOLENCE ON EARTH.
THERE ARE HATREDS.
AND JEALOUSY.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME, LISTEN TO ME,
AND LISTEN CAREFULLY.
THE EARTH IS A PLACE
WE DO NOT KNOW.
THE EARTH IS A PLACE
WE HAVE NEVER LIVED IN.
IT IS A SOCIETY WE
DO NOT BELONG IN.
IF WE LEAVE HERE...
WE WILL DIE, WE WILL DIE!
WE'LL BE COMMITTING SUICIDE
IF WE GO BACK TO EARTH.
WE WILL DIE
OF A MISERY WE HAVE
NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE...
LONELINESS.
LONELINESS, LIKE
ANIMALS IN A ZOO.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
WE DO NOT BELONG TO HIS KIND.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
WE DO NOT BELONG THERE.
CAPTAIN BENTEEN?
WHY DON'T YOU LET YOUR
CHILDREN VOTE ON IT?
ONLY IF THEY KNOW
WHAT'S WAITING FOR THEM.
ONLY IF THEY KNOW THAT
THE EARTH IS NOT A GARDEN.
NEVER WAS A GARDEN!
AND IT NEVER WILL BE A GARDEN.
FAIR ENOUGH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
THEN I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT EARTH IS.
IT'S A RACE OF MEN,
STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL.
JUST AS YOU HAVE SURVIVED.
AND CAPTAIN
BENTEEN IS QUITE RIGHT
WHEN HE TELLS YOU
IT ISN'T A PLACE OF ALL BEAUTY.
WE MAY YET HAVE WARS
AND THERE STILL
REMAINS PREJUDICE.
AND I SUPPOSE AS
LONG AS MEN WALK
THERE WILL BE ANGRY MEN,
JEALOUS MEN, UNFORGIVING MEN.
BUT IT HAS ONE THING
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
ONE THING.
IT LETS EVERY MAN
BE HIS OWN MASTER.
THERE WON'T BE ANY
CAPTAIN BENTEENS
THERE FOR YOU.
THERE WON'T BE
ANYBODY TO TELL YOU
WHEN TO EAT, SLEEP AND MEET.
THERE WON'T BE
ANYONE TO TELL YOU
WHEN TO DANCE, WHAT
TO SING, OR HOW TO PLAY.
INSTEAD OF THIRST, YOU MAY FEEL
HUNGER; INSTEAD OF HEAT, COLD.
BUT YOU'LL BE MEN AND WOMEN.
YOU WON'T BE SHEEP.
YOU WON'T BE A KINDERGARTEN.
AND WHEN YOU PRAY TO GOD,
HIS NAME WON'T BE BENTEEN.
A VOTE NOW, CAPTAIN.
AND THE MAJORITY WINS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE
ON BOARD TEN HOURS FROM NOW
TO HEAD BACK TO
EARTH RAISE YOUR HANDS.
LET LOOSE NOW, CAPTAIN.
FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, LET LOOSE!
MAY GOD HELP YOU.
MAY GOD HELP YOU ALL.
TOMORROW YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE GETTING ON A SHIP
ON ITS WAY TO... PARADISE.
WELL, YOU'LL BE ON
YOUR WAY TO HELL!
WHAT ABOUT YOU, CAPTAIN?
I'LL STAY HERE.
I'LL STAY HERE, THIS IS MY HOME.
THIS IS WHERE I BELONG.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL BELONG.
CAPTAIN, WE LEAVE AT
0800 TOMORROW MORNING.
DON'T WAIT FOR A
FETCHING COMMITTEE.
0800... IF YOU'RE NOT ON BOARD,
YOU'LL NEVER BE ON BOARD.
IF YOU TAKE OFF AT 0800,
YOU TAKE OFF AT 0800.
BUT AS FOR THE REST OF YOU,
YOU CAN GO ON THIS SHIP
OR YOU CAN REMAIN HERE WITH ME.
CAPTAIN?
BENTEEN?
WE KNOW YOU CAN HEAR US.
WE KNOW YOU'RE
IN HERE SOMEPLACE.
COME OUT.
PLEASE.
LET US TALK TO YOU.
WE'RE LEAVING NOW, BENTEEN.
WE HAVE TO TAKE
OFF IN FIVE MINUTES
OR WE'LL LOSE OUR
ORBITAL POSITION.
IT'LL BE TOO LATE FOR US.
BENTEEN, IT HAS TO BE NOW.
CAPTAIN, PLEASE.
PLEASE COME OUT.
BENTEEN, REMEMBER THIS:
IF WE LEAVE WITHOUT YOU,
THERE'LL BE NO SHIPS
RETURNING HERE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL
LIVE FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL DIE.
ALL RIGHT, BENTEEN.
AS YOU PREFER.
COME ON, LET'S GO, BAINES.
GOOD-BYE... CAPTAIN BENTEEN.
WELL, MY FRIENDS...
ANY BUSINESS TO TRANSACT TODAY?
NO BUSINESS?
JO-JO.
JO-JO...
NOTHING FROM YOU TODAY?
DON'T YOU WANT ME TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THE EARTH, JO-JO?
DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT THE RIVERS AND THE SEAS,
THE BLUE SKIES AND NIGHT,
THE STARS AND MOON?
DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS TODAY?
THERE'S COLOR ON EARTH.
THE CHANGE OF THE
SEASONS, THE WIND.
THE WIND BRINGS THE
SMELL OF THE GROUND...
THE PLANTS, THE SEEDS, THE
ROOTS, THE FLOWER PETALS,
THE SAP FROM THE TREES.
THE WIND BRINGS WITH IT
THE SMELL OF THE WEATHER,
THE RAIN, THE MIST, THE FOG...
AND THE EARTH IS GREEN, JO-JO.
GREEN.
THE COLOR GREEN.
THE FEELING GREEN.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SO FRESH ABOUT IT.
SO ALIVE ABOUT IT.
SO LIVING ABOUT IT.
IT'S THE EARTH.
THE EARTH.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!
DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!
PLEASE... PLEASE, I...
I WANT TO GO HOME.
WILLIAM BENTEEN, WHO
HAD PREROGATIVES.
HE COULD LEAD, HE COULD
DIRECT, DICTATE, JUDGE, LEGISLATE.
IT BECAME A HABIT,
THEN A PATTERN...
AND FINALLY A NECESSITY.
WILLIAM BENTEEN, ONCE A
GOD, NOW A POPULATION OF ONE.
NEXT ON TWILIGHT ZONE,
AN EXERCISE FROM THE
TYPEWRITER OF CHARLES BEAUMONT.
A SEA VOYAGE INTO THE
DARKER REGIONS OF THE ZONE.
OUR STARS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
GLADYS COOPER,
WILFRID HYDE-WHITE,
CECIL KELLAWAY, LEE PHILIPS,
AND JOYCE VAN PATTEN.
I'M PREPARED TO PAY YOU DOUBLE
THE AMOUNT OF YOUR TICKETS
IF YOU'LL ABANDON YOUR PLANS.
NOT A CHANCE.
MRS. RANSOME, YOU'RE
DRIVING ME TO EXTREMES.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LEAVE
THE LADY ANNE NOW,
I'LL GIVE YOU THE EQUIVALENT
OF 5,000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.
AND I'LL MATCH THAT.
MAKING IT A TOTAL OF 10,000.
EVER SINCE WE PICKED THIS TUB,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRYING THEIR BEST
TO DISCOURAGE US.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
FORGET IT.
AND LEAVE US ALONE.
GREAT NEWS, GREAT
NEWS. VERY IMPORTANT,
SINCE WE'VE BEEN
TALKING IT OVER,
MILLIE AND OLD BURGESS
AND THE REST OF US,
AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO
LEAVE THE SHIP AFTER ALL.
WHAT MY HUSBAND IS TRYING TO SAY
IS THAT YOU WON'T
HAVE TO DIE AFTER ALL.