The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 4, Episode 3 - Valley of the Shadow - full transcript

( eerie music)

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.

WELL, ROLLIE, I KEPT IT
FROM YOU LONG ENOUGH.

THE FACT IS WE'RE LOST.

( whines)



AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE?

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

ALMOST EMPTY.

WELL, YOU JUST EARNED
YOURSELF A STEAK.

( honks)

HOW DO?

HI, CAN YOU FILL IT UP?

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

IT'S RIGHT THERE BEHIND
THE LICENSE PLATE.

OH, SURE.

PROBABLY BONE DRY.

DOUBT I COULD'VE
GONE ANOTHER MILE.

HOW'D YOU LET A THING
LIKE THAT HAPPEN?

I LISTENED TO A FRIEND OF MINE.



HE TOLD ME I COULD
CUT A COUPLE OF HOURS

OFF MY TRIP TO ALBUQUERQUE
BY TAKING THE BACK ROUTE.

NICE SCENERY, HE
SAID, NO TRAFFIC.

IF I'D HAVE GONE THE WAY I KNOW,

I'D BE HOME BY NOW.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE LOST.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

SAY, YOU COULDN'T
SHOW ME THE WAY

TO A BIG HIGHWAY AROUND
HERE, A NICE, BIG HIGHWAY

WITH A LOT OF SIGNS?

OH, AH, YOU JUST GO
BACK TO THE FORK,

TAKE THE OTHER ROAD TO BREDON.

THAT'S ABOUT 80 MILES.

AND WHEN YOU GET THERE,
ASK SOMEBODY FOR A MAP.

NICE LITTLE TOWN YOU GOT HERE.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS PLACE?

PEACEFUL VALLEY.

IT'S PEACEFUL, ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A RESTAURANT
AROUND HERE?

UP THERE, UP THE
STREET, BUT IT'S CLOSED.

YOU'LL BE BETTER OFF IN BREDON.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT I'M
HUNGRY RIGHT NOW.

SO IS MY DOG.

( whimpers)

WELL, I'M SORRY.

WE DON'T GET MANY VISITORS HERE.

WELL, I CAN SEE WHY.

THAT'LL BE $4.42.

HERE'S A TENNER.

I HOPE I GOT CHANGE.

HERE YOU GO.

( growls, then barks)

ROLLIE, SHUT UP.

( barks again)

( screeches)

ROLLIE, ROLLIE, COME BACK HERE!

NOT YET. WAIT A MINUTE.

( barking)

NINE... ROLLIE, GET
AWAY FROM THAT CAT!

9.50, 9.75... TEN.

TEN, RIGHT.

( barking continues)

ROLLIE?

HEY, KID, WHAT'D
YOU DO TO MY DOG?

NOTHING. WHAT DO
YOU MEAN, NOTHING?

I WAS STANDING
RIGHT HERE. I SAW YOU.

YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!

LISTEN, I'M NOT GOING
TO LEAVE YOU ALONE

TILL YOU TELL ME WHAT
YOU DID TO MY DOG!

YOU'VE SEEN THEM.

LITTLE TOWNS, TUCKED AWAY
FAR FROM THE MAIN ROADS.

YOU'VE SEEN THEM, BUT HAVE
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THEM?

WHAT DO THE PEOPLE
IN THESE PLACES DO?

WHY DO THEY STAY?

PHILIP REDFIELD NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THEM.

IF HIS DOG HADN'T
GONE AFTER THAT CAT,

HE'D HAVE DRIVEN
THROUGH PEACEFUL VALLEY

AND PUT IT OUT OF
HIS MIND FOREVER.

BUT HE CAN'T DO THAT NOW,

BECAUSE, WHETHER
HE KNOWS IT OR NOT,

HIS FRIEND'S
SHORTCUT HAS LED HIM

RIGHT INTO THE CAPITAL
OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

YOU SCARED MY LITTLE GIRL.

WELL, THAT MAKES US EVEN.

YOUR LITTLE GIRL SCARED ME.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
THAT? JUST WHAT I SAID.

NOW, LOOK, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT SHE DID,

BUT SHE MADE MY DOG DISAPPEAR.

WHAT?!

LOOK, SHE POINTED SOME
KIND OF A MACHINE AT MY DOG,

AND HE DISAPPEARED.

ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT?

NO, I NEVER FEEL ALL RIGHT
WHEN I SEE THAT KIND OF THING.

IT MAKES MY BLOOD PRESSURE RISE.

EASY, NOW, MISTER.

LET'S LOOK AROUND THE YARD.

HE'S BOUND TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

ROLLIE. ROLLIE'S HIS NAME.

HERE, ROLLIE! HERE, ROLLIE!

LOOK, HE WAS STANDING RIGHT...

YOU LOOK AROUND
THERE. I'LL GO OUT BACK.

NOW, DON'T WORRY.
WE'LL FIND HIM.

HE COULDN'T HAVE DISAPPEARED.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.

HE DID.

HERE, ROLLIE!

ROLLIE?

( whistles)

ROLLIE.

( barking)

ROLLIE?

COME ON, FELLA, COME ON.

WHERE YOU BEEN, HUH?

YOU'VE BEEN A BAD
BOY, HAVEN'T YOU, HUH?

ROLLIE, ROLLIE, ROLLIE.

WELL, WHERE WAS HE?

IN THE BACK.

I GUESS HE MUST HAVE
FOUND ANOTHER CAT.

UH, YEAH. YEAH, SURE.

WELL, THANKS A LOT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THE WAY SISSY
DISAPPEARS SOMETIMES...

WELL, I KNOW HOW
YOU MUST'VE FELT.

UH, SISSY'S YOUR LITTLE GIRL?

YEAH.

LOOK, WHAT WAS THAT
THING SHE HAD IN HER HAND?

WHAT THING?

WELL, IT WAS A BROWN
BOX AND A KIND OF A WIRE

WITH A LITTLE DEAL
OVER HERE, UH...

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

DON'T TELL ME I IMAGINED THAT.

OH, NO, NO. IT, UM...

OH, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HER RADIO.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'M SORRY I BOTHERED YOU.

COME ON, BOY.

COME ON, ROLLIE, GET
IN HERE, GET IN HERE.

DID YOU SEE ALL THAT?

ALL WHAT?

NEVER MIND.

( car starts up)

HEY, BREDON'S THE OTHER WAY!

I WANT TO TALK TO DORN.

Man: He's not here.

WELL, YOU BETTER
FIND HIM. IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'VE GOT AN OUTSIDER...

AND HE SAW SOMETHING.

NOW, YOU JUST
TAKE IT EASY, ROLLIE.

I'LL FIND YOU A STEAK SOMEWHERE.

I'M SORRY, BUT WE DON'T
HAVE ANY OPENINGS.

OH?

NOW, WHY IS THAT?

WELL...

ALL THE ROOMS ARE TAKEN.

OH.

WELL, I GUESS
EVERYONE'S OUT, THEN.

WELL, THE KEYS...
YES. EVERYBODY'S OUT.

WELL, I WASN'T LOOKING
FOR A ROOM, ANYWAY.

I WAS JUST LOOKING
FOR A RESTAURANT.

I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S CLOSED.

WHAT, YOU MEAN YOU ONLY HAVE

ONE RESTAURANT
IN PEACEFUL VALLEY?

YES, SIR.

WELL, WHERE DO YOU EAT?

AT HOME. WHAT ABOUT THE GUESTS?

WELL, THEY DO EAT, DON'T THEY?

I-I HAVE TO GO NOW.

LOOK, JUST A MINUTE, MISS.

MY NAME IS PHILIP
REDFIELD. I'M A REPORTER.

NOW, IF I BEGIN TO
SOUND A LITTLE NOSY,

I SUPPOSE IT GOES WITH THE JOB.

YOU DON'T MIND, DO YOU? NO.

WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN
TELL ME SOMETHING.

EVER SINCE I LANDED
HERE IN PEACEFUL VALLEY,

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO GET RID OF ME.

NOW, WHY IS THAT?

WELL, WE JUST DON'T GET
VERY MANY OUTSIDERS HERE.

SO I HEARD.

YET YOU MANAGE
TO FILL UP A HOTEL.

I'M SORRY, BUT I
REALLY HAVE TO GO NOW,

AND I THINK YOU SHOULD, TOO.

WELL, YOU BETTER
GET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

TO THE PAPER RENEWED.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED SINCE '53.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

( steam hissing)

ROLLIE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?

MY DOG IS DEAD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS
COULD'VE HAPPENED, I...

THERE WASN'T A CAR
AROUND ANYWHERE.

PERHAPS IT WAS A ROCK.

WELL, WOULDN'T IT BE
AROUND SOMEWHERE?

WELL, YOU COULD'VE

KNOCKED IT INTO THE WOODS.

COME ALONG, MR. REDFIELD.

WE'VE GOT TO GET
YOU TO A DOCTOR.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR.

WHAT ABOUT MY DOG?

WELL, WE'LL TAKE
CARE OF YOUR DOG, TOO.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

WAIT A MINUTE!

WAIT A MINUTE, I DON'T WANT
TO GO BACK TO YOUR TOWN!

WELL, YOU HAVE TO BE EXAMINED.

I'M ALL RIGHT.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

THERE COULD BE
INTERNAL INJURIES.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO YOU,

IT WOULD BE ON OUR
CONSCIENCE FOREVER.

COME ALONG.

WE INSIST.

NO, W-WAIT... WAIT, NOW.

( beeps)

( muffled bark)

THERE YOU ARE, GOOD AS NEW.

WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN
TREATING YOU VERY WELL,

HAVE WE, OLD FELLA, HMM?

COME ON. HERE. COME ON.

IS THIS A DOCTOR'S OFFICE?

IN A WAY.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
YOU CAN LEAVE NOW.

MR. REDFIELD.

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

TERRIBLE.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

PERHAPS IT WOULD HELP
TO LEARN YOUR DOG IS WELL.

MY DOG IS DEAD.

OH, NO... NO, NO,
MERELY STUNNED.

HE'S REALLY QUITE HAPPY NOW.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

MR. SWANSON...

ONE OF THE MEN WHO
HELPED YOU... CALLED IN.

HE THOUGHT YOU'D BE PLEASED.

WELL, I AM... IF IT'S THE TRUTH.

MY, YOU DO HAVE A
SUSPICIOUS NATURE, DON'T YOU?

OH, UH... FORGIVE ME.

NY NAME IS DORN.

I'M THE MAYOR OF
PEACEFUL VALLEY.

THE GENTLEMEN TO MY LEFT:

MR. CONNELLY,
MR. EVANS, MY ASSOCIATES.

WHICH ONE IS THE DOCTOR?

DOC...?

OH, OH, OH, OF COURSE.

BUT YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A
DOCTOR, DO YOU, MR. REDFIELD?

BECAUSE IF YOU DID,

WE'D GET ONE HERE IMMEDIATELY.

PLEASE... SIT DOWN.

WE'LL TRY NOT TO
DETAIN YOU LONG.

THEN YOU COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE
IN A WRECKED CAR, NOW, CAN YOU?

WE'D JUST LIKE TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS,

IF WE MAY... UH, JUST A FEW.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN.

MR. REDFIELD, IT'S BEEN REPORTED
YOU SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL

IN THE YARD NEXT TO
THE GASOLINE STATION.

WOULD YOU PLEASE
TELL US ABOUT IT?

MY DOG CHASED A CAT.

THE DETAILS, PLEASE.

WELL, THAT'S IT.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE
YOU SAW NOTHING MORE?

YES.

MR. CONNELLY, YOUR QUESTION.

I WAS SIMPLY
WONDERING, MR. REDFIELD,

WHY YOU TOLD THE
GIRL AT THE HOTEL

THAT PEOPLE WERE
TRYING TO GET RID OF YOU.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, LOOK.

WHAT IS THIS, SOME
KIND OF A QUIZ HOUR?!

MY CAR IS OUT THERE
WRECKED SOMEWHERE.

I'M ALREADY A DAY LATE FOR WORK.

YOUR CAR'S BEING REPAIRED.

BY WHO, THAT STATION ATTENDANT?

WHY, HE COULDN'T
EVEN FIND THE GAS TANK.

IT IS BEING REPAIRED.

UH, JUST A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS, PLEASE.

I UNDERSTAND YOU MENTIONED

YOU'RE A NEWSPAPER
REPORTER BY OCCUPATION.

SO?

OH, NOBLE CALLING...
BUT LIMITED.

I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE THAT NOVEL

IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?

NO ONE, BUT ISN'T IT A FACT

THAT MOST REPORTERS
ASPIRE TO BE NOVELISTS?

I WOULDN'T KNOW.

ARE YOU MARRIED? NO.

ENGAGED? NO. NOW, LOOK...

ONE LAST QUESTION, PLEASE.

DID YOU INDEED COME TO
PEACEFUL VALLEY BY MISTAKE?

I MEAN, NO ONE
KNOWS YOU'RE HERE?

NO, NO ONE KNOWS I'M HERE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS:

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO KNOW I WAS HERE.

OH, DEAR.

NOW, WHAT'S THE
STORY ON THIS PLACE?

MY DOG DIDN'T
DISAPPEAR CHASING A CAT,

AND MY CAR DIDN'T
CRASH INTO ANY ROCK.

NOW, WHAT DID HAPPEN?

COME BACK IN AN
HOUR, MR. REDFIELD.

PERHAPS THEN YOU'LL GET THE
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, I WILL.
WHERE'S THE PHONE?

THERE'S ONE AT THE HOTEL.

YOU THINK IT'S WISE
LETTING HIM GO LIKE THAT?

HE'LL BE WATCHED.

( thumps hand on table)

WELL, GENTLEMEN...
IT'S HAPPENED.

IT HAD TO, EVENTUALLY.

NO! IT DIDN'T HAVE TO.

AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE IF
WE KEPT OUR WITS ABOUT US,

BUT WE DIDN'T.

WE WERE SO COMPLACENT,

SO INFERNALLY SURE OF
OURSELVES AND COMPLACENT.

DORN.

MR. EVANS,

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN
THE POINT OF KEEPING

THE HOTEL OPEN AND
THE RESTAURANT CLOSED?

WELL, NOW, I DON'T THINK...
DOESN'T IT SEEM MORE LIKELY

THAT THERE WOULD
BE MORE INQUIRIES

FOR FOOD THAN FOR ROOMS?

THERE HASN'T BEEN
EITHER IN OVER 16 YEARS.

YOU SEE? COMPLACENCY.

AND I'M AS MUCH TO
BLAME AS ANYONE.

IF ONLY THE LITTLE JOHNSON
GIRL HADN'T BEEN SO CARELESS.

IF ONLY FREDERICKS
HADN'T ACTED SUSPICIOUSLY

AT THE GASOLINE STATION.

IF ONLY I HADN'T PANICKED
AND RAISED THE WALL!

YOU HAD TO.

THERE WASN'T ANY CHOICE BY THEN.

SO NOW...

AN INNOCENT YOUNG MAN WHO
HASN'T DONE ANYONE ANY HARM

MUST SUFFER FOR OUR MISTAKES.

HOW DO YOU GET LONG
DISTANCE ON THIS THING?

YOU JUST PICK IT UP, BUT YOU...

HELLO, OPERATOR? OPERATOR,
GET ME LONG DISTANCE.

BUT WHAT?

NOTHING.

Woman: Operator.

OPERATOR, I WANT TO PUT
THROUGH A CALL TO ALBUQUERQUE.

THE NUMBER'S CHAPEL 77205,

AND I WANT IT TO BE
STATION TO STATION, PLEASE.

Just a moment.

THAT'S QUITE A MIRROR YOU GOT.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL
REALLY WELCOME.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO DORN?

YEAH, I TALKED TO
HIM. HE'S A GREAT GUY.

MY DOG VANISHES, MY
CAR CRASHES INTO THIN AIR,

AND HE WANTS TO KNOW
IF I'M WRITING A NOVEL.

Hello?

YES.

I'm sorry. The
circuits are busy.

ALL RIGHT, MISS. WILL YOU
KEEP TRYING AND CALL ME BACK?

MY NAME IS REDFIELD.

WELL, I SEE THEY
HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK.

PARDON ME?

YOUR GUESTS.

OH, WELL, NO.

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T ANY GUESTS.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

YOU REALLY SHOULD'VE
LEFT, MR. REDFIELD.

WELL, I TRIED TO,

BUT MY CAR SMASHED INTO
A ROCK THAT WASN'T THERE.

HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE
THAT HAPPENED?

I-I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME, OR
IS THAT A SECRET, TOO?

ELLEN MARSHALL.

WELL, ELLEN, I WANT
YOU TO CONTACT ME

AS SOON AS MY CALL
COMES THROUGH.

NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WILL YOU DO THAT?

YES, OF COURSE.
WHERE WILL YOU BE?

I'M GOING TO CHECK
ON MY CAR NOW,

AND I'LL BE AT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE

IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES...

PROBABLY STARVING TO DEATH.

( whimpers)

ROLLIE!

ROLLIE, HOW ARE YOU, BOY?

HUH? HOW ARE YOU?!

I HAD YOU COUNTED OUT,
DID YOU KNOW THAT, HUH?

( softly): HOW ARE YOU, ROLLIE?

I FED HIM.

WELL, THANKS, BUT
WHAT ABOUT MY CAR?

IT'S PRETTY BANGED UP.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT
YOU WERE SUPPOSED

TO BE TRYING TO FIX IT.

DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME.

WELL, I'M TELLING YOU!

I CAN'T DO ANYTHING
UNLESS IT'S OFFICIAL.

WELL, LOOK, ALL
RIGHT, IT IS OFFICIAL...

ABOUT $200'S WORTH OF OFFICIAL

IF YOU GET IT FIXED
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

SORRY.

WELL, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE SORRIER.

( whimpers)

( barking)

Dorn: COME IN, MR. REDFIELD.

I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME

MY CAR WAS GOING TO BE REPAIRED.

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWN!

I WANT TO KNOW WHY
NOTHING'S BEEN DONE TO MY CAR,

WHY IT'S JUST SITTING OUT THERE.

PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU
WON'T BE NEEDING IT ANYMORE.

OH, NO? WELL, WHY?

BECAUSE YOU ARE NEVER
GOING TO LEAVE PEACEFUL VALLEY.

TWILIGHT ZONE WILL CONTINUE
AFTER STATION IDENTIFICATION.

Dorn: YOU ARE NEVER GOING
TO LEAVE PEACEFUL VALLEY.

YOU SEE, THE SITUATION IS
RATHER COMPLICATED, MR. REDFIELD.

ALTHOUGH WE HOLD NO BRIEF
AGAINST YOU PERSONALLY...

WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE. SURE.

I THINK I GOT THIS
THING FIGURED OUT.

OH?

WELL, SURE... PEACEFUL
VALLEY IS A TOWN

FULL OF LUNATICS, AND
YOU GUYS HEAD THE LIST!

NOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

I'M NOT EVER GOING TO
BE ABLE TO LEAVE HERE?

JUST THAT.

WELL, WHO'S GOING TO STOP ME?

WE ARE.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU
CAN DO, MR. REDFIELD.

WELL, HOW'S THIS?

( device emits high-pitched hum)

( hums)

NOW... LET US CONTINUE.

WHAT DID YOU...?

HOW DID I GET IN THIS CHAIR?

YOU WERE DISASSEMBLED
OVER THERE...

AND REASSEMBLED
THERE... WITH THIS.

WHAT IS THAT?

I'M AFRAID YOU WOULDN'T
UNDERSTAND, MR. REDFIELD...

EVEN IF YOU WERE A
PHYSICIST, WHICH YOU ARE NOT.

LET US SAY IT IS A DEVICE

BY WHICH WE MOVE THINGS ABOUT.

ALL THINGS ARE COLLECTIONS OF
ATOMS WITH SPACES IN BETWEEN.

EVEN YOU, MR. REDFIELD.

AND ATOMS ARE IN A GIVEN
MATHEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT.

THIS DEVICE BREAKS
THEM UP, STORES THEM

AND PUTS THEM TOGETHER
AGAIN IN THE SAME ORDER.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

PERHAPS, BUT... IT
SAVES A LOT OF TIME

WHEN YOU WANT TO
MOVE FURNITURE AROUND.

DORN.

YES, MR. EVANS.

LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.

I'M SORRY.

YOU SENSED A STORY IN
THIS TOWN, MR. REDFIELD,

AND YOU WERE RIGHT.

YOU TURNED OFF ONTO THE
ROAD TO PEACEFUL VALLEY.

YOU SAW CERTAIN
THINGS THAT DEFIED LOGIC.

PEOPLE BEGAN TO BEHAVE ODDLY,

AND YOU BECAME CURIOUS, SO...

SO WE HAD TO STOP YOU.

AND NOW WE MUST DO EVEN WORSE,

BECAUSE, MR. REDFIELD,

YOU STUMBLED UPON THE
BEST-KEPT SECRET IN THE WORLD.

WHAT SECRET?

OUR GIFT, MR. REDFIELD,

BESTOWED UPON THE PEOPLE
OF THIS VILLAGE 104 YEARS AGO.

A MAN CAME TO PEACEFUL
VALLEY, FROM WHAT LAND OR...

WHAT PLANET, NOBODY KNOWS.

HE WAS A BRILLIANT SCIENTIST

MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS
BEFORE HIS TIME, BUT...

HE WAS ALSO WISE,
AS YOU SHALL SEE.

FROM HIS BRAIN CAME EQUATIONS

THE LIKES OF WHICH NO ONE
HAD EVEN SEEN OR DREAMT OF...

NOT ON THIS PLANET, AT ANY RATE.

OF COURSE, I CANNOT
TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.

MR. REDFIELD, YOU ARE
AWARE, I TRUST, THAT THE BASIS

OF THIS COMPLICATED
THING WE CALL LIFE IS ENERGY.

IT'S A FRIGHTENING
AND MYSTERIOUS FORCE.

THE SCIENTIST'S EQUATIONS
UNLOCKED THIS FORCE,

AND FROM IT CAME THE GREATEST
POWER FOR GOOD... OR EVIL

THE UNIVERSE HAS EVER KNOWN.

HE DECIDED TO
ENTRUST HIS SECRETS...

HIS EQUATIONS AND THE
MACHINES THAT HE HAD BUILT...

TO THREE MEN HE HAD SELECTED,

AND HE INSTRUCTED THEM TO
GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THIS POWER

TO THE PEOPLE OF PEACEFUL
VALLEY FOR THEIR COMFORT.

BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WERE THEY TO RELEASE THE SECRET

TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

IT WAS TO REMAIN
IN PEACEFUL VALLEY...

UNTIL HUMANITY LEARNED
THE WAYS OF PEACE.

THAT IS YOUR
STORY, MR. REDFIELD.

YOU SEE WHY WE CANNOT
ALLOW YOU TO LEAVE US.

NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT I DO.

PERHAPS IF WE SHOWED YOU.

MR. REDFIELD.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
DESIMULATOR,

SOMEWHAT LARGER THAN THE ONE

WE MOVED YOU
AROUND WITH UPSTAIRS.

MORE OR LESS THE
SAME PRINCIPLE HERE,

BUT WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT WORKS IN WHAT WE
CALL THE TIME DIMENSION.

IT HAS MANY, MANY USES.

FOR EXAMPLE... MR. EVANS.

MR. CONNELLY,

WOULD YOU HAND ME
THE LETTER OPENER?

DON'T BE FRIGHTENED,
MR. REDFIELD.

( desimulator hums)

( flicks switch)

COME WITH ME, MR. REDFIELD.

ON THIS CONSOLE,
AMONG OTHER THINGS,

WE HAVE A DUPLICATING
MACHINE, BUT NOT LIKE OTHERS.

AH!

HERE'S SOMETHING.

ON THIS CARD, WE
HAVE A STATEMENT

GIVING THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE

OF A HAM SANDWICH ON WHITE BREAD

WITH MUSTARD.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE
LARGER MACHINES

FOR THE BULKIER ITEMS,

BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

( machine humming)

( humming intensifies)

( humming reaches
high-pitched crescendo)

I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU
WERE HUNGRY, MR. REDFIELD.

WELL, NOT ANYMORE.

LOOK, WHAT WAS THAT
THING I RAN INTO OUT THERE?

OH, YOU MEAN IN THE CAR.

I'M, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT,
BUT WE HAD TO STOP YOU.

IT WAS AN ENERGY FIELD:

A WALL OF LOOSELY-PACKED
ATOMS, SO TO SPEAK.

PURELY AN EMERGENCY DEVICE.

THIS LEVER OPERATES IT.

COME WITH ME, MR. REDFIELD.

AND THESE ARE THE SACRED PAPERS,

AS WE CALL THEM...

THE EQUATIONS FROM WHICH
EVERYTHING YOU SEE CAME ABOUT.

( sighs)

WELL, I THINK I
COULD USE A DRINK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT YOU HAVE DOWN THERE?

OF COURSE.

AND YOU MEAN YOU DON'T INTEND

TO SHARE IT WITH THE
REST OF THE WORLD?

OH, GOOD HEAVENS, NO.

WHY?

WELL, I'VE ALREADY
EXPLAINED, MR. REDFIELD.

THE WORLD ISN'T READY.

BUT PEACEFUL VALLEY IS?

WELL, OBVIOUSLY.

WE HAVE NO WAR HERE, NO
CRIME, NO VIOLENCE, NO GREED.

UNLIKE YOUR WORLD,
WE LIVE IN PEACE.

WE USE THE POWER
FOR GOOD, NOT FOR EVIL.

WELL, HOW CAN YOU BE SURE
THE REST OF US WOULDN'T?

COME, NOW, MR. REDFIELD,

THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE
PEOPLE WANTED THINGS!

WITH THAT POWER...
WITH THIS POWER,

THEY WOULD DESTROY THE UNIVERSE.

THEY'RE CHILDREN.

BUT THIS ONE MACHINE...

IT COULD STOP SICKNESS
AND SUFFERINGS.

IT COULD CURE DISEASE.

WELL, COULDN'T IT?

YES.

AND YOU JUST LET PEOPLE...

WELL, DON'T YOU HAVE
ANY CONSCIENCE ABOUT IT?

YES.

THAT IS WHY WE WILL
NOT RELEASE THE SECRET.

THE SAME POWER THAT COULD
BE USED TO HEAL SICKNESS

CAN ALSO BE USED TO
DESTROY THE INNOCENT.

YOU SEE, ONE SECRET WOULD LEAD

TO UNDERSTANDING THE REST,

AND THAT COULD BE
THE END OF THE WORLD.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

THINK, MR. REDFIELD!

THINK!

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH PROFESSOR
EINSTEIN'S PRIMITIVE EQUATION,

E = M C SQUARED?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO
BRING WATERS TO THE DESERTS...

TO FEED STARVING MILLIONS.

WAS IT?

IT WAS USED TO DESTROY COUNTLESS
THOUSANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS.

SO YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO SIT ON YOUR SECRETS,

USE THEM TO MAKE HAM
SANDWICHES AND ROADBLOCKS?!

HAM SANDWICHES AND ROADBLOCKS

ARE A BIT BETTER THAN
TOTAL DESTRUCTION,

WOULDN'T YOU SAY, MR. REDFIELD?

LET'S GET ON WITH THIS.

YOU'RE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES!

YOU TALK ABOUT US,
BUT WHAT DO YOU DO

WHEN YOU WANT
SOMEONE OUT OF THE WAY?

WHAT DO YOU DO?!

THE SAME AS WE DO!

YOU ELIMINATE HIM!

BE QUIET!

NO.

HE HAS A POINT, MR. EVANS.

IT'S JUST WHAT I'VE
BEEN PONDERING.

IF WE KILL THIS MAN...

IN WHAT WAY DO WE DIFFER
FROM THE OUTSIDERS?

BUT WE DO IT OUT OF NECESSITY,

NOT OUT OF CHOICE!

THANK YOU, ADOLF HITLER.

IT IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE WORLD.

WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU.

IT'S THE LAW. WE CANNOT
GO AGAINST THE LAW!

AND LET HIM WHO DISCOVERS
THE SECRET BE ELIMINATED.

YOU CAN BE ELIMINATED
IN ONE OF TWO WAYS:

THROUGH DEATH OR
THROUGH ASSIMILATION.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

WILL YOU DIE, OR
WILL YOU JOIN US?

YOU MEAN LIVE HERE
THE REST OF MY LIFE?

EXACTLY.

BECOME ONE OF US.

IT REALLY WON'T BE SO BAD.

WE'LL PROVIDE YOU
WITH A FINE HOUSE

BUILT TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS,

PLENTY OF FOOD, TIME
TO WRITE THAT NOVEL.

ALL YOUR WANTS SEEN TO.

NOTHING OR EVERYTHING, EH?

SUBSTANTIALLY, YES.

WHAT WILL IT BE?

EVERYTHING.

WELCOME TO PEACEFUL VALLEY.

AND THIS IS YOUR STUDY.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TYPEWRITER,

BUT WE COULDN'T FIND A
CARD FOR ANYTHING NEWER.

DON'T WORRY,
THOUGH. IT'LL WORK FINE.

AND DORN PROMISED THAT
YOU'D HAVE A NEW ONE.

LOOK...

WHY ARE YOU GOING
TO ALL THIS TROUBLE?

OH, BECAUSE DORN ASKED ME TO.

AND-AND BECAUSE I WANTED TO.

YEAH, BUT WHY?

BECAUSE I-I DON'T
WANT YOU TO THINK

THAT I-I'M UNFRIENDLY.

I'M NOT.

IN FACT, I THINK
YOU AND I COULD BE

VERY GOOD FRIENDS, MR. REDFIELD.

DO YOU PLAY CHESS?

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

NO, NO.

WELL, DON'T YOU LIKE THE HOUSE?

I-I TRIED TO MAKE
EVERYTHING NICE FOR YOU.

ELLEN, I LIKE IT.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

ARE ALL THE OTHER HOUSES
IN TOWN THIS BEAUTIFUL?

ON THE INSIDE.

WELL, I'M AFRAID YOU'VE
WASTED YOUR TIME ON ME.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'M NOT STAYING HERE.

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

AND WHAT'S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

WELL, IF YOU KEEP
THINKING LIKE THIS,

YOU'LL HAVE NO CHOICE.

DORN WON'T TRUST YOU.

WELL, HE TRUSTS
ME NOW, DOESN'T HE?

WELL, DOESN'T HE?

I'M LEAVING
MR. REDFIELD'S HOUSE.

IF-IF YOU GET HUNGRY...

OR IF YOU WANT
ANYTHING, JUST CALL ME.

I SHOWED YOU
WHERE THE BUTTON IS.

ELLEN, WAIT.

YOU'RE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS HERE.

YES, I AM.

NO.

YOU'RE-YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING.

( Rollie barking)

( whimpering)

ROLLIE, GET DOWN.

GET DOWN. GET DOWN.

( knocking)

( crashing)

( phone ringing)

YES.

Woman: Mr. Redfield?

YES?

On your call to Albuquerque...

Both: THE CIRCUITS
ARE STILL BUSY.

( knocking at door)

COME IN.

HELLO.

I, UM...

I BROUGHT YOU A NEW
TYPEWRITER RIBBON

AND-AND SOME, UH, ERASERS.

HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR NOVEL YET?

NO.

WHY NOT?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE I DON'T CONCENTRATE
SO WELL IN A PRISON.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WELL, YOU OUGHT TO; YOU
GOT THE SAME PROBLEM.

I'M LOCKED IN THE HOUSE.

YOU'RE LOCKED IN THE TOWN.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

I CAN LEAVE ANY TIME I WANT TO.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU?

WELL, WHY SHOULD I?

WHY SHOULD YOU?

WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

EXCEPT FREEDOM.

FACE IT... IF YOU WERE TO GO

EVEN A COUPLE OF STEPS
OUTSIDE OF THIS TOWN,

WHY, THEY'D NAIL YOU.

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED?

NO, BUT WHY SHOULD
I WANT TO TRY?

WHAT COULD THE OUTSIDE WORLD

HAVE TO OFFER
THAT WE DON'T HAVE?

THAT'S NOT THE POINT, ELLEN.

IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO
OFFER THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW,
AT THIS VERY MOMENT,

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ARE STARVING.

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT?

WELL, YOU COULD
FEED THEM... YOU!

THEY'RE SUFFERING,

AND YOU COULD MAKE THEM WELL.

THEY'RE BREAKING THEIR BACKS

TEN, 15 HOURS A DAY.

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT?

WHAT DO YOU CARE?

NO, LET THEM STARVE,
LET THEM SUFFER,

LET THEM BREAK THEIR BACKS.

LET THE CHILDREN DIE

BECAUSE THEIR MOTHER
CAN'T GIVE THEM ANY MILK!

WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE TO YOU?!

YOU'RE HAPPY!

IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

EVERY MINUTE OF
THE DAY OR NIGHT,

SOMEBODY IS DYING... ALONE.

SOMEBODY THAT YOU COULD HELP.

DON'T SAY THAT.

WHY NOT?

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

BUT... BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

A TERRIBLE THING.

I'D TAKE YOUR SECRETS
AND GIVE IT TO THE WORLD.

YOU MEAN YOU'D STEAL
THEM AND RUN AWAY?

VERY FAST.

BUT YOU PROMISED DORN THAT...

LOOK, ELLEN, I
PROMISED MYSELF FIRST.

I'D-I'D TRY AND BE SOME KIND
OF A DECENT HUMAN BEING,

MAYBE EVEN TRY AND
HELP SOMEBODY OUT.

WHAT'S THE USE?

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YOU NEVER WANTED ANYTHING

YOU COULDN'T WHIP
UP IN TEN SECONDS

IN ONE OF YOUR LITTLE MACHINES.

ONCE I DID.

WHEN I SAW YOU
LEAVING PEACEFUL VALLEY.

AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU

SINCE THEN, PHILIP.

EVEN ASLEEP, I'VE
THOUGHT ABOUT YOU.

AND IT HURTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT HURTS.

DO YOU KNOW WHY?

I THINK SO.

THEN WHAT IS IT?

WE HAVE MACHINES
FOR SO MANY THINGS,

BUT I CAN'T MAKE
THIS FEELING STOP.

AND YOU WON'T, ELLEN.

NOT ON YOUR MACHINES.

DON'T YOU PEOPLE
EVER FALL IN LOVE?

I NEVER HAVE UNTIL NOW.

BUT-BUT NOW I WANT US
TO BE TOGETHER, PHILIP.

DON'T YOU WANT THAT?

I COULD WANT THAT VERY
MUCH IN A REAL WORLD.

BUT NOT HERE.

LOOK, I'M SORRY, ELLEN.

AS LONG AS I'M HERE
IN PEACEFUL VALLEY,

I JUST WANT ONE THING: OUT.

( growls and barks)

I WANT US TO BE TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT, YOU WAIT HERE.

( machine whirring)

( alarm bell ringing)

PUT THEM BACK, MR. REDFIELD.

NO.

DO AS I SAY.

ELLEN, I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE.

IT MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND
ABOUT COMING WITH ME.

NO.

WHATEVER IT IS, I
DON'T WANT TO HEAR.

YOU HAVE THE PAPERS.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT...

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

NO.

( desimulator humming)

YOU SEE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN, MR. REDFIELD,

IF WE GAVE OUR SECRET
TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD?

THE VERY FIRST THING
YOU'D DO IS MAKE A WEAPON.

THE SECOND: YOU'D KILL WITH IT.

YOU TRICKED ME.

YES.

AND YOU... EVERYTHING A LIE.

NOT EVERYTHING, PHILIP.

SHE COOPERATED
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT

YOU WOULD PROVE
YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS...

AS I DID.

MY COLLEAGUES WERE RIGHT.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE THE OTHERS.

IF THE END IS JUST,

SO ARE THE MEANS,
WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.

PITY.

YOU HAVE JUST LOST
PARADISE, MR. REDFIELD,

AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY.

I DID THE RIGHT THING.

I'D DO IT AGAIN.

OF COURSE.

NOW YOU'RE GOING TO
DO THE SAME THING TO ME.

Dorn: NOT QUITE.

YOU WILL BE EXECUTED, YES...

BUT NOT IN THE SAME WAY.

I'VE BEEN STUDYING
THE LAW, OUR LAW,

AND I BELIEVE I'VE FOUND A WAY

THAT WILL SATISFY EVERYBODY.

I... WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
OF IT LONG BEFORE, BUT...

PLEASE, TRY TO
APPRECIATE OUR POSITION.

TRY TO IMAGINE A STATE

THAT HAS CARRIED THE
DEATH PENALTY ON ITS BOOKS

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND
HAS NEVER HAD TO INVOKE IT.

THAT IS THE CASE HERE.

YOU SEE, YOU WERE OUR
FIRST PRISONER, SO TO SPEAK.

YOU FORCED US TO
EXAMINE OUR LAW.

GOOD-BYE, MR. REDFIELD.

I'M SORRY TO DO THIS.

I WAS BECOMING FOND OF YOU.

( machine whirring)

$4.42 OUT OF TEN.

THERE'S FIVE, AND FIVE IS TEN.

SORRY, I, UH, MUST HAVE
DOZED OFF THERE A SECOND.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DRIVE TOO LONG.

YEAH. YOU SAY BREDON
IS BACK THIS WAY, HUH?

80 MILES.

( growling)

SHUT UP, ROLLIE.

ANYTHING WRONG?

NO, NO, I, UH...

THOUGHT I SAW SOMEBODY
I KNEW, THAT'S ALL.

WISHFUL THINKING, I GUESS.

IT'S A NICE LITTLE
TOWN YOU GOT HERE.

WE LIKE IT.

( engine starts)

CAN I JUST BACK IN HERE?

YEP.

YOU'VE SEEN THEM.

LITTLE TOWNS TUCKED AWAY
FAR FROM THE MAIN ROADS.

YOU'VE SEEN THEM, BUT HAVE
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THEM?

HAVE YOU WONDERED WHAT
THE PEOPLE DO IN SUCH PLACES,

WHY THEY STAY?

PHILIP REDFIELD
THINKS ABOUT THEM NOW

AND HE WONDERS, BUT
ONLY VERY LATE AT NIGHT

WHEN HE'S BETWEEN
WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP...

IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

WE MOVE NEXT ON TWILIGHT
ZONE INTO A SHADOWY AREA

THAT TREADS A VERY THIN LINE
BETWEEN FLESH AND FANTASY.

YOU'LL SEE A PERFORMANCE
BY DENNIS HOPPER THAT,

EVEN FROM MY RATHER
CLOSE-IN PERSPECTIVE,

STRIKES ME AS AN
EXCEPTIONAL ONE.

OUR STORY IS
CALLED "HE'S ALIVE,"

AND IF THIS DOESN'T
GET YOU WHERE YOU LIVE,

YOU'LL FIND IT CLOSE
BY IN THE SUBURBS.

NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION?

WE DON'T NEED ANY.

OKAY, JACK.

HEY, JACK!

YOU FORGOT YOUR,
UM... YOUR FLAG.

THERE'LL COME A DAY
WHEN GUYS LIKE YOU

WILL CRAWL ON YOUR
BELLY JUST TO SALUTE THIS.

WHO'S OUT THERE?

WHO IS IT?

A FRIEND, MR. VOLLMER.

COME DOWN, MR. VOLLMER.

COME DOWN, AND WE WILL TALK.