The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 4, Episode 6 - Death Ship - 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.

PICTURE OF THE SPACESHIP E-89,

CRUISING ABOVE THE 13th
PLANET OF STAR SYSTEM 51.

THE YEAR, 1997.



IN A LITTLE WHILE, SUPPOSEDLY,

THE SHIP WILL BE LANDED
AND SPECIMENS TAKEN...

VEGETABLE, MINERAL,
AND, IF ANY, ANIMAL.

THESE WILL BE BROUGHT
BACK TO OVERPOPULATED EARTH

WHERE TECHNICIANS
WILL EVALUATE THEM,

AND IF EVERYTHING
IS SATISFACTORY,

STAMP THEIR FINDINGS
WITH THE WORD "INHABITABLE"

AND OPEN UP YET ANOTHER
PLANET FOR COLONIZATION.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

CAPTAIN.

SOMETHING GLITTERED DOWN THERE.

IT WAS AT, UH, 255-417.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

SOMETHING GLITTERED.



WE'VE PASSED IT NOW.

WELL, WE WENT OVER
A LAKE, YOU KNOW.

I KNOW, SIR, IT WASN'T THAT.

OKAY, WE'LL HAVE A LOOK.

BUT IT WAS PROBABLY THE LAKE.

( low-pitched humming)

PROBABLY WASTING OUR TIME.

WHAT ARE WE TURNING FOR?

WHAT IS IT?

IS SOMETHING DOWN THERE?

MASON THINKS SO.

THERE WAS SOMETHING.

WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW YET.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

DON'T.

IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN
SOMETIME, DOESN'T IT?

YOU'RE ALIEN-CONTACT HAPPY.

ABOUT TIME. DO YOU REALLY THINK

MAN'S THE ONLY INTELLIGENT
LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE?

ALL RIGHT, NOT AGAIN.

WE'RE MEETING
ANOTHER RACE. GREAT.

IT WOULD BE GREAT.

MAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE
SOMETHING! IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN...

WHY NOT TO US?

THERE IT IS.

LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A SHIP.

HARDLY.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE STILL
NOT GOING TO LAND?

WILL YOU TAKE IT EASY?

WILL YOU?!

WE SHOULD TAKE SPECIMENS.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU, CAPTAIN.

OKAY.

TED, WE'RE GOING DOWN!

WE'RE-WE'RE GOING DOWN!

I CAN'T EVEN TALK
TO HIM ANYMORE.

YEAH, WHAT'S THE
MATTER WITH HIM?

HE'S ACTING STRANGE LATELY.

I DON'T KNOW.

AIR SPRING.

( mechanical humming)

( humming gets louder)

PLACES!

PICTURE OF THE CREW
OF THE SPACESHIP E-89:

CAPTAIN ROSS, LIEUTENANT MASON,

LIEUTENANT CARTER.

THREE MEN WHO HAVE
JUST REACHED A PLACE

WHICH IS AS FAR FROM
HOME AS THEY WILL EVER BE.

THREE MEN WHO IN
A MATTER OF MINUTES

WILL BE PLUNGED INTO THE
DARKEST NIGHTMARE REACHES

OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

I'LL, UH... CHECK
THE ATMOSPHERE.

WE WON'T NEED HELMETS.

MIKE.

MIKE!

OH, THANKS.

YOUR JUMPER, CAPTAIN. MASON!

YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET
OUT THERE, CAN YOU?

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

IT MEANS I DON'T LIKE IMPETUOUS
CREWMEN; THEY MAKE MISTAKES.

HAVE I MADE ANY
MISTAKES, CAPTAIN?

YOU'RE ON THE VERGE.

LET ME KNOW WHEN I MAKE THEM.

WE STAY TOGETHER.

NO ONE TAKES ANY RISKS.

THAT'S AN ORDER, MASON.

YES, SIR.

LOOKS LIKE ONE OF
OUR SHIPS, DOESN'T IT?

DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.

WELL, DOESN'T IT?

FROM WHAT I CAN SEE
OF THE ROCKETS, IT DOES.

ROCKET CONSTRUCTION COULD
BE STANDARD EVERYWHERE.

EVEN ON ANOTHER PLANET, CAPTAIN?

THAT'S ENOUGH!

IT IS ONE OF OUR SHIPS.

HOW COULD IT GET
THIS FAR OFF COURSE?

I DON'T LIKE IT.

WELL, AREN'T WE GOING TO GO IN

AND FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE?

ALL RIGHT... BUT STAY TOGETHER.

IT'S FROM EARTH.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

BUT LOOK AT THE
STRUCTURING, CAPTAIN.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT, CARTER.

NOPE.

WELL, MAYBE IT'S PRESSURIZED.

NO, IT'S NOT VERY LIKELY.

THE DOOR FRAME IS
PROBABLY TWISTED.

TRY IT TOGETHER, EH?

YEAH.

( grunting)

IF IT DOESN'T OPEN,

WE'LL HAVE TO FORGET ABOUT IT.

FORGET ABOUT IT?
THERE ISN'T TIME!

( grunting)

IT'S MOVING!

ALL RIGHT.

( door creaks)

HERE.

( softly): DEAR GOD.

( gasps)

TRY THE AUXILIARY LIGHT SYSTEM.

THE AUXILIARY LIGHT SYSTEM!

MOVE!

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

OH, IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WILL YOU HANG ON?

PUT IT BACK.

PUT IT BACK!

WHAT IS THIS?

ALL RIGHT, DON'T
LET IT GET TO YOU.

IT'S ME.

Captain: COME AWAY.

IT'S ME.

I SAID COME AWAY.

CARTER!

IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.

THAT WAS US IN THERE.

WE'RE DEAD.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE

WHEN THIS THING HIT?

( softly): WE'RE DEAD.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

NO, OUR SHIP IS
WHERE WE LEFT IT,

JUST AS WE LEFT IT.

THAT ISN'T OUR SHIP!

THOSE AREN'T OUR BODIES!

CAN YOU IMAGINE? BUT THEY ARE!

NO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,

BUT THERE'S A LOGICAL
EXPLANATION FOR THIS.

EVERYTHING HAS A
LOGICAL EXPLANATION!

THIS IS ME...
IMAGINE... THIS IS YOU...

Captain: USE YOUR HEAD.
IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS!

Carter: WELL, THEN,
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT THINK.

( rocket crashing)

MASON!

YES, SIR?

WE'RE LEAVING. WE'RE
GOING BACK TO THE SHIP.

RADIO THE STATION.
THEY'LL TELL US WHAT TO DO.

YES, SIR.

SHOULDN'T WE BURY... OUR...

THEY'RE NOT OURS.
WILL YOU GO AHEAD?

WE'RE ALIVE.

ALIVE.

( mechanical whirring)

( clicking off)

TRY IT AGAIN.

CAPTAIN, I'VE BEEN TRYING...

JUST TRY IT AGAIN.

EARTH STATION 1217,
EARTH STATION 1217,

THIS IS SPACESHIP
E-89, REPEAT: E-89.

DO YOU READ ME?

COME IN, EARTH
STATION 1217. OVER.

( static hissing)

WHAT IS THIS?

IT WAS WORKING BEFORE.

MAYBE IT'S THIS PLANET.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

MAYBE THERE'S AN
INTERFERING FIELD...

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

TRY THE RADIONIC SIGNAL.

CAPTAIN, IT'S NOT GOING
TO WORK... WILL YOU DO

WHAT I TELL YOU ONCE?!

YES, SIR.

( transmitter beeping)

( machine clicks off)

AGAIN.

( transmitter beeping)

( machine clicks off)

AGAIN.

CAPTAIN, IF IT DIDN'T WORK

THE FIRST TIME... Captain:
THEY DIDN'T HEAR US.

THIS RETURN SIGNAL
WORKS ON AUTOMATIC.

DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT?

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT LET'S GO OVER
THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN,

BECAUSE THERE'S GOT TO
BE AN ANSWER SOMEWHERE.

SOMEWHERE!

FIRST, THOSE ARE NOT
OUR BODIES OVER THERE.

THAT I'M SURE OF.

NOW, USE YOUR HEADS.

THESE ARE OUR BODIES.

THESE ARE OUR BODIES!

LISTEN.

WAIT A MINUTE.

DO YOU BOTH REMEMBER

WHAT THEY TOLD
US ONCE IN TRAINING

ABOUT THE THEORY OF
CIRCUMNAVIGATING TIME?

THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
FOR US TO LEAVE THE EARTH

DURING ONE YEAR;
THEN, WHEN WE GOT BACK,

THOUGH WE THOUGHT
IT WAS THE SAME YEAR,

IT MIGHT BE THE YEAR
BEFORE OR THE YEAR AFTER.

REMEMBER THAT?

THAT WAS JUST A THEORY, CAPTAIN.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT A THEORY,

BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US!

WE'VE GONE INTO
SOME KIND OF TIME WARP

RIGHT INTO THE FUTURE.

AND THAT SHIP STANDING
OUT THERE IS IN THE FUTURE?

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?

NO, NO, ONLY THE
PROBABLE FUTURE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT DEAD.

AND IT ALSO MEANS
WE'RE GOING TO BE DEAD.

NOT IF WE DON'T GO UP.

IF WE DON'T GO UP,
WE CAN'T CRASH.

NOW, IT'S THE ONLY ANSWER.

WE'RE ALIVE NOW, MASON.

THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE CERTAIN

THAT WE STAY ALIVE...
YOU, CARTER, ME...

IS NOT TO GO UP.

THEN WE CAN'T CRASH.

WE AVOID IT, WE PREVENT IT.

WE STAY.

THAT'S EASY ENOUGH FOR
YOU TO DECIDE, CAPTAIN.

NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

YOU'VE GOT NO ONE WAITING
FOR YOU BACK ON EARTH.

I'VE MADE MY DECISION.

I SAY WE VOTE ON IT.

YOU DO?

YOU'RE NOT THE
ONLY ONE, CAPTAIN.

I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT
GIVES THE ORDERS.

EVEN WHERE OUR
LIVES ARE CONCERNED?

ESPECIALLY WHERE YOUR
LIVES ARE CONCERNED!

I SAID WE STAY!

FOR HOW LONG, CAPTAIN?

I'M NOT SETTING
ANY LIMIT, CARTER.

ONE MONTH? TWO MONTHS? A YEAR?

I SAID I'M NOT SETTING...
WE DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH FOOD TO STAY THAT LONG.

I'VE NO DOUBT THERE'S
EDIBLE FOOD OUTSIDE.

HOW WILL WE KNOW WHAT'S
EDIBLE AND WHAT ISN'T?

WE HAVE NO TESTING EQUIPMENT.

WE'LL WATCH THE ANIMALS.

I SAW NO ANIMALS,
CAPTAIN, DID YOU?

THERE WILL BE.

IF THERE ARE, IT'LL BE A
DIFFERENT FORM OF LIFE

FROM WHAT WE KNOW.

WHAT COULD EDIBLE TO THEM

MIGHT BE DEADLY
POISONOUS FOR US!

Captain: WE'LL WORRY ABOUT
THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES.

THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING NOW

IS THE PRESERVATION
OF OUR LIVES!

NOW, IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY
TO STAY HERE PERMANENTLY.

WE MAY FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

BUT FOR NOW, THE
DECISION IS TO STAY.

NOT OUR DECISION.

HAVE YOU A BETTER SOLUTION?

WORKING AT MINIMUM CAPACITY,

THE SHIP'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAN HOLD OUT FOR MONTHS.

WE WON'T BE WORKING

AT MINIMUM CAPACITY, CAPTAIN.

WHY?

'CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
NEED HEAT... LOTS OF IT.

IT'S ONLY TWILIGHT,

AND ALREADY THE
OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS...

MINUS 13 DEGREES.

WOULD YOU RATHER GO UP,

TAKE A RISK OF DUPLICATING
THAT SHIP OUT THERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW COULD WE
DUPLICATE IT, CAPTAIN?

HOW CAN THERE...

HOW CAN THERE BE
TWO CRASHED SHIPS

TWO OF ME DEAD, TWO
OF YOU, TWO OF MASON?

WE'LL GO OVER IT AGAIN.

EVENTUALLY, WE'LL
FIND AN ANSWER.

( moans softly)

( birds chirping)

HEY, MIKE!

( laughs)

HI, BOY. WHEN'D YOU GET HOME?

YOU'RE ON LEAVE, HUH?

HUH?

I... WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING FIT.

I'LL BET MARY'S GLAD
TO HAVE YOU BACK, HUH?

MARY?

UH, YOU MIND IF I
WALK WITH YOU, MIKE?

WHEN'D YOU GET HOME?

I-I JUST GOT HERE.

YOU... WELL, I MUST
SAY, YOU ROCKET BOYS

ARE TRAVELING
INFORMALLY THESE DAYS.

UH, DOES, UH... MARY
KNOW YOU'RE COMING?

I DON'T THINK SO.

OH, YOU'RE GOING TO
SURPRISE HER, HUH?

YEAH.

HOW LONG YOU GOT?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU ALL RIGHT, MIKE?

Woman: HELLO, MIKE.

HELLO, MIKE.

HOME ON FURLOUGH?

I DON'T KNOW.

OLD MRS. NOLAN.

STILL MAKES THAT LONG
WALK TO TOWN EVERY DAY.

SHE'LL GO ON FOREVER.

HEY, MIKE, NOW YOU'RE BACK,
HOW ABOUT SOME HUNTING, HUH?

NOT THAT I EVER HIT ANYTHING
WITH THIS THING, BUT...

HEY! HEY, MIKE!

MARY!

MARY!

MARY! HONEY, I'M HOME!

MARY?

MARY, HONEY...

HONEY?

MARY?

MARY?

MARY?

MARY?

Captain: CARTER?

CARTER.

CARTER, I'M TALKING TO YOU!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

I WAS HOME.

WHAT?

I WAS HOME.

YOU WERE HERE.

YOU ARE HERE.

NO... NO.

I SWEAR I WAS HOME!

THERE WAS A TELEGRAM...

IT SAID I'D BEEN KILLED.

OH, NO.

NO, YOU'RE ALIVE.

NO.

THOSE PEOPLE...
KRAMER, MRS. NOLAN...

THEY'RE DEAD!

I JUST REMEMBERED THAT!

NOW, STOP IT, CARTER.

NO, NO, KRAMER, KRAMER...

HE GOT KILLED IN A
HUNTING ACCIDENT.

MRS. NOLAN... NOW, YOU STOP IT!

NOW, YOU WERE HERE ALL THE TIME.

IT NEVER HAPPENED.

THERE'S AN EXPLANATION
SOMEWHERE, AND I'LL FIND IT.

I SWEAR TO YOU, WE'LL FIND IT.

YOU AND MASON
AND ME, WE'LL FI...

MASON!

MASON!

MASON.

TWILIGHT ZONE WILL CONTINUE
AFTER STATION IDENTIFICATION.

MASON.

WHERE IS HE?

WHERE DID HE GO?

I DON'T KNOW.

( birds chirping)

OH, DADDY, I THOUGHT
I'D NEVER FIND YOU.

JEANNIE.

I'VE LOOKED AND LOOKED.

I FOUND HIM, I FOUND HIM!

LUNCH IS READY, DADDY.

AND AM I HUNGRY AFTER
ALL THAT SEARCHING.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, DADDY?

COME HERE.

COME HERE.

WHAT, DADDY?

OH!

JEANNIE, JEANNIE.

WHAT IS IT, DADDY?

OH, BABY, IS IT YOU?

WHAT'S WRONG, DADDY?

NOTHING, HONEY, NOTHING.

I'M JUST HAPPY TO
SEE YOU, THAT'S ALL.

OH.

WAS THAT YOUR MOTHER

YOU WERE CALLING TO JUST NOW?

WAS IT, HONEY?

YES, DADDY.

YOU KNOW.

WHERE IS SHE?

OVER BY THE TABLE, DADDY.

YOU STAY RIGHT HERE.

DON'T GO AWAY.

OKAY.

Woman: TED!

WELL, YOU STARTLED ME,

BURSTING OUT OF
THE BUSHES LIKE THAT.

TED? WHAT IS IT?

( gasping cry)

OH, RUTH.

RUTH.

SWEETHEART, WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHING.

NOTHING NOW.

ARE YOU SURE?

YES, I'M SURE.

AH! OH, ALL THIS,
JUST FOR LUNCH?

MY GOODNESS.

SO EMOTIONAL OVER A
LITTLE FRIED CHICKEN.

WHERE'S JEANNIE?

BACK THERE.

WERE YOU ASLEEP?

ARE YOU STILL ASLEEP?

OH, IF I AM, I HOPE
I NEVER WAKE UP.

I JUST WANT TO KEEP ON DREAMING.

LET'S GO, MASON.

TED, WHY IS HE HERE?

GET OUT OF HERE.

I SAID LET'S GO.

KEEP AWAY FROM HERE.

YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH ME.

BACK?

WHERE YOU BELONG, ON THE SHIP.

NO, TED.

YOU'RE HAVING A
HALLUCINATION, LIEUTENANT.

NO. NO, IT'S REAL.

IT ISN'T.

YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.

NO. NOW, KEEP AWAY.

KEEP AWAY FROM ME!

NO!

YOU'RE COMING BACK!

NO, I'M STAYING.

LET ME GO.

( grunting)

LET GO OF ME!

( moans)

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

RUTH... RUTH.

RUTH?

RUTH.

RUTH... RUTH!

RUTH!

THERE WAS NO RUTH, NO JEANNIE.

( growling)

( groans)

( grunts)

WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

READ IT.

"THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF
SPACE PILOT TED MASON DIED

"EARLY THIS MORNING
WHEN THE CAR THAT..."

DON'T YOU SEE, TED?
YOU WEREN'T THERE.

YOU WEREN'T THERE.

THEY'RE DEAD. YOU'RE ALIVE.

I WAS THERE, PAUL.

I WAS, I WAS.

NO, NO, IT JUST...
YOU TOOK ME AWAY.

NO, IT ISN'T TRUE.

ISN'T IT?

YOU TOOK ME AWAY FROM
MY WIFE AND MY HOME.

WELL, YOU WERE BOTH
HERE ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS GONE!

NO. WE JUST COULDN'T
SEE HIM, THAT'S ALL.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I WAS WRONG.

I WAS WRONG.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
CIRCUMNAVIGATING TIME.

NOTHING AT ALL.

REMEMBER WHAT YOU THOUGHT

BEFORE YOU SAW
THAT SHIP OVER THERE?

ALIEN CONTACT... THAT'S
WHAT YOU THOUGHT.

WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US.

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN ALIEN CONTACT.

Captain: LISTEN TO ME.

NEITHER OF YOU WERE HOME.

THAT IS NOT OUR SHIP.
THOSE ARE NOT OUR BODIES.

WE'VE BEEN TRICKED.

BY WHOM?

Captain: BY WHOEVER
IT IS THAT LIVES

ON THIS PLANET AND DOESN'T WANT

ANYONE ELSE TO LIVE HERE.

WELL, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO SEE THEM,

BUT THERE ARE ALIENS HERE...

BUT ALIENS WHO AREN'T
STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL US

OR DRIVE US AWAY BY FORCE.

SO WHAT CAN THEY DO?

HOW CAN THEY KEEP THEIR PLANET

FROM BEING COLONIZED?

BY MIND CONTROL.

BY PICKING OUR BRAINS

AND FINDING THE DEATH FEAR

AND MAKING USE OF IT BY-BY
SHOWING OUR CRASHED SHIP

AND US DEAD INSIDE IT.

SCARING US SO MUCH

THAT WE DIDN'T
DARE TAKE OFF AGAIN.

THEREFORE, WE WEREN'T
ABLE TO MAKE A REPORT

ABOUT THIS PLANET.

THEY EVEN KNOW THAT WE
CAN'T MAKE A RADIO REPORT

BACK TO EARTH BECAUSE THERE'S
TOO MUCH INTERFERENCE HERE.

A SHORT WHILE AGO,
YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE

THERE WAS ANY INTERFERENCE.

I BELIEVE IT NOW.

EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED
ON THIS PLANET SINCE WE LANDED

HAS BEEN A DELUSION.

OH, NO... NO, NO, THIS HAPPENED.

IT HAPPENED.

IT WAS A DELUSION.

EVEN MASON'S DISAPPEARANCE?

WHY NOT?

IF THEY COULD MAKE US BELIEVE
THAT WE SAW A CRASHED SHIP

AND OUR BODIES INSIDE THAT SHIP,

THEY COULD MAKE
US BELIEVE ANYTHING.

IT ISN'T OUT THERE, THEN?

OH, MAYBE YOU CAN SEE IT.

YOU MAY STILL BE
ABLE TO TOUCH IT AGAIN,

BUT THAT DOESN'T
PROVE IT'S REALLY THERE.

WHAT'S GOING TO PROVE
IT ISN'T THERE, PAUL?

WHAT'S GOING TO PROVE
THAT YOU'RE RIGHT NOW?

WHAT'S GOING TO PROVE THAT?

US... GOING UP...

ALL THE WAY BACK TO EARTH.

PROVING THERE'S NOTHING

KEEPING US HERE
BUT DELUDED FEAR.

WAIT A MINUTE!

WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW, WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG?

I'M RIGHT.

YOU THOUGHT YOU
WERE RIGHT BEFORE.

YOU WERE READY TO
KEEP US HERE INDEFINITELY,

YOU WERE SO SURE.

ARE YOU POSITIVE ENOUGH NOW

TO RISK ALL OUR LIVES, PAUL?

YES, I AM.

Carter: I'M NOT.

PUT IT AWAY, CARTER.

NOW, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO TAKE US UP.

REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID?

IF WE STAYED HERE,

WE'D FREEZE TO DEATH
OR STARVE TO DEATH...

YOU'D NEVER SEE EARTH AGAIN.

HE'S RIGHT, MIKE.

THAT'S NO ANSWER. PUT IT AWAY.

WE'VE GOT TO GO UP.

WE'VE GOT TO GO UP.

OH, GOD... HAVE
MERCY ON OUR SOULS.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

( rockets roaring)

( engines whirring)

( whirring intensifies)

( engines growing very loud)

TWENTY.

FORTY...

( engine noise fades)

WE'RE OUT!

WELL... YOU WERE RIGHT.

HE WAS RIGHT.

BOY, IF EVER I SEE
ANYTHING GLITTER

ON THAT VIEWER AGAIN,

I'LL JUST KEEP MY
BIG MOUTH SHUT!

YEAH... I WAS RIGHT.

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT? PREPARING FOR A LANDING.

WHAT? WELL, NOW THAT
WE KNOW WHAT IT IS,

THERE'S NO REASON
WE SHOULDN'T GO BACK.

NO REASON?! WHAT, ARE
YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!

WE HAVE ORDERS, CARTER...

PICK UP SPECIMENS
OF FOREIGN LIFE.

WE'RE GOING TO PICK THEM UP.

NO, WE'RE NOT! CARTER,
GET YOUR HANDS OFF!

YOU IDIOT! LET GO OF THAT THING!

( alarm beeping)

YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT!

WHAT'D I TELL YOU?!

WE'RE GOING TO CRASH! NO!

WE'RE GOING TO DIE!

( grunting): NO!

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIE.

CARTER, AUXILIARY ENGINES!

IT'S NO USE.

CARTER!

CARTER, YOU FOOL!

( alarm continues blaring)

AUXILIARIES ON!

( bells ringing)

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SHUT UP!

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THE
GUTS TO FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN LIFE.

ARE WE STILL GOING DOWN?

YOU BET WE'RE GOING DOWN.

AND WHEN WE GET THERE,
YOU'LL SEE THAT SHIP

IS NO LONGER THERE...
GONE, VANISHED!

BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER
THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AIR SPRINGS.

YES, SIR.

GET SET FOR TOUCHDOWN.

IT'S GONE.

HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE FACING

THE RIGHT DIRECTION, CAPTAIN?

( snaps fingers)

GONE, CAPTAIN?

ALL RIGHT, IT'S STILL THERE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.

IT MEANS YOU'RE WRONG.

THERE'S AN EXPLANATION
FOR THIS SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT I'M GOING TO FIND IT.

WELL, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.

YOU KNOW WHY, CAPTAIN?

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT
TO GO BACK UP AGAIN.

AND THIS TIME, WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO CRASH!

NO, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CRASH...

BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE CRASHED.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

STOP FIGHTING IT, CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE ALL OUT OF EXPLANATIONS.

THERE'S ONLY ONE
LEFT, AND YOU KNOW IT.

I KNOW NOTHING OF THE KIND.

OH, YES, YOU DO.

CARTER WAS HOME.

THAT TELEGRAM WAS REALLY THERE.

I WAS WITH MY WIFE
AND MY DAUGHTER

BECAUSE I'M JUST LIKE THEM NOW.

NO, NO.

ACCEPT IT, CAPTAIN.

STOP TRYING TO
PROVE THAT WE'RE ALIVE.

WE ARE ALIVE.

THERE'S SOMETHING
HAPPENING HERE...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT
THERE'S AN EXPLANATION FOR IT.

I'VE GIVEN YOU THE EXPLANATION.

I DON'T ACCEPT IT!

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT
AGAIN UNTIL I FIND THE ANSWER!

CAN'T YOU SEE?

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING...

GOING OVER IT AGAIN.

LET US GO, PAUL.

NO.

WE'RE DEAD, PAUL.

LET US DIE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER
IT AGAIN, DO YOU HEAR?

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT AGAIN!

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT AGAIN!

CAPTAIN.

SOMETHING GLITTERED DOWN THERE.

IT WAS AT, UH, 255-417.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

PICTURE OF A MAN WHO
WILL NOT SEE ANYTHING

HE DOES NOT CHOOSE TO
SEE, INCLUDING HIS OWN DEATH.

A MAN OF SUCH INDOMITABLE WILL

THAT EVEN THE TWO MEN
BENEATH HIS COMMAND

ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO SEE THE TRUTH:

WHICH TRUTH IS THAT THEY ARE
NO LONGER AMONG THE LIVING...

THAT THE MOVEMENTS THEY
MAKE AND THE WORDS THEY SPEAK

HAVE ALL BEEN MADE AND
SPOKEN COUNTLESS TIMES BEFORE

AND WILL BE MADE AND
SPOKEN COUNTLESS TIMES AGAIN,

PERHAPS EVEN UNTO ETERNITY.

PICTURE OF A LATTER-DAY
FLYING DUTCHMAN

SAILING INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

NEXT, WE DELVE INTO THE
REALM OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE,

AND THROUGH THE
OFFICES OF A FINE WRITER

NAMED EARL HAMNER JR., WE
PERUSE A LITTLE WITCHCRAFT

AND BRING YOU A STORY
CALLED, "JESS-BELLE."

THIS EXERCISE IN
TERROR AND TALISMANS

STARS ANNE FRANCIS
AND JAMES BEST.

♪ FORM A RING, CIRCLE RIGHT
WITH A PRETTY LITTLE THING ♪

♪ NOW BREAK THAT RING
WITH A CORNER SWING ♪

♪ GO BACK HOME, DO-SI-DO... ♪

ELLY!

( shrieking) ELLY! ELLY! ELLY!

I AIN'T NEVER SEEN NO
CAT WITH SPOTS LIKE THAT.

A WITCH.

THAT CAT WAS A WITCH.