The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 5, Episode 15 - The Long Morrow - full transcript
Commander Douglas Stansfield is selected to be the first astronaut to go on a deep space mission. He will be away for 40 years but for much of that, he will be in stasis and on his return he will hardly have aged. Stansfield is a seemingly ideal candidate as he is single and has no close family. Prior to his departure however, he meets the beautiful Sandra Horn and they fall very much in love. Forty years later, Stansfield returns but it seems he and Sandra had their own way of dealing with the 40 years since they last saw each other.
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.
IT MAY BE SAID WITH A
DEGREE OF ASSURANCE
THAT NOT EVERYTHING THAT
MEETS THE EYE IS AS IT APPEARS.
THE SCENE YOU'RE WATCHING.
THIS IS NOT A HOSPITAL, NOT
A MORGUE, NOT A MAUSOLEUM,
NOT AN UNDERTAKERS'
PARLOR OF THE FUTURE.
WHAT IT IS IS THE
BELLY OF A SPACESHIP.
IT IS EN ROUTE TO
ANOTHER PLANETARY SYSTEM
AN INCREDIBLE DISTANCE
FROM THE EARTH.
THIS IS THE CRUX OF OUR
STORY, A FLIGHT INTO SPACE.
IT IS ALSO THE STORY
OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT
HAPPEN TO HUMAN BEINGS
WHO TAKE A STEP BEYOND,
UNABLE TO ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING
THAT MIGHT AWAIT THEM OUT THERE.
Man: I REMEMBER THINGS.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST VOID,
DARKNESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
THE MIND DOES WORK.
THERE ARE IMAGES, PATTERNS,
THINGS TO RECOLLECT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE
LONG, DEEP SLEEP
THAT COMES WHEN
THE FEAR HAS LEFT.
THE COLD IS FELT,
THE SLIPPING AWAY OF FEELING IS
NOTED AND THEN SUCCUMBED TO.
THE MIND FUNCTIONS.
TIME IS DISTORTED, JUMBLED,
TELESCOPED, ACCORDIONED,
BUT THERE IS A SENSE
OF TIME EVEN SO,
AND I REMEMBER THINGS.
I REMEMBER THE WAY IT BEGAN.
I REMEMBER THE WAY
IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING.
COME IN, COMMANDER STANSFIELD.
DR. BIXLER.
PLEASE BE COMFORTABLE.
THE FIGURE OF SPEECH, COMMANDER.
BE COMFORTABLE IN THE SENSE
THAT THERE'S NO NEED
TO STAND ON CEREMONY.
BUT THERE ARE NO SEATS, EITHER.
I'VE HEARD MUCH OF YOU, DOCTOR.
I OF YOU, AND THAT'S
THE REASON YOU'RE HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN AN
ASTRONAUT FOR 11 YEARS.
IS THAT A QUESTION, SIR?
IT'S AN OBSERVATION.
SHOULD YOU NOT HAVE REALIZED
IT, YOU'VE BEEN THE OBJECT
OF CONSIDERABLE OBSERVATION
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN AWARE OF SOME, DOCTOR.
WHEN THE SPACE AGENCY
PUT ME ON MY PROJECT,
THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP IN MIND
THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS
BUT ALSO TO BE AWARE
OF THE HUMAN FACTOR.
YOU, COMMANDER STANSFIELD,
ARE THE HUMAN FACTOR.
GO ON, DOCTOR.
YOU RECOGNIZE THIS, DON'T YOU?
THIS IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE SUN AND
HERE IS THE EARTH,
JUPITER, VENUS, PLUTO, MARS.
AND WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, COMMANDER?
MARS IS A VAST, SCRUBBY DESERT
WITH AN UNBREATHEABLE
ATMOSPHERE.
PLUTO IS POISONOUS
AND EXTREMELY COLD.
THE MOON IS BARREN,
JUPITER, VOLCANIC.
IN SHORT, COMMANDER,
OUR NEIGHBORS OFFER US ONLY
ONE ASSET: THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.
THEY'RE WITHIN REACH.
BEYOND THAT, THEY
OFFER US NOTHING...
SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC... ANYTHING.
THEY'RE THE MOUNT
EVEREST OF SPACE.
ONCE, THEY OFFERED
US CHALLENGES.
WHERE IS THE NEXT
MOUNT EVEREST, DOCTOR?
THAT'S PERHAPS THE
MOST PERTINENT QUESTION
YOU'VE EVER ASKED.
THIS IS A PLANETARY SYSTEM
TO DATE SEEN ONLY
THROUGH THE LENS OF A TELESCOPE.
WE KNOW NOTHING OF IT
EXCEPT FOR THERE ARE SIX BODIES
ONE OF WHICH WE CAN
ONLY ASSUME IS THE SUN.
IT'S FLAMING AND GASEOUS
AND IT MUST PROVIDE
HEAT AND LIGHT
FOR THESE FIVE BODIES HERE.
IT'S A SMALL SYSTEM
LIKE OUR OWN.
THE PLANETS RUN
ROUGHLY IN THE
SAME ORBITAL PATTERN
AS WE DO AROUND OUR OWN SUN.
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YOU MAY CALL IT
STANSFIELD'S MOUNT EVEREST.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
WHEN?
IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THE SHIP'S BEING BUILT NOW.
IT'S OFF THE DRAWING BOARD.
THE KEEL IS BEING LAID
BUT IT'LL TAKE ONLY ONE MAN,
AND THAT MAN
SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE
WATCHING EVERY
RIVET, EVERY BOLT,
EVERY ITEM OF
EQUIPMENT GOING IN THERE.
YOU ARE THAT MAN, COMMANDER.
YOU WILL BE SOLE OCCUPANT
AND YOU WILL BE ITS PILOT.
DOCTOR, I...
I LIKE THIS ASSIGNMENT
VERY MUCH.
THAT'S PRECISELY
WHY YOU WERE CHOSEN.
OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE
THE USUAL DANGERS,
THE USUAL UNKNOWNS.
IN THE PAST, YOU'VE HAD METEOR
SHOWERS TO CONTEND WITH.
YOU'VE HAD THE
USUAL CALCULATED RISK
OF MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES,
LANDING DIFFICULTIES,
EJECTION TROUBLES
AND THE REST OF IT.
WELL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE THOSE...
COMPOUNDED.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FACTOR HERE.
ANOTHER PROBLEM.
THE DISTANCE.
DISTANCE.
THIS SYSTEM IS PERHAPS
141 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US.
THAT'S A ROUGH
ESTIMATE BUT A GOOD ONE.
THE SHIP IS...
THE SHIP WILL HAVE
INTERSTELLAR DRIVE
AND AN ANTIGRAVITY DEVICE.
IT'LL BE THE FASTEST
MAN-MADE OBJECT
EVER CONCEIVED,
EVER BROUGHT TO LIFE.
IT'LL GO 70 TIMES FASTER
THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE SPACE
YOU MUST CONQUER,
IT'LL BE LIKE AN ANT
CRAWLING ACROSS THE SAHARA.
IN SHORT, COMMANDER,
YOUR TRIP TO THESE
PLANETARY BODIES
AND BACK TO EARTH
WILL TAKE
APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS.
COMMANDER DOUGLAS
STANSFIELD, ASTRONAUT,
A MAN ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ONE
OF HISTORY'S LONGEST JOURNEYS...
40 YEARS OUT INTO ENDLESS
SPACE AND HOPEFULLY BACK AGAIN.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING,
THE FIRST STEP TOWARD MAN'S
LONGEST LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
SCIENCE HAS SOLVED
THE MECHANICAL DETAILS,
AND NOW IT'S UP
TO ONE HUMAN BEING
TO BREATHE LIFE INTO
BLUEPRINTS AND COMPUTERS,
TO PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT MAN CAN LIVE HALF A LIFETIME
IN THE TOTAL VOID
OF OUTER SPACE,
40 YEARS ALONE IN THE UNKNOWN.
THIS IS EARTH.
AHEAD LIES A PLANETARY SYSTEM.
THE VAST REGION IN
BETWEEN IS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Stansfield: THAT
WAS THE BEGINNING,
THAT BRIEF, UNEMOTIONAL,
VERY MATTER-OF-FACT COLLOQUY
BETWEEN THE SCIENTIST
AND THE PRACTITIONER...
A SMALL CAST OF TWO CHARACTERS.
AND THAT WAS THE WAY
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT I REMEMBER... I
VERY CLEARLY REMEMBER
THE ENTRANCE OF
CHARACTER NUMBER THREE.
Man: Will
Communications Team B-8,
Communications Team
B-8 report to Central Control.
Communications Team
B-8, Central Control.
OH, A FRIEND IN NEED.
OH, THAT'S MY JOB.
PICKING UP PAPERS?
I'M THE NEW MORALE OFFICER.
I FOLLOW PEOPLE AROUND
WHO LOOK STRICKEN.
OH, AND DO I LOOK STRICKEN?
WELL, YOU LOOKED
MOMENTARILY NONPLUSSED.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET.
ARE YOU PERMANENTLY
STATIONED HERE?
I'M WITH THE SPACE AGENCY.
AND YOU'RE...?
STANSFIELD.
COMMANDER, U.S.N.
OH...
YOU'RE THE ONE.
SHOULD I THANK YOU
OR REPORT YOU FOR
INSUBORDINATION?
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO MEET YOU, TOO.
NO, THAT'S TRUE.
I HAVE E.S.P. AND I, UH...
A LONG TIME AGO I
WOKE UP ONE MORNING
AND SOME INNER VOICE TOLD ME
THAT I WOULD MEET A
GIRL WITH A STRICKEN LOOK
WHO WOULD DROP
PAPERS IN CORRIDORS.
AND DID YOUR E.S.P.
TELL YOU THE NAME?
MM-HMM, SANDRA HORN.
OH... SUBTLE ASTRONAUT.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR MEETING YOU.
I, UM... I DON'T SUPPOSE
THE SPACE AGENCY
COULD DO WITHOUT YOUR SERVICES
FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS THIS EVENING,
JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR DINNER.
WELL... DESPITE THE
FACT THAT I AM INVALUABLE
AND THAT THE WHOLE SPACE PROGRAM
RESTS ON ME ALONE,
I THINK A TWO- OR
THREE-HOUR PERIOD
COULD BE CARVED OUT.
I'M IN THE BOOK, COMMANDER.
PLEASE PHONE.
NO, I WON'T CALL...
I'LL PICK YOU UP.
I'LL BE THERE AT 8:00.
ARRIVEDERCI, LADY
FROM THE SPACE AGENCY.
AT 8:00, ASTRONAUT.
ARRIVEDERCI.
Dr. Bixler: YOU ARE 31
YEARS OLD, COMMANDER.
WHEN YOU RETURN FROM THIS TRIP,
THE EARTH WILL HAVE AGED
ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONTEMPLATE.
I'LL BE OVER 70 YEARS OLD.
I WILL HAVE LIVED
THE BETTER PART OF MY LIFE
OUT IN SPACE AND ALONE.
YOU WILL HAVE LIVED
THE BETTER PART OF IT,
BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE AGED.
WE INTEND TO TRY SOMETHING NEW,
ALSO A RISK, ALSO
DECIDEDLY CALCULATED.
FREEZING?
AN EXTENSION OF THAT
BUT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.
IT'LL BE A SUSPENDED ANIMATION
IN ITS PUREST FORM.
WE'VE DEVELOPED A SUBSTANCE
FROM THE LYMPHOID TISSUE
OF HIBERNATING ANIMALS
PLUS SEVERAL VITAMIN ABSORBENTS
AND A COLLECTION OF DRUGS.
THE EARTH WILL HAVE
AGED, COMMANDER,
BUT YOU WILL NOT.
YOU'LL BE ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLDER
WHEN YOU RETURN.
SORT OF LIKE DYING AND
COMING TO LIFE AGAIN.
AFTER A FASHION.
BUT COMING TO LIFE
AGAIN IN THE SENSE THAT
THERE'LL BE VERY FEW PEOPLE HERE
THAT YOU WILL KNOW
OR WHO WILL KNOW YOU.
LIFE WILL HAVE
CHANGED, COMMANDER.
YOU'LL HAVE TO BEGIN LIVING IT
ALL OVER AGAIN AS A STRANGER,
AS A... WELL, AS AN ANACHRONISM,
IF YOU WILL.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR.
WHEN DO I BEGIN?
YOU HAVE BEGUN.
AS OF THIS MOMENT
YOU ARE VERY MUCH
COMMITTED, COMMANDER.
I'M ON THE PAYROLL, DOCTOR,
AND I JUST CHECKED IN.
SOMETHING?
A MONTH FROM NOW
YOU'LL BE OFF TO SPACE.
AND BY THE TIME YOU
COME BACK DOWN AGAIN...
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW?
ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ABSURD REASON.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR EXACTLY
THREE AND A HALF HOURS...
THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN
THREE AND A HALF
HOURS... A LONG DINNER...
AND A SHORT DANCE.
AND ALREADY... ALREADY...
ALREADY WHAT, SANDY?
ALREADY... I FEEL
A SENSE OF... LOSS.
Stansfield: MY LIFE
HAD BEEN SPACE.
IT HAD BEEN MISSIONS,
PROJECTS AND EXPEDITIONS.
THERE HAD BEEN NO
TIME FOR INTRUSIONS
THAT TOOK THE FORM
OF A WOMAN'S FACE,
A VOICE, A SHORT MONTH OF A MAN
AND A WOMAN DRAWING TOGETHER,
BECOMING A PART OF ONE ANOTHER,
REACHING TENTATIVELY
INTO THAT STRANGE AND
MYSTERIOUS POND OF LOVE
AND THEN WATCHING THE
RIPPLES THAT CAME FROM IT.
BUT NOW I THINK OF THESE THINGS,
NOW THEY COME TO MIND,
NOW IN THE DARKNESS,
IN THE COLD, THE SOLITUDE,
THE... STILLNESS,
THE LONELINESS.
NOW THERE COMES A
FEELING OF WARMTH.
SANDY... WHERE ARE YOU
NOW, SANDY, ACROSS THE VOID?
MY DEAR SANDY,
THROUGH THE MILLIONS OF
MILES OF COLD, EMPTY SPACE,
THROUGH THE VASTNESS OF A
NAKED DESERT OF SKY AND STARS,
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, SANDY.
Man: MINUS 2-30.
SMALL, UNOFFICIAL GESTURE
FROM ONE OF THE
LESSER BUREAUCRATS
OF OUR GOOD,
RESPECTABLE GOVERNMENT.
UNOFFICIAL... AND VERY
MUCH APART FROM PROTOCOL.
BUT I COULDN'T LET
YOU LEAVE, DOUG,
NOT WITHOUT SAYING GOOD-BYE.
NOT WITHOUT TELL YOU I...
I LOVED YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I SHALL SORELY MISS YOU.
AND THAT MY LIFE...
WHATEVER THERE IS LEFT OF IT...
SHALL BE A STRANGELY
MEANINGLESS, DULL AND...
EMPTY THING WITHOUT
YOU TO SHARE IT.
IT'S A VERY ODD THING, SANDY,
WHEN I GET BACK, WHEN I...
TOUCH THIS EARTH AGAIN,
I KNOW THE FIRST
THOUGHT I'LL HAVE,
I KNOW... THE FIRST THING
THAT I'LL WANT TO SEE,
I KNOW... THE FIRST...
THING THAT I'LL WANT TO TOUCH.
I'LL BE THE...
LITTLE OLD LADY
IN THE LACE SHAWL.
THE ONE WAVING THE
"WELCOME HOME" SIGN.
SO LOOK FOR ME.
WILL YOU, DOUG?
Man: TWO, ONE, ZERO.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.
Stansfield: I MOVE NOW, I
STREAK ACROSS THE SKY,
I LEAVE AN EARTH BEHIND
THAT CHANGES BEYOND
MY CLOSED EYES.
FROM A WARM PLACE
OF LEAVES AND TREES
TO A COLD ORB
HANGING IN A DARK SKY
AND GROWING SMALLER
AND SMALLER AND SMALLER.
AND TIME PASSES.
IT INEXORABLY PASSES.
AND I CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
GENERAL WALTERS?
SPACE CONTACT, SIR.
A CRAFT SPIRALING IN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S
HEAR THE REPORT.
IT'S EXPEDITION CALLED
STANSFIELD'S MOUNT EVEREST.
COMMANDED BY DOUGLAS STANSFIELD.
THE DATE OF DEPARTURE?
THIS ONE'S ONE OF
THE OLD JOBS, SIR.
DEPARTURE, DECEMBER 31, 1987.
"OLD" IS PUTTING IT MILDLY.
ALL RIGHT, CHECK IT
OUT IN YOUR REPORT.
LET ME KNOW.
This one's one of the pioneers.
Been in space 40 years.
FIRST VOICE
COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD.
IT'S BEEN TRACKED ON RADAR
BUT HIS COMMUNICATIONS
MUST HAVE MALFUNCTIONED
A FEW HOURS AFTER HE
LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE.
NOW, HERE'S A FUNNY ONE.
HOW'S THAT, SIR?
WELL, THERE'S AN INSERTION
FROM A MAN NAMED BIXLER.
HE WAS ONE OF THE PROJECT PEOPLE
YEARS AND YEARS AGO AS I RECALL.
HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE
OF THE STANSFIELD MISSION.
IT SAYS WE'RE TO CONTACT
A GIRL NAME SANDRA HORN.
Who?
A MISS SANDRA HORN,
A FRIEND OF
COMMANDER STANSFIELD.
WHERE WOULD WE FIND HER, SIR?
AN OLD LADY'S HOME?
NO, YOU'LL FIND HER
IN A HIBERNATION ROOM.
YOU'LL FIND HER A YOUNG
WOMAN OF 26 YEARS OF AGE.
I HOPE YOU FIND HER ALIVE.
GENERAL WALTERS.
MISS HORN.
YOU'RE LOOKING VERY WELL INDEED.
YOU LOOK FINE.
SOUNDS IDIOTIC, DOESN'T IT
BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S BEEN ASLEEP FOR 40 YEARS?
I WAS TOLD COMMANDER
STANSFIELD...
YES, HIS SHIP LANDED
SIX HOURS AGO.
I ASKED TO SEE YOU.
WHAT ABOUT HIM?
IN GOOD HEALTH.
NATURALLY... VERY TIRED.
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
I MUST SEE HIM.
YOU SHALL SEE HIM
IN JUST A MOMENT.
I... I HAD TO SPEAK
TO YOU FIRST.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS
AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
COMMANDER STANSFIELD SUFFERED
A COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE.
IT PROBABLY OCCURRED
WITHIN THE FIRST 12 HOURS
AFTER HIS DEPARTURE.
THERE WAS ONLY
SPORADIC CONTACT MADE
DURING THE ENTIRE FLIGHT
BOTH THERE AND BACK.
HE REACHED THE
OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM.
YES, HE REACHED IT.
HE LANDED, HE TOOK
OFF, HE RETURNED.
HE FOUND NO LIFE.
BUT WE FOUND THAT 20 YEARS AGO.
THAT'S ONE OF THE IRONIES
OF PROGRESS, MISS HORN.
COULD HAVE SAVED THE TRIP.
COULD HAVE SAVED
HIM... HIS ANGUISH
HIS ANGUISH BEING THE FOLLOWING:
UNKNOWN TO US HERE ON EARTH,
TO MY PREDECESSORS
AND TO THEIRS,
BECAUSE OF THE LACK
OF COMMUNICATION,
COMMANDER STANSFIELD ARBITRARILY
REMOVED HIMSELF FROM HIBERNATION
SIX MONTHS AFTER LEAVING EARTH.
HE DID THIS
BECAUSE... I KNOW WHY.
OH, GOD HELP ME.
I KNOW WHY.
OVER 40 YEARS, MISS HORN.
40 YEARS IN THE
COCKPIT OF A SHIP.
40 YEARS.
HIS LONELINESS MUST HAVE BEEN...
SOMETHING BRAND-NEW
IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
I WISH TO HEAVEN
HE COULD HAVE RETURNED
TO YOU JUST AS HE LEFT,
BUT... AS IT IS, HE...
DOUG...
YOU REMEMBER ME... DON'T YOU?
REMEMBER YOU?
I'VE SPENT...
I'VE SPENT 40 YEARS
REMEMBERING YOU, SANDY.
PAINTING A PICTURE
INSIDE MY HEAD.
LISTENING TO YOUR VOICE.
THINKING ABOUT YOUR TOUCH.
I'VE SPENT...
40 YEARS SURVIVING
FOR YOU, SANDY.
OH, DOUG...
IT CAN STILL BE THAT WAY.
THE WAY YOU ARE... THE WAY I AM.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
OH, IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE, SANDY.
IT'S 40 YEARS' DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE... STILL BEAUTIFUL.
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
NO, YOU GO AWAY NOW, SANDY.
PLEASE GO, HMM?
STANSFIELD...
YOU ARE REALLY QUITE
AN INCREDIBLE MAN.
IT MAY BE THE ONE
DISTINCTION IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
THAT I KNEW YOU...
THAT I KNEW A MAN
WHO PUT SUCH A PREMIUM ON LOVE.
TRULY...
TRULY QUITE A
DISTINCTION, STANSFIELD.
MMM.
COMMANDER DOUGLAS STANSFIELD,
ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN
PIONEERS OF THE SPACE AGE,
HE'S BEEN PUSHED ASIDE
BY THE FLOW OF PROGRESS
AND THE PASSAGE OF YEARS
AND THE FEROCIOUS
TRAVESTY OF FATE.
TONIGHT'S TALE OF THE
IONOSPHERE AND IRONY
DELIVERED FROM
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT TIME OUT ON
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
AN UNUSUAL LITTLE ITEM FROM
THE PEN OF JERRY McNEELY
BASED ON A STORY BY HENRY SLESAR
AND CALLED, INTRIGUINGLY ENOUGH,
"THE SELF-IMPROVEMENT
OF SALVADORE ROSS."
THIS ONE POSES THE QUESTION,
"IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU ARE,
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CHANGING?"
DON GORDON PORTRAYS A MAN
WHO REALLY GOES THE ROUTE
WHEN IT COMES TO
SOME BASIC CHANGING
AND THE RESULTS
ARE MOST UNEXPECTED.
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.
IT MAY BE SAID WITH A
DEGREE OF ASSURANCE
THAT NOT EVERYTHING THAT
MEETS THE EYE IS AS IT APPEARS.
THE SCENE YOU'RE WATCHING.
THIS IS NOT A HOSPITAL, NOT
A MORGUE, NOT A MAUSOLEUM,
NOT AN UNDERTAKERS'
PARLOR OF THE FUTURE.
WHAT IT IS IS THE
BELLY OF A SPACESHIP.
IT IS EN ROUTE TO
ANOTHER PLANETARY SYSTEM
AN INCREDIBLE DISTANCE
FROM THE EARTH.
THIS IS THE CRUX OF OUR
STORY, A FLIGHT INTO SPACE.
IT IS ALSO THE STORY
OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT
HAPPEN TO HUMAN BEINGS
WHO TAKE A STEP BEYOND,
UNABLE TO ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING
THAT MIGHT AWAIT THEM OUT THERE.
Man: I REMEMBER THINGS.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST VOID,
DARKNESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
THE MIND DOES WORK.
THERE ARE IMAGES, PATTERNS,
THINGS TO RECOLLECT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE
LONG, DEEP SLEEP
THAT COMES WHEN
THE FEAR HAS LEFT.
THE COLD IS FELT,
THE SLIPPING AWAY OF FEELING IS
NOTED AND THEN SUCCUMBED TO.
THE MIND FUNCTIONS.
TIME IS DISTORTED, JUMBLED,
TELESCOPED, ACCORDIONED,
BUT THERE IS A SENSE
OF TIME EVEN SO,
AND I REMEMBER THINGS.
I REMEMBER THE WAY IT BEGAN.
I REMEMBER THE WAY
IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING.
COME IN, COMMANDER STANSFIELD.
DR. BIXLER.
PLEASE BE COMFORTABLE.
THE FIGURE OF SPEECH, COMMANDER.
BE COMFORTABLE IN THE SENSE
THAT THERE'S NO NEED
TO STAND ON CEREMONY.
BUT THERE ARE NO SEATS, EITHER.
I'VE HEARD MUCH OF YOU, DOCTOR.
I OF YOU, AND THAT'S
THE REASON YOU'RE HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN AN
ASTRONAUT FOR 11 YEARS.
IS THAT A QUESTION, SIR?
IT'S AN OBSERVATION.
SHOULD YOU NOT HAVE REALIZED
IT, YOU'VE BEEN THE OBJECT
OF CONSIDERABLE OBSERVATION
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN AWARE OF SOME, DOCTOR.
WHEN THE SPACE AGENCY
PUT ME ON MY PROJECT,
THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP IN MIND
THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS
BUT ALSO TO BE AWARE
OF THE HUMAN FACTOR.
YOU, COMMANDER STANSFIELD,
ARE THE HUMAN FACTOR.
GO ON, DOCTOR.
YOU RECOGNIZE THIS, DON'T YOU?
THIS IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE SUN AND
HERE IS THE EARTH,
JUPITER, VENUS, PLUTO, MARS.
AND WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, COMMANDER?
MARS IS A VAST, SCRUBBY DESERT
WITH AN UNBREATHEABLE
ATMOSPHERE.
PLUTO IS POISONOUS
AND EXTREMELY COLD.
THE MOON IS BARREN,
JUPITER, VOLCANIC.
IN SHORT, COMMANDER,
OUR NEIGHBORS OFFER US ONLY
ONE ASSET: THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.
THEY'RE WITHIN REACH.
BEYOND THAT, THEY
OFFER US NOTHING...
SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC... ANYTHING.
THEY'RE THE MOUNT
EVEREST OF SPACE.
ONCE, THEY OFFERED
US CHALLENGES.
WHERE IS THE NEXT
MOUNT EVEREST, DOCTOR?
THAT'S PERHAPS THE
MOST PERTINENT QUESTION
YOU'VE EVER ASKED.
THIS IS A PLANETARY SYSTEM
TO DATE SEEN ONLY
THROUGH THE LENS OF A TELESCOPE.
WE KNOW NOTHING OF IT
EXCEPT FOR THERE ARE SIX BODIES
ONE OF WHICH WE CAN
ONLY ASSUME IS THE SUN.
IT'S FLAMING AND GASEOUS
AND IT MUST PROVIDE
HEAT AND LIGHT
FOR THESE FIVE BODIES HERE.
IT'S A SMALL SYSTEM
LIKE OUR OWN.
THE PLANETS RUN
ROUGHLY IN THE
SAME ORBITAL PATTERN
AS WE DO AROUND OUR OWN SUN.
DOES IT HAVE A NAME?
YOU MAY CALL IT
STANSFIELD'S MOUNT EVEREST.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
WHEN?
IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THE SHIP'S BEING BUILT NOW.
IT'S OFF THE DRAWING BOARD.
THE KEEL IS BEING LAID
BUT IT'LL TAKE ONLY ONE MAN,
AND THAT MAN
SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE
WATCHING EVERY
RIVET, EVERY BOLT,
EVERY ITEM OF
EQUIPMENT GOING IN THERE.
YOU ARE THAT MAN, COMMANDER.
YOU WILL BE SOLE OCCUPANT
AND YOU WILL BE ITS PILOT.
DOCTOR, I...
I LIKE THIS ASSIGNMENT
VERY MUCH.
THAT'S PRECISELY
WHY YOU WERE CHOSEN.
OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE
THE USUAL DANGERS,
THE USUAL UNKNOWNS.
IN THE PAST, YOU'VE HAD METEOR
SHOWERS TO CONTEND WITH.
YOU'VE HAD THE
USUAL CALCULATED RISK
OF MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES,
LANDING DIFFICULTIES,
EJECTION TROUBLES
AND THE REST OF IT.
WELL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE THOSE...
COMPOUNDED.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FACTOR HERE.
ANOTHER PROBLEM.
THE DISTANCE.
DISTANCE.
THIS SYSTEM IS PERHAPS
141 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US.
THAT'S A ROUGH
ESTIMATE BUT A GOOD ONE.
THE SHIP IS...
THE SHIP WILL HAVE
INTERSTELLAR DRIVE
AND AN ANTIGRAVITY DEVICE.
IT'LL BE THE FASTEST
MAN-MADE OBJECT
EVER CONCEIVED,
EVER BROUGHT TO LIFE.
IT'LL GO 70 TIMES FASTER
THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE SPACE
YOU MUST CONQUER,
IT'LL BE LIKE AN ANT
CRAWLING ACROSS THE SAHARA.
IN SHORT, COMMANDER,
YOUR TRIP TO THESE
PLANETARY BODIES
AND BACK TO EARTH
WILL TAKE
APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS.
COMMANDER DOUGLAS
STANSFIELD, ASTRONAUT,
A MAN ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ONE
OF HISTORY'S LONGEST JOURNEYS...
40 YEARS OUT INTO ENDLESS
SPACE AND HOPEFULLY BACK AGAIN.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING,
THE FIRST STEP TOWARD MAN'S
LONGEST LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
SCIENCE HAS SOLVED
THE MECHANICAL DETAILS,
AND NOW IT'S UP
TO ONE HUMAN BEING
TO BREATHE LIFE INTO
BLUEPRINTS AND COMPUTERS,
TO PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT MAN CAN LIVE HALF A LIFETIME
IN THE TOTAL VOID
OF OUTER SPACE,
40 YEARS ALONE IN THE UNKNOWN.
THIS IS EARTH.
AHEAD LIES A PLANETARY SYSTEM.
THE VAST REGION IN
BETWEEN IS THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Stansfield: THAT
WAS THE BEGINNING,
THAT BRIEF, UNEMOTIONAL,
VERY MATTER-OF-FACT COLLOQUY
BETWEEN THE SCIENTIST
AND THE PRACTITIONER...
A SMALL CAST OF TWO CHARACTERS.
AND THAT WAS THE WAY
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT I REMEMBER... I
VERY CLEARLY REMEMBER
THE ENTRANCE OF
CHARACTER NUMBER THREE.
Man: Will
Communications Team B-8,
Communications Team
B-8 report to Central Control.
Communications Team
B-8, Central Control.
OH, A FRIEND IN NEED.
OH, THAT'S MY JOB.
PICKING UP PAPERS?
I'M THE NEW MORALE OFFICER.
I FOLLOW PEOPLE AROUND
WHO LOOK STRICKEN.
OH, AND DO I LOOK STRICKEN?
WELL, YOU LOOKED
MOMENTARILY NONPLUSSED.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET.
ARE YOU PERMANENTLY
STATIONED HERE?
I'M WITH THE SPACE AGENCY.
AND YOU'RE...?
STANSFIELD.
COMMANDER, U.S.N.
OH...
YOU'RE THE ONE.
SHOULD I THANK YOU
OR REPORT YOU FOR
INSUBORDINATION?
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO MEET YOU, TOO.
NO, THAT'S TRUE.
I HAVE E.S.P. AND I, UH...
A LONG TIME AGO I
WOKE UP ONE MORNING
AND SOME INNER VOICE TOLD ME
THAT I WOULD MEET A
GIRL WITH A STRICKEN LOOK
WHO WOULD DROP
PAPERS IN CORRIDORS.
AND DID YOUR E.S.P.
TELL YOU THE NAME?
MM-HMM, SANDRA HORN.
OH... SUBTLE ASTRONAUT.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR MEETING YOU.
I, UM... I DON'T SUPPOSE
THE SPACE AGENCY
COULD DO WITHOUT YOUR SERVICES
FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS THIS EVENING,
JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR DINNER.
WELL... DESPITE THE
FACT THAT I AM INVALUABLE
AND THAT THE WHOLE SPACE PROGRAM
RESTS ON ME ALONE,
I THINK A TWO- OR
THREE-HOUR PERIOD
COULD BE CARVED OUT.
I'M IN THE BOOK, COMMANDER.
PLEASE PHONE.
NO, I WON'T CALL...
I'LL PICK YOU UP.
I'LL BE THERE AT 8:00.
ARRIVEDERCI, LADY
FROM THE SPACE AGENCY.
AT 8:00, ASTRONAUT.
ARRIVEDERCI.
Dr. Bixler: YOU ARE 31
YEARS OLD, COMMANDER.
WHEN YOU RETURN FROM THIS TRIP,
THE EARTH WILL HAVE AGED
ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONTEMPLATE.
I'LL BE OVER 70 YEARS OLD.
I WILL HAVE LIVED
THE BETTER PART OF MY LIFE
OUT IN SPACE AND ALONE.
YOU WILL HAVE LIVED
THE BETTER PART OF IT,
BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE AGED.
WE INTEND TO TRY SOMETHING NEW,
ALSO A RISK, ALSO
DECIDEDLY CALCULATED.
FREEZING?
AN EXTENSION OF THAT
BUT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.
IT'LL BE A SUSPENDED ANIMATION
IN ITS PUREST FORM.
WE'VE DEVELOPED A SUBSTANCE
FROM THE LYMPHOID TISSUE
OF HIBERNATING ANIMALS
PLUS SEVERAL VITAMIN ABSORBENTS
AND A COLLECTION OF DRUGS.
THE EARTH WILL HAVE
AGED, COMMANDER,
BUT YOU WILL NOT.
YOU'LL BE ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLDER
WHEN YOU RETURN.
SORT OF LIKE DYING AND
COMING TO LIFE AGAIN.
AFTER A FASHION.
BUT COMING TO LIFE
AGAIN IN THE SENSE THAT
THERE'LL BE VERY FEW PEOPLE HERE
THAT YOU WILL KNOW
OR WHO WILL KNOW YOU.
LIFE WILL HAVE
CHANGED, COMMANDER.
YOU'LL HAVE TO BEGIN LIVING IT
ALL OVER AGAIN AS A STRANGER,
AS A... WELL, AS AN ANACHRONISM,
IF YOU WILL.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR.
WHEN DO I BEGIN?
YOU HAVE BEGUN.
AS OF THIS MOMENT
YOU ARE VERY MUCH
COMMITTED, COMMANDER.
I'M ON THE PAYROLL, DOCTOR,
AND I JUST CHECKED IN.
SOMETHING?
A MONTH FROM NOW
YOU'LL BE OFF TO SPACE.
AND BY THE TIME YOU
COME BACK DOWN AGAIN...
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW?
ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ABSURD REASON.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR EXACTLY
THREE AND A HALF HOURS...
THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN
THREE AND A HALF
HOURS... A LONG DINNER...
AND A SHORT DANCE.
AND ALREADY... ALREADY...
ALREADY WHAT, SANDY?
ALREADY... I FEEL
A SENSE OF... LOSS.
Stansfield: MY LIFE
HAD BEEN SPACE.
IT HAD BEEN MISSIONS,
PROJECTS AND EXPEDITIONS.
THERE HAD BEEN NO
TIME FOR INTRUSIONS
THAT TOOK THE FORM
OF A WOMAN'S FACE,
A VOICE, A SHORT MONTH OF A MAN
AND A WOMAN DRAWING TOGETHER,
BECOMING A PART OF ONE ANOTHER,
REACHING TENTATIVELY
INTO THAT STRANGE AND
MYSTERIOUS POND OF LOVE
AND THEN WATCHING THE
RIPPLES THAT CAME FROM IT.
BUT NOW I THINK OF THESE THINGS,
NOW THEY COME TO MIND,
NOW IN THE DARKNESS,
IN THE COLD, THE SOLITUDE,
THE... STILLNESS,
THE LONELINESS.
NOW THERE COMES A
FEELING OF WARMTH.
SANDY... WHERE ARE YOU
NOW, SANDY, ACROSS THE VOID?
MY DEAR SANDY,
THROUGH THE MILLIONS OF
MILES OF COLD, EMPTY SPACE,
THROUGH THE VASTNESS OF A
NAKED DESERT OF SKY AND STARS,
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, SANDY.
Man: MINUS 2-30.
SMALL, UNOFFICIAL GESTURE
FROM ONE OF THE
LESSER BUREAUCRATS
OF OUR GOOD,
RESPECTABLE GOVERNMENT.
UNOFFICIAL... AND VERY
MUCH APART FROM PROTOCOL.
BUT I COULDN'T LET
YOU LEAVE, DOUG,
NOT WITHOUT SAYING GOOD-BYE.
NOT WITHOUT TELL YOU I...
I LOVED YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I SHALL SORELY MISS YOU.
AND THAT MY LIFE...
WHATEVER THERE IS LEFT OF IT...
SHALL BE A STRANGELY
MEANINGLESS, DULL AND...
EMPTY THING WITHOUT
YOU TO SHARE IT.
IT'S A VERY ODD THING, SANDY,
WHEN I GET BACK, WHEN I...
TOUCH THIS EARTH AGAIN,
I KNOW THE FIRST
THOUGHT I'LL HAVE,
I KNOW... THE FIRST THING
THAT I'LL WANT TO SEE,
I KNOW... THE FIRST...
THING THAT I'LL WANT TO TOUCH.
I'LL BE THE...
LITTLE OLD LADY
IN THE LACE SHAWL.
THE ONE WAVING THE
"WELCOME HOME" SIGN.
SO LOOK FOR ME.
WILL YOU, DOUG?
Man: TWO, ONE, ZERO.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.
Stansfield: I MOVE NOW, I
STREAK ACROSS THE SKY,
I LEAVE AN EARTH BEHIND
THAT CHANGES BEYOND
MY CLOSED EYES.
FROM A WARM PLACE
OF LEAVES AND TREES
TO A COLD ORB
HANGING IN A DARK SKY
AND GROWING SMALLER
AND SMALLER AND SMALLER.
AND TIME PASSES.
IT INEXORABLY PASSES.
AND I CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
GENERAL WALTERS?
SPACE CONTACT, SIR.
A CRAFT SPIRALING IN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S
HEAR THE REPORT.
IT'S EXPEDITION CALLED
STANSFIELD'S MOUNT EVEREST.
COMMANDED BY DOUGLAS STANSFIELD.
THE DATE OF DEPARTURE?
THIS ONE'S ONE OF
THE OLD JOBS, SIR.
DEPARTURE, DECEMBER 31, 1987.
"OLD" IS PUTTING IT MILDLY.
ALL RIGHT, CHECK IT
OUT IN YOUR REPORT.
LET ME KNOW.
This one's one of the pioneers.
Been in space 40 years.
FIRST VOICE
COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD.
IT'S BEEN TRACKED ON RADAR
BUT HIS COMMUNICATIONS
MUST HAVE MALFUNCTIONED
A FEW HOURS AFTER HE
LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE.
NOW, HERE'S A FUNNY ONE.
HOW'S THAT, SIR?
WELL, THERE'S AN INSERTION
FROM A MAN NAMED BIXLER.
HE WAS ONE OF THE PROJECT PEOPLE
YEARS AND YEARS AGO AS I RECALL.
HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE
OF THE STANSFIELD MISSION.
IT SAYS WE'RE TO CONTACT
A GIRL NAME SANDRA HORN.
Who?
A MISS SANDRA HORN,
A FRIEND OF
COMMANDER STANSFIELD.
WHERE WOULD WE FIND HER, SIR?
AN OLD LADY'S HOME?
NO, YOU'LL FIND HER
IN A HIBERNATION ROOM.
YOU'LL FIND HER A YOUNG
WOMAN OF 26 YEARS OF AGE.
I HOPE YOU FIND HER ALIVE.
GENERAL WALTERS.
MISS HORN.
YOU'RE LOOKING VERY WELL INDEED.
YOU LOOK FINE.
SOUNDS IDIOTIC, DOESN'T IT
BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S BEEN ASLEEP FOR 40 YEARS?
I WAS TOLD COMMANDER
STANSFIELD...
YES, HIS SHIP LANDED
SIX HOURS AGO.
I ASKED TO SEE YOU.
WHAT ABOUT HIM?
IN GOOD HEALTH.
NATURALLY... VERY TIRED.
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
I MUST SEE HIM.
YOU SHALL SEE HIM
IN JUST A MOMENT.
I... I HAD TO SPEAK
TO YOU FIRST.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS
AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
COMMANDER STANSFIELD SUFFERED
A COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE.
IT PROBABLY OCCURRED
WITHIN THE FIRST 12 HOURS
AFTER HIS DEPARTURE.
THERE WAS ONLY
SPORADIC CONTACT MADE
DURING THE ENTIRE FLIGHT
BOTH THERE AND BACK.
HE REACHED THE
OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM.
YES, HE REACHED IT.
HE LANDED, HE TOOK
OFF, HE RETURNED.
HE FOUND NO LIFE.
BUT WE FOUND THAT 20 YEARS AGO.
THAT'S ONE OF THE IRONIES
OF PROGRESS, MISS HORN.
COULD HAVE SAVED THE TRIP.
COULD HAVE SAVED
HIM... HIS ANGUISH
HIS ANGUISH BEING THE FOLLOWING:
UNKNOWN TO US HERE ON EARTH,
TO MY PREDECESSORS
AND TO THEIRS,
BECAUSE OF THE LACK
OF COMMUNICATION,
COMMANDER STANSFIELD ARBITRARILY
REMOVED HIMSELF FROM HIBERNATION
SIX MONTHS AFTER LEAVING EARTH.
HE DID THIS
BECAUSE... I KNOW WHY.
OH, GOD HELP ME.
I KNOW WHY.
OVER 40 YEARS, MISS HORN.
40 YEARS IN THE
COCKPIT OF A SHIP.
40 YEARS.
HIS LONELINESS MUST HAVE BEEN...
SOMETHING BRAND-NEW
IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
I WISH TO HEAVEN
HE COULD HAVE RETURNED
TO YOU JUST AS HE LEFT,
BUT... AS IT IS, HE...
DOUG...
YOU REMEMBER ME... DON'T YOU?
REMEMBER YOU?
I'VE SPENT...
I'VE SPENT 40 YEARS
REMEMBERING YOU, SANDY.
PAINTING A PICTURE
INSIDE MY HEAD.
LISTENING TO YOUR VOICE.
THINKING ABOUT YOUR TOUCH.
I'VE SPENT...
40 YEARS SURVIVING
FOR YOU, SANDY.
OH, DOUG...
IT CAN STILL BE THAT WAY.
THE WAY YOU ARE... THE WAY I AM.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
OH, IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE, SANDY.
IT'S 40 YEARS' DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE... STILL BEAUTIFUL.
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
NO, YOU GO AWAY NOW, SANDY.
PLEASE GO, HMM?
STANSFIELD...
YOU ARE REALLY QUITE
AN INCREDIBLE MAN.
IT MAY BE THE ONE
DISTINCTION IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
THAT I KNEW YOU...
THAT I KNEW A MAN
WHO PUT SUCH A PREMIUM ON LOVE.
TRULY...
TRULY QUITE A
DISTINCTION, STANSFIELD.
MMM.
COMMANDER DOUGLAS STANSFIELD,
ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN
PIONEERS OF THE SPACE AGE,
HE'S BEEN PUSHED ASIDE
BY THE FLOW OF PROGRESS
AND THE PASSAGE OF YEARS
AND THE FEROCIOUS
TRAVESTY OF FATE.
TONIGHT'S TALE OF THE
IONOSPHERE AND IRONY
DELIVERED FROM
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
AND NOW, MR. SERLING.
NEXT TIME OUT ON
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
AN UNUSUAL LITTLE ITEM FROM
THE PEN OF JERRY McNEELY
BASED ON A STORY BY HENRY SLESAR
AND CALLED, INTRIGUINGLY ENOUGH,
"THE SELF-IMPROVEMENT
OF SALVADORE ROSS."
THIS ONE POSES THE QUESTION,
"IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU ARE,
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CHANGING?"
DON GORDON PORTRAYS A MAN
WHO REALLY GOES THE ROUTE
WHEN IT COMES TO
SOME BASIC CHANGING
AND THE RESULTS
ARE MOST UNEXPECTED.