All language subtitles for The Twilight Zone - S05E17 - Number 12 Looks Just Like You.eng.SDH

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR: 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.

I can't decide… eight or 12.

I think 12 might suit you better.

What do you think, Marilyn?

Hmm?

You weren't even listening.

I'm sorry, Mother.

I don't understand you, darling.

Most girls are thrilled when it
comes time to pick a pattern.

You haven't even looked

at the ones the Bureau sent over.

Oh, I looked at them.

I remember how excited
I was before I was done.

I couldn't sleep for nights.

I finally chose number 12.

I guess that's everybody's favorite.

Aren't you excited?

Marilyn, what are you looking at, dear?

You, a picture of you before.

Oh, dear.

It is you, isn't it?

Yes, that's me before my transformation.

I was a sight, wasn't I?

Mother, I think you were beautiful.

Well, I certainly don't.

Am I very homely now?

No, darling, not to me.

But afterward, you'll be beautiful.

Mother, if I didn't want
the transformation,

I wouldn't have to have it, would I?

Darling, what are you talking about?

The transformation is
the most marvelous thing

that could happen to a person.

Well, I could wait a
little while, couldn't I?

Don't worry, darling,
you're just nervous.

What you need is a
glass of Instant Smile.

Just think, very soon now

you can look like that.

Won't that be wonderful?

You rang, Mrs. Cuberle?

Lana.

Pardon me… Lana.

I don't know why teaching
you people to use first names

is such a problem.

A glass of Instant Smile
for Marilyn, please, Grace.

On second thought, make it two.

Yes, ma'am.

Lana.

What's so terrible about being beautiful?

After all, isn't everybody?

NARRATOR: Given the
chance, what young girl

wouldn't happily exchange
a plain face for a lovely one?

What girl could refuse the
opportunity to be beautiful?

For want of a better estimate,
let's call it the year 2000.

At any rate, imagine a time in the future

when science has developed
the means of giving everyone

the face and body he dreams of.

It may not happen tomorrow,

but it happens now, in the Twilight Zone.

Who is it?

Hi, Uncle Rick.

Take it easy with
that "Uncle Rick" stuff.

You trying to make me feel old?

I'm sorry, I forgot.

Now, young lady,

what's all this I've
been hearing about you?

You know, honey, your
mother is very worried.

I don't want to be transformed.

I want to stay ugly.

Oh, you're not ugly, you're just…

Not beautiful.

Well, I wouldn't exactly say that.

It's just that, uh…

You're different.

Sit down here.

Marilyn, your father was transformed.

Yes, number 17 just like you.

A very popular number these days.

As a matter of fact, it
has been for 20 years.

He wouldn't have
settled for anything less.

But is that good?

Being like everybody…

Isn't that the same as being nobody?

I think it's time you tell me

where you're getting these radical ideas.

Daddy once said…

Your father was a handsome man.

I know, but he thought about things

and he read books.

We talked a lot, just the two of us.

Everybody talks.

No, I mean about real things,

not just about electronic
baseball or super soccer

and where to buy your clothes

or how to fix your hair.

Is that bad?

Liking sports, buying new clothes?

No, of course, it isn't

but there's got to be more to life.

You don't feel very well.

What you need is a nice cup

of Instant Smile.

I had a cup of Instant Smile!

I don't feel like smiling all the time.

Sometimes I want to cry or frown.

Why don't you understand?

Marilyn, you are a very sick girl.

LANA: It's been very
nice talking to you, Valerie.

VALERIE: Thank you.

Hi, Marilyn.

Hi, Valerie.

Are you two going out?

I don't think so, Mrs. Cuberle.

You promised to call me Lana, remember?

Oh, yes. Lana.

Well, I know you two
have a lot to talk about

and I'm due at culture class.

Bye.

Goodbye.

She told you, didn't she?

Yes, she did.

Don't you think you're
being awfully silly?

No. There's no law, is there?

But it isn't as if it hurts or anything.

When they did mine,
I didn't feel a thing.

I know that.

Well, you like the way I look, don't you?

I like you, Val, we're friends.

I liked you before the transformation.

But you're missing the point.

It's like getting a new hairstyle

or new clothes or something.

You just look better.

I'll look like one of those drawings

that the Bureau sends over.

But they're all beautiful.

What's wrong with that?

It is wrong, Valerie.

How will you know me?

I mean, how will anyone know me?

I don't wanna look like everyone else.

I want to look like me.

I'm not gonna let them change me.

I won't let them change me.

Valerie… please help me.

Please.

Doctor will see you now.

Ah, come in, please, Lana.

Thank you, Doctor.

Come, Marilyn.

And this is Marilyn.

Sit down, sit down.

I'm sorry to have to bother you,

it's such a silly thing really.

Not at all, not at all.

I see you're 18 now.

It must be just about
time for you to, uh…

Ah! I see you've already received notice.

That's why we're here.

Of course.

You mustn't worry, Lana.

Marilyn is like the
rest of them nowadays.

I am?

And it's our fault really.

We haven't given her any definite reason

why she must wait until the age of 19.

You see, she looks at you, Lana,

and the other women around her

and then at herself in the mirror.

Doctor…

From pure perfection of body, face, limb,

pigmentation, stance, carriage,

she looks at herself and she's horrified.

Isn't that so? Of course.

You see, the poor child says to herself

why should I be so hideous?

So awkward, oversized, unbalanced,

so full of revolting skin eruptions, eh?

In short, Lana,

our Marilyn is tired of being a monster.

Dr. Rex, you don't understand.

What's that?

She isn't anxious.

I don't want to have the transformation.

You what?

I can't understand.

She never said anything about it before.

Is this true?

Yes.

She doesn't give any reasons.

Yes, yes.

Now, Marilyn,

suppose you tell me all about it,

in your own words.

I don't know.

I just don't want the change.

You understand, of course,
that the transformation

has become a normal part of growing up.

It's a sign of maturity.

What, being like everyone else?

Marilyn…

Would you mind if I conducted
an experiment with you?

Purely for my own records.

This way, please.

Sit right down here, please.

Now, Marilyn, you must try to understand

the transformation is
not merely desirable

from an aesthetic point of view.

But experience has shown us

that it plays a very important role

in psychological adjustment.

Now just hold your
head very still, please.

This won't hurt a bit.

There we are.

[WHIRRING]

That's all there is to it.

Yes.

Lana, you have no idea what
triggered this resentment?

I can't imagine.

LANA: She's never shown much interest.

But it never occurred to me.

I see that your husband died

in the Ganymede Incident.

Five years ago.

Did you and he ever have an occasion

to discuss this matter
between yourselves?

Yes, he was opposed to it at first.

But he finally chose
number 17, your number.

Ah, I see.

Marilyn, you can come over here now.

We're quite finished.

Now, Marilyn, I take it

that you were quite fond of your father.

Yes.

And you no doubt respected his opinions.

Did he ever say to you that
the transformation was bad?

No, not exactly.

What did he say to you?

He said… he thought it was tragic.

My husband had some
rather nonconformist ideas,

but it was just talk.

He had the highest physical
and psychological rating

with the Rocket Service.

Yes, yes.

Lana, this case is extremely unusual.

I'm afraid that I shall require more time

to examine the matter further.

Suppose I get in touch with you?

You find out what's in there?

What's that?

Did you find out what's inside of me?

Yes, indeed.

Your general intelligence
rating is quite high.

Your social adaptability is good.

Your powers of reasoning, quite normal.

Then why can't I make up my own mind?

Marilyn, please.

Why are you gonna force me to
do something I don't want to do?

You can't make me do it, can you?

Nobody can make me do it.

Now, now, my dear child.

No one has ever been forced

to take transformation
if he didn't want it.

You see, the problem is simply

to discover why you don't want it

and then to make the
necessary correction.

Right in here, please.

What place is this?

Marilyn Cuberle.

MAN [GERMAN ACCENT]:
Come in and sit down, please.

There's nothing to be frightened of.

Who are you?

Sit down, please.

I am Professor Friend, Sigmund Friend.

You must call me Professor Sig.

Dr. Rex has told me about you.

I am here to help you.

Help me?

To help rid you of these fears

of this necessary and important…

That isn't true. They're not necessary.

[LAUGHING]

This is very necessary,

very important step in your life.

Why does everyone want to force me to do

something I don't want to do?

But for your own good.

Why else?

Why else would the state go
to such trouble and expense?

Many years ago, wiser men than I

decided to try and eliminate the reasons

for inequality and injustice
in this world of ours.

They saw in physical unattractiveness

one of the factors which made men hate.

So, they charged the
finest scientific minds

with the task of eliminating
ugliness in mankind.

But I'm not ugly.

I'm not pretty, but I'm not ugly.

[LAUGHING]

But to others you are.

Not to people who love me.

There is more to it than that, of course.

As we learned to reshape
the features, remold the body,

we also learned to eliminate
most of the causes of illness

and thus to prolong life.

Before the transformation,

you could have expected to
live 70, 80, perhaps 90 years.

But now you can live twice that long.

Perhaps three times.

This is a good thing, is it not?

Yes, b…

Your mother, ah, she
is lovely, is she not?

At one time, her body, her face,

might already be showing signs of age,

of… decay.

You would not deny your
mother her youth, would you?

But you could do that
anyway, couldn't you?

Keep me young without changing me.

I wouldn't mind just that.

[LAUGHING]

But someday you might

and that would be too late.

You see, the transformation
must be performed

when the body and the
tissue are at the proper state.

No, I'll never change my mind.

I've thought about it and I never will.

Why?

Have you ever read Shakespeare?

Who?

Or Keats or Shelley?

Those books were banned many years ago.

Where did you find them?

My father gave them
to me and lots of others.

Aristotle, Socrates, Dostoyevsky.

Did you know that
Dostoyevsky was an epileptic?

He was ugly, he was deformed,

but he wrote about
beauty, about real beauty.

I must warn you, this subversive…

These men wrote about life

and about the dignity of
the individual human spirit

and about love.

This is enough!

The introduction of
smut into this interview

will not help your case,
young lady, not at all.

May I go?

Yes, certainly, I have
arranged a room for you.

You will be quite comfortable.

I don't wanna stay here. I wanna go home!

It'll be temporary. Your
mother will be informed

and you will be allowed visitors.

Come, my dear.

Why do I have to stay here?

I am afraid that for the time being

you must let us decide
what is best for you.

We're not going to hurt you,

we're only going to help you.

This way, Lana.

She's right in here.

Marilyn?

Marilyn, you have visitors.

Mother?

She was quite upset last night.

I gave her something to help her sleep.

She's all right, isn't she?

You haven't done anything?

Just a mild sedative.

Now if you ladies will excuse me.

Darling, we'd have been here sooner

but the doctor said you were sleeping.

Do you feel all right?

Yes. Hello, Valerie.

Hi, honey, what happened?

Nothing.

They just wouldn't let me go.

Oh, Mother, they're gonna do it anyway.

They're gonna make me do it!

No, Marilyn, Dr. Rex promised, remember?

He was lying!

Lying, but why should he?

He has to say that to
keep people from finding out

the transformation is gonna be
done whether you want it or not.

I don't see why you're unhappy

when all they want to
do is make you pretty.

But that's not true!

Last night, before I went to sleep,

I remembered something that Father said.

He said, "When everyone is beautiful

"no one will be because without ugliness,"

there can be no beauty."

Mother, don't you understand?

They don't care whether
you're beautiful or not.

They just want everyone to be the same.

"They"? Who are you talking about?

Uh, I'm terribly sorry,

but I'm afraid it's time to leave now.

Oh, well.

If it's all right,

I'd like to talk to Marilyn.

Just for a few minutes.

Don't worry, darling

everything's going to be all right.

I've been thinking about what you said.

I mean about what your father said

and… Well, I don't see why

you're so concerned about him.

He's dead.

I mean, surely you've had other fathers.

My mother's been married 11 times

and personally

I've liked the stepfathers better.

Valerie, please don't.

I know you've had nine
fathers since the first one.

Everybody marries everybody these days.

Valerie, stop.

I don't see how anybody can stay married

to the same husband for a hundred years.

Besides, I've heard that
your father was pretty dull.

Valerie, stop it!

Stop talking about my father!

Can't any of you understand?

I loved him!

I cared about him.

He was good and he was
kind and he cared about me;

not what I wore, not the way I looked

but what I thought, what I felt.

What's more important, he cared about
himself and his dignity as a human being.

Valerie, he didn't die in
the Ganymede Incident.

My father killed himself.

Because when they took away his identity,

he had no reason to go on living.

I just don't understand you, Marilyn.

Valerie… can't you feel anything?

Well, of course, silly.

I feel… I feel good.

I always feel good.

"Life is pretty, life is fun

I am all and all is one."

[LAUGHS WEAKLY]

You can't understand, can you?

What?

Oh. They can't understand.

[SOBBING]

They can't understand!

They can't understand.

[GASPS]

[GASP]

Come in, my dear.

We've been expecting you.

Sooner or later, everyone
wants to be beautiful.

Where's your number?

She's chosen number eight.

Excellent, excellent.

I just love your suit, Val.

Lana, Val!

You're just in time.

It's all over, Doctor?

All over.

Is she all right?

She's fine. You'll see.

I've been so worried these last few days,

not being able to talk to her

and she seemed in such a state.

Well, it's as I told you.

Occasionally, a person has

difficulty adjusting to the idea.

But we've improved
methods since the old days

and now it always turns out well.

Never fails.

It's complete.

MARILYN: Mother!

Mother, Val.

Look at me.

What do you think?

You're beautiful, Marilyn just beautiful.

And the nicest part of all, Val…

I look just like you!

NARRATOR: Portrait
of a young lady in love…

With herself.

Improbable? Perhaps.

But in an age of plastic surgery,

body building and
an infinity of cosmetics

let us hesitate to say impossible.

These and other strange blessings

may be waiting in the future

which, after all, is the Twilight Zone.

PRESENTER: And now, Mr. Serling.

Earl Hamner, Jr. brings his
typewriter and his fertile mind

back into The Twilight Zone next time

with a program about visitors.

On the surface they're beatniks:

A few raunchy-looking
characters on motorcycles

draw into town one day.

You won't forget them.

They're quite different
from what they appear.

On The Twilight Zone,
Lee Kinsolving, Shelley Fabares

and Michael Forest star
in "Black Leather Jackets."