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[eerie music]

(male presenter, off) THERE IS A FIFTH DIMENSION

BEYOND THAT WHICH IS KNOWN TO MAN.

IT IS A DIMENSION AS VAST AS SPACE

AND AS TIMELESS AS INFINITY.

IT IS THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW

BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION

AND IT LIES BETWEEN THE PIT OF MAN'S FEARS

AND THE SUMMIT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS THE DIMENSION OF IMAGINATION.

IT IS AN AREA WHICH WE CALL THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

HER NAME: X-20.

HER TYPE: AN EXPERIMENTAL INTERCEPTOR.

RECENT HISTORY: A CRASH LANDING IN THE MOHAVE DESERT

AFTER A 31 -HOUR FLIGHT 900 MILES INTO SPACE.

INCIDENTAL DATA: THE SHIP, WITH THE MEN WHO FLEW HER

DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR SCREEN FOR 24 HOURS.

WELL, HELLO, COLONEL. HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I'M FINE, LIEUTENANT.

I'M... I'M FINE.

UM... IS MAJOR GART HERE?

WELL, OF COURSE.

HE'S HERE.

OF COURSE.

GO ON IN.

HE'LL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE SPACE PILOTS--

THE ONES THAT CRASHED?

YEAH, THAT'S COLONEL FORBES.

(male presenter, off) BUT THE SHROUDS THAT COVER MYSTERIES

ARE NOT ALWAYS MADE OUT OF A TARPAULIN

AS THIS MAN WILL SOON FIND OUT

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A HOSPITAL DOOR.

(Gart) WELL, THE PRODIGAL COLONEL! WELCOME.

HEY, HOW ABOUT A SHOT OF STRAIGHT ORANGEADE?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

ONE MORE THERMOMETER IN MY PUSS,

I'M GONNA ABSENT MYSELF WITHOUT LEAVE.

COME ON, WHAT'S IT LIKE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD?

YEAH, IT'S FINE.

WELL, TELL ME ABOUT IT.

TALK TO ANY OF THE GUYS?

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE SHIP, CLEGG?

DID YOU CHECK HER OVER?

IT'S FINE, THE SHIP'S FINE.

NO, NO, THEY PUT IT UNDER WRAPS.

HEY, YOU GOT OFF ON A TOOT, DIDN'T YOU?

YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.

HOW DO I LOOK?

A LITTLE HUNG OVER MAYBE.

[chuckling]

OH, YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE?

HEY, STEADY, COLONEL, STEADY.

BILL, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.

S-S-SOMETHING I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WELL, GO ON.

FIRST, I WANT TO GET ORIENTED.

I WANT YOU TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

WHEN DID I LEAVE HERE?

WELL, DON'T YOU KNOW?

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ANYMORE!

LOOK, ALL I NEED...ALL I NEED IS SOMEBODY'S HELP, ALL RIGHT?

LOOK, AT 9:30 YESTERDAY MORNING,

I WALKED OUT OF HERE, DIDN'T I?

YEAH, ABOUT THAT TIME, I GUESS.

WHO DID I WALK OUT WITH?

NOBODY WAS WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

YOU SAY NOBODY!

WHAT'S THAT SAY?

GO AHEAD, TELL ME, WHAT'S IT SAY?

WELL, IN EFFECT, IT SAYS

THOSE TWO INTREPID VOYAGERS INTO THE UNKNOWN

RETURNED FROM THE UNKNOWN IN A SLIGHTLY DENTED AIRCRAFT.

WHAT ABOUT THE PICTURE?

WHO'S IN THE PICTURE?

(Gart, reading) "COLONEL CLEGG FORBES AND MAJOR WILLIAM GART

"TAKEN JUST BEFORE THEIR HISTORIC FLIGHT

THAT ENDED IN A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE AND CRASH."

THAT'S WHAT YOUREMEMBER, HUH?

YOU AND ME AND THE X-20 TAKING OFF.

ABOUT FOUR HOURS UP WE BLACK OUT

AND 24 HOURS LATER, WE END UP IN A CRASHED AIRCRAFT IN THE DESERT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN OR WHAT'S HAPPENED.

IS THAT RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

OH, NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER? ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

BILL--

THERE WERE THREE OF US IN THAT AIRCRAFT--

YOU AND ME AND A COLONEL NAMED HARRINGTON.

OH, YEAH, HARRINGTON.

ED HARRINGTON!

NOW, LOOK, HE WAS 36 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND. I'D KNOWN HIM FOR 1 5 YEARS

AND YOU'D KNOWN HIM FOR FIVE.

THAT SHIP TOOK A CREW OF THREE, AND WE WERE THE THREE.

AND THERE WERE THREE OF US WHEN THEY BROUGHT US

TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER PICKING US UP IN THE DESERT--

YOU AND ME AND HARRINGTON.

HARRINGTON AND I WERE JUST SCRATCHED;

YOU WERE THE ONE WITH THE BUSTED LEG!

YESTERDAY MORNING, THEY DISCHARGED HARRINGTON AND ME.

THERE WERE THREE BEDS IN THIS ROOM--

YOURS AND M INE AND HARRINGTON'S.

CLEGG...

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY NAMED HARRINGTON.

HE WASN'T ON THE CREW WITH US.

THE X-20 CARRIED TWO MEN, YOU AND ME--

NOBODY NAMED HARRINGTON, NOBODY ELSE AT ALL.

WHEN YOU WALKED OUT OF HERE YESTERDAY MORNING,

YOU WALKED OUT ALONE.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN THREE BEDS IN THIS ROOM, ONLY TWO.

YOURS...

AND M INE.

I THINK YOU BETTER BE LOOKED AFTER.

PLEASE.

I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT, BILL,

AND I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR SAYING IT EITHER.

BUT... BUT... LET... LET ME...

LET ME DESCRIBE TO YOU WHAT I REMEMBER.

LOOK, I'LL GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN CHRONOLOGICALLY

OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING.

BILL...

YOU SAID GOODBYE TO US FROM THAT BED

AND... AND... YOU SAID...

YOU SAID, "HARRINGTON, LOOK AFTER FORBES.

HE DRINKS TOO MUCH."

THAT, THAT... THOSE WERE YOUR EXACT WORDS.

AND...

AND I STOOD RIGHT AT THAT DOOR,

AND... AND I LAUGHED.

I SWEAR TO YOU, BILL, I SWEAR TO YOU--

IT HAPPENED! I KNOW IT HAPPENED!

[Iaughs] I'M GONNA LET YOU HAVE IT, FRESH, PUNK KID.

OH, I'M GOING TO FIX THIS BABY'S WAGON!

I'M GONNA TELL THE MEDICS HE'S A VERY SICK COOKIE

AND OUGHTTA BE KEPT UNDER OBSERVATION

FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS. AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT,

THE COLONEL AND I ARE GONNA PHONE YOU FROM WHATEVER BAR

WE HAPPEN TO BE IN AT THE TIME, AND IF YOU'RE NICE--

IF YOU ARE REAL NICE...

WE'LL EVEN LET YOU TALK TO OUR WOMEN.

WILL YOU COME ON ALREADY?

I JUST CAN'T STAND THESE LONG GOODBYES.

WOULD YOU BOTH GET OUT OF HERE AND LEAVE ME ALONE?

LET ME SUFFER IN LONELINESS

ALL BY MYSELF, HUH?

(Harrington) THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKING GUY IN THE MIDDLE THERE,

BUT WHO ARE THE TWO SLOBS ON THE SIDES?

WELL, WILLY, WE'LL DROP BY

AND SEE YOU TOMORROW, MAYBE.

WELL, GET LOST, UM, WHO NEEDS YOU?

[all laughing]

[cheerfuI music]

(man) HEY! YOU'RE FORBES AND HARRINGTON, AIN'T YOU?

AIN'T YOU THE GUYS THAT WAS UP IN SPACE?

YEAH, BUT WE CAN STILL BUY A COUPLE OF BEERS

FOR 30 CENTS EARTH MONEY, HUH?

YOU BET YOUR LIFE, BUT YOUR MONEY'S NO GOOD HERE.

THE DRINKS ARE ON THE HOUSE.

I DON'T GET TO SERVE MANY CELEBRITIES.

NOW DRINK UP, BOYS.

THANKS.

I DON'T EVEN CARE THAT YOU CRACKED UP THE SHIP

AND I'M A TAXPAYER.

SAY, WHAT'S IT LIKE UP THERE IN OUTER SPACE?

WELL, IT'S... IT'S LIKE, UH...

LIKE... WAY OUT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU AFTER I TASTE THE BEER.

HAPPY LANDINGS, CHAPS, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

WELL, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.

THAT AIN'T THE LAST GLASS OF BEER IN THE PLACE.

YOU SICK, ED?

NO...

NO, I'M NOT SICK.

I JUST GOT A VERY FUNNY FEELING.

WHEW, I NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

WHAT KIND OF FEELING?

IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T BELONG HERE,

LIKE IF I WAS TO LET MYSELF GO, I'D...

YOU'D WHAT?

LIKE I'D DISAPPEAR.

WHEW!

WOW...

WHEW!

HAPPY LANDINGS.

WELL, SURE.

I'M GOING TO GO CALL MY FOLKS.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, ED?

YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

[coin falls through slot]

[dialing]

HELLO, OPERATOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COLLECT CALL PLEASE

TO DES MOINES, IOWA,

THE RESIDENCE OF MR. JAMES HARRINGTON.

CLEGG!

YEAH?

COME HERE, PLEASE.

WOULD YOU COME HERE QUICK?

WHAT'S TROUBLING YOU?

CLEGG, I JUST CALLED HOME,

CALLED MY FOLKS.

MY MOM ANSWERED THE PHONE.

I TOLD HER WHO I WAS

AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SON NAMED ED HARRINGTON.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, CLEGG!

AND THEN I ASKED TO TALK TO THE OLD MAN.

HE GOT ON AND KEPT TELLING ME TO GET OFF THE PHONE.

HE DIDN'T WANT ANY PRACTICAL JOKESTER BOTHERING HIS WIFE.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE A SON AT ALL.

WHAT IS IT, CLEGG? WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST A GAG, MAYBE.

NO GAG.

IT'S ALL PART OF THIS FEELING,

THIS FEELING I... I SHOULDN'T BE HERE,

THAT NONE OF US SHOULD BE HERE.

IT'S AS IF...

AS IF WHAT?

AS IF MAYBE...

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK FROM THAT FLIGHT AT ALL.

MAYBE SOMEBODY,

SOMETHING, MADE A M ISTAKE

AND LET US GET THROUGH AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE.

ED, YOU STAY PUT. I'M GONNA GET YOU A GOOD STIFF DRINK--

NOW, TAKE IT EASY.

YOU STAY PUT, ALL RIGHT?

YOU GOT A BEER HERE, HONEY.

WHERE'S MY BUDDY'S DRINK?

WHO?

MY BUDDY'S DRINK.

COLONEL HARRINGTON, THE... HIS BEER...

THE BEER HE HAD IN PLACE OF THE ONE HE DROPPED ON THE--

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

YOU CAME IN HERE ALONE.

YOU A WISE GUY OR SOMETHING--? [wrinkIing]

[soft wrinkIing]

YOU'RE CRAZY!

YOU'RE...YOU'RE CRAZY!

YOU'RE CRAZY, YOU KNOW THAT?

YOU'RE... YOU'RE... YOU'RE CRAZY!

OPERATOR, I'D LIKE ADDISON AIR FORCE BASE, PLEASE.

COMMANDING OFFICERS RESIDENCE.

WHAT?

WELL, CALL ME BACK, WILL YOU?

[knocking]

ED, YOU...!

AMY! OH, AMY, HONEY, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU!

AND YOU, COLONEL CLEGG,

ARE A DEVIOUS, MALICIOUS, TWO-FACED, TWO-TIM ING--

NO, LOOK, I'M IN TROUBLE, AMY.

I KNOW YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND THIS,

BUT I THINK I'M IN BAD TROUBLE.

I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU ARE.

YOU SEND ME A WIRE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MEET ME

AT THE BUS STATION AT 1 2:00 TONIGHT.

WELL, I WAS THERE AT 1 2:00 AND I WAS THERE AT 1 :00

AND I WAS STILL THERE AT 2:00.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY BARS I'VE BEEN TO?

HOW MANY MOTELS?

AMY, PLEASE!

CLEGG...

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

WHAT... WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE ARE YOU IN?

PLEASE TELL ME. I WANT TO KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEGIN TO TELL YOU THIS.

BUT, WELL, I SENT YOU THAT WIRE

BECAUSE I WAS GETTING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING.

AND ED AND I WERE GOING TO WAIT FOR YOU--

IT WAS IN THE WIRE.

IT WAS IN THE TELEGRAM!

WHAT WAS?

I WROTE DOWN THAT ED AND I WERE GONNA GET OUT THIS MORNING--

I WROTE DOWN "ED AND I."

I'VE GOT IT HERE SOMEPLACE.

YEAH, LOOK!

SEE, "I'M GETTING OUT AT 9:00..."

"I'M..."

AMY, I... I WROTE DOWN

THAT ED AND I WERE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL.

I... I... I WROTE DOWN

THAT ED AND I, ED AND I WERE...!

ED-- WHO'S ED?

DON'T YOU KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW ANY ED. WHO'S ED?

ED. HARRINGTON.

YOU KNOW HIM, AMY! ED! YOU MET HIM A HUNDRED TIMES.

ED. WE'VE BEEN TO DINNER TOGETHER, WE'VE BEEN TO DANCES TOGETHER!

ED! WE'VE DOUBLE-DATED ED!

CLEGG, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

I SWEAR TO GOD I DON'T KNOW.

[phone rings]

YES?

PUT HIM ON!

HELLO, GENERAL? THIS IS CLEGG FORBES, SIR.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY TO CALL YOU AT THIS HOUR OF THE MORNING, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GENERAL--IT'S ABOUT ED HARRINGTON.

ED HARRINGTON, SIR. YOUREMEMBER ED.

WE WERE IN YOUR WING AT THE FIELD SIR,

WE WERE WITH YOU 1 9 MONTHS, SIR.

HARRINGTON, SIR.

ED HARRINGTON!

ED HARRINGTON! WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY REMEMBER HIM?

I KNOW.

THIS IS A GAG, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S WHAT IT IS, ISN'T IT, AMY?

THIS IS A GAG.

OH, THIS IS A BIG EARTHSHAKING, HIGHLY COMPLICATED

AND FANTASTICALLY CONCEIVED PRACTICAL JOKE, ISN'T IT?

OH, HE'S STILL AT THE BAR, ISN'T HE, AMY?

THAT'S WHERE HE IS. HE'S STILL AT THE BAR, ISN'T HE?

HE'S STILL AT THE BAR!

ED?

HARRINGTON!

ED?

ED!

HARRINGTON!

HARRINGTON!!

[whimpers] ED?

HARRINGTON.

HARRINGTON?

HARRINGTON.

[weeping] PLEASE, ED.

ED?

PLEASE COME BACK.

PLEASE, HARRINGTON. PLEASE, ED.

PLEASE COME BACK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID THEN.

I JUST RAN I GUESS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET LIKE A CRAZY MAN.

SEEMS TO ME I HEARD A...A BURGLAR ALARM SOMEWHERE.

AMY.

I JUST LEFT AMY STANDING THERE, I GUESS.

I... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO AMY.

CLEGG.

I DON'T KNOW ED HARRINGTON.

I NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE.

I THINK HE MUST BE AN ILLUSION OR SOMETHING.

OH, I KNOW HE'S NOT AN ILLUSION.

I KNOW.

HE'S BEEN YANKED OUT OF HERE.

HE'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

HE TOLD ME, REMEMBER?

HE TOLD ME MAYBE...

MAYBE SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING--

MADE A M ISTAKE...

LET US GET THROUGH WHEN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH.

THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO GET US--

SOMEBODY UP THERE.

AW, BILL...

THIS IS WEIRD, JUST PLAIN WEIRD.

LIKE I JUST DON'T BELONG...

JUST LIKE I... I DON'T BELONG.

AW, NO!

I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN!

BILL, I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN!

I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN!

[shouting] SOMEBODY GET HIM!

SOMEBODY GET HIM!

SOMEBODY... SOMEBODY GET HIM.

MAJOR, YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUT OF BED!

WHY, IF THE DOCTOR...

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO HELP HIM.

COLONEL FORBES-- SOMEBODY'S GOT TO HELP HIM RIGHT AWAY.

WHO?

[yells] COLONEL FORBES!

[sighs]

YOU KNOW COLONEL FORBES.

WHY, HE WAS BROUGHT IN HERE WITH ME.

WHY, HE WAS RIGHT OVER HERE IN THIS--

OH, MY DEAR GOD!

MAJOR, MAJOR, LET ME HELP YOU GET INTO BED.

COME AHEAD, MAJOR.

AND I'LL... I'LL CALL THE DOCTOR.

COME, MAJOR.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

[shouting] MAJOR! MAJOR HANGERSON!

HOW ARE WE FIXED IN THIS WARD HERE?

ROOM 1 5 DOWN HERE CAN TAKE THREE PATIENTS, SIR.

IT'S EMPTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

(man) MM-HMM, THAT WILL DO FOR THE MALARIA PATIENTS.

ORDER SOME BEDS UP FROM Q-M, WILL YOU?

YES, SIR.

(Serling, off) ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED HARRINGTON,

A MAN NAMED FORBES, A MAN NAMED GART.

THEY USED TO EXIST, BUT DON'T ANY LONGER.

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TOOK THEM SOMEWHERE.

AT LEAST, THEY ARE NO LONGER A PART OF THE MEMORY OF MAN.

AND AS TO THE X-20 SUPPOSED TO BE HOUSED HERE IN THIS HANGAR,

THIS, TOO, DOES NOT EXIST.

AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING AN AIRCRAFT

AND THREE MEN WHO FLEW HER, SPEAK SOFTLY OF THEM

AND ONLY IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

(male narrator, off) ROD SERLING, THE CREATOR OFTWILIGHT ZONE,

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEXT STORY

AFTER THIS WORD FROM OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.

(male presenter, off) AND NOW MR. SERLING.

THIS IS THE SEASON OF GIFT-GIVING.

BIG GIFTS AND LITTLE GIFTS,

EXPENSIVE ONES AND NOT SO EXPENSIVE ONES.

WELL, NEXT TIME, THE TWILIGHT ZONE

GIVES YOU ITS OWN PECULIAR ODDBALL BRAND OF GIFT-GIVING.

MR. STEVE COCHRANE AND MR. ERNEST TRUEX

COMBINE TALENTS TO TELL A STORY

ABOUT A LITTLE MAN WHO HAS WHAT YOU NEED.

OUR NEXT OFFERING ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

[eerie music]

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