Original subtitles

[eerie music]

(male narrator) THERE IS A FIFTH DIMENSION

BEYOND THAT WHICHIS 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.

I WANT JAKE ROSS' SECRETARY, PLEASE.

WI LLIAMS, WE'RE STILL WAITING

FOR YOUR MR. ROSS.

I'M TRYING TO GET HIM RIGHT NOW, S I R.

JOAN I E, WHERE IS H E?

I KNOW H E'S OUT TO LU NCH

BUT WE GOT A CON FERENCE CALLED HERE FOR 2 :00.

IT'S NOW 2 :30. NOW, WHERE IS H E?

ALL RIGHT, CHECK AROUND.

CALL SARDI'S EAST OR THE COLONY

AND TELL HIM TO GET HIMSELF

OVER HERE IN A HURRY.

WELL, WHERE IS YOUR PROTEG E

WITH THE $3 M I LLION AUTOMOB I LE ACCOU NT?

HE'S DU E AT ANY MOM ENT, MR. M ISRELL.

PROBABLY A B IG LU NCH CROWD OR SOMETHING.

DON'T BE AN IDIOT.

MORE LIKELY, A BIG MARTINI

OR THREE OR FOUR OF THEM.

HE WAS TOO YOU NG TO PUT ON THIS ACCOU NT.

I TOLD YOU THAT.

I KEPT TELLING YOU THAT!

HE'S MUCH TOO YOU NG

TO PUT ON THIS LARGE AND IMPORTANT ACCOU NT.

[knock at door]

WE HAVE NOW

BEEN HERE 34 MINUTES, MR. WI LLIAMS.

THIS IS A COM M U N ICATION FROM JAKE ROSS.

WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO SHARE

ITS CONTENTS WITH US?

I CAN GIVE YOU THE SENSE OF IT, MR. M ISRELL.

THIS IS JAKE ROSS'S RESIGNATION.

HE'S MOVING OVER TO ANOTHER AG ENCY.

AN D?

HE'S TAKING THE AUTOMOB I LE ACCOU NT WITH HIM.

THAT ACCOU NT REPRESENTED A GROSS B I LLING

IN THE N EIGH BORHOOD OF $3 M I LLION A YEAR!

AND HOW MANY TIMES

HAVE YOU PROMISED IT TO ME?

[clears throat]

THIS IS AS MUCH A SHOCK TO ME

AS IT IS TO YOU, MR. M ISRELL.

DON'T S IT DOWN

AND DON'T CON ME.

IT WAS YOUR PET PROJ ECT.

YOUR PET PROJ ECT!

THEN IT WAS YOUR IDEA TO GIVE IT

TO THAT LITTLE COLLEG E GREEN I E.

NOW, GET WITH IT, WI LLIAMS.

GET WITH IT, BOY!

SO WHAT'S LEFT, WI LLIAMS?

NOT ONLY HAS YOUR PET PROJECT BACKFIRED

BUT IT SPROUTED WINGS AND LEFT THE PREM ISES.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S LEFT TO US, IN MY VI EW--

A DEEP AND AB I DING CONCERN ABOUT YOUR J U DG MENT IN MEN.

THIS IS A PUSH BUS IN ESS, WI LLIAMS.

A PUSH, PUSH, PUSH BUSINESS! [thudding]

PUSH AND DRIVE!

BUT PERSONALLY--

YOU DON'T DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITIES TO LITTLE BOYS.

YOU SHOULD KNOW IT

BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

A PUSH, PUSH, PUSH BUS IN ESS, WI LLIAMS.

IT'S PUSH, PUSH, PUSH [thudding]

ALL THE WA Y, ALL THE TIME!

IT'S PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, ALL THE WAY, ALL THE TIME

RIGHT ON DOWN THE LIN E!

FAT BOY, WHY DON'T YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

MR. WI LLIAMS, M ESSAG ES ARE ON THE DESK.

THERE'S SOME HOT COFFEE HERE. CAN I BRING YOU SOME?

NO, NO, THANKS.

WELL, WANT ANYTHING AT ALL?

YEAH, A SHARP RAZOR

AND A CHART OF THE HUMAN ANATOMY

SHOWING WHERE ALL THE ARTERI ES ARE.

(male narrator) THIS IS GART WILLIAMS, AGE 38,

A MAN PROTECTED BY A SU IT OF ARMOR

ALL HELD TOGETHER BY ONE BOLT.

JUST A MOMENT AGO, SOMEONE REMOVED THE BOLT

AND MR. WILLIAMS' PROTECTION FELL AWAY FROM HIM

AND LEFT HIM A NAKED TARGET.

HE'S BEEN CANNONADED THIS AFTERNOON

BY ALL THE ENEM IES OF HIS LIFE.

HIS INSECURITY HAS SHELLED HIM ;

HIS SENSITIVITY HAS STRADDLED HIM WITH HUM ILIATION;

HIS DEEP-ROOTED DISQUIET ABOUT HIS OWN WORTH

HAS ZEROED IN ON HIM,

LANDED ON TARGET AND BLOWN HIM APART.

MR. GART WILLIAMS, AD AGENCY EXEC

WHO IN JUST A MOMENT WILL MOVE INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE

IN A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVAL.

[train bell clanging]

HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT, MR. WI LLIAMS?

IN THE ABSOLUTE P IN K.

COLD WI NTER THIS YEAR.

SEEMS TO GET DARKER EARLI ER THAN IT EVER HAS.

WELL, THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

THE RICH GET RICH ER

AND THE DAYS GET SHORTER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

(Misrell) A PUSH, PUSH, PUSH BUSINESS!

PUSH AND DRIVE!

IT'S PUSH, PUSH, PUSH ALL THE WA Y, ALL THE TIME

RIGHT ON DOWN THE LINE!

THAT'S ENOUGH.

[dog barking]

(male conductor) WILLOUGHBY! THIS STOP IS WILLOUGHBY!

WI LLOUG H BY!

THIS STOP IS WI LLOUG H BY!

WHAT DO YOU M EAN, WI LLOUG H BY?

WHERE IS WI LLOUG H BY?

THAT'S WI LLOUG H BY RIGHT OUTSIDE.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

THERE'S NO STOP ON THIS LIN E CALLED WI LLOUG H BY.

AND LOOK AT IT OUTSIDE.

THE SU N IS OUT, IT'S SUMMER.

THAT'S WHAT SH E IS, M I D-J U LY.

A REAL WARM ONE, TOO.

WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S NOVEM BER.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE ANYWAY?

WHERE IS THIS PLACE?

WHERE IS WILLOUGHBY?

WI LLOUG H BY, S I R?

THAT'S WI LLOUG H BY RIGHT OUTSIDE.

WI LLOUG H BY. J U LY. SUMMER.

IT'S 1 888.

REALLY A LOVELY LITTLE VILLAGE.

YOU OUGHT TO TRY IT SOMETIME.

PEACEFU L, RESTFU L,

WHERE A MAN CAN SLOW DOWN TO A WALK

AND LIVE H IS LIFE FU LL-M EASURE.

WI LLOUG H BY!

THIS STOP IS WI LLOUG H BY!

WI LLOUG H BY!

THIS STOP IS WI LLOUG H BY!

[cars rumbling]

(conductor) WESTPORT SAUGATUCK NEXT STOP!

WESTPORT SAUGATUCK!

HAVE A GOOD SLEEP, MR. WI LLIAMS?

YEAH.

YEAH, I HAD A GOOD SLEEP, BUT AN I DIOTIC DREAM.

I DIOTIC.

YOU EVER HEAR OF A TOWN CALLED WI LLOUG H BY?

WI LLOUG H BY? WI LLOUG H BY WHERE?

WI LLOUG H BY, CON N ECTICUT, OR WI LLOUG H BY, NEW YORK.

NOT ON THIS RU N.

NO WI LLOUG H BY ON THE LIN E.

WESTPORT SAUGATUCK NEXT STOP!

WESTPORT SAUGATUCK!

AND WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS EVENING?

TO GET QU I ETLY PLASTERED

AND THEN SING OLD COLLEG E SONGS?

IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.

BOB LAIR'S WIFE CALLED ME.

SHE TOLD ME H E'D BEEN IN THE MEETING WITH YOU.

YOU GOT... YOU GOT HYSTERICAL OR SOMETHING?

SHE CALLED TO F IN D OUT HOW YOU WERE.

THEY WERE ALL VERY SOLICITOUS

ALL THE BOYS AT THE MEETING.

THAT FREE-FLOWING COM PASS ION

THAT IS ACTUALLY RELI EF.

I'M THE VICTI M, NOT THEM.

THEY'VE M ISTAKEN AN I NTAKE OF BREATH

FOR AN OUTPOU RING OF SYM PATHY.

WOULD YOU SPARE ME YOUR LITTLE HOM I LI ES NOW?

PLEASE, AND JUST GIVE ME

A S IMPLE AND DI RECT AND HON EST ANSWER.

DID YOU WRECK A CAREER THIS AFTERNOON?

DID YOU THROW AWAY A JOB?

IT APPEARS NOT.

M ISRELL PHON ED BEFORE I LEFT THE OFF ICE.

HE HAS FOU N D IT IN THAT GREAT

OVER-S IZED HEART OF HIS TO FORGIVE.

THIS SOMEWHAT OBESE, G RACIOUS GENTLEMAN

WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTIN U E IN HIS EM PLOY

BECAUSE HE'S SUCH A-- HUMAN-TYPE FELLOW

WITH THE SMALL, I NSIGN IF ICANT

PARENTH ETIC ADDITIONAL REASON

THAT IF I WERE TO GO TO A COM PETITIVE AG ENCY

I MIGHT POSS I BLY TAKE A LOT OF BUS IN ESS WITH ME.

GO ON.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL OF IT.

OH, I'M TIRED, JAN I E.

I'M TIRED, AND I'M S ICK.

WELL, THEN YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT WARD.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PEOPLE

THAT ARE S ICK. AND TIRED, TOO, GART.

I'M S ICK, AND I'M TIRED

OF A H USBAND WHO LIVES IN PERMAN ENT SELF-P ITY

WITH A HEART BLEEDING SENSITIVITY

THAT HE UNFURLS LIKE A FLAG

WHENEVER HE DECIDES THE COMPETITION IS--

IS A LITTLE TOO ROUGH FOR HIM.

SOME PEOPLE AREN'T BU I LT FOR COM PETITION, JAN I E

OR BIG, PRETENTIOUS HOUSES THEY CAN'T AFFORD

OR RICH COM M U N ITI ES THEY DON'T FEEL COM FORTABLE IN

OR COU NTRY CLU BS THEY WEAR AROUND THEIR N ECK

LIKE A BADGE OF STATUS.

AND YOU'D PREFER--?

I'D PREFER THOUGH NEVER ASKED BEFORE

A JOB, ANY JOB, ANY JOB AT ALL

WHERE I COULD BE MYSELF!

WHERE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO CLI M B ON A STAG E

AND GO TH ROUG H A MASQU ERADE EVERY MORNING AT N IN E,

AND MOUTH ALL THE DIALOG

AND PLAY THE EXECUTIVE

AND MAKE BELIEVE I'M THE BRIGHT, YOU NG MAN

WHO'S ON HIS WAY UP

BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT PERSON, JAN I E.

YOU'VE TRI ED TO MAKE ME THAT PERSON

BUT THAT ISN'T ME. THAT ISN'T ME AT ALL.

I'M--

I'M A NOT-VERY-YOU NG

SOON-TO-BE-OLD

VERY U NCOM PETITIVE, RATHER DU LL

QU ITE U N I NSP I RED, AVERAG E-TYPE GUY.

WITH A WIFE WHO HAS AN APPETITE.

AND JUST WHERE WOULD YOU BE

IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY APPETITE?

I KNOW WHERE I'D LIKE TO BE.

WHERE'S THAT?

A PLACE CALLED WI LLOUG H BY.

A LITTLE TOWN I'VE MANUFACTURED IN A DREAM.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DREAM, GART.

IT WAS AN ODD DREAM, VERY ODD DREAM.

WI LLOUG H BY.

IT WAS SUMMER, VERY WARM.

KIDS WERE BAREFOOTED.

ONE OF THEM HAD A F ISHING POLE.

IT ALL LOOKED LIKE A CU RRI ER & IVES PAI NTING.

BAN DSTAN D, B ICYCLES, WAGONS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH--SEREN ITY.

IT WAS THE WAY PEOPLE M UST HAVE LIVED A H U N DRED YEARS AGO.

CRAZY DREAM.

YEAH.

YOU LET ME KNOW WH EN YOU WAKE UP, HUH, GART?

NO, WAIT, JAN I E.

PLEASE, JAN I E.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE TROU BLE WITH YOU IS, GART?

YOU WERE J UST BORN TOO LATE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE A GUY

THAT COULD BE SATISFIED

WITH A SUMMER AFTERNOON

OR AN ICE WAGON

BEING DRAWN BY A HORSE.

SO IT'S MY M ISTAKE, PAL, MY ERROR

MY MISERABLE, TRAG IC ERROR TO GET MARRI ED TO A MAN

WHOSE BIG DREAM IN LIFE IS TO BE H UCKLEBERRY F IN N.

YEAH, MAYBE.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

A PLACE, A TIME WHERE A MAN CAN LIVE H IS LIFE FU LL-M EASURE.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, THAT'S--

WHAT THAT CON DUCTOR SAID,

A PLACE WHERE A MAN CAN LIVE HIS LIFE FU LL-M EASURE.

(modern conductor) WILLOUGHBY?

WHAT?

LAST WEEK YOU ASKED ME

ABOUT A TOWN CALLED WI LLOUG H BY.

WELL, I LOOKED IT UP.

EVERY OLD TIMETABLE I COULD FIND.

NO SUCH PLACE, AS FAR AS I COULD SEE.

THANKS.

IT WAS A DREAM, IS ALL.

PROBABLY WAS.

STAM FORD NEXT STOP!

NEXT STOP, STAMFORD!

[train horn blaring]

STAMFORD! STAMFORD NEXT STOP!

STAMFORD!

NEXT STOP, STAMFORD!

STAMFORD, NEXT STOP!

(conductor of the past) WILLOUGHBY!

THIS STOP IS WILLOUGHBY!

WILLOUGHBY!

THIS STOP IS WILLOUGHBY!

WI LLOUG H BY, S I R.

WI LLOUG H BY?

YES, S I R, WI LLOUG H BY.

WI LLOUG H BY!

ALL ON FOR WI LLOUG H BY!

WILLOUGHBY! THIS STOP IS WILLOUGHBY!

[band playing Camptown Races]

CON DUCTOR!

CONDUCTOR!

CONDUC--!

YOU ALL RIGHT, MR. WI LLIAMS?

YEAH, YEAH.

SURE, I'M ALL RIGHT.

WI LLOUG H BY.

NEXT TIME--

NEXT TIME, I'M GOING TO GET OFF.

I'M GOING TO GET OFF AT WI LLOUG H BY.

(Misrell over phone) WHAT WE NEED HERE, WILLIAMS,

IS A SHOW WITH ZAZ.

AN ENTERTAINER WITH MOXIE.

WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THE AUDIENCE BY THE EARS

AND GIVE 'EM A YANK,

JAR 'EM, ROCK 'EM,

GIVE 'EM THE OL' PUSH PUSH PUSH.

I UNDERSTAND, MR. M ISRELL.

IT'S GOTTA BE BRIGHT.

BRIGHT WITH A PATTER.

THAT'S IT, COMEDY.

AND EVERYTHING PUSH PUSH PUSH.

OF COURSE, NOW IT'S GOTTA BE BRIGHT.

PUSH PUSH PUSH.

THAT'S THE KIND OF SHOW THE CLIENT WILL LIKE.

I UNDERSTAND, MR. M ISRELL. I UNDERSTAND.

TOMORROW MORNING, I WANT AT LEAST A PRELI M I NARY IDEA FOR THE SHOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT.

JUST A ROUG H FORMAT WITH A FEW DETAI LS

AS TO HOW WE I NTEG RATE THE COM MERCIALS WITH IN THE BODY OF THE SHOW.

I UNDERSTAND, MR. M ISRELL.

I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

DO MORE THAN YOU CAN.

ASPIRE. DREAM BIG AND THEN GET BEHIND IT.

PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH!

YES, S I R!

[phone rings]

YES?

WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE RATINGS ON THE SHOW.

NO, NO.

WELL, THAT'S THE TIME SLOT THE SPONSOR WANTED.

[phone rings]

HANG ON A MINUTE.

YES?

THEY WHAT?

HOLD ON A SECON D.

H ELEN.

H ELEN!

WHAT F I LM OFF ICE DID THE COM MERCIALS ON THE BRADBU RY ACCOU NT?

THE N EGATIVES ARE ALL SCRATCH ED,

THEY'RE SCREAMING BLOODY M U RDER!

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK, S I R.

MR. M ISRELL WANTS TO SEE YOU.

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT.

MR. M ISRELL, S I R.

I'LL TELL YOU WH EN I KNOW SOMETHING.

MR. WI LLIAMS! MR. M ISRELL

SEEMED VERY INSISTENT.

[voices chattering on phones]

MR. WILLIAMS!

MR. WILLIAMS! MR. M ISRELL!

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, WILLIAMS!

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, WILLIAMS!

GET WITH IT, BOY!

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, WILLIAMS!

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, WILLIAMS!

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, WILLIAMS!

WILL YOU GET ME WESTPORT, CON N ECTICUT, PLEASE?

CAP ITAL 7-9899.

YES, PLEASE.

JAN I E, THIS IS GART, HONEY.

I'M COMING HOM E.

WILL YOU STAY THERE?

I J UST--I J UST WANT YOU TO STAY THERE.

NO, HONEY, LISTEN, PLEASE.

I'VE HAD IT, UNDERSTAND?

I'VE HAD IT!

I JUST CAN'T TAKE THIS ANOTHER DAY, NOT ANOTHER HOUR.

THIS IS IT, RIGHT NOW.

I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

JAN I E, WILL YOU H ELP ME, PLEASE?

WILL YOU PLEASE H ELP ME?

[click]

JAN I E?

HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT, MR. WI LLIAMS?

[train horn blares]

(conductor) STAMFORD NEXT STOP!

STAMFORD!

NEXT STOP, STAMFORD!

NEXT STOP STAMFORD!

STAMFORD NEXT STOP!

STAMFORD!

NEXT STOP, STAMFORD!

NEXT STOP--

... IS WI LLOUG H BY!

WI LLOUG H BY!

NEXT STOP IS WILLOUGHBY!

WI LLOUG H BY?

YES, S I R.

[band playing Oh, Susannah]

HI, MR. WI LLIAMS.

HI, BOYS.

YOU CATCH SOME B IG ONES TODAY, HUH?

I THINK TOMORROW I'LL JOIN YOU.

PLENTY OF ROOM AND LOTS OF F ISH.

[band playing BeautifuI Dreamer]

[birds chirping]

H IYA, MR. WI LLIAMS.

WELCOM E.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.

(man) JUST J U M PED OFF THE TRAI N, DID H E?

SHOUTED SOMETHING ABOUT WI LLOUG H BY.

THEN RAN OUT TO THE PLATFORM

AND THAT WAS THE LAST I SAW OF HIM.

DOCTOR SAYS HE MUST HAVE DIED INSTANTLY.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE HIM INTO TOWN FOR AN AUTOPSY.

FU N ERAL PARLOR THERE SENT THE AM BU LANCE.

POOR FELLAH.

(narrator) WILLOUGHBY?

MAYBE IT'S WISHFUL THINKING

NESTLED IN A HIDDEN PART OF A MAN'S M IND

OR MAYBE IT'S THE LAST STOP IN THE VAST DESIGN OF THINGS.

OR PERHAPS, FOR A MAN LIKE MR. GART WILLIAMS

WHO CLIMBED IN A WORLD THAT WENT BY TOO FAST

IT'S A PLACE AROUND THE BEND WHERE HE COULD JUMP OFF.

WILLOUGHBY?

WHATEVER IT IS, IT COMES WITH SUNLIGHT AND SERENITY

AND IS A PART OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

(male presenter, off) ROD SERLING, THE CREATOR OF TWILIGHT ZONE,

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S STORY

AFTER THIS WORD FROM OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

IN THIS LI BRARY, A CERTAIN PROFESSOR SELLS THINGS.

O I NTM ENTS, SALVES, POWDERS,

SOVERE IG N REM EDI ES, N ECTARS,

CONCOCTIONS, DECOCTIONS, AND POTIONS ALL GUARANTEED.

NEXT WEEK HE'LL SELL ONE TO A LOVERBOY

SO THAT HE CAN SLI P AN AFFECTIONATE M ICKEY

INTO THE CHAM PAG N E OF HIS LADY LOVE.

IT SETS UP A MOST B IZARRE

AND VERY U N EXPECTED CHAIN OF EVENTS.

ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE NEXT WEEK,

THE CHASER.

[curtain music]

(male presenter, off) KIMBERLY CLARK INVITES YOU

TO WATCH STEVE MCQUEEN

IN WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.

SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER MOST OF THESE SAME STATIONS.