1. I Shot an Arrow into the Air
First Aired: 15 January 1960
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2. There is a fifth dimension.
Beyond that which is known to man.
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3. It is a dimension as vast as space.
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4. And as timeless as infinity.
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5. It is the middle ground
between light and shadow...
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6. between science and superstition.
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7. And it lies between
the pit of man's fears...
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8. and the summit of his knowledge.
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9. This is the dimension
of imagination.
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10. It is an area which we call:
The Twilight Zone.
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11. System ready?
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12. Lox tanking secured?
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13. Her name is the Arrow 1.
She represents 4½ years...
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14. of planning, preparation
and training.
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15. And a thousand years
of science and mathematics...
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16. and the projected dreams and hopes
of a nation and the world.
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17. She is the first
manned aircraft into space.
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18. And this is the countdown.
The last five seconds before man...
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19. shot an arrow into the air.
- Three, two, one, zero.
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20. How could we have lost it with
all the monitors we have going?
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21. The situation would be the same.
We lost contact.
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22. She's off her path, and off
the radar screen. Gone.
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23. Completely gone.
- When did you first lose contact?
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24. Less than half hour ago.
There was heavy interference.
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25. That was probably solar. We haven't
been able to identify it yet.
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26. When it was over,
the contact was broken.
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27. And a change in their course?
- The course was preset.
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28. The pilot would notify us, if he
changed it. Bob Donlin's commanding.
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29. An aircraft with an eight-man
crew just disappears?
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30. One moment she's there,
the next moment she's gone.
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31. 'I Shot an Arrow Into the Air.'
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32. 'It landed I know not where.'
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33. A nursery rhyme of the age of space.
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34. Gentlemen, wherever you are,
God help you.
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35. 'First entry, log, Arrow 1'
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36. 'Colonel R.G. Donlin commanding.
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37. 'We have crash-landed on
an uncharted asteroid.
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38. 'Cause of malfunction and
ultimate crash unknown.
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39. There was an explosion,
the electrical system went out.'
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40. That's all any of us remember.
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41. 'Any of us being flight officers
Corey and Pierson...
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42. 'and Navigator Hudack,
who has been seriously hurt.
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43. 'And myself.
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44. 'The rest of the crew, dead.
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45. 'There is very little left of
the aircraft. The radio is gone.
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46. 'The bulk of the supplies have
been destroyed in the crash.
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47. 'There is little certainty
that we have been tracked...
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48. and our whereabouts known.'
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49. Beg your pardon but this is no
time to write your memoirs.
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50. Corey, we're in bad shape.
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51. But as long as we are a crew there
will be discipline and protocol.
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52. Until I'm lying in the hole then
we'll operate from the book.
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53. Get over there and sit down.
- Colonel Donlin, it's very hot, see?
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54. And it makes it hard to think.
Figure a way out to go back.
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55. A way to let them know where we are.
- Corey. You heard the colonel.
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56. Pierson, you were with
Corey during the crash.
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57. What happened to him?
- Nothing that I know of, sir.
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58. I can't understand it either.
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59. How much water is there?
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60. A five-gallon can, and our canteens.
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61. Then why waste it?
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62. I mean, he's not going to live
through the afternoon.
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63. Are you the consulting surgeon?
- We three need water.
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64. And five gallons is gone in no-time.
- if it was you, lying there...
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65. you wouldn't want to be written off.
Five gallons of water or no.
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66. This man's going to die.
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67. If he dies he dies,
but nobody gets behind to push.
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68. If he's thirsty, we give him water.
If he's hot, we give him shade.
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69. Then if he goes,
we give him a prayer or two.
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70. Pierson, start making the graves.
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71. I'll relieve you in five minutes.
Then Corey will relieve me.
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72. What's the matter?
You want him on the detail, too?
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73. Colonel, that's odd.
Signs of the sun, I mean.
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74. I noticed. It's hardly any different
than we knew it on earth.
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75. Which means that this asteroid is
in the same orbit as the earth.
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76. Wherever we are,
it's a cinch it isn't heaven.
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77. The air is perfect.
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78. There's no radiation
count to speak of.
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79. It took 4½ years to build that ship.
There wasn't any prototype.
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80. Just the one ship. And it took
4½ half years to build her.
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81. So, if they know where we are
and they want to come and get us...
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82. they're gonna have to build
another ship.
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83. How is he?
- Breathing seems shallower.
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84. See anything, sir?
- Yeah, we saw something.
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85. Rocks, rocks and those
scrubby mountains over there.
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86. This is no asteroid. It's an eight
ball. And hot like nothing before.
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87. It'll be cooler at night.
If there is a night.
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88. I'll head south towards the
mountains, I'll look there.
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89. Not this time, colonel.
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90. I want a chance.
- You're alive. Those four are dead.
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91. And I want to stay alive
so don't give him my water.
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92. Colonel.
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93. You'll be happy to hear. He's not
gonna drink any more of your water.
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94. It's a long way from home.
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95. For the record, there's
just the three of us now.
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96. And the big problem's
gonna be to stay alive.
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97. But if I catch you filching
just once more, I'll kill you.
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98. The same thing goes for you.
- Knock it off, Pierson.
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99. We'll wait until sundown.
It'll be cooler.
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100. Then we're going to start
taking some treks.
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101. Across the mountain, down the
flats in all four directions.
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102. We're going to look for anything
that can help keep us alive.
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103. This is home now, gentlemen.
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104. Pierson?
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105. Corey?
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106. Well?
- Nothing, not a thing.
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107. I must have gone 12 or 15 miles.
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108. Rocks and hills,
that's all there was.
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109. I wanted to get some kind of
a fix using the stars.
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110. But it's overcast.
- What about Pierson?
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111. What about him?
- You were with him.
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112. He went south towards the mountains.
I went west towards nothing.
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113. I told you men to stay together.
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114. Corey? You didn't see Pierson
or hear him or anything?
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115. I already told you, colonel.
We went in different directions.
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116. It's hot out there, huh?
- You know it.
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117. It made you thirsty, huh?
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118. I'm getting accustomed to it.
- Obviously. Very accustomed to it.
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119. So accustomed to it that you didn't
drink any water in six 6 hours.
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120. Put me in for a medal.
- What I give you can't be pinned on.
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121. Six hours ago you started out with
half a canteen. It's now nearly full.
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122. Come on. I want to know where
you left Pierson's body.
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123. Come on, Corey.
- I found him face down.
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124. He must have hit his head on a rock.
He was dead.
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125. Where did this happen?
- At the foot of the mountain.
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126. I had to change
directions coming back.
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127. I swear to you, I didn't touch him.
I found him.
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128. He was dead. I saw his canteen.
I poured his water into mine.
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129. I knew you wouldn't believe me.
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130. That's why I told you
I didn't see him.
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131. We're going to bring him back.
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132. You're out of your mind. It's
eight miles out there. I'm dead.
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133. Correction,
you're not quite dead yet.
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134. All right, I want to conduct
a tour to Pierson's body.
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135. I want to see for myself.
Move on.
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136. I can't make it, colonel.
I got to rest.
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137. All right, let's move out.
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138. This is where he was.
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139. I swear, this is where he was.
- Well, he's not here now.
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140. He must have crawled away.
- You said he was dead.
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141. I must have been wrong.
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142. But you were so sure he was dead.
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143. Did you do anything for him at all?
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144. Did you check him?
Did you do anything for him?
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145. Or did you just steal his water
and make a beeline back?
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146. I thought he was dead.
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147. And I was so thirsty.
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148. My tongue was swelling up.
I swear my tongue was swelling up.
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149. Pierson.
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150. Pierson.
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151. Pierson, it's colonel Donlin.
Answer me, Pierson.
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152. Pierson.
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153. Pierson.
You're going to be all right, boy.
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154. Here, we're going to take you home.
You'll be all right.
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155. What? Are you trying to
tell me something?
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156. What are you trying to say?
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157. You went up there, you...
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158. You saw something up here?
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159. What?
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160. He drew this.
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161. A sign or a symbol or something.
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162. He was trying to tell us something.
What do you suppose he...
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163. Colonel.
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164. Two men can live maybe five days.
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165. One man can live ten.
You'll forgive me.
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166. You killed Pierson, didn't you?
You killed him.
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167. You're out of your mind.
You've already killed once...
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168. I'm genuinely sorry, colonel.
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169. I really am.
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170. But you brought the book
to the wrong place.
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171. The protocol, the chain of command
and numbers. None of them fit here.
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172. This is a jungle where only
the tough animals survive.
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173. And they don't do it
according to the rules.
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174. You know, colonel? You were looking
for morality in the wrong place.
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175. Now you make tracks, Mr Corey.
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176. You move like a ghostly billy club
was tapping at your ankles.
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177. And telling you that it
was later than you think.
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178. You scrabble up rock hills and feel
hot sand underneath your feet.
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179. And every now and then
take a look over your shoulder...
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180. at a giant sun suspended in
a dead and motionless sky.
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181. Like an unblinking eye
in a prolonged accusation.
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182. Mr Corey, last remaining member
of a doomed crew, keep moving.
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183. Make tracks, push up and push out.
Because if you stop...
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184. maybe sanity will get
you by the throat.
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185. Maybe realization will pry open your
mind and the horror you left down.
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186. Yeah, Mr Corey.
You better keep moving.
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187. That's the order of the moment.
Keep moving.
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188. Pierson.
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189. Now I know what you meant.
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190. Now I know what you were
trying to describe.
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191. Telephone poles. You were trying
to draw telephone poles.
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192. We never left the earth.
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193. That's why nobody tracked us.
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194. We never left the earth.
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195. We just crashed back into it.
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196. Donlin, Pierson, what have I done?
I'm sorry.
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197. Practical joke perpetrated
by Mother Nature.
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198. And a combination
of improbable events.
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199. Practical joke with the trappings of
nightmare, terror and desperation.
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200. Small human drama played out in a
desert 97 miles from Reno, Nevada...
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201. U.S.A.,
continent of North America...
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202. the earth and, of course,
The Twilight Zone.
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