1. Mirror Image
First Aired: 26 February 1960
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2. You're traveling
to another dimension.
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3. A dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.
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4. A journey into a wondrous land
of imagination.
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5. Next stop: The Twilight Zone
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6. Excuse me.
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7. The bus to Cortland.
- What about her?
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8. Well, it was due a half an hour ago.
- Yup, half hour ago.
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9. When will it be in?
- Hard to say. Been raining hard.
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10. Road's slick.
Maybe a bridge or two out.
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11. That'll play hard with the schedule.
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12. When do you think it will be in?
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13. She'll be in when she'll be in.
That's all.
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14. I told you that the last
time you asked.
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15. The last time I asked was now. All
I want from you is a civil answer.
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16. You're getting a civil answer.
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17. The trouble is every ten minutes
you're up here requiring one.
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18. Situations just don't
change that rapidly.
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19. And you want to know about
the Cortland bus.
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20. It was late when you asked
a half hour ago.
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21. Late when you come back 15
minutes later. And it's late now.
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22. And all the asking in the world
ain't going to push it none.
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23. But this is the very first time
I've been up here.
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24. Either you need your eyes...
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25. Now what's the matter?
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26. Nothing.
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27. Nothing's the matter.
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28. Millicent Barnes, age 25.
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29. Young woman waiting for a bus.
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30. Not a very imaginative type
is Ms Barnes.
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31. Not given to undue anxiety of fears
or temporal flights of fancy.
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32. Like most young career women,
she has a generic classification...
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33. as a 'Girl with a head
on her shoulders.'
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34. All of which is mentioned now
because in just a moment...
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35. the head on Ms Barnes's shoulders
will be put to a test.
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36. Circumstances will assault
her sense of reality...
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37. will put her sanity on a block.
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38. Millicent Barnes, who in one minute
will wonder if she's going mad.
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39. Shall we run through it again, miss?
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40. No. I was just saw, but that bag...
- What about it?
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41. It's just like mine. It's identical,
even to the broken handle.
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42. Is this, some kind of a game?
- What?
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43. That is your bag. You checked it.
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44. No, it looks just like my bag,
but...
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45. Will you go over there and sit down?
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46. You're either walking in your sleep
or hung over or something.
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47. Go back and sit down, breathe
through your nose and let me read.
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48. When the Cortland bus comes there'll
be a loud sound of an engine...
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49. a door opening,
people will come in here.
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50. Then you'll know the bus is here.
- But I didn't check my bag.
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51. And anyway, when I saw that,
my bag...
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52. All you all right, miss?
- Yes, of course I'm all right.
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53. I'm perfectly all right.
Why? Don't I look all right?
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54. You look just fine. It's just...
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55. that when you were in here before...
- Before? What do you mean before?
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56. I've never been in here before.
- You were in here a few minutes ago.
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57. Me? I've never been in here before.
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58. What's the matter with
this place anyway?
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59. Somebody keeps taking my bag. Somebody
says I keep asking about the bus...
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60. and you say I've been in here before.
- Easy. It's going to be all right.
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61. Of course it's going to be all right.
Nothing wrong to begin with.
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62. The only thing wrong with you people
is you need some sleep or something.
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63. Let me get you a cold cloth, honey.
I don't think you're well.
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64. No, I don't need that.
No, I'll be all right.
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65. I must be overtired
but I'll be all right.
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66. Excuse me.
- Yes?
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67. I wonder if you saw someone
sitting in my seat.
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68. I don't thinks so, miss.
I wasn't looking very close.
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69. What's the trouble?
- No, no trouble.
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70. I just thought I saw
somebody I knew.
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71. In here?
- Thank you.
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72. I'm sorry to have disturbed you.
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73. What's the matter with me?
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74. What on earth is the matter with me?
What's happening?
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75. Delusions, that's what they are.
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76. I must be sick.
I must be running a fever.
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77. I'm not even warm.
I don't have any fever.
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78. Excuse me, miss.
- Yes, what is it?
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79. Your bag, I think you dropped it.
- Oh, thank you.
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80. The bus is late, isn't it?
- Yes, over a half an hour late.
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81. You do mean the bus to Cortland?
- That's the one.
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82. I was supposed to be in Syracuse
tonight by 10:00.
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83. The planes were all grounded
so I took a cab from Binghamton.
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84. It skidded into a tree
a few miles outside of here.
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85. I had to walk into town to get here.
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86. Forgive me, you're not ill, are you?
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87. I really don't know
what's wrong with me.
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88. Is there something I can do?
- Well, I don't know.
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89. It's just that all sorts of queer
things have been happening to me.
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90. I've been seeing things.
- Seeing things?
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91. What sort of things?
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92. I'm not sure I should tell you.
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93. You'd probably want to move
to another part of the room.
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94. Or call the police or an ambulance.
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95. Well, why don't you tell me.
Maybe I can help.
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96. My name is Paul Grinstead.
I'm from Binghamton.
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97. How do you do?
I'm Millicent Barnes.
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98. At least I was Millicent Barnes.
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99. I'm a private secretary.
I quit my job here on Thursday.
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100. And I've got another job in Buffalo.
That's where I'm going tonight.
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101. Everybody keeps telling me
that I've been here before.
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102. That man who takes the tickets, he
says I keep asking about the bus.
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103. The woman in the powder room says
I've been there before, and I haven't.
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104. And my bag here... My bag!
- There it is.
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105. Thank god. For a minute I thought
it was starting all over again.
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106. That man said I checked it
and I hadn't.
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107. But there was a bag,
almost identical to mine.
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108. And then when I came out of the
powder room it wasn't there.
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109. Go on.
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110. It sounds very strange but...
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111. when I came out of the powder room,
I looked in the mirror...
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112. and I could see the whole
waiting room. In the mirror.
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113. And I...
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114. What did you see, Ms Barnes?
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115. I saw myself sitting right
here on this bench.
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116. It's delusions.
- Yes.
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117. Yes, that's what it must be.
Delusions, some sort of delusions.
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118. But I'm not sick.
I'm not running a fever.
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119. But it's not just seeing things
that don't exist.
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120. Why did that man and that woman say
that they had seen me before?
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121. I don't know.
This one's tough to figure out.
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122. What's happening to me? What's wrong?
I'm not some sort of kook.
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123. I've never had any trouble like this.
I mean, trouble with my mind.
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124. Of course you haven't.
There's an explanation some place.
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125. There's a reason. Maybe...
- Maybe what?
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126. Maybe there's someone here who
resembles you. That could be it.
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127. Or maybe someone is playing some
kind of a joke or something.
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128. Is that possible?
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129. That's too fantastic. And that
doesn't explain about the bag.
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130. And anyway, if there is
such a person, where is she?
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131. Bus to Cortland,
Syracuse, Buffalo, now arriving.
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132. Let me take that. Looks heavy.
- Thank you. You're very kind.
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133. No, you are more than just kind.
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134. We better get on the bus.
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135. I'll take your bag.
- All right.
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136. Ms Barnes! Millicent.
What's the matter? Wait a minute.
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137. On our way.
You and the lady coming or aren't?
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138. No, we'll wait for the next one.
- That's due at 7:00 in the morning.
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139. You've got a long wait.
- That's all right.
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140. I'm shutting off some
of these lights.
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141. 'When not in use,
turn off the juice.'
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142. That's what I always say.
- I best be getting home.
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143. I sure hope she feels better.
- Thank you. You've been very nice.
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144. It's all right. But I'd say she
needed some looking after.
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145. You know what I mean.
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146. You feeling better?
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147. The bus.
- It had to leave.
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148. There'll be another before too long.
- You didn't get on.
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149. I'm this late already. A few more
hours won't make any difference.
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150. I've been thinking about something.
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151. It's very odd, but...
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152. I've been remembering.
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153. Remembering what?
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154. About something I read or
heard about a long time ago.
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155. About different planes of existence.
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156. About two parallel worlds.
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157. That exist side by side.
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158. And each of us has a
counterpart in this world.
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159. And sometimes through some freak,
through something unexplainable...
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160. This counterpart,
after the two worlds converge...
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161. Comes into our world and
in order to survive...
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162. It has to take over.
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163. Replace us.
Move us out so that it can live.
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164. That's a little metaphysical for me.
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165. I remember reading it somewhere.
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166. Each of us has a twin
in this other world.
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167. An identical twin.
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168. Maybe that woman I saw...
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169. Millicent, there has to be
another explanation.
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170. One that comes with more reason.
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171. I can't explain it.
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172. But I know that's what's happened.
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173. This other woman, my counterpart...
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174. Forget about it, please.
Don't think about it.
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175. I just thought of something. I've got
a good friend who lives in Tully.
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176. I'll call him. Maybe he'll
bring his car down here for us.
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177. He might even drive us
into Syracuse.
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178. All right, Millicent?
Shall I call my friend?
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179. I'll tell you what I think. I'd say
she's got a leak in her attic.
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180. Parallel planes.
Counterparts from another life.
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181. You got a thing about sick people?
Is that it?
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182. Poor, poor kid.
I don't know what's going to happen.
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183. Go call your friend.
Your friend in Tully with the car.
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184. I don't have any friend in Tully.
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185. She needs help, medical help.
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186. I figured it would be easier this way.
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187. Poor kid.
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188. Can I use it?
- Go ahead.
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189. Who're you going to call?
- The police, I guess.
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190. They're the ones that could help us.
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191. To tell you the truth, she
kind of gives me the willies.
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192. I'd as leave she got
outta here somehow.
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193. Where are you?
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194. Where did you go?
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195. What do you want?
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196. Where are you?
- Millicent.
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197. Are you all right?
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198. Yes.
I'm all right.
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199. How about getting some fresh air?
- All right.
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200. Did you get her off all right?
- Yeah.
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201. They're gonna take her to the
hospital for observation.
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202. What was she talking about?
Something about another life.
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203. I don't know.
That's part of her illness, I guess.
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204. You said the next bus is at 7:00?
- You got about 4.5 hours, pal.
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205. You can take a snooze on that bench.
You'll be all alone, no noise at all.
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206. This place is like a tomb
between night and morning.
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207. Maybe I will get some sleep.
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208. Hey.
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209. Hey!
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210. Hey, where are you?
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211. Obscure and metaphysical explanation
to cover a phenomena.
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212. Reasons to explain away that,
which can not be explained.
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213. Call it parallel planes
or just insanity.
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214. Whatever it is, you find it
in the Twilight Zone.
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