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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-Copy !req
3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.Copy !req
4. A journey into a wondrous landCopy !req
5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.Copy !req
6. That's the signpost up ahead.Copy !req
7. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.Copy !req
8. Nurse?Copy !req
9. Time for your sleeping medicine,
honey.Copy !req
10. Is it night already?Copy !req
11. It's 9:30.Copy !req
12. Oh. What about the day?Copy !req
13. Oh, what about it?Copy !req
14. Well, was it
a beautiful day?Copy !req
15. Was it warm?Copy !req
16. Was the sun out?Copy !req
17. It was kind of warm.Copy !req
18. Yes... and clouds?Copy !req
19. Were there clouds in the sky?Copy !req
20. I suppose
there were.Copy !req
21. I never was muchCopy !req
22. for staring up
at the sky.Copy !req
23. No?Copy !req
24. I used to like to
look at the clouds.Copy !req
25. If you stare at them long
enough, they become things.Copy !req
26. You know what I mean?Copy !req
27. People, ships,
anything you want, really.Copy !req
28. It's time to take
your temperature now.Copy !req
29. Oh, please, one
more thing, nurse.Copy !req
30. Well?Copy !req
31. When will they take
the bandages off?Copy !req
32. How long, nurse?Copy !req
33. Until they decideCopy !req
34. whether or not they
can fix your face.Copy !req
35. Oh, I guess it's...
pretty bad, isn't it?Copy !req
36. I've seen worse.Copy !req
37. Well, yes, but... it's
pretty bad, isn't it?Copy !req
38. Oh, I know
it's pretty bad.Copy !req
39. Ever since
I can remember-Copy !req
40. ever since I was a little girl-Copy !req
41. people have turned away
when they looked at me.Copy !req
42. Funny...Copy !req
43. the very first thing
I can rememberCopy !req
44. is another little child
screaming when she looked at me.Copy !req
45. I... I never really wanted
to be beautiful, you know.Copy !req
46. I mean, I never wanted
to look like a painting.Copy !req
47. I never even wanted
to be loved, really.Copy !req
48. I just wanted
people not to screamCopy !req
49. when they looked at me.Copy !req
50. When, nurse? When? When?Copy !req
51. When will they take
the bandages off?Copy !req
52. Maybe tomorrow.Copy !req
53. Maybe the next day.Copy !req
54. Now hush.Copy !req
55. You've been waiting so long now.Copy !req
56. It doesn't really
make much differenceCopy !req
57. whether it's two weeks
or days now.Copy !req
58. Does it?Copy !req
59. Dr. Bernardi, evening
report on patient 307:Copy !req
60. No temperature change,
resting comfortably.Copy !req
61. Thank you, nurse.
I'll be down later.Copy !req
62. Ever see her face- 307?Copy !req
63. Indeed I have.Copy !req
64. If it were mine,Copy !req
65. I'd bury myself
in a grave someplace.Copy !req
66. Poor thing.Copy !req
67. Some people want to
live no matter what.Copy !req
68. Cigarette?Copy !req
69. Suspended in time and space
for a moment,Copy !req
70. your introduction
to miss janet tyler,Copy !req
71. who lives in a very private
world of darkness,Copy !req
72. a universe whose dimensionsCopy !req
73. are the size, thickness, length
of the swath of bandagesCopy !req
74. that cover her face.Copy !req
75. In a moment, we'll go
back into this room.Copy !req
76. And also, in a moment,
we'll look under those bandages,Copy !req
77. keeping in mind, of course,Copy !req
78. that we're not to be surprised
by what we seeCopy !req
79. because this isn't
just a hospital,Copy !req
80. and this patient 307
is not just a woman.Copy !req
81. This happens
to be the twilight zone,Copy !req
82. and miss janet tyler, with you,
is about to enter it.Copy !req
83. Blood pressure and
temperature are normal, doctor.Copy !req
84. There's
been no change.Copy !req
85. All right. Come back
about 11:00, nurse.Copy !req
86. Give her
the usual sedative then.Copy !req
87. All right,
doctor.Copy !req
88. Well, it's warm this
evening, miss tyler.Copy !req
89. Yes, I thought it was,
but I couldn't be sure.Copy !req
90. Well,
it's very warm.Copy !req
91. Take my word
for that.Copy !req
92. We'll have those bandages
off you very soon.Copy !req
93. I expect you're pretty uncomfortable.Copy !req
94. Well, I'm used to
bandages on my face.Copy !req
95. I have no doubt.Copy !req
96. It's your ninth
visit here.Copy !req
97. It is the ninth?Copy !req
98. The 11th.Copy !req
99. You know, sometimes I...Copy !req
100. I think I've lived my whole
life inside of a dark caveCopy !req
101. with walls of gauze,Copy !req
102. and the wind that blows
into the mouth of the caveCopy !req
103. smells of ether
and disinfectant.Copy !req
104. Of course there's a...Copy !req
105. there's a kind of a comfort
living inside this cave-Copy !req
106. wonderfully private.Copy !req
107. Nobody can ever see you.Copy !req
108. It's hopeless,
isn't it, doctor?Copy !req
109. I'll never look any
different than now.Copy !req
110. Well, that's
hard to say.Copy !req
111. Up to now, you haven't responded
to the shots, the medications-Copy !req
112. any of the proven techniques.Copy !req
113. Frankly, you've stumped us, miss tyler.Copy !req
114. Nothing we've done
so far has madeCopy !req
115. any difference
at all.Copy !req
116. However, we're very hopefulCopy !req
117. for what this last treatment
may have accomplished.Copy !req
118. There's no telling, of course,
till we get the bandages off.Copy !req
119. I'm sorry your case is not oneCopy !req
120. that we could have
handled with plastic surgery,Copy !req
121. but your bone
structure,Copy !req
122. flesh type...Copy !req
123. many factors
prohibitCopy !req
124. the surgical
approach.Copy !req
125. Your 11th visit.Copy !req
126. No more after this, doctor.Copy !req
127. No more tries.Copy !req
128. 11 is the mandatory number
of experiments.Copy !req
129. We're not permitted
to do any more after 11.Copy !req
130. Now what, doctor?Copy !req
131. Well, you're kind of jumping
the gun, aren't you, miss tyler?Copy !req
132. You may very well have respondedCopy !req
133. to these last
injections.Copy !req
134. There's no
way of tellingCopy !req
135. till we get
the bandages off.Copy !req
136. And, if I haven't
responded, then what?Copy !req
137. Well, there
are alternatives.Copy !req
138. Like?Copy !req
139. Don't you know?Copy !req
140. Yes, I know.Copy !req
141. You realize, of
course, miss tyler,Copy !req
142. why these rules
are in effect.Copy !req
143. Each of us
is affordedCopy !req
144. as much opportunity
as possibleCopy !req
145. to fit in
with society.Copy !req
146. In your case,
think of the timeCopy !req
147. and the money
and the effortCopy !req
148. expended to
make you look...Copy !req
149. look like what, doctor?Copy !req
150. Normal. The way
you'd like to look.Copy !req
151. Doctor...Copy !req
152. doctor...Copy !req
153. may I walk outside?Copy !req
154. Please, may I?Copy !req
155. May I just go and...
and sit in the garden?Copy !req
156. Just... just
for a little while.Copy !req
157. Just...
just to feel the air.Copy !req
158. Just... just
to smell the flowers.Copy !req
159. Just... just
to make believe I am normal?Copy !req
160. If... if I sit out there
in the darkness,Copy !req
161. then the whole world is dark,Copy !req
162. and I'm more a part of it
like that, not just...Copy !req
163. one grotesque, ugly woman
with a bandage on her faceCopy !req
164. with a special darkness
all around.Copy !req
165. I want to belong.Copy !req
166. I want to be like everybody.Copy !req
167. Please, doctor.Copy !req
168. Please help me.Copy !req
169. There are
many othersCopy !req
170. who share
your misfortune-Copy !req
171. people who look
much as you do.Copy !req
172. Now, one of the
alternatives...Copy !req
173. just in the eventCopy !req
174. that this
last treatmentCopy !req
175. is not
successful,Copy !req
176. is simply
to allow youCopy !req
177. to move into
a special areaCopy !req
178. in which people
of your kindCopy !req
179. have been
congregated.Copy !req
180. People of my kind?Copy !req
181. Congregated.Copy !req
182. Oh, you mean segregated!Copy !req
183. You mean imprisoned,
don't you, doctor?Copy !req
184. You're talking about
a ghetto, aren't you?Copy !req
185. A ghetto designed for freaks!Copy !req
186. Miss tyler!Copy !req
187. Now, the state is
not unsympathetic.Copy !req
188. Your presence here
in this hospitalCopy !req
189. is proof of that.Copy !req
190. It's doing all
it can for you.Copy !req
191. But you're not being rational, miss tyler.Copy !req
192. Now, you know
you can't expectCopy !req
193. to live any kind
of a life among...Copy !req
194. normal people.Copy !req
195. I could try.Copy !req
196. I...Copy !req
197. I could wear a mask
or this bandage or...Copy !req
198. I wouldn't bother anybody.Copy !req
199. I'd just go my own way.Copy !req
200. I'd get a job. Any job!Copy !req
201. I...Copy !req
202. who are you people anyway?Copy !req
203. What is this state?Copy !req
204. Who makes all these rules
and conditions and statutes:Copy !req
205. The people who are different
have to stay awayCopy !req
206. from the people who are normal.Copy !req
207. The state isn't god, doctor.Copy !req
208. Miss tyler,
please, please.Copy !req
209. The state is not god!Copy !req
210. It hasn't the right
to penalize somebodyCopy !req
211. for an accident of birth!Copy !req
212. It hasn't the right to make
ugliness a crime!Copy !req
213. Miss tyler! Miss tyler,
stop this immediately.Copy !req
214. I feel the night
out there.Copy !req
215. I feel the air.Copy !req
216. I can smell the flowers.Copy !req
217. Oh...Copy !req
218. oh, please.Copy !req
219. Please, take this
off me, please.Copy !req
220. Please, take this off me.Copy !req
221. Oh, please, take this off me!Copy !req
222. Take it off me!Copy !req
223. Help! Somebody, help me!Copy !req
224. Help!Copy !req
225. No, no, no.Copy !req
226. Let me go.Copy !req
227. Please, let me go.Copy !req
228. Let me go, please.Copy !req
229. Oh, please.Copy !req
230. Please, let me go.Copy !req
231. Please, please, let me...Copy !req
232. all right, then.Copy !req
233. I will take
the bandages off.Copy !req
234. Get the anesthetist.Copy !req
235. Yes, doctor.Copy !req
236. You look tired,
doctor.Copy !req
237. Do I? Well, I hadn't
thought about it.Copy !req
238. I suppose I am.Copy !req
239. You've been under a great deal of tension.Copy !req
240. I know how much
it means to you-Copy !req
241. this case in 307.Copy !req
242. Well, you try to be
impersonal about these things.Copy !req
243. You do everything
medically possible,Copy !req
244. everything
humanly possibleCopy !req
245. and then, in the end,
you cross your fingersCopy !req
246. and you hope
for a miracle.Copy !req
247. You know, once in a while,Copy !req
248. a miracle does happen
just often enoughCopy !req
249. to let you know
that you're not wrongCopy !req
250. or foolish
to hope for one.Copy !req
251. But you're destroying
yourself this way.Copy !req
252. Forgive me, but you mustn'tCopy !req
253. let yourself get
personally involved here.Copy !req
254. I know. You think
I haven't told myself that?Copy !req
255. But you see, nurse,Copy !req
256. I've... I've looked
underneath those bandages.Copy !req
257. So have I.
It's horrible.Copy !req
258. No, I mean deeper
than that.Copy !req
259. Deeper than that pitiful,
twisted lump of flesh-Copy !req
260. deeper even than that
misshapen skeletal mask.Copy !req
261. I've seen that woman's
real face, nurse-Copy !req
262. the face of her real self.Copy !req
263. It's a good face.Copy !req
264. It's a human face.Copy !req
265. I understand,Copy !req
266. but I must confess,Copy !req
267. it's easier for me to
think of her as humanCopy !req
268. when her face
is covered up.Copy !req
269. But why?Copy !req
270. Why must we feel
that way, nurse?Copy !req
271. What is the dimensional
differenceCopy !req
272. between beauty and
something repellant?Copy !req
273. Is it skin deep?Copy !req
274. Oh, less than that.Copy !req
275. Why, nurse?Copy !req
276. Why shouldn't people be
allowed to be different?Copy !req
277. Why?Copy !req
278. Doctor, careful.Copy !req
279. What you're talking is...Copy !req
280. treason.Copy !req
281. Oh, this case has
upset your balance-Copy !req
282. your sense of values.Copy !req
283. Well, I suppose.Copy !req
284. Don't be concerned,
nurse.Copy !req
285. I'll be all right once
the bandages are off.Copy !req
286. Once iknowone way
or the other.Copy !req
287. Leader's
speaking tonight.Copy !req
288. He goes on in
just a few minutes.Copy !req
289. And now, ladies and gentlemen,
our leader.Copy !req
290. Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
291. Tonight, I shall talk to you
about glorious conformity.Copy !req
292. About the delight
and the ultimate pleasureCopy !req
293. of our unified society.Copy !req
294. Now, I have to ask you
once again, miss tyler.Copy !req
295. And I must insist
that you promiseCopy !req
296. you'll
remain rational,Copy !req
297. no tantrums, no
temperament, and no violence.Copy !req
298. You understand?Copy !req
299. Now, I'll tell
you preciselyCopy !req
300. what I'm going to do.Copy !req
301. I'm going to
cut the bandagesCopy !req
302. a section at a time,Copy !req
303. then I'm going to unwrap
the bandages very gradually.Copy !req
304. The process
has to be slow,Copy !req
305. so that your eyes can become
accustomed to the light.Copy !req
306. As you know,
these injectionsCopy !req
307. may have had some
effect on your vision.Copy !req
308. I understand.Copy !req
309. So now, as I unwrap, I want
you to keep your eyes open,Copy !req
310. and I want you to
describe to meCopy !req
311. the various shadings of
light as you perceive it.Copy !req
312. All right.Copy !req
313. Now, if you make
any movement,Copy !req
314. or if you start getting
emotional on us, miss tyler,Copy !req
315. I'm going to have to have
the nurses hold you down,Copy !req
316. and have the
anesthetistCopy !req
317. put you under sedation,
you understand.Copy !req
318. I promise I won't.Copy !req
319. All right, then.Copy !req
320. Do you see any light
now, miss tyler?Copy !req
321. Oh, just a little.Copy !req
322. It looks gray.Copy !req
323. All right, now.Copy !req
324. Just be very quiet.Copy !req
325. Now,
miss tyler?Copy !req
326. Oh, it... it's much brighter.Copy !req
327. Good, good.Copy !req
328. Look- look up
toward the light.Copy !req
329. How about now,
miss tyler?Copy !req
330. Oh, yes, it...
it's very bright.Copy !req
331. Good, good.Copy !req
332. Now...Copy !req
333. I'm at the last layer
of bandages, miss tyler.Copy !req
334. Oh...Copy !req
335. I, I can just see you.Copy !req
336. I can just distinguish
your outline vaguely,Copy !req
337. but I can just see you.Copy !req
338. Good.Copy !req
339. All right,
miss tyler,Copy !req
340. I'm going
to removeCopy !req
341. the last of the
bandages now.Copy !req
342. Would you
like a mirror?Copy !req
343. No.Copy !req
344. No, thank you.
No mirror.Copy !req
345. All right, then.Copy !req
346. I want youCopy !req
347. to remember
this, please.Copy !req
348. Miss tyler, are
you listening?Copy !req
349. Yes, I'm listening.Copy !req
350. Now, we have done
all we could do.Copy !req
351. If we've been
successful,Copy !req
352. well and good.Copy !req
353. There are
no problems.Copy !req
354. But if,
on the other hand,Copy !req
355. this final treatmentCopy !req
356. has not achieved
the desired result,Copy !req
357. please remember,
miss tyler,Copy !req
358. that you can still live
a long and fruitful lifeCopy !req
359. among people of...
your own kind.Copy !req
360. Now, as soon as we
discover the results,Copy !req
361. we'll either
release you or...Copy !req
362. doctor?Copy !req
363. Yes?Copy !req
364. If I'm still terribly ugly...Copy !req
365. well, is there
any other alternative?Copy !req
366. Could I please be put away?Copy !req
367. Well, under certain
circumstances, miss tyler,Copy !req
368. the state does
provide forCopy !req
369. the extermination
of undesirables.Copy !req
370. However, there
are many factorsCopy !req
371. to be considered
in the decision.Copy !req
372. Under the present
circumstances, I...Copy !req
373. I doubt very much whether
we would be permittedCopy !req
374. to do anything
but... transfer youCopy !req
375. to a communal
group of peopleCopy !req
376. with your disability.Copy !req
377. They'll make me go, then?Copy !req
378. That would probably
be the case.Copy !req
379. Now, remain
very quiet.Copy !req
380. Keep your
eyes open.Copy !req
381. All right, Miss Tyler...Copy !req
382. here comes the last of it.Copy !req
383. I wish you
every good luck.Copy !req
384. No change.Copy !req
385. No change at all.Copy !req
386. I was afraid
of this.Copy !req
387. Turn on the light.Copy !req
388. Needle, please.Copy !req
389. Life at the...Copy !req
390. stop that patient!Copy !req
391. Stop her!Copy !req
392. We know now that there must be
a single purpose,Copy !req
393. a single norm,
a single approach,Copy !req
394. a single entity of people,
a single virtue,Copy !req
395. a single morality,Copy !req
396. a single frame of reference,Copy !req
397. a single philosophy
of government.Copy !req
398. We must cut out
all that is differentCopy !req
399. like a cancerous filth!Copy !req
400. It is essential,
in this society,Copy !req
401. that we not only have a normCopy !req
402. but that we conform
to that norm!Copy !req
403. Differences weaken us!Copy !req
404. Variations destroy us!Copy !req
405. this norm is what
has ended nationsCopy !req
406. and brought them
to their knees!Copy !req
407. Conformity, we must worship
in all interests!Copy !req
408. Conformity is
the key to survival!Copy !req
409. Miss tyler.Copy !req
410. Miss tyler,
don't be afraid.Copy !req
411. He's... he's only
a representativeCopy !req
412. from the group you're
going to live with.Copy !req
413. Oddly enough, you've
come right to him.Copy !req
414. Now, come on now.Copy !req
415. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
416. He's not going
to hurt you.Copy !req
417. He won't hurt you.Copy !req
418. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
419. It's all right.Copy !req
420. It's all right, miss tyler.Copy !req
421. Now, this is mr. Smith.Copy !req
422. Mr. Walter smith.Copy !req
423. Mr. Smith is in chargeCopy !req
424. of the village group
in the north.Copy !req
425. He'll take you
there tonight.Copy !req
426. It's the only way now.Copy !req
427. Miss tyler, we haveCopy !req
428. a lovely village
and wonderful people.Copy !req
429. I think you're
going to like itCopy !req
430. where I'm
going to take you.Copy !req
431. You'll, uh... you'll
be with your own kind,Copy !req
432. and in a little while-Copy !req
433. oh, you'll be amazed
how little a while-Copy !req
434. you'll feel a sense
of great belonging.Copy !req
435. You'll feel a sense
of being loved...Copy !req
436. and you will be loved,
miss tyler.Copy !req
437. Miss tyler...Copy !req
438. would you get
your things now?Copy !req
439. We can leave
anytime.Copy !req
440. Mr. Smith?Copy !req
441. Yes?Copy !req
442. Why do we have
to look like this?Copy !req
443. I don't know, miss tyler;
I really don't know.Copy !req
444. But you know something?
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
445. There's an old saying...
a very, very old saying:Copy !req
446. "Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder."Copy !req
447. When we leave here,
when we go to the village,Copy !req
448. try to think of that,
miss tyler.Copy !req
449. Say it over and over
to yourself.Copy !req
450. Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder.Copy !req
451. Come on now.Copy !req
452. We'll get your things
and we'll leave.Copy !req
453. Good-bye, miss tyler.Copy !req
454. Now the questions
that come to mind:Copy !req
455. Where is this place
and when is it?Copy !req
456. What kind of world
where ugliness is the normCopy !req
457. and beauty the deviation
from that norm?Copy !req
458. You want an answer?Copy !req
459. It doesn't make any differenceCopy !req
460. because the old saying
happens to be true-Copy !req
461. beautyis
in the eye of the beholder,Copy !req
462. in this year
or a hundred years hence,Copy !req
463. on this planet or wherever
there is human life,Copy !req
464. perhaps out amongst the stars.Copy !req
465. Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder.Copy !req
466. Lesson to be learned
in the twilight zone.Copy !req
467. Rod serling, the creator
oftwlight zone,Copy !req
468. will tell you
about next week's storyCopy !req
469. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.Copy !req
470. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
471. You've probably run across
these penny machinesCopy !req
472. that tell your fortune.Copy !req
473. You put a penny in...Copy !req
474. and out comes a card.Copy !req
475. Only this particular machine,
which you'll see next week,Copy !req
476. is a little bit unique,Copy !req
477. in that the fortunes
that it tellsCopy !req
478. happen to come true.Copy !req
479. A most intriguing tale,
called "the nick of time,"Copy !req
480. by mr. Richard matheson.Copy !req
481. And you're invited
to partake of it.Copy !req
482. Thank you and good night.Copy !req
483. See the new
andy griffith showCopy !req
484. each week,
over most of these stations.Copy !req
485. Consult local listings.Copy !req