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2. You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.Copy !req
3. Beyond it is another dimension-Copy !req
4. a dimension of sound,Copy !req
5. a dimension of sight,Copy !req
6. a dimension of mind.Copy !req
7. You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,Copy !req
8. of things and ideas.Copy !req
9. You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.Copy !req
10. Hank, anything?Copy !req
11. Nothing yet, captain.Copy !req
12. No sound at all.Copy !req
13. Well, try it on.402.Copy !req
14. Probably coming
from that direction.Copy !req
15. I had it on that
all morning, sir.Copy !req
16. Oh.Copy !req
17. Try it again.Copy !req
18. Captain...Copy !req
19. anything?Copy !req
20. No, nothing
yet, joan,Copy !req
21. nothing yet.Copy !req
22. They lost, you
figure, captain?Copy !req
23. They're not
lost, george,Copy !req
24. just takes time,
that's all.Copy !req
25. Takes time.Copy !req
26. Julie, where's
your husband?Copy !req
27. In our bunker,
captain.Copy !req
28. Something wrong?Copy !req
29. Go get him.Copy !req
30. Something wrong?Copy !req
31. Something's wrong,
julie.Copy !req
32. Yes, sir.Copy !req
33. How's the water,
george?Copy !req
34. Hot, flat
and unforgettable.Copy !req
35. But wet?Copy !req
36. Well, bear with it,
folks, bear with it.Copy !req
37. Six months' time,Copy !req
38. we'll all be drinking
chocolate ice cream soda.Copy !req
39. You want to
see me, captain?Copy !req
40. Man on the radar tower
like to see you, al-Copy !req
41. would've like to have seen you
two hours agoCopy !req
42. when you were supposed
to relieve him.Copy !req
43. I overslept,
captain.Copy !req
44. You tell that to hank parker
up there, will you?Copy !req
45. You tell him that you overslept.Copy !req
46. Then be good enough
to tell himCopy !req
47. you'll take his entire
watch all day tomorrow.Copy !req
48. That's not fair-
it doesn't
happen often.Copy !req
49. Once is often.Copy !req
50. More than once
is intolerable.Copy !req
51. And many times
more than onceCopy !req
52. is the case history
of a man named albert bainesCopy !req
53. who likes his sleep.Copy !req
54. I prefer it to
a stupid game
in the hot sun.Copy !req
55. Game, al?Copy !req
56. What are we listening
for up there?Copy !req
57. 30 years, two watches a day,
what have we ever heard?Copy !req
58. Wind noise.Copy !req
59. What did we ever
pick up on radar?Copy !req
60. Dust particles.Copy !req
61. This is william benteenCopy !req
62. who officiates on a
disintegrating outpost in space.Copy !req
63. The people
are a remnant societyCopy !req
64. who left the earth
looking for a millennium,Copy !req
65. a place without war,
without jeopardy, without fear.Copy !req
66. And what they found
was a lonely, barren placeCopy !req
67. whose only industry
was survival.Copy !req
68. And this is what they've done
for three decades- survive-Copy !req
69. until the memory
of the earth they came fromCopy !req
70. has become an indistinct,
shadowed recollectionCopy !req
71. of another time
and another place.Copy !req
72. One month ago,
a signal from earth announcedCopy !req
73. a ship would be coming to
pick them up and take them home.Copy !req
74. In just a moment,
we'll hear more of that ship,Copy !req
75. more of that home
and what it takesCopy !req
76. out of mind and body
to reach it.Copy !req
77. This is the twilight zone.Copy !req
78. That's all we
got, captain.Copy !req
79. None left?Copy !req
80. That's all of
it right there.Copy !req
81. Main switch?Copy !req
82. That's all gone, too.Copy !req
83. We used it
on the converter pumps.Copy !req
84. Well, we've got to get current.Copy !req
85. Temperature will go up
50 degrees in those roomsCopy !req
86. without refrigeration.Copy !req
87. We could stop the
salt-water converterCopy !req
88. for a day or two.Copy !req
89. Switch the parts.Copy !req
90. That's what
we'll have to do.Copy !req
91. You tell the people to fill up
all the jugs they've got.Copy !req
92. We're going to turn off
the water in six hours.Copy !req
93. Yes, sir.Copy !req
94. Oh, captain.Copy !req
95. What about the ship?Copy !req
96. It's on the
way, george.Copy !req
97. We know it's
on the way.Copy !req
98. And when we get back,Copy !req
99. it's going to
be different.Copy !req
100. Things that are old
and worn out,Copy !req
101. we're just going to
throw them away.Copy !req
102. Just throw them away.Copy !req
103. Captain benteen.Copy !req
104. Cut her down.Copy !req
105. Oh, no...Copy !req
106. prepare her
for burial in an hour.Copy !req
107. Say your farewells now.Copy !req
108. And ask god's forgiveness
for what she has done.Copy !req
109. Forgive her,
lord.Copy !req
110. Father, forgive her...Copy !req
111. for what she's done.Copy !req
112. She didn't know what
she was doing, lord.Copy !req
113. She knew what she was doing.Copy !req
114. Better and clearer
than any of the rest of us.Copy !req
115. This is a funeral, al.Copy !req
116. The ninth in the
last six months,Copy !req
117. the ninth!Copy !req
118. This woman and the
others took their livesCopy !req
119. because living
became intolerable.Copy !req
120. And I say that dying
was their right.Copy !req
121. That's a blasphemy!Copy !req
122. It's the truth.Copy !req
123. Isn't living
tough enough hereCopy !req
124. we shouldn't have
to go by the book?Copy !req
125. Isn't it hot and
miserable enoughCopy !req
126. there shouldn't
be rules?Copy !req
127. We shouldn't have
to suffer by the numbers?Copy !req
128. Will somebody please
make the simple commentCopy !req
129. there's more happiness
going into that grave,Copy !req
130. more peace of mindCopy !req
131. than all mourners
put together?Copy !req
132. Nothing but
anguish here.Copy !req
133. Captain benteen, let us
live with it in our own way.Copy !req
134. Or let us die from it...Copy !req
135. in our own way!Copy !req
136. Young mr. Baines...Copy !req
137. would have us
lie down in the sun.Copy !req
138. Young mr. Baines...Copy !req
139. would have us give in to death,
while there is still life.Copy !req
140. He'd end the rules.Copy !req
141. Throw away
the regulations.Copy !req
142. No more standing
in line for water.Copy !req
143. We'll let the strong
take away from the weak.Copy !req
144. And no more food rationing.Copy !req
145. Let the young
steal from the old.Copy !req
146. And when that ship
does arrive...Copy !req
147. it won't find a society.Copy !req
148. Just a pack.Copy !req
149. Not one human being left alive.Copy !req
150. Only animals.Copy !req
151. And there is
a ship coming.Copy !req
152. It's winging its way now.Copy !req
153. It's on its way.Copy !req
154. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
155. Let me
hear you say it.Copy !req
156. Say it out loud.Copy !req
157. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
158. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
159. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
160. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
161. There's a ship
coming.Copy !req
162. There's a ship
coming.Copy !req
163. There's a ship coming.Copy !req
164. There's a ship
coming.Copy !req
165. There's a ship
coming.Copy !req
166. Thereisa ship coming.Copy !req
167. There's a ship coming,
there's a ship coming...Copy !req
168. meteor storm!Copy !req
169. It's a meteor
storm!Copy !req
170. It's a meteor storm!Copy !req
171. Get up to the compound.Copy !req
172. Get up to the compound!Copy !req
173. Get in the cave.Copy !req
174. Get in the cave!Copy !req
175. Get in the cave!Copy !req
176. How's the arm, al?Copy !req
177. All right.Copy !req
178. Everybody accounted for?Copy !req
179. They're all here,
captain.Copy !req
180. Nobody's missing.Copy !req
181. Oh, thank god.Copy !req
182. Everybody just stay
as quiet as you can.Copy !req
183. I think
the worst is over.Copy !req
184. I think
the worst is over.Copy !req
185. Quiet.Copy !req
186. You're not scared,
are you, jo-jo?Copy !req
187. Kind of,
captain.Copy !req
188. Well, we can't
have you being scared.Copy !req
189. Let's you and me
talk a bit, huh?Copy !req
190. Pass the time.Copy !req
191. Captain, tell us
about the earth.Copy !req
192. Do that,
captain,
would you?Copy !req
193. Tell us about
the earthCopy !req
194. as you
remember it?Copy !req
195. Again, jerry?Copy !req
196. All right,
I'll talk about it.Copy !req
197. Fran...
you and hankCopy !req
198. fill in any holes I leave.Copy !req
199. If I'm wrong
about any of my recollections,Copy !req
200. correct me, will you?Copy !req
201. Jo-jo, I was just a boy
when we arrived here.Copy !req
202. I was 15 years old,
but I remember the earth.Copy !req
203. I remember it
as a place...Copy !req
204. a place of color.Copy !req
205. I remember, jo-jo,
that in the autumn...Copy !req
206. jo-jo?Copy !req
207. In the autumn...Copy !req
208. the leaves changed...Copy !req
209. turned different colors.Copy !req
210. Red, orange, gold.Copy !req
211. I remember streams of waterCopy !req
212. that flowed down hillsides.Copy !req
213. And the water
was sparkling and clear.Copy !req
214. And I remember
clouds in the sky.Copy !req
215. White...Copy !req
216. billowy things...Copy !req
217. floated like ships, like sails.Copy !req
218. You see, in ancient timesCopy !req
219. that's the way men
moved their shipsCopy !req
220. across the water.Copy !req
221. They unfurled large sections
of canvas against the windCopy !req
222. and the wind moved them.Copy !req
223. And I remember...Copy !req
224. night skies.Copy !req
225. Night skies...Copy !req
226. like endless
black velvet.Copy !req
227. With stars...Copy !req
228. sometimes a moonCopy !req
229. hung as if suspended by wires...Copy !req
230. lit from inside.Copy !req
231. What's night, captain?Copy !req
232. Night...Copy !req
233. night was a quiet time, jo-jo,Copy !req
234. when the earth went to sleep.Copy !req
235. Kind of like a cover
that it pulled over itself.Copy !req
236. Not like here where
we have the two sunsCopy !req
237. always shining,
always burning.Copy !req
238. It was darkness, jo-jo.Copy !req
239. Darkness that
felt like...Copy !req
240. like a cool handCopy !req
241. just brushed past tired eyes.Copy !req
242. And there was snow
on the winter nights-Copy !req
243. gossamer stuff-Copy !req
244. floated downCopy !req
245. and covered the earth,Copy !req
246. made it all white,
cool.Copy !req
247. And in the mornings,Copy !req
248. we could go out
and build a snowman.Copy !req
249. See our breath in the air.Copy !req
250. And it was good then.Copy !req
251. It was right.Copy !req
252. Captain, why did
you leave there?Copy !req
253. Well, we thought
we could findCopy !req
254. another place
like earthCopy !req
255. but with different
beauties, jo-jo.Copy !req
256. And we found
this place.Copy !req
257. We thought we
could escape war.Copy !req
258. We thought we could...Copy !req
259. well, we thought
that we could buildCopy !req
260. an even better place.Copy !req
261. And it took us
30 years to find outCopy !req
262. that we'd left our home
a billion miles awayCopy !req
263. to be only visitors here,
transients...Copy !req
264. because you can't put down
roots in this ground.Copy !req
265. But it was too late.Copy !req
266. So we spent 30 yearsCopy !req
267. watching a clock and a calendar.Copy !req
268. And waiting.Copy !req
269. But we're not going
to wait any longer, jo-jo.Copy !req
270. We can't wait another...Copy !req
271. day...Copy !req
272. not another hour.Copy !req
273. We're going back
to the earth...Copy !req
274. right now.Copy !req
275. Al baines?Copy !req
276. Al baines!Copy !req
277. Al!Copy !req
278. You hear
that noise?Copy !req
279. All of you,
do you hear that?Copy !req
280. That's not a meteor.Copy !req
281. That's not
wishful thinking.Copy !req
282. That's not...Copy !req
283. make-believe
or a phantom.Copy !req
284. Those are rockets.Copy !req
285. That's the ship.Copy !req
286. The ship is here.Copy !req
287. Mr. Benteen?Copy !req
288. I'm benteen.Copy !req
289. Colonel sloane,
commanding thegalaxy vi.Copy !req
290. Our orders are to transport
you all back to earth.Copy !req
291. Oh, welcome, sir!Copy !req
292. Colonel...Copy !req
293. colonel, colonel,
what took you so long?Copy !req
294. Well, we've been traveling
for six months...Copy !req
295. oh, a hundred
times more.Copy !req
296. We've waited
30 years.Copy !req
297. We got your message
two months agoCopy !req
298. then we listened
and listened...Copy !req
299. we did it.Copy !req
300. then nothing more.Copy !req
301. We tried to
transmit to you,Copy !req
302. but we simply
couldn't get through.Copy !req
303. But when we heard
your acknowledgement,Copy !req
304. we knew you'd received
the initial message.Copy !req
305. Does it all
look like this?Copy !req
306. The whole place?Copy !req
307. Yes, it all
looks like this.Copy !req
308. Craggy mountains,Copy !req
309. salt flats, two suns,
perpetually shining.Copy !req
310. Yes, it all
looks like this.Copy !req
311. 30 years.Copy !req
312. Yes, 30 years.Copy !req
313. Some here have never
seen earth, colonel.Copy !req
314. Some older people
don't remember
what it looks like.Copy !req
315. We are to get you on board
as soon as possible.Copy !req
316. We figured you should be
ready to leave thursday.Copy !req
317. That gives you three days
to arrange things.Copy !req
318. Unfortunately, your people can
only take what they can carry.Copy !req
319. There are over 150, right?Copy !req
320. 187- men, women and children.Copy !req
321. But they'll travel
standing on their heads.Copy !req
322. That won't be necessary,
mr. Benteen.Copy !req
323. It'll be a little crowded,
but we'll fit you all in.Copy !req
324. I can see
you're very used toCopy !req
325. a great deal
of space, sir.Copy !req
326. Space... and heat!Copy !req
327. Yes, I can
believe it.Copy !req
328. Captain, jo-jo wants
to meet the colonel.Copy !req
329. Colonel sloane,
jo-jo.Copy !req
330. How do you do?Copy !req
331. Can I give you
a kiss, captain?Copy !req
332. You sure can.Copy !req
333. Can jo-jo inspect
the ship, colonel?Copy !req
334. Certainly, take him
right up there.Copy !req
335. The earth!Copy !req
336. Colonel, has
the earth changed?Copy !req
337. No, not too much.Copy !req
338. Is it still green?Copy !req
339. It's still green.Copy !req
340. And the cities?Copy !req
341. And the cities
still stand.Copy !req
342. And war?Copy !req
343. One pops up here,
another dies out there,Copy !req
344. but through a miracle
and the grace of godCopy !req
345. we never had the hydrogen war.Copy !req
346. Captain benteen.Copy !req
347. George, george.Copy !req
348. Colonel sloane,
this is george morris.Copy !req
349. How do you do?Copy !req
350. I think you'll find itCopy !req
351. very much as you
left it, mr. Benteen.Copy !req
352. Captainbenteen.Copy !req
353. That's what
people call me.Copy !req
354. This place was my
responsibility for 30 years.Copy !req
355. You've done
quite a job.Copy !req
356. But you
can rest easy.Copy !req
357. We'll handle
the responsibility.Copy !req
358. I've become
used to the functions.Copy !req
359. Your quarters,
they're underground.Copy !req
360. As I was-Copy !req
361. cooler there,
mr. Benteen?Copy !req
362. I... where?Copy !req
363. I didn't hear what you said.Copy !req
364. Your underground rooms,
are they cooler?Copy !req
365. They're
refrigerated.Copy !req
366. But it's
captainbenteen.Copy !req
367. Captain benteen's
kept us alive here.Copy !req
368. I believe it,
captain benteen.Copy !req
369. Can I show you
the ship, gentlemen?Copy !req
370. Yes, yes.Copy !req
371. Al...Copy !req
372. al baines.Copy !req
373. Where's your sling?Copy !req
374. It's a magnesium band.Copy !req
375. Colonel sloane says
my arm will be perfectCopy !req
376. by the end of the week.Copy !req
377. Look at julie's cheek.Copy !req
378. Isn't it
incredible, captain?Copy !req
379. Look, colonel sloane
gave it to me.Copy !req
380. It's a medicinal bandage.Copy !req
381. You wear it
for 24 hours...Copy !req
382. it accelerates
the growth of new skin.Copy !req
383. You can hardly
see the bruise.Copy !req
384. It really is incredible.Copy !req
385. Looks like I've
lost my practice.Copy !req
386. Al, do me a favor.Copy !req
387. Put that
in a sling.Copy !req
388. I've treated hundreds
of broken armsCopy !req
389. and the only way to cure them
is to keep them immobile.Copy !req
390. As you all know, in less than
36 hours, we'll be departing.Copy !req
391. Weight allowance has been
set at 14 pounds per person.Copy !req
392. When we leave here, we'll
begin a process of notationCopy !req
393. to establish what your
personal belongings will beCopy !req
394. and what they will-Copy !req
395. colonel sloane.Copy !req
396. Hope I'm not intruding, captain.Copy !req
397. Of course not.Copy !req
398. I was giving
the weight requirements.Copy !req
399. We'll handle
that tomorrow.Copy !req
400. When I heard
you were meeting,Copy !req
401. I brought engle
and rafferty.Copy !req
402. You've all been asking so
many questions about earthCopy !req
403. I thought we'd
answer a few more.Copy !req
404. The purpose of this meeting
is departure problems.Copy !req
405. Colonel, my folks
were from san diego.Copy !req
406. What's california like?Copy !req
407. Sunny and warm,
most of the time.Copy !req
408. Los angeles is the biggest
city in the world now.Copy !req
409. I feel that these
questions can best be answeredCopy !req
410. at a later time.Copy !req
411. Do they still
have public schools?Copy !req
412. Oh, yes.Copy !req
413. And they're pretty much
the same as they were.Copy !req
414. Except they're larger,
better-equipped,Copy !req
415. more adequately staffed.Copy !req
416. There's a whole new
system of visual aids now.Copy !req
417. Many classes
are televised.Copy !req
418. If a student is
learning about, oh...Copy !req
419. we'll say the
grand canyon,Copy !req
420. they do an actual program
right there on the sceneCopy !req
421. that's fed into the classroomCopy !req
422. on a new tape device.Copy !req
423. Colonel sloane, are
there still major leagues?Copy !req
424. My dad used to tell me
all about baseballCopy !req
425. and the world series.Copy !req
426. Two leagues, same as before.Copy !req
427. American and national.Copy !req
428. What city has the dodgers now?Copy !req
429. Still los angeles.Copy !req
430. They came in tenth
last season.Copy !req
431. After we're finished here,
let's improvise a ball and a batCopy !req
432. have ourselves a ball game.Copy !req
433. It's much too hot
for that kind of activity.Copy !req
434. We might sing here in the caveCopy !req
435. we haven't done
that in some time.Copy !req
436. Why don't we show the colonel
the music we can make?Copy !req
437. Let's let him hear
some real harmony.Copy !req
438. Two more.Copy !req
439. Come on, baby, come on.Copy !req
440. That is the universal
language, captain.Copy !req
441. Baseball?Copy !req
442. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
443. You have a very limited
vocabulary, colonel.Copy !req
444. Do you have any ideaCopy !req
445. what the temperature
is out here right now?Copy !req
446. Well, not by degrees
but certainly by discomfort.Copy !req
447. At this time of day
it's about 110.Copy !req
448. Don't know about
your crew membersCopy !req
449. being able to stand
that heat,Copy !req
450. but I do know
about my own people.Copy !req
451. They're going to suffer
for this little athletic event.Copy !req
452. For some of the older people,
it might be serious.Copy !req
453. Aw, it's only
a game, benteen.Copy !req
454. If they're suffering,Copy !req
455. my guess is that it
might be worth it.Copy !req
456. Colonel, when we get aboard
your ship, you'll be in command.Copy !req
457. You tell us what to do,
where to go,Copy !req
458. and we'll fall
right into line.Copy !req
459. But here,
in this place,Copy !req
460. I'm in command.Copy !req
461. Now, mr. Benteen...Copy !req
462. captainben...Copy !req
463. I'm not trying to usurp
your authority, captain.Copy !req
464. I just don't see what harmCopy !req
465. a little baseball
game could be.Copy !req
466. That's not your concern,
is it, colonel?Copy !req
467. The well-being of
these people, their health...Copy !req
468. that's my concern.Copy !req
469. Galaxy crew members,
inside the ship.Copy !req
470. Lower the port.Copy !req
471. Now, my friends,
time to rest.Copy !req
472. Go to your homes.Copy !req
473. I'll announce
when the new day will begin.Copy !req
474. Go to your homes.Copy !req
475. Happy now, captain?Copy !req
476. I was never unhappy.Copy !req
477. I just know what's right
and what's wrong.Copy !req
478. I see.Copy !req
479. Colonel, I have to ask
your men to stay on the ship.Copy !req
480. I don't want
the people distracted.Copy !req
481. You do have
a weighty fist, captain.Copy !req
482. Well, had it been one ounce
lighter, there'd be no one hereCopy !req
483. to go back with you, colonel.Copy !req
484. I've held these people
together- by will.Copy !req
485. They'd have died if they
hadn't had someone to hang onto.Copy !req
486. They'd have
withered away.Copy !req
487. Hmm.Copy !req
488. Well, they're not going
to wither away now, captain.Copy !req
489. Why don't you just relax?Copy !req
490. That's a luxury
I've never been able to afford.Copy !req
491. I've never taken a wife.Copy !req
492. I've never been able to think
only of myself.Copy !req
493. I've...Copy !req
494. I've been confessor, governor,Copy !req
495. father figure, if you will.Copy !req
496. And if I hadn't been,Copy !req
497. there'd be no
life here today.Copy !req
498. Those are my people, colonel.Copy !req
499. Do you understand that?Copy !req
500. Mypeople.Copy !req
501. What's with him,
colonel?Copy !req
502. What's his problem?Copy !req
503. Oh, suffer him
a while longer.Copy !req
504. He's really quite
a guy, you know.Copy !req
505. Quite a guy.Copy !req
506. He just has
one aberration:Copy !req
507. He thinks he's a god.Copy !req
508. And we're booting him
out of his heaven.Copy !req
509. Twilight zonewill continue
after station identification.Copy !req
510. Colonel sloane?Copy !req
511. Yes.Copy !req
512. Captain benteen is here.Copy !req
513. Oh, yes.Copy !req
514. Oh, come in, captain.
Come in.Copy !req
515. Colonel.Copy !req
516. Well, how are you today?Copy !req
517. Fine. Thank you.Copy !req
518. I have a list
of your passengers,Copy !req
519. and their
approximate weights.Copy !req
520. Also, the weight
of their belongingsCopy !req
521. noted after each name.Copy !req
522. We weighed on our scale,Copy !req
523. and I'm afraid
it's an old-timer,Copy !req
524. underweighs about
four or five pounds.Copy !req
525. All I wanted was an
approximation, captain.Copy !req
526. Oh, this will
do just fine.Copy !req
527. We'll weigh them out
on our own equipmentCopy !req
528. before we blast off anyway.Copy !req
529. Well, captain,
today's wednesday.Copy !req
530. Tomorrow we leave.Copy !req
531. Tomorrow you go back
to mother earth.Copy !req
532. Back to modern times.Copy !req
533. Though I honestly wonderCopy !req
534. whether it'll be
to your liking.Copy !req
535. Because the way
you'll be lionizedCopy !req
536. when you get
back to earth...Copy !req
537. you know, you're
referred to in the pressCopy !req
538. as "the lost pioneers."Copy !req
539. They'll make quite a thing
out of you when you land.Copy !req
540. I suppose
it's inevitable.Copy !req
541. I guess that seems
to be your fate.Copy !req
542. And wherever
your people settle,Copy !req
543. they'll be met
by brass bands,Copy !req
544. welcoming committees,
keys to the city...Copy !req
545. keys to the city.Copy !req
546. Yeah, the government
has had inquiriesCopy !req
547. from literally
thousands of relatives.Copy !req
548. They'll just have time to
look into a television cameraCopy !req
549. and then they'llscatter-Copy !req
550. all over the 50 states.Copy !req
551. They won't be scattered,
we'll go together.Copy !req
552. I was talking aboutCopy !req
553. when you get back
on earth, captain.Copy !req
554. Well, so am I, colonel.Copy !req
555. We won't be splitting up.Copy !req
556. Not those people, not my people.Copy !req
557. We'll stay together.Copy !req
558. You mean this is
what you've all decided to do?Copy !req
559. No decision was necessary.Copy !req
560. You have asked them,
haven't you?Copy !req
561. Colonel, asking them would be
exactly like asking a childCopy !req
562. if he wants some more ice cream.Copy !req
563. They're just like
children, colonel.Copy !req
564. The majority of them are adults.Copy !req
565. Chronologically, yes.Copy !req
566. They range in age
from six months to 60 years.Copy !req
567. But psychologically and
socially, they're children.Copy !req
568. I've kept these people alive
and together all these years.Copy !req
569. When we get back to earth,Copy !req
570. I will simply have to
continue the process.Copy !req
571. Have you told them this?Copy !req
572. There's no need to tell them,
they know it already.Copy !req
573. You mean they know that
after 30 years of waiting,Copy !req
574. after 30 years of
living in a compound,Copy !req
575. that they're going to
travel a billion milesCopy !req
576. just to walk single file
into another one.Copy !req
577. They wouldn't have it
any other way.Copy !req
578. Colonel, you don't understand,
and I don't blame you,Copy !req
579. that these people are children.Copy !req
580. And to transport them
a billion milesCopy !req
581. and then land them in a
strange place and abandon themCopy !req
582. would be an act of cruelty.Copy !req
583. It would be a crime.Copy !req
584. Would you do me
a small favor, captain?Copy !req
585. Of course.Copy !req
586. Ask them.Copy !req
587. Outside the cities on earth,
there are suburban areas.Copy !req
588. This was a major living change
that took place in the 1950s:Copy !req
589. Decentralization
of the population area.Copy !req
590. There's certain aspects
of earth livingCopy !req
591. we should touch on.Copy !req
592. We will not
concern ourselvesCopy !req
593. with colder areas,
the northeastern statesCopy !req
594. and some upper sections
of the great plains.Copy !req
595. Captain, I want
to live in wisconsin.Copy !req
596. So you better tell us
about frostbite.Copy !req
597. What about the state
of oregon, captain?Copy !req
598. That's where betty and ICopy !req
599. want to settle.Copy !req
600. I can remember
the forests there.Copy !req
601. What about the eastern
seaboard, captain?Copy !req
602. The finger lake districtCopy !req
603. in upper new york
state, captain?Copy !req
604. Is there still a new york city?Copy !req
605. You don't understand.Copy !req
606. I'd like to make
one thing very clear.Copy !req
607. You'll all be able
to meet your relativesCopy !req
608. and possibly visit with them
for even a week or more.Copy !req
609. We'll stay
together as a communityCopy !req
610. in whatever
land grant we can getCopy !req
611. or whatever prescribed area
can be arranged.Copy !req
612. I'd also like
to assure you that-Copy !req
613. and, I hope,
put all your fears to rest-Copy !req
614. I'm going to continue
as your guide and consultant.Copy !req
615. I guarantee none of you will
want for my help or advice.Copy !req
616. Captain?Copy !req
617. Julie and I...Copy !req
618. julie and I
were planning on farming.Copy !req
619. That's a wonderful idea,
a fine idea.Copy !req
620. Of course we'll farm.Copy !req
621. As we farmed here,
only better- more rainfall.Copy !req
622. Remember, one sun, not two.Copy !req
623. You don't have to shield
crops from the sun.Copy !req
624. The sun helps them.Copy !req
625. You'll farm, al,
certainly we'll farm.Copy !req
626. Julie has relatives
in the state of washington.Copy !req
627. We'll settle there.Copy !req
628. It would be too cold
for you there, al.Copy !req
629. It would be too cold
for all of you.Copy !req
630. Now, wherever we settle,Copy !req
631. I guarantee
there will be good farming.Copy !req
632. I'll see
to that.Copy !req
633. Well, now,
what's the matter with you?Copy !req
634. What's the matter
with all of you?Copy !req
635. You don't understand, captain.Copy !req
636. We, uh...Copy !req
637. we don't plan to stay together.Copy !req
638. Well, you don't understand, al.Copy !req
639. You never did understand
much of anything.Copy !req
640. Now, al, if we did split up,
if we went our separate ways,Copy !req
641. I seriously doubt
if we could survive.Copy !req
642. Explain it to him,
al, go ahead.Copy !req
643. Yes, go on, tell him, al.Copy !req
644. We'll survive, captain.Copy !req
645. If any of us want
to stay together,Copy !req
646. that'll be their right.Copy !req
647. If any of us want to go off
on their own,Copy !req
648. that'll be
their right,
too.Copy !req
649. Am I wrong, colonel?Copy !req
650. No, you're not wrong.Copy !req
651. Our orders are to take you
back to earth as a group.Copy !req
652. On earth, you're free
to do what you please.Copy !req
653. Colonel sloane, I tell you nowCopy !req
654. to let us settle
our differences alone.Copy !req
655. There are no differences,
captain.Copy !req
656. There are differences!Copy !req
657. There are changes
that have taken place on earthCopy !req
658. that none of us
are prepared for.Copy !req
659. Now, these... these people,Copy !req
660. they make it seem
like a big holiday,Copy !req
661. like everything's easy,
like the good life...Copy !req
662. you can pluck it
off a tree!Copy !req
663. Well, my people,Copy !req
664. I don't want any one of you
to be disillusioned.Copy !req
665. I tell you nowCopy !req
666. that wherever men live
they grub and they struggle.Copy !req
667. They dig to stay alive.Copy !req
668. This I know.Copy !req
669. This is true, this is a fact.Copy !req
670. But together-
that's the word, together-Copy !req
671. we must stay together.Copy !req
672. I want you to
think of that nowCopy !req
673. and I want you to
say it with me out loud.Copy !req
674. All of you:Copy !req
675. "Together."Copy !req
676. Together.Copy !req
677. Together.Copy !req
678. TogetherCopy !req
679. together... together.Copy !req
680. Together.Copy !req
681. Together.Copy !req
682. Together.Copy !req
683. Well, I figured outCopy !req
684. the compartment
assignments, captain.Copy !req
685. I'd like to go
over them with you.Copy !req
686. The compartment
assignments.Copy !req
687. There's not much time.Copy !req
688. We still have
checking to do.Copy !req
689. There's a decompression
problemCopy !req
690. also a moment
of weightlessnessCopy !req
691. after we leave
the atmosphere...Copy !req
692. colonel, do you know
what we called you?Copy !req
693. The messiah.Copy !req
694. We called you
the messiah.Copy !req
695. You did?Copy !req
696. We said you'd bring...
freedom.Copy !req
697. That's not
what you've brought at all.Copy !req
698. What did we bring,
captain?Copy !req
699. Selfishness.Copy !req
700. Dissatisfaction,
divisiveness.Copy !req
701. With all the misery
we've had here,Copy !req
702. those were germs
we never suffered.Copy !req
703. Captain benteen, uh...Copy !req
704. I brought nothing
but a ship and a crew-Copy !req
705. uh, a means of escape.Copy !req
706. You say you have
no diseases, no viruses.Copy !req
707. Well, has it ever
occurred to you why?Copy !req
708. It's because you live
in a test tube, captain.Copy !req
709. Antiseptic
and germ-free.Copy !req
710. And also sterile.Copy !req
711. Oh, sure, you're a group,
sure, you're a cell,Copy !req
712. but that's all over
with now, captain.Copy !req
713. Now it's time to be
what god meant you to be-Copy !req
714. individuals.Copy !req
715. A man, a woman, a child,
a being.Copy !req
716. It's time
to break that test tube.Copy !req
717. It's time to rejoin the race
of men.Copy !req
718. I remember
the race of men, colonel.Copy !req
719. I remember the earth.Copy !req
720. It's incredible.Copy !req
721. Absolutely incredible.Copy !req
722. For 30 years, I've been wrong.Copy !req
723. 30 years I've been lying
to my people.Copy !req
724. I've told them about an earth
that doesn't exist.Copy !req
725. I've told them
about an imaginary garden.Copy !req
726. I've told them about
a planet a billion miles awayCopy !req
727. that has no more substance
than a wish.Copy !req
728. We can't go back
to earth, colonel.Copy !req
729. It's too late for us.Copy !req
730. We cannot go back there.Copy !req
731. Everybody?Copy !req
732. Everybody!Copy !req
733. Come, gather 'round.Copy !req
734. Come.Copy !req
735. Gather 'round, everybody.Copy !req
736. I have something
I must tell you.Copy !req
737. Now, listen.Copy !req
738. I want to tell you things
about earthCopy !req
739. that you haven't heard before.Copy !req
740. Things that are ugly.Copy !req
741. Things that are wrong.Copy !req
742. Things that cannot
be lived with.Copy !req
743. There is violence on earth.Copy !req
744. There are hatreds.Copy !req
745. And jealousy.Copy !req
746. Now, listen to me, listen to me,Copy !req
747. and listen carefully.Copy !req
748. The earth is a place
we do not know.Copy !req
749. The earth is a place
we have never lived in.Copy !req
750. It is a society
we do not belong in.Copy !req
751. If we leave here...Copy !req
752. we will die, we willdie!Copy !req
753. We'll be
committing suicideCopy !req
754. if we go back
to earth.Copy !req
755. We will dieCopy !req
756. of a misery we have
never experienced before-Copy !req
757. loneliness.Copy !req
758. Loneliness,
like animals in a zoo.Copy !req
759. We do not belong there.Copy !req
760. We do not belong
to his kind.Copy !req
761. We do not
belong there.Copy !req
762. We do not belong there.Copy !req
763. Captain benteen?Copy !req
764. Why don't you
let your children vote on it?Copy !req
765. Only if they know
what's waiting for them.Copy !req
766. Only if they know
that the earth is not a garden.Copy !req
767. Never was a garden!Copy !req
768. And it never will be a garden.Copy !req
769. Fair enough.Copy !req
770. Fair enough.Copy !req
771. Then I'll tell you
what earth is.Copy !req
772. It's a race of men,
struggling for survival.Copy !req
773. Just as you have survived.Copy !req
774. And captain benteen
is quite rightCopy !req
775. when he tells youCopy !req
776. it isn't a place
of all beauty.Copy !req
777. We may yet have warsCopy !req
778. and there still
remains prejudice.Copy !req
779. And I suppose
as long as men walkCopy !req
780. there will be angry men,
jealous men, unforgiving men.Copy !req
781. But it has one thing
that you don't have.Copy !req
782. One thing.Copy !req
783. It lets every man
be his own master.Copy !req
784. There won't be
any captain benteensCopy !req
785. there for you.Copy !req
786. There won't be anybody
to tell youCopy !req
787. when to eat,
sleep and meet.Copy !req
788. There won't be anyone
to tell youCopy !req
789. when to dance, what to sing,
or how to play.Copy !req
790. Instead of thirst, you may feel
hunger; instead of heat, cold.Copy !req
791. But you'll be men
and women.Copy !req
792. You won't be sheep.Copy !req
793. You won't be a kindergarten.Copy !req
794. And when you pray to god,Copy !req
795. his name won't be benteen.Copy !req
796. A vote now, captain.Copy !req
797. And the majority wins.Copy !req
798. Those of you
who want to beCopy !req
799. on board ten hours
from nowCopy !req
800. to head back to earthCopy !req
801. raise your hands.Copy !req
802. Let loose now, captain.Copy !req
803. For everyone's sake,
let loose!Copy !req
804. May god help you.Copy !req
805. May god help you all.Copy !req
806. Tomorrow you think
you'll be getting on a shipCopy !req
807. on its way to... paradise.Copy !req
808. Well, you'll be on your way
to hell!Copy !req
809. What about you, captain?Copy !req
810. I'll stay here.Copy !req
811. I'll stay here, this is my home.Copy !req
812. This is where I belong.Copy !req
813. This is where you all belong.Copy !req
814. Captain,
we leave at 0800
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
815. Don't wait
for a fetching
committee.Copy !req
816. 0800- if you're
not on board,Copy !req
817. you'll never
be on board.Copy !req
818. If you take off at 0800,
you take off at 0800.Copy !req
819. But as for the rest of you,Copy !req
820. you can go on this shipCopy !req
821. or you can remain here
with me.Copy !req
822. Captain?Copy !req
823. Benteen?Copy !req
824. We know you can hear us.Copy !req
825. We know you're
in here someplace.Copy !req
826. Come out.Copy !req
827. Please.Copy !req
828. Let us talk to you.Copy !req
829. We're leaving now, benteen.Copy !req
830. We have to take off
in five minutesCopy !req
831. or we'll lose
our orbital position.Copy !req
832. It'll be too late for us.Copy !req
833. Benteen, it has to be now.Copy !req
834. Captain, please.Copy !req
835. Please come out.Copy !req
836. If we leave without you,Copy !req
837. there'll be no ships
returning here.Copy !req
838. This is where you'll live
from this moment on.Copy !req
839. And this is where you'll die.Copy !req
840. All right, benteen.Copy !req
841. As you prefer.Copy !req
842. Come on, let's go, baines.Copy !req
843. Good-bye...Copy !req
844. captain benteen.Copy !req
845. Well, my friends...Copy !req
846. any business to transact today?Copy !req
847. No business?Copy !req
848. Jo-jo.Copy !req
849. Jo-jo...Copy !req
850. nothing from you today?Copy !req
851. Don't you want me to tell you
about the earth, jo-jo?Copy !req
852. Don't you want to hear
about the rivers and the seas,Copy !req
853. the blue skies and night,
the stars and moon?Copy !req
854. Don't you want to hear
about all those things today?Copy !req
855. There's color on earth.Copy !req
856. The change of the seasons,
the wind.Copy !req
857. The wind brings the smell
of the ground-Copy !req
858. the plants, the seeds,
the roots, the flower petals,Copy !req
859. the sap from the trees.Copy !req
860. The wind brings with it
the smell of the weather,Copy !req
861. the rain, the mist, the fog...Copy !req
862. and the earth is green, jo-jo.Copy !req
863. Green.Copy !req
864. The color green.Copy !req
865. The feeling green.Copy !req
866. There's something
so fresh about it.Copy !req
867. So alive about it.Copy !req
868. So living about it.Copy !req
869. It's the earth.Copy !req
870. The earth.Copy !req
871. Don't leave me here!Copy !req
872. Don't leave me behind.Copy !req
873. Don't leave me here!Copy !req
874. Please...Copy !req
875. please, I...Copy !req
876. I want to go home.Copy !req
877. William benteen,
who had prerogatives.Copy !req
878. He could lead, he could direct,
dictate, judge, legislate.Copy !req
879. It became a habit,
then a pattern...Copy !req
880. and finally a necessity.Copy !req
881. William benteen, once a god,
now a population of one.Copy !req
882. Next ontwilight zone,Copy !req
883. an exercise from the typewriter
of charles beaumont.Copy !req
884. A sea voyage into
the darker regions of the zone.Copy !req
885. Our stars
in alphabetical order:Copy !req
886. Gladys cooper,
wilfrid hyde-white,Copy !req
887. cecil kellaway,
lee philips,Copy !req
888. and joyce van patten.Copy !req
889. I'm prepared to pay you double
the amount of your ticketsCopy !req
890. if you'll abandon your plans.Copy !req
891. Not a chance.Copy !req
892. Mrs. Ransome,
you're driving me to extremes.Copy !req
893. However, if you leaveCopy !req
894. thelady annenow,Copy !req
895. I'll give you
the equivalentCopy !req
896. of 5,000
american dollars.Copy !req
897. And I'll
match that.Copy !req
898. Making it a total
of 10,000.Copy !req
899. Ever since we
picked this tub,Copy !req
900. people have been
trying their bestCopy !req
901. to discourage us.
I don't know why.Copy !req
902. Forget it.Copy !req
903. And leave us alone.Copy !req
904. Great news, great news.
Very important,Copy !req
905. since we've been
talking it over,Copy !req
906. millie and old burgess
and the rest of us,Copy !req
907. and we've
come to the conclusionCopy !req
908. that you won't have to leave
the ship after all.Copy !req
909. What my husband is trying to sayCopy !req
910. is that you won't have to die
after all.Copy !req