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You're traveling
through another dimension-

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a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,

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a journey into a wondrous land

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whose boundaries
are that of imagination.

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Your next stop,
the twilight zone.

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Suzy!

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Don't take the lady's water.

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It's all right,
mr. Schuster.

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I've got plenty.

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Nobody's got plenty.

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Oh, mr. Schuster, i thought

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i heard
your voice.

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For the last time, mrs. Bronson,
we're leaving.

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Did you get gas?

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I got 12 gallons.

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I figure that ought to get us
at least to syracuse.

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Where are you going?

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We're trying to get to toronto.

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Mr. Schuster
has a cousin there.

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I'm not sure it's wise
you're doing this.

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The highways are packed
bumper to bumper the radio says.

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And what with the gas shortage
and everything...

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i know that,

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but we've got
to try anyway.

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It's been nice living here.

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You're good neighbors.

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Let's go, honey.

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Bye.

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Good luck.

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Safe trip.

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And now we are two.

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They were the last?

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Building's empty now...

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except for you and me.

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What happens now?

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I don't know.

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I heard on the radio

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that they're only going
to turn the water on

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an hour a day from now on.

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They said
they'd announce what time.

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Aren't you going to leave?

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No.

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No, i'm not going to leave.

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You know, mrs. Bronson,

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i keep getting this
crazy thought...

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...this crazy thought
that i'm going to wake up

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and none of this
will have happened.

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I'll wake up in a cool bed, and...

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it'll be night outside

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and there'll be a wind...

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branches rustling...

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shadows on the sidewalk...

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a moon...

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traffic noises...

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automobiles...

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garbage cans...

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milk bottles...

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and voices.

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There was a scientist
on the radio this morning.

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He said that it'll get
a lot hotter, more each day,

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now that we're moving
so close to the sun.

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And that's why we're...

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that's why we're...

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the word that mrs. Bronson
is unable to put

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into the hot, still, sodden air
is "doomed"

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because the people
you've just seen

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have been handed
a death sentence.

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One month ago,

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the earth suddenly changed
its elliptical orbit,

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and in doing so
began to follow a path

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which gradually,
moment by moment, day by day,

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took it closer to the sun.

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And all of man's little devices
to stir up the air

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are now no longer luxuries.

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They happen to be pitiful
and panicky keys to survival.

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The time is five minutes to 12,
midnight.

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There is no more darkness.

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The place is new york city,
and this is the eve of the end

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because even at midnight,
it's high noon,

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the hottest day in history,

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and you're about to spend it
in the twilight zone.

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Norma, is that
you, honey?

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Yes, mrs. Bronson.

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The store was open.

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Wide open.

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Oh, i think that's the first
time in my life

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i was ever sorry
i was born a woman.

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This is all i was strong
enough to carry.

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There weren't any
clerks around...

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thank you.

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Just a handful of people

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taking what they could grab.

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Well, at least we
won't starve anyway.

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And there are three cans
of fruit juice in there.

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Fruit juice?

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Fruit juice?

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Oh, norma, could we
open a can now?

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Oh, of course we
can open a can now.

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Oh, where's the can opener?

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Oh, in the other drawer.

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Oh, i'm sorry.

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I'm acting
just like an animal, aren't i?

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No.

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No, no, just...

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just like a frightened
woman, that's all.

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You should have
seen me in the store

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running up and down
the aisles,

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and i mean running.

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Knocking things over
and grabbing things

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and throwing them away
and grabbing again.

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And at that,i think i was
the calmest person in the store.

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One woman just stood in the
middle of the room and cried.

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She cried like a baby,

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pleading for someone
to help her.

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Ladies and gentlemen.

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This is station wnyg

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coming on the air
to bring you essential news.

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First, a bulletin
from the police department.

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Keep your doors locked

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and prepare to protect
yourselves, if necessary,

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with any weapons you may have.

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A majority of the police force

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has been assigned
to the crowded highways

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outside this deserted city.

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And citizens
remaining in new york

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may have to protect themselves

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from the cranks and looters
known to be roaming the streets.

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From the weather bureau:

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The temperature
stood at 110 degrees

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at 11:00 this morning.

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Humidity 91%.

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Forecast for tomorrow...

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forecast for tomorrow...

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hot.

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More of the same, only hotter.

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Stop it.

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I don't care.

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Who are they kidding
with this weather report stuff?

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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tomorrow,
you can fry eggs on sidewalks,

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heat up soup in the ocean,

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and get help from wondering
maniacs if you choose.

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What do you mean "panic"?

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Who's left to panic?

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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i'm told that
my departing from the script

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might panic you and...

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let me alone.
Do you hear me?

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Let me alone.
Let go of me.

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There, you...

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you see, mrs. Bronson?

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You're not the only one
who's frightened.

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There we are.

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Go ahead, drink it.

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It's grapefruit juice.

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No, i can't. I can't
live off you like this.

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You need it for yourself.

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Mrs. Bronson,

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we're going to have to start
living off each other from now on.

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Here's looking at you.

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Current's off again.

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It stays on a shorter
time each day.

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Norma, what if it shuts off
and doesn't come back on again?

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This place would
be like an oven.

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As hot as it is,

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it could be
so much worse.

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Oh, norma, it could
be so much worse.

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Norma...

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please paint
something cool today.

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Paint something...
pastoral...

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with a waterfall and...

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trees bending in the wind.

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Please paint something cool.

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Don't paint the sun anymore!

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Don't paint the sun anymore!

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Mrs. Bronson?

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Mrs. Bronson?

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You all right?

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Yes, i'm all right.

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It's so quiet.

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I haven't heard a sound.

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What time is it?

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3:00 in the afternoon.

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Did you get any sleep?

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I laid down awhile.

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What was that?

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Sounds like something fell.

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No...

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it was someone.

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Didn't you lock the roof door?

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Yes.

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No, i...

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i don't know, i...

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i don't remember.

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I thought i did.

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Hey, somebody in there?

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Come on out.

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Come on out, baby.

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Come on out and be friendly.

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I ain't got all day.

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If you don't come out,
i'm going to come in.

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00:14:05,119 --> 00:14:06,629
Did you hear that?

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00:14:06,664 --> 00:14:07,880
That was a gun.

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00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:10,000
Get out of here.

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00:14:10,184 --> 00:14:12,285
Down the stairs
and out the front door.

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Leave us alone.

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Okay, baby.

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I never argue with 
a lady with a gun.

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Oh, i'm so glad he's gone.

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He hasn't come out
the front door yet.

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No!

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No!

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Crazy dames!

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It's too hot to play games.

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Much too hot.

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You do this?

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You're good.

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You paint real good.

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My wife used to paint.

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Please leave us alone.

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00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:05,000
We didn't do you any harm.

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00:16:05,148 --> 00:16:06,364
Please.

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She was so fragile,
just... just a little thing.

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She couldn't take this heat.

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I tried to keep her cool...

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00:16:37,681 --> 00:16:41,000
but she couldn't take the heat!

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Baby didn't live
more than an hour.

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Then she followed him.

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00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,310
I'm not a housebreaker.

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00:17:08,045 --> 00:17:10,179
I'm a decent man.

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00:17:10,214 --> 00:17:13,015
I swear to you,
i'm a decent man.

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00:17:13,849 --> 00:17:15,683
I've been
walking around

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all... all day
trying to find some water.

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00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:26,579
I wouldn't hurt you.

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00:17:30,081 --> 00:17:31,950
I wouldn't do you any harm.

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Honest.

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00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:38,000
Please believe me.

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00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:47,968
Please...

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00:17:48,503 --> 00:17:51,153
please forgive me, would you?

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00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,355
I'm just off my rocker.

242
00:18:00,612 --> 00:18:02,480
Please forgive me.

243
00:18:10,238 --> 00:18:11,489
Why doesn't it end?

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00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,492
Why don't we just...

245
00:18:14,027 --> 00:18:15,377
just burn up?

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00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:48,277
I painted it for
you last night.

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It's for you.

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00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:56,000
Oh, it's beautiful, norma.

249
00:18:56,703 --> 00:19:00,673
I've seen waterfalls
just like that before.

250
00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:04,426
There's one near ithaca,
new york.

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00:19:04,461 --> 00:19:08,197
Yes,
it's the highest waterfall...

252
00:19:08,832 --> 00:19:12,934
the highest waterfall
in this part of the country.

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00:19:12,969 --> 00:19:15,054
And i love the sound of it.

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00:19:15,689 --> 00:19:20,059
That wonderful blue water
tumbling over the rocks.

255
00:19:20,594 --> 00:19:24,446
That wonderful,
cool, clear water.

256
00:19:25,001 --> 00:19:28,198
You hear it, norma?
Hear it?

257
00:19:28,284 --> 00:19:30,069
You do hear it,
norma, don't you?

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00:19:30,104 --> 00:19:31,954
That wonderful sound?

259
00:19:33,489 --> 00:19:36,825
You know, we could...

260
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,579
we could swim
in that waterfall.

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00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:42,464
Let's do that.

262
00:19:42,499 --> 00:19:44,967
Let's swim in it, shall we?

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00:19:45,002 --> 00:19:48,001
I used to do that
when i was a little girl.

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00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:53,726
Just...just sit there and...

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and let the water
come down over me.

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00:20:16,096 --> 00:20:17,199
Mrs. Bronson?

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00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:23,021
Mrs. Bronson?

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00:20:27,376 --> 00:20:29,261
Mrs. Bronson?

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00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:52,211
She's coming out of it now.

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00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:54,462
Norma?

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00:21:55,713 --> 00:21:56,964
Norma?

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00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:00,351
Yes?

273
00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:03,602
You were running a high fever,
but it's broken now.

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00:22:04,072 --> 00:22:05,000
Fever?

275
00:22:05,392 --> 00:22:08,000
You gave us a start, child.

276
00:22:08,095 --> 00:22:09,611
You were so ill,

277
00:22:10,146 --> 00:22:11,979
but you're going
to be all right now.

278
00:22:12,014 --> 00:22:13,865
Isn't she, doctor?

279
00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,733
Isn't she going to be all right?

280
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,371
Of course.

281
00:22:24,493 --> 00:22:26,629
I wish i had something
left to give her

282
00:22:26,664 --> 00:22:29,498
but the medicine's pretty much 
all gone now.

283
00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:34,252
I won't be able to come back.

284
00:22:34,287 --> 00:22:36,254
I'm going to move my
family south tomorrow.

285
00:22:36,289 --> 00:22:38,639
My friend has a private plane.

286
00:22:38,674 --> 00:22:41,393
Well, they say on the
radio, miami is warmer.

287
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:43,644
So they say.

288
00:22:43,679 --> 00:22:46,013
But we're only prolonging it.

289
00:22:46,048 --> 00:22:47,515
There was a scientist
on the radio this morning.

290
00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:49,901
He was trying
to explain what happened.

291
00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:51,769
How the earth
had changed its orbit

292
00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:53,654
and was starting
to move away from the sun,

293
00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:57,000
and that within one, two,
or maybe three weeks at the most,

294
00:22:57,060 --> 00:22:59,028
there wouldn't be
any more sun-

295
00:22:59,133 --> 00:23:00,413
we'd all freeze.

296
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,126
Oh, mrs. Bronson.

297
00:23:16,004 --> 00:23:18,548
I had such a terrible dream.

298
00:23:19,583 --> 00:23:21,050
It was so hot.

299
00:23:21,085 --> 00:23:24,187
It was daylight all the time.

300
00:23:25,222 --> 00:23:29,192
There was...a midnight sun.

301
00:23:29,227 --> 00:23:32,060
There wasn't any night
at all.

302
00:23:34,006 --> 00:23:35,814
No night at all.

303
00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:42,019
Isn't it wonderful

304
00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:46,824
to have darkness and coolness?

305
00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:52,714
Yes, my dear.

306
00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,085
It's wonderful.

307
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:59,171
The poles of fear,

308
00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:03,724
the extremes of how the earth
might conceivably be doomed.

309
00:24:03,759 --> 00:24:06,478
Minor exercise in the care
and feeding of a nightmare,

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00:24:06,513 --> 00:24:08,729
respectfully submitted

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00:24:08,764 --> 00:24:11,483
by all the thermometer-watchers
in the twilight zone.