The twilight zone -025 People are Alike All Over

there is a fifth dimension

beyond that which
is known to man.

it is a dimension
as vast as space

and as timeless as infinity.

it is the middle ground
between light and shadow,

between science
and superstition.

and it lies between
the pit of man's fears

and the summit
of his knowledge.

this is the dimension
of imagination.

it is an area which
we call the twilight zone.

the blasting area will
be cleared by 0200.

repeat. the blasting
area will be cleared by 0200.

it's an odd way to spend
the last night, isn't it?

odd?

well, the last night on earth
you don't spend

looking at your transportation.

last night on earth,
you spend enjoying earth.

you walk its streets,
go in its bars,

dance with its women.

that's going to be our world
for a long time, Sam.

and yet we stand out here watching her
just three hours before we take off.

Marcusson?

mm?

are you afraid?

I don't think so. Are you?

I am.

very.

it's different with you.

you're trained for it.

it's not the same with me.

i'm a scientist, a biologist.

my world is one of books
and slides and microscopes.

i'm being sent up there
because they need my mind.

and it's a pity
they can't just send that.

leave the body back here where
it belongs. just send the mind.

oh, I am frightened.

I'm frightened of what
we'll find up there.

well, that's the one thing
you shouldn't be frightened of.

the unknown, sure. the-
the loneliness, the silence.

that should scare anybody.

but i've got a philosophy
about people.

i mean, all people, Sam.

they're the same all over.

well, i'm sure that when god
made human beings,

he developed them
from a fixed formula.

they'd be the same
here on earth

as in the furthest
reaches of space.

people on Mars?

wherever they're able to exist,
they'd be the same.

you're looking at a specie
of flimsy little two-legged animal

with extremely small
heads whose name is man.

Warren Marcusson, age 35.

Samuel A. Conrad, age 31.

hey, let's get ready, Sam.
we've only got a couple of hours.

they're taking a highway into space.
man unshackling himself

and sending his tiny, groping
fingers up into the unknown.

their destination is Mars,

and in just a moment
we'll land there with them.

Marcusson?

Marcusson?

are you all right?

Marcusson, what the--

Marcusson.

any landing, you can walk
away from, remember?

what about the ship?

the air pressure seems to be holding up.
i got the lights running.

i haven't had time
to check anything else.

you-you, uh, rest for a while.
there's plenty of time.

plenty of time?

all right.

all right, we'll see.

Sam?

Sam!

hey.

how long did i sleep?

oh, a couple of hours.
you needed it.

conrad. well, let's
plant the flag.

you take it easy.
there's plenty of time.

we've come
35 million miles!

so? another few hours won't
make any difference.

you won't be able to open it.
the hydraulic's out.

put her on the auxiliary, then.
we can open it.

no, we can't.

i'll f ix it. i'll put her
on the auxiliary.

then we can open her up.
that's what i'll do now.

i'll open her up.

Marcusson.

you have to take it easy.

open the door, Conrad.

i've already
told you, that door--

you're a liar!
you can open the door.

why, Sam? why won't you
open the door?

i don't want to open it.

why not?

because.

whatever happened to the enquiring
scientific mind, Conrad?

i thought you
brought that along.

why did you come
along anyway?

look, i want out.
i want you to open the door.

you can lock it behind me.
just help me up.

that's all i ask.
please, help me up.

Sam.

i'm busted up inside.

i think i'm
bleeding in there.

listen, sam, i don't
wanna die in here.

i wanna see
what i'm dying for.

take me out, will you?
take me out

Marc, please. please!

don't-don't be afraid, Sam.
i got a strange hunch.

if there's anybody out there,
they'll help you.

as long as they've got minds and hearts,
that means they've got souls.

that makes them people,
and people are alike.

they're bound to be alike.

for god's sake!

don't leave me alone, Marc.
don't leave me alone!

you said whatever is out there
is just like us.

well, i don't know that!

i don't wanna know.

i don't wanna know,
i don't wanna know,

i don't want to know!

you're people.

you're just like i am.

face, body.

everything.

you're just like i am!

oh, uh--forgive me.

uh, don't be frightened.

my name is-is,
uh, Sam Conrad.

u h, Samuel Conrad.

that name, understand?

my friend and i,we came here
from the earth.

look, i'll show you.

u h, this is
the earth, see?

we are the third
planet from the sun.

this is you.

where i come from,
this planet is called Mars.

the other one is dead.

don't be alarmed, mr. conrad.
we don't intend to harm you either.

we've been wondering when you
planned to come out.

we've been waiting for hours.

how do you know my language?

we don't, mr. Conrad.

as you'll no doubt soon realize,
you are speaking our language.

your language?

unconscious transference.
you'd call it hypnosis of a sort.

but you must be tired.

we'll prepare a place
for you to rest.

i'm appreciative, i really am.

you'll forgive me.my staring,
i mean. i just can't get over it.

i mean, you're human beings,
just like i am.

people.

Marcusson said
you would be.

Marcusson.

mr. Conrad?

we'll bury your friend for you.

later on you can tell us
what kind of marker you'd like.

we'll repair your ship for you, too.

thank you.

you were right,
old friend.

they are people. just like us.

i wish you lived
to see that.

there are so many questions
i want to ask you.

so many things i want to know
about your civilization.

your social structure,
the way you live. your science.

oh, a hundred questions.
a thousand questions.

we'll answer all your
questions, mr. Conrad.

but first, you must
rest here for a while

while we prepare a place for you,
a place you'll feel familiar in.

we'll be back soon.

miss?

you do have a
name, don't you?

i'm called Teenya.

well, uh, Teenya,

will you tell the others
how very appreciative i am?

i-i was so frightenened,
so m iserably frightened.

don't be frightened, mr. Conrad.
no one will hurt you.

no one will hurt you.
you must believe that.

thank you, Teenya.
thank you.

i'll see you
later, mr. Conrad.

good morning.

did you rest well, mr. Conrad?

long and well. may i see your city
now and the rest of your people?

very soon. first, first we have a
surprise for you.

a very pleasant surprise.

really?

would you
accompany us, please?

of course. where are
we going?

that's the surprise,
mr. Conrad.

are you coming?

yes, i will come.

is-is this a martian house?
is this the way you live?

oh, no, ours are considerably different.
we built this during the night

because we assumed this is
the way you people live.

oh, it's a perfect replica.

perfect.

a television set.

the furniture,
drapes, everything!

but how could you
build it so quickly?

how
could you possibly know?

from your mind. you think
very clearly, mr. Conrad.

very clearly, indeed.
very strong impression.

would you care to see
the rest of the house?

uh-huh.

it's fabulous.
it's really fabulous!

we wanted you to feel at home,
mr. Conrad. do you?

do you feel at home?

it's unbelievable.

thank you.

we were wondering if you'd mind
remaining here for a little while.

you expressed an interest in seeing
our city, meeting our people.

we'll go out
and arrange that.

that's wonderful.
you want me to stay here?

do you mind?

u h, i'd be delighted.

good. for a little while then.

enjoy yourself, mr. Conrad.
enjoy your house.

let me show you out.
after all, it's my house.

Teenya?

i will see you
again, won't i?

of course you
wi ll, mr. Conrad.

if it's an illusion,
a guy can live with it.

that's the best
scotch i ever drank.

hey! you locked me in. what's
the matter with you, people?

i'm locked in!
what's wrong?

there aren't any windows.

there aren't any
windows anywhere!

why are you doing this?

why?

why have you
locked me in here?

why are you looking
at me like that?

Marcusson!

Marcusson, you were right.

you were right.

people are alike.

people are
alike everywhere.

specie of animal
brought back alive.

interesting similarity and physical
characteristics to human beings,

in head, trunk, arms,
legs, hands, feet.

very tiny,
undeveloped brain.

comes from primitive
planet named earth.

calls himself
Samuel Conrad.

and he will remain here
in his cage with the running water

and the electricity and the central
heat as long as he lives.

Samuel Conrad has
found the twilight zone.