![]() ![]() Response and analysis Critical response Antecedents I very much hope that you're around to make your own judgment. ![]() Our feeling here is that this is as stark and moving a piece of drama as we've ever presented. Oscar Beregi demonstrate what happens to the monster when it is judged by the victim. It's the first stop on his road back to relive a horror that was Nazi Germany. This is the lobby of an inn, in a small Bavarian town and next week, we'll enter it with a former S.S. Anything less than that is handled at your own risk, because if you do meet Anthony you can be sure of one thing: you have entered the Twilight Zone." Preview for Next Week's Story And if by some strange chance you should run across him, you had best think only good thoughts. We only wanted to introduce you to one of our very special citizens, little Anthony Fremont, age 6, who lives in a village called Peaksville in a place that used to be Ohio. His widow breaks down, but no matter what happens, the people of Peaksville make sure to think only good thoughts and repeat " That's a real good thing what Anthony did!" and " It's a good life." Before Dan is killed, he is shown, indirectly by his shadow, transformed into a Jack-in-the-box. ![]() Finally, at Dan Hollis' birthday party, Dan, slightly drunk, can no longer stand the strain and confronts the boy, calling him a monster and a murderer while Anthony's anger grows, Dan begs the other adults to kill Anthony from behind -"Somebody end this, now!"- but everyone else is too afraid to act. The adults tiptoe nervously around him, constantly telling him how everything he does is "good", since displeasing him can get them wished away "to the cornfield", where they are presumably met by a less-than-happy ending. Anthony creates and destroys as he pleases, and controls when the residents can watch the TV and what they can watch on it. He controls the weather and what supplies can be found in the grocery store. Anthony has also eliminated electricity, automobiles, and television signals. In fact, the handful of inhabitants do not even know if he destroyed the rest of the world or if it still exists. Early on, he isolated the small hamlet of Peaksville, Ohio. He is a monster, a mutant with godlike mental powers. Six-year-old Anthony Fremont looks like any other little boy, but looks are deceiving. This is the Twilight Zone." Episode Summary But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge. He's six years old, with a cute little-boy face and blue, guileless eyes. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. This particular monster can read minds, you see. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror. And you'll note that the people in Peaksville, Ohio, have to smile. Now, the monster doesn't like singing, so his mind snapped at her, turned her into the smiling, vacant thing you're looking at now. And this is Aunt Amy, who probably had more control over the monster in the beginning than almost anyone. It's in his farmhouse that the monster resides. Now I'd like to introduce you to some of the people in Peaksville, Ohio. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines - because they displeased him - and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages - just by using his mind. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. ![]() Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Peaksville left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Peaksville was left all alone. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Peaksville. "Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. ![]()
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