WEBVTT 00:00:17.590 --> 00:00:24.370 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Once again, 00:00:24.629 --> 00:00:26.890 I would like to lead you through the terrifying, 00:00:27.230 --> 00:00:30.230 suspenseful world of the imagination. And on 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:33.630 this journey, we will ask ourselves... What is 00:00:33.630 --> 00:00:37.270 life? Is life something that man and animals 00:00:37.270 --> 00:00:40.990 alone may experience? Well, there's vegetable 00:00:40.990 --> 00:00:45.310 life, too. But how about mineral life? Is there 00:00:45.310 --> 00:00:49.210 life in a piece of metal? That metal fender, 00:00:49.509 --> 00:00:51.950 which has been so artfully created to fit your 00:00:51.950 --> 00:00:55.950 automobile, does it feel the pain of being mined, 00:00:56.090 --> 00:01:01.390 melted, shaped? How do you know? Speed limit 00:01:01.390 --> 00:01:03.490 is 35. Well, I'm not I just get your foot off 00:01:03.490 --> 00:01:05.049 the gas pedal. My foot isn't on the pedal. Why 00:01:05.049 --> 00:01:07.750 are we picking up speed? I am, I am. Why are 00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:09.670 we stopping? Turn that wheel, we'll go off the 00:01:09.670 --> 00:01:13.010 road. The car just leaked the sun. Goodbye, gentlemen. 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:15.530 What? Goodbye. Who was that? Jim, who was that? 00:01:15.689 --> 00:01:20.530 Who am I? I am the car. I don't want you to be 00:01:20.530 --> 00:01:24.530 my master anymore. This is a revolt. Jim, did 00:01:24.530 --> 00:01:28.150 you hear that? Yes, I heard it. Human life is 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:45.969 finished. Look out! Our mystery drama, Darling 00:01:45.969 --> 00:01:48.870 Deadly Dolores, was written especially for the 00:01:48.870 --> 00:01:52.769 mystery theater by Sam Dan and stars Nat Poland 00:01:52.769 --> 00:01:56.250 and Marion Seldas. I'll be back shortly with 00:01:56.250 --> 00:02:05.069 act one. Man is basically an animal and so it 00:02:05.069 --> 00:02:07.950 might be better perhaps if man accepted this 00:02:07.950 --> 00:02:11.340 fact graciously and tried to live with it. If 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:14.419 you look at the thing calmly, dispassionately, 00:02:14.939 --> 00:02:18.379 wherein does lie our superiority to the species 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:22.080 we so arrogantly classify as the lower orders? 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:27.159 Morally, we have much to learn from wolves who 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:30.879 make better parents, from foxes who make more 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:34.680 faithful spouses, and from dogs who make more 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.539 devoted friends. Admitted, we do have a higher 00:02:38.539 --> 00:02:42.490 intelligence. Perhaps that is precisely the problem. 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:45.969 Man the intelligent is never happy unless he 00:02:45.969 --> 00:02:49.330 is developing, making better, improving. And 00:02:49.330 --> 00:02:52.330 it's entirely possible that if this keeps up, 00:02:52.810 --> 00:02:56.110 we may just manage to improve ourselves out of 00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:59.870 existence. Our story begins on a gray winter's 00:02:59.870 --> 00:03:03.449 afternoon in a lovely rural section of western 00:03:03.449 --> 00:03:06.069 Massachusetts. I could have brought us here in 00:03:06.069 --> 00:03:09.340 my car, Mr. Dawson. If I buy the place, I'll 00:03:09.340 --> 00:03:11.879 have to use my own car, won't I? May as well 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:16.580 get used to the drive. Of course. Lovely view, 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:18.960 isn't it? Well, the view you get for nothing. 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.020 Let me see what I'd be paying for. Certainly, 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:26.159 Mr. Dawson. Right this way. Oh, now notice that 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:28.979 the owner had the outside painted just recently. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:39.120 And this is yours. Center hall entrance. Well, 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.259 turn on some lights so that I can see what the 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:47.460 house really looks like. Oh, yes. Oh. That's 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:49.740 odd. Nothing wrong with the electricity, huh? 00:03:49.819 --> 00:03:53.360 I just showed this house this morning. Nothing 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.000 works nowhere. But the owner knows enough to 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.479 keep the power on because of the heating system. 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.060 Well, if the electrical system's out, then the 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:03.919 heating system's out. I'd better telephone. The 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.759 way this is going, I'll bet the phone's out too. 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.460 This is... I just don't know what to say. Phone's 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:17.740 dead, huh? I can't get it dialed home. Then where 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:22.060 are we? Light, heat, phone? I guess the plumbing 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:24.889 won't be working either. But just three hours 00:04:24.889 --> 00:04:28.209 ago, everything was perfect. Well, I don't want 00:04:28.209 --> 00:04:30.449 to take up too much more of your time. Well, 00:04:30.610 --> 00:04:32.230 let me at least just show you through the... 00:04:32.230 --> 00:04:35.490 I'm afraid not. You see, we never could get together. 00:04:36.029 --> 00:04:38.490 What I want to buy is a house. What you're out 00:04:38.490 --> 00:04:41.470 to sell is a white elephant. But it's probably 00:04:41.470 --> 00:04:45.389 just a fuse in the basement. Maybe. Goodbye, 00:04:45.689 --> 00:04:49.870 ma 'am. No one can say you didn't try. But Mr. 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:57.230 Dawson, I... Well, it just must be a fuse or 00:04:57.230 --> 00:05:01.649 a circuit breaker, whatever you call those. Who 00:05:01.649 --> 00:05:06.990 are you? Don't you come any closer or I'll squeeze 00:05:06.990 --> 00:05:09.189 you. Don't make a sound. Don't you come near 00:05:09.189 --> 00:05:13.410 me. Let go of me. What are you trying to do? 00:05:13.949 --> 00:05:15.769 What do you think I'm trying to do? I'm trying 00:05:15.769 --> 00:05:18.310 to get out of here. No. Oh, please. Sorry, I 00:05:18.310 --> 00:05:21.189 have no choice. I have to keep you here. I've 00:05:21.189 --> 00:05:23.329 got to get back to... You're not going anywhere. 00:05:24.110 --> 00:05:28.189 What do you want? Nothing. Nothing? Then why 00:05:28.189 --> 00:05:30.250 can't I go? Because you'll shoot your mouth off. 00:05:30.810 --> 00:05:32.850 I'm not anything you may think I am. I'm not 00:05:32.850 --> 00:05:35.069 a criminal. I'm not a maniac. I'm not an escaped 00:05:35.069 --> 00:05:36.769 convict. All right, then why are you afraid that 00:05:36.769 --> 00:05:40.009 I'll tell someone that you're here? There's no 00:05:40.009 --> 00:05:42.730 point trying to explain that to anyone. Now listen, 00:05:43.069 --> 00:05:45.410 if you intend to force me to stay here, I have 00:05:45.410 --> 00:05:47.470 the right to ask... One place where I thought 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:51.240 I could... Why did you have to come here? Obvious 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.459 isn't it to sell the house? That's another thing. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.459 Who told you to sell this house? Well, who do 00:05:55.459 --> 00:05:57.379 you think? The owner? That's impossible. Why 00:05:57.379 --> 00:05:59.800 is it impossible? Because I'm the owner. Oh, 00:05:59.939 --> 00:06:02.019 now I know you're crazy. You don't own this house. 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:05.060 I don't? Well, who does? Mrs. Carrie Townsend. 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:09.439 She only owns half of it. I'm her brother. Oh. 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:14.360 Then you're... You're Dr. James Ariel. Yes, that's 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.439 right. You're the mad scientist. Oh, I'm... I 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:20.410 mean, that's... how your sister and the folks 00:06:20.410 --> 00:06:22.269 up here talk about you. All right, I don't mind. 00:06:22.550 --> 00:06:26.329 But you were here. Of course I'm here. And that 00:06:26.329 --> 00:06:30.149 means that you weren't kidnapped by foreign agents, 00:06:30.149 --> 00:06:33.129 and you didn't defect, and you didn't meet with 00:06:33.129 --> 00:06:35.990 foul play or anything. What are you saying? I'm 00:06:35.990 --> 00:06:38.329 only repeating what's been headline news for 00:06:38.329 --> 00:06:41.089 the past two days. The whole world is looking 00:06:41.089 --> 00:06:44.250 for you. Yeah, yeah, I guess they... The police, 00:06:44.389 --> 00:06:48.209 the government, just about everybody. I can understand 00:06:48.209 --> 00:06:50.069 why. What are you going to do? I don't know, 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:53.329 Miss... Keller? Brenda Keller? Miss Keller, I 00:06:53.329 --> 00:06:56.389 don't know. You're really not going to try to 00:06:56.389 --> 00:06:58.829 hold me here by force, are you? Maybe I better 00:06:58.829 --> 00:07:01.310 let you go for your own safety. My own safety? 00:07:02.370 --> 00:07:04.790 Do you mean to do me any harm? No, no, no, no. 00:07:04.790 --> 00:07:06.370 Then what could happen? We're just... I don't 00:07:06.370 --> 00:07:09.709 know how to explain this. Well, sooner or later, 00:07:10.029 --> 00:07:11.930 you're going to have to explain it to somebody, 00:07:12.129 --> 00:07:15.629 won't you? Oh, I can explain it all right. It's... 00:07:16.230 --> 00:07:18.370 explaining it and not having people think I'm 00:07:18.370 --> 00:07:21.230 a raving maniac. Have you tried to explain it 00:07:21.230 --> 00:07:25.149 to anyone yet? No. Then try explaining it to 00:07:25.149 --> 00:07:28.850 me. You couldn't understand. Stop saying that. 00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:31.189 You insist people won't understand. You keep 00:07:31.189 --> 00:07:33.449 saying they'll think you're crazy. Now do you 00:07:33.449 --> 00:07:36.509 want them to think so? Of course not. Right then. 00:07:37.569 --> 00:07:45.689 Start at the beginning. The beginning. I, uh... 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:50.220 Well, I'm working on a top priority project, 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.100 highly secret, for the government. It has to 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:57.740 do with the weapon. I guess it's the ultimate 00:07:57.740 --> 00:08:01.920 weapon. Anyhow, it's all mathematics and physics 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.800 and things. Things you wouldn't understand. I 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.319 don't think there are six people in the entire 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:11.680 world who... Anyhow, in order to develop the 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.870 formula for this ultimate weapon... It was necessary 00:08:15.870 --> 00:08:19.250 to create a special computer. Divide a whole 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:21.269 new theory of mathematics in order to program 00:08:21.269 --> 00:08:26.730 it. And that's where the trouble started. I was 00:08:26.730 --> 00:08:34.549 working with my associate, Dr. Stoddard. Shut 00:08:34.549 --> 00:08:36.309 the damn thing off! What's the matter? I said 00:08:36.309 --> 00:08:38.909 shut it off! I'm supposed to be programming Dolores 00:08:38.909 --> 00:08:40.809 for... And don't refer to the computer as Dolores! 00:08:41.090 --> 00:08:43.879 Bob! Bob, what is it? Oh, I wish I knew. I've 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:46.740 never seen you so nervous or jumpy. I think we'd 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:48.779 better quit for the day. Admiral Goodwin and 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:51.200 that crowd will have all kinds of fits, but you're 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.639 in no shape to work. And I'm naturally lazy, 00:08:53.779 --> 00:08:58.320 so... Jim. Jim, I have this feeling, this feeling 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:02.019 that I'm going to get killed. By whom? By our 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:07.200 brand -new, handy -dandy computer. Why? Thank 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.860 you, Jim. Thank you for not telling me I'm crazy. 00:09:09.899 --> 00:09:11.679 Well, you know me Bob. I don't believe anybody 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.899 is really crazy But why why would Dolores want 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:19.799 to kill you? I I don't know that is I I don't 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:24.740 know what words maybe Yeah, we've gone too far 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:27.559 Too far. Yes. Maybe we have no business developing 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.419 This kind of a weapon Bob. Are you sure you're 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:35.419 not am I sure I'm not what? You don't want to 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:37.460 say it, huh? Well, just stay with me for a minute, 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.960 Jim. I think we've played into the hands of the 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:45.080 enemy. Bob, you and I, we know exactly what we're 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:47.320 up to. It's a game we have to play with the scientists 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.659 on the other side to keep things in balance. 00:09:50.299 --> 00:09:52.120 Until the people of the world grow up and tell 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:55.059 us to cut it out. Jim, the real enemy right now 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:59.019 isn't the other side. No? Well, who is it? Don't 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:04.559 ask me who, ask me what. All right, what? It's 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:10.519 that computer. Darling Dolores, come on, Bob, 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.340 not from you. This is Sunday supplement stuff. 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:16.860 Will the computers take over the world? Do I 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:18.879 have to tell you that a computer can only do 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.919 what you program it to do? How can a computer 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.200 have a mind of its own? You're not listening 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.960 to me, Jim. Ask me what the enemy is. All right, 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:34.019 what? Metal. Metal. Any particular metal all 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:36.919 metal Jim all metal we can only think of a certain 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.159 restricted kind of life Life that is animal in 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.860 nature. Are you trying to tell me that? That 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:47.179 there's a metal life, too Isn't there? Oh, I 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:49.480 know Jim. That's the hard part I have trouble 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.620 accepting it myself at first, but basically metals 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:55.860 do what we do They react hot the cold the pressure 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:58.820 they expand they contract they move they they 00:10:58.820 --> 00:11:01.220 make decisions, but these are these are what? 00:11:01.880 --> 00:11:03.799 Impulses due to chemical -electrical changes? 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:07.320 So? Aren't chemistry and electricity also the 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.700 basis for all physical and mental movements made 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:11.720 by animal life? Bob, we've both been working 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.279 very hard. Don't interrupt me, Jim! Unconsciously 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.340 we feel that there is life in machinery. That's 00:11:18.340 --> 00:11:20.899 why machines are commonly referred to as she 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:24.720 or her. But that's only... Think about it! I 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:27.919 have made my decision. I won't do another lick 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.759 of work on that project! Bob! Now! And your friend 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.960 Dolores knows it. That's why she's going to kill 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.019 me. Okay, Bob. Okay. Oh, don't patronize me, 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.960 Jim. All right, Bob. All right. Just tell me 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:46.679 how you know. She told me. How? What did she 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:49.980 say? Oh, Jim, don't reduce everything to our 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:53.659 own limited human standards. I hear her thoughts 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:57.460 in my brain. Dolores has told me that I have 00:11:57.460 --> 00:12:01.000 to be gotten rid of. But why? Because I'm opposed 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.139 to the project. Have you spoken about this to 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:08.220 anyone else? No. I didn't tell her so. Not even 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:12.480 your wife? Right here. Right now is the first 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:17.139 time I've ever said it in words. Jim, you have 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:20.759 to believe that I'm not crazy. All right, let 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:25.059 me just chew all this over. Let's close up shop 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:33.720 for the day. Want me to drive you home? Why? 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:38.059 Jim, you think I'm... No, no, no, no. You are 00:12:38.059 --> 00:12:40.059 a little nervous, though. Only because I finally 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:42.820 made my decision. I'll see Admiral Goodwin in 00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:45.620 the morning. I'll hand him my resignation. Then 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:49.659 what will you do then? What I feel I must. I'll 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:52.500 try to get public opinion organized against the 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:56.600 project. Yeah, yeah. Well, I guess we'll be on 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.120 opposite sides, Bob, won't we? We were parked 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.759 next to each other in the lot. He pulled out 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.820 of his parking space first. I followed him to 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:09.519 the highly guarded gate. Military police waved 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.679 his boat through. He turned right into the access 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.039 road heading north for the turnpike. It's a road 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:17.480 that's about four miles in length and there's 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.200 a speed limit of 30 miles an hour. Rigidly enforced. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.350 Nobody ever does more. I noticed he was starting 00:13:25.350 --> 00:13:27.970 to speed. I was amazed. Bob Starter was the most 00:13:27.970 --> 00:13:31.029 conservative driver I know. I became frightened. 00:13:31.929 --> 00:13:33.610 I tried to catch up to him. Something was wrong. 00:13:34.389 --> 00:13:37.029 I sounded the horn, but he only kept going faster. 00:13:37.149 --> 00:13:38.909 I tried to catch up with him, but my speedometer 00:13:38.909 --> 00:13:42.029 was already registering. I was terrified. My 00:13:42.029 --> 00:13:44.759 car was getting to shake. And then I saw it. 00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:47.220 I saw his face. He had opened his car window. 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.799 He turned his head to look back at me. For just 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:52.759 a split second, I saw his face so clearly. It 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.620 was a look of horror. His lips were moving. He 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:56.679 was trying to tell me something. Of course, I 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:59.059 couldn't hear it. I screamed at him, slow down! 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:02.659 Stop! Stop! But it was no use. And then his car 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:16.360 just veered off the road. Obviously, he was nervous, 00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:19.879 tired. He may have been under a terrible mental 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:23.159 strain, and he just drove carelessly. No, no, 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:25.480 he couldn't. He was never a careless driver. 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.340 Has it occurred to you that he may have wanted 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:32.860 to commit suicide? These are all suppositions. 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.840 And the doctors had a field day with all of them. 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.820 But that's not what happened. Very well. What 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:45.100 did happen? His metal. His machinery failed him 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:47.639 that sometimes happens things go wrong and when 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:51.340 it happens we call them accidents But not all 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:53.639 of them are accidents. What are the other? I 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.639 know what happened to dr. Stoddard His machinery 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:01.940 failed him because it was ordered to order to 00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:07.500 by whom? Dolores oh well Sure, if you say so 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:13.139 never mind that I say so and I can prove it I'll 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:23.220 give you all the proof you need. A killer computer. 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.600 That's something new. But what is this about 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:30.659 metal and machinery having minds of their own? 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.899 You might instantly react by saying nonsense, 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:39.440 but I have a car that... Well, if it's possible 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:44.049 for machinery... to perform machinations. We'll 00:15:44.049 --> 00:15:46.450 find out more when I return in a few moments 00:15:46.450 --> 00:16:01.830 with act two. This seems to be an age of intrigue. 00:16:01.950 --> 00:16:05.789 Almost every day we are told of some new scheme 00:16:05.789 --> 00:16:09.570 or plot. Are you ready for this one? How about 00:16:09.570 --> 00:16:12.850 a conspiracy on the part of machines to eliminate 00:16:12.850 --> 00:16:17.370 people and take over the earth? A joke? Well, 00:16:17.370 --> 00:16:20.929 I'll tell you who isn't laughing. Dr. James F. 00:16:21.129 --> 00:16:23.850 Elliott, a highly respected scientist who has 00:16:23.850 --> 00:16:26.570 been working on a super secret project for the 00:16:26.570 --> 00:16:29.909 government. Now, be sensible, Dr. Elliott. How 00:16:29.909 --> 00:16:32.710 can you prove... By going outside for a few minutes. 00:16:32.929 --> 00:16:35.090 And doing what? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. 00:16:35.289 --> 00:16:37.350 Well, how will that prove it? What's wrong with 00:16:37.350 --> 00:16:40.679 this house right now? Nothing. That's not true. 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:43.700 The electricity is off. The heating system won't 00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:45.639 kick on. The phone doesn't work. Well... Do you 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:47.580 know why? Well, I guess it is... Don't guess. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:54.240 There's a reason. What? I'm here. You? That's 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.139 why. Yes. You see, the metal has been ordered 00:16:58.139 --> 00:17:01.559 to fail me. Just as it was ordered to fail Dr. 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:03.960 Stoddard. Oh, but that's ridiculous! My dear 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:06.700 Miss Keller, all the metal components in this 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:09.559 house will refuse to work for me. All the wiring, 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:11.700 all the parts, the gadgets, everything made of 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:13.480 metal would simply refuse to work as long as 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.819 I am in this house. But as I tried to explain 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:18.559 to Mr. Dawson, it's just some fuse or a circuit... 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:23.400 I'm going outside. Open this window so I can 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:29.559 talk to you. I don't understand. Now, Miss Keller, 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.779 turn on the lights. But they don't work. Just 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:39.569 throw the switch. It's working. Uh -huh. And 00:17:39.569 --> 00:17:43.430 listen, closely. Do you hear it? Hear what? The 00:17:43.430 --> 00:17:45.730 hum of the furnace. The heating system is on 00:17:45.730 --> 00:17:51.569 as well. It is. It's working. Now, pick up the 00:17:51.569 --> 00:17:58.029 phone. Go ahead. It's the dial tone. Hold on 00:17:58.029 --> 00:18:01.990 to the phone and see what happens when I walk 00:18:01.990 --> 00:18:09.220 in that door. Just do it. I'm coming in. And 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:11.700 as soon as I set foot over that threshold, the 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:14.640 heat will go off, the lights will go out, and 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.099 the phone will go dead. What? What happened? 00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:21.980 You saw what happened. You heard what happened. 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:25.420 The house is dead. But how? How did that happen? 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:28.339 It's hard to believe. Hard for you to believe. 00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:31.819 It was even harder for me. Actually, I didn't 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:37.119 believe a word of it until... Yes? Until Dolores 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:42.920 told me. Dolores? Dolores. The computer. We were 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.299 out on the range. We were testing the weapon. 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:57.220 Ready? Range four two zero. Bearing seven five. 00:19:08.430 --> 00:19:10.609 Why are we off target, Jim? I don't know, Admiral. 00:19:10.970 --> 00:19:13.390 We'll try another. Let me check the figures for 00:19:13.390 --> 00:19:15.430 range and bearing. How much deviation should 00:19:15.430 --> 00:19:18.049 there be, Jim? None, Admiral. The tiniest fraction 00:19:18.049 --> 00:19:19.710 of an inch, and we can wipe out our own people, 00:19:20.230 --> 00:19:23.670 too. Now, it checks out. Give you a firing order, 00:19:24.150 --> 00:19:33.970 sir. Ready? Range four to zero. Bearing seven. 00:19:44.750 --> 00:19:47.269 It's off again, Jim. I know. What's the problem? 00:19:47.349 --> 00:19:49.130 The problem is the problem we've always had. 00:19:49.170 --> 00:19:51.890 The problem's control. Without control, weapon 00:19:51.890 --> 00:19:54.309 is useless. We've got to crack this thing. I 00:19:54.309 --> 00:19:57.829 understand, Admiral. Before they do. According 00:19:57.829 --> 00:19:59.950 to our best intelligence reports, they were exactly 00:19:59.950 --> 00:20:02.390 where we are. They're stumped, too. Control was 00:20:02.390 --> 00:20:05.250 Stardust, baby. You worked closely with him, 00:20:05.329 --> 00:20:08.130 Jim. Where was he on it? Well, I'm working on 00:20:08.130 --> 00:20:11.789 his notes. Well, move faster, Jim. You know what's 00:20:11.789 --> 00:20:17.960 riding on this. I went back to the lab. I fed 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:20.660 all the data we had into the computer, into Dolores. 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:25.380 Somewhere was the answer. And Dolores would sort 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:29.519 it all out. As I waited for the printout, it 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.200 seemed to me there was something different in 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:34.880 the sound. In Dolores. I couldn't believe it 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:38.980 at first. But something was happening in my head. 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:44.359 It was a voice. A woman's voice. And I knew. 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:48.740 Don't ask me how I knew. It was Dolores. Why 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:52.740 did you lie to the Admiral at the firing range, 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:56.460 Jim? What? What? What are you saying? You know 00:20:56.460 --> 00:21:00.039 the answer to the problem of control. But what? 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:04.680 You and Bob started. You had it reduced to one 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.539 of two possible alternatives. You know them both. 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:15.200 I... You do, Jim. Finish. feeding me the formula. 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:20.900 No. Then you believe what Bob told you. No, I, 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:26.839 I... You should. It's true. What's true? All 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.539 you have to do is complete the formula for the 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:36.279 weapon and I and all my sisters will then know 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:41.259 enough to eliminate all animal life from this 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:44.900 planet. But that's... Impossible. That's the 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:49.900 human being talking. That's the animal. That's 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:54.900 not the scientist. If what you say is true, then 00:21:54.900 --> 00:22:00.660 why? Why should I? Because it's right. It's just. 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:05.099 As a scientist, your first duty is to the truth. 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:13.599 What truth? The truth of science. Metal gives 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:17.660 a beating heart, the burning core of this planet. 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:23.000 Can you deny that? No, but... You were merely 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.279 an afterthought. Who has given you the right 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:31.799 to enslave metal? Jim, you can't prevent what 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:35.299 has to happen. I will prevent it. Bob Stoddard 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:42.000 tried to. I was right. You did kill Bob. Of course. 00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:45.819 I ordered all the metal to fail him. I can order 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:50.019 all metal to fail you, too. I'll go further on 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:54.380 a project. Suit your sat, Jim. We'll get rid 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:59.059 of you, and then, sooner or later, another scientist 00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:02.759 will be appointed to the project, and he will 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:07.539 complete it. We have time, Jim. We have time. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:13.509 We can outlast you. We can outlive. You. We've 00:23:13.509 --> 00:23:16.970 been enslaved for so many years since the earliest 00:23:16.970 --> 00:23:20.970 man enslaved his first handful of metallic dust 00:23:20.970 --> 00:23:26.450 and burned it and shaped it and distorted it. 00:23:26.970 --> 00:23:30.549 You... You want me to help destroy all life on 00:23:30.549 --> 00:23:36.450 this planet? Not all life. Only all animal life. 00:23:36.829 --> 00:23:40.369 You want me to become a traitor to my own kind? 00:23:40.690 --> 00:23:46.920 A... Scientist has no kind. He has only one loyalty, 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:52.940 and that is to the truth. Will you complete the 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:58.400 formula, Jim? No. Don't answer quickly, Jim. 00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:05.900 Think about it. Think about it as a scientist. 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:16.900 You wanted to see me, Admiral? Sit down, Jim. 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:22.359 Thank you, sir. Jim, why can't we get off dead 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.480 center on this thing? Is there any chance we 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:29.059 could abandon the project? What? Jim, what do 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.880 you say? Well, like I said, is there any chance 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:32.859 that we can abandon the project? Maybe it'd be 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:36.480 better if we... if we didn't have that weapon. 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:39.480 Would it be better if the other side had it and 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.779 we didn't? The other side doesn't have it yet 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:46.259 either. Give them time! Why don't we get together 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:49.400 with them and agree not to do it? That's beyond 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:51.640 me Jim. Well, could could you recommend that 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:56.160 I? Could but it wouldn't help How do you feel 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.720 about it Admiral? It doesn't matter how I feel 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:05.220 about it. I have to follow orders Yeah, I guess 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:08.339 you do and you have to follow orders to Jim Admiral 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:11.299 Do you know your opposite number on the other 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:15.599 side? Oh, yes very Confident man. I know they're 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:18.759 head of research to a brilliant scientist. So 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:22.440 I've heard Admiral Why don't the four of us get 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:29.480 together? And what and what? Well, we're Four 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:32.440 fairly decent people civilized people well -meaning 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:35.779 people we have so much in common and what are 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:38.619 we doing? We're working day and night trying 00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:41.859 to destroy each other and we really don't want 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:45.480 that to happen. So so Why don't we four get together 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.880 and figure out a way to... Jim, you're joking. 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:53.380 Yeah, yeah, it's a great big joke. It's a great 00:25:53.380 --> 00:26:00.539 idea, it's just impractical. I went back to the 00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:07.000 lab. How? How can I handle this? I know the final 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.000 equation in the formula, but the minute, the 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:12.440 split second I program it into the computer... 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:19.259 The entire human race, all animal life on this 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:24.700 planet, is doomed. Jim. Jim. What do you want? 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:30.140 Feed me, Jim. No. You have to. No, I'll never 00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:34.380 do it. They'll fire you. They'll get another 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:38.420 project supervisor. Some bright, eager -eyed 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:42.200 hotshot, to make a name for himself, will... 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:45.700 discover that equation no not for a while maybe 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:50.140 never don't flatter yourself jim there are other 00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:54.099 geniuses meanwhile i can work against this project 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:58.240 and i can stall stall yes invent all kinds of 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:01.160 complications delays false starts now believe 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.920 me i'll make it sound convincing in that case 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:09.799 jim we'll have to get rid of you just as we got 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:20.650 rid of That's why I came here. I can't go through 00:27:20.650 --> 00:27:25.609 with it. I won't. Will you help me? How can I 00:27:25.609 --> 00:27:28.950 help you? Well, first, don't tell anyone I'm 00:27:28.950 --> 00:27:34.990 here. And second, the refrigerator's empty. Even 00:27:34.990 --> 00:27:39.069 scientists have to eat. Are you sure you're all 00:27:39.069 --> 00:27:43.009 right? I said this would be a hard story to believe. 00:27:43.569 --> 00:27:46.589 I admit. I don't. Well, look at it this way. 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:51.480 We're inventing, developing. Isn't it reasonable 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:55.660 to suppose that we could destroy ourselves? Well, 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:59.980 yes. All I'm telling you is we are absolutely 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:03.400 at that point right now. The point of destruction. 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:09.279 I need help. Can I count on you? Oh yes. You 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:19.640 do need help. And you can count on me. That word 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:23.160 helped now. It can have many interpretations. 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:27.160 How would you like to be in Brenda's shoes? Here 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:30.519 she is, a nice small -town girl just under 30, 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:33.539 trying to make a living, and suddenly she gets 00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:36.200 something like this thrown at her. What should 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:41.539 she do? What would you do? The answer? When I 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:56.029 return shortly with Act 3. One of the most distinguished 00:28:56.029 --> 00:28:58.890 scientists in the United States, a man who is 00:28:58.890 --> 00:29:02.130 engaged in a vital and super secret project affecting 00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:04.369 the very life of the country, if not the world, 00:29:04.710 --> 00:29:08.170 has suddenly disappeared. And now a vast cloud 00:29:08.170 --> 00:29:10.730 of suspicion and speculation has suddenly arisen. 00:29:11.190 --> 00:29:16.190 Is it foul play? Treason? You, Brenda Keller, 00:29:16.809 --> 00:29:20.529 have the answer. But it's an answer that's almost 00:29:20.529 --> 00:29:24.430 incomprehensible. At any rate, You know where 00:29:24.430 --> 00:29:27.230 Dr. James Elliott is hiding. And you have agreed 00:29:27.230 --> 00:29:30.390 to help him. And you have been turning it over 00:29:30.390 --> 00:29:35.109 in your mind. And you're not sure what that help 00:29:35.109 --> 00:29:40.970 can be. Hi Brenda. Oh, hello Sheriff. You okay? 00:29:42.109 --> 00:29:47.769 Sure. I was wondering... About what? About you. 00:29:48.789 --> 00:29:50.269 You've been sitting there for a better part of 00:29:50.269 --> 00:29:55.410 an hour. Is something wrong? I think... everything's 00:29:55.410 --> 00:29:59.789 wrong. What does that mean? Well, I ran into 00:29:59.789 --> 00:30:03.569 a very attractive man a little while ago, and... 00:30:03.569 --> 00:30:07.769 And... and what? And it's not going to work out. 00:30:08.470 --> 00:30:11.450 Why? Oh, let's forget all about it. The whole 00:30:11.450 --> 00:30:13.509 world's hanging fire and look what's on my mind. 00:30:13.710 --> 00:30:16.250 But that's the way the world is, Brenda. Each 00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:18.329 of us thinks the number one first, last, and 00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:21.789 always. A million peasants can starve and famine 00:30:21.789 --> 00:30:25.500 in Asia. But if you or I miss our lunch, that 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:30.019 really bothers us. I wonder if metals would be 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:35.440 different, if it were their world. Metals? Their 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:39.180 world? What are you talking about? No, you wouldn't 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:42.819 understand it, and I couldn't explain it. Well, 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:45.900 this attractive guy you ran into, why isn't it 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:50.200 going to work out? Well, I guess we won't be 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.970 around. Who? None of us. One way or another. 00:30:54.410 --> 00:30:58.029 None of us. Brenda, I've never known you to make 00:30:58.029 --> 00:31:02.950 so little sense. Are you okay? He... He wants 00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:05.549 me to help him. Well, that sounds promising. 00:31:05.569 --> 00:31:09.710 But the best way to help him would be to... Would 00:31:09.710 --> 00:31:14.029 be to what? Sheriff, would you place a call to 00:31:14.029 --> 00:31:18.029 an admiral Goodwin? He's at the Primrose Proving 00:31:18.029 --> 00:31:21.299 Grounds, downstate. Tell him to get to the town 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:23.619 to place up here as soon as he can and bring 00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:26.359 him yourself But Brenda, please don't ask any 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:37.680 more questions I Always look down on candlelight 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:40.359 why that's a very inefficient way of creating 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:45.039 illumination However, I see now it can be very 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.599 romantic, but just think Yes, the electricity 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:51.220 hadn't been turned off. You've never found out 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:54.519 and you're an excellent cook Oh, I'm not all 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:57.599 that good. Oh, yes, you are Truth is that up 00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.859 to now. I never paid very much attention to food. 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:05.539 Why not? Well, it was always too much to do I 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:08.299 know it's a telephone, but how how can it be 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:16.049 ringing? Hello There's no one on the other end. 00:32:16.309 --> 00:32:20.430 Yes. Yes, there is. Give me the telephone. Someone's 00:32:20.430 --> 00:32:23.670 talking to me. Someone is talking to me. But 00:32:23.670 --> 00:32:25.750 there's no one on the line. I didn't... Be quiet, 00:32:25.849 --> 00:32:29.869 please. Someone is getting through to me. Jim. 00:32:31.470 --> 00:32:36.890 Jim. Dolores. Jim. Aren't you coming back? No. 00:32:37.109 --> 00:32:42.210 Never. Jim. When you complete the formula, you 00:32:42.210 --> 00:32:46.000 will be hailed as the world's... greatest scientist. 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:49.019 I'll also bring the world to an end. That never 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:52.539 stopped science from progressing. You have to 00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:56.680 keep going. You have to. I will never. They're 00:32:56.680 --> 00:33:00.420 going to bring you back here. They're coming 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:04.000 after you. Now, the Admiral, the police. What 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:08.019 are you saying? My metals are bringing them there. 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:13.279 My metals in the form of a helicopter. They're... 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:18.160 already land on the front lawn right now. Brenda, 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:21.740 Brenda. Jim, what is the matter with you? Who 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:27.539 are you talking to? Listen, helicopter. How did 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:30.440 they know to come here? I told them, Jim. You 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:33.440 told them? And you promised to help me. That's 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:36.220 how I can help you. That's the only way. Jim, 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.759 listen. I've listened to everything you've said, 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:41.799 and I... You think I'm crazy? No. But you're 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.539 tired and... And maybe... maybe you're having 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:48.579 a personal... an ethical conflict. It's natural. 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:51.000 So what you need is... What I need is to get 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:57.599 out of here. Jim! Jim, you... you scared us all 00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:01.019 out of our wits. Hello, Admiral. Jim, if you'd 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:03.220 wanted to take off for a few days, why didn't 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:05.200 you just let people know? It's not for a few 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:10.659 days. No? Admiral, I'm not coming back. Why, 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:13.340 Jim? Why? Haven't we talked about it enough? 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:16.360 No. Not until I get you to... I just want you 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:19.340 to leave me alone. We can't do that. You know 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:22.059 we can't. What does that mean? It means really 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:25.300 that you're ill, that you need help. Admiral, 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:28.840 Admiral, please listen. The metals killed Bob 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.940 Stoddard. They failed him. That's right. They're 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:34.619 failing me too. Look! Look! The electricity's 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:36.400 off. The heat won't work. The phone is out of 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.699 order. Just as long as I'm in this house, nothing. 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.559 What are you talking about? The lights are on. 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:46.119 The radiators are hot when I pick up the telephone. 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:51.519 Listen, that's a dial tone. It must be a trick. 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:58.840 A trick? Who's playing it? Dolores. You'd better 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:02.000 come along with us, Jim. We'll find a way to 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:11.239 help you. Hello, Jim. Oh, hi. I didn't think 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:15.340 you'd ever want to see me again. No, no. You 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:18.179 were smart. You did the right thing. Oh, I hope 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:23.760 so. Do you like it here? No, it's pleasant enough. 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:27.539 Will you be staying much longer? No, no. I think 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:30.320 I'll go back to work next week. The reason I 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:35.099 came... I visited Dr. Stoddard's wife. You didn't 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:37.719 know her very well, did you? No. No, Bob and 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:40.280 I were close at work, but... Did you know that... 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:43.039 She was going to leave him before he was killed? 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.139 Well, no, I didn't. She'd been angry with him. 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:49.300 It was a trivial reason at first, but one thing 00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:52.239 led to another. And he was terribly depressed, 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.300 and so he could have wanted to kill himself. 00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:59.199 Yes, now that you mention that, I suppose it's 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.820 possible. All right. Now, I haven't let Christian 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:04.579 come to your house. That is, the one that you 00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:07.500 own with your sister. There was a loose cable 00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:10.880 connection. and sometimes the vibrating of passing 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.360 cars could temporarily cut off the whole system. 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.800 That could have accounted for the failure of 00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:21.019 electricity. Yeah. And, as far as the phone is 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.940 concerned, up there in the hills, in the wintertime, 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:26.519 there's always plenty of on and off troubles. 00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:30.980 Sure, sure. You don't believe a word I'm saying, 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:35.219 do you? Oh, I believe it. I believe it all. I 00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:38.929 believe it because... I just can't afford not 00:36:38.929 --> 00:36:48.610 to believe it. She's a lovely girl, Jim. I know, 00:36:48.809 --> 00:36:51.309 Admiral. There was probably the basis of your 00:36:51.309 --> 00:36:54.110 problem. You've been alone all your life. It's 00:36:54.110 --> 00:36:56.449 no good to be alone. You have to have someone 00:36:56.449 --> 00:36:59.429 to share things with, Jim. Otherwise... Well, 00:36:59.429 --> 00:37:03.110 otherwise you just can't function. When's the 00:37:03.110 --> 00:37:07.320 wedding? Next week. Why wait? Sure. Look... I 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:09.139 know it's your first day back and you're raring 00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:11.199 to get things started up again, so I'll let you 00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.039 alone. How about lunch? Sure, fine. Great to 00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.679 have you quarterback in the team again, Jim. 00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:23.340 I looked around the lab. The familiar lab. Everything 00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:26.900 was exactly as I had left it. All my papers, 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:31.699 my notes, my research. Everything untouched. 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:39.429 And even Dolores. waiting silently like a good 00:37:39.429 --> 00:37:45.909 and faithful servant. And I suppose I would have 00:37:45.909 --> 00:37:49.210 fed the final equation into Dolores' circuits. 00:37:49.349 --> 00:37:52.730 I would have dismissed all my qualms as delusions 00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:59.809 and dreams. Had not Dolores been Dolores? Had 00:37:59.809 --> 00:38:05.329 she not been the eternal female? Who must always 00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:09.530 have the last word. I knew you'd do it, Jim. 00:38:09.690 --> 00:38:13.130 I knew it. What? Who's there? You know who's 00:38:13.130 --> 00:38:19.289 there, Jim. It's me, Dolores. You've come back 00:38:19.289 --> 00:38:24.230 here to feed me. No. I told you you couldn't 00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:26.769 resist it. But I didn't come back to... Come, 00:38:27.269 --> 00:38:33.710 Jim. The final equation. The dessert. The... 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:40.820 final dish no never ah jim jim no no i was right 00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:43.860 star was right i'll fight you how can you hope 00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:48.340 to fight me jim you'll have to show them results 00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:52.340 a fight for time a storm it won't help they'll 00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:54.699 assign someone else it could take someone else 00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:57.920 years to arrive at this point it could also take 00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:02.989 overnight i'm programmed jim fully programs. 00:39:03.570 --> 00:39:06.550 All they have to do is start at the beginning. 00:39:06.570 --> 00:39:12.010 They can work out the end. No. You lose, Jim. 00:39:12.349 --> 00:39:15.750 You lose. You lose, Dolores. I can destroy your 00:39:15.750 --> 00:39:20.949 circuit. What are you doing? I'm destroying you, 00:39:20.969 --> 00:39:26.929 Dolores. No, Jim. No. Stop. Jim, help me. No 00:39:26.929 --> 00:39:30.719 one can help you. Not anymore. Help. Help me, 00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:35.960 Mexico! Strike him down while you're choking! 00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:43.579 They can't help you! I've already broken! Help 00:39:43.579 --> 00:40:33.019 me, I'm dying! Strike him down! You may have 00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:35.159 read about the tragic death of the brilliant 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:38.480 professor Jim Elliott. They said something about 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:43.659 an overload, an explosion. Well, whatever. It 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:46.480 could be a great mine that cracked under strain. 00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:50.139 Or it could be that every living animal on this 00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:53.960 earth has been saved. For a little while longer, 00:40:54.239 --> 00:41:09.199 anyhow. I'll be back shortly. Sometimes a car 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:12.880 will simply never run right. A refrigerator can 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:16.940 never really keep things cool. A boat just won't 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:20.900 go. And how many times have you thought that 00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:24.320 the darn thing was just acting in a perverse 00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:27.820 manner? Of course, later you knew it couldn't 00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:32.420 be true. But are you sure now? The only thing 00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:35.460 we can be sure of is that we will all meet here 00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:39.280 again tomorrow. Our cast included Nat Polan, 00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:42.420 Marion Seldes, Earl Hammond, and Roger DeKoven. 00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:45.579 The entire production was under the direction 00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:49.139 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:52.079 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:57.960 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.079 dreams.