Stopover in a Quiet Town
| "Stopover in a Quiet Town" | |||
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |||
 The Fraziers discover they've been abducted by aliens. |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 150 |
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| Directed by | Ron Winston | ||
| Written by | Earl Hamner, Jr. | ||
| Featured music | Uncredited | ||
| Production code | 2611 | ||
| Original air date | April 24, 1964 | ||
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Barry Nelson: Bob Frazier |
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| List of The Twilight Zone episodes | |||
"Stopover in a Quiet Town" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone starring Barry Nelson and Nancy Malone.
[edit] Plot
A married couple, Bob and Millie Frazier, wake up in an unfamiliar house. They remember only that they both drank too much at a party the night before, and that on the way home, a large shadow had appeared over their car.
They soon discover that the house is mostly props — the telephone has no connection, the cabinetry is merely glued-on facing, the refrigerator is filled with plastic food. They hear a girl's laughter and go outside to find the child. However, once outside, they discover that the town is deserted. They find a stuffed squirrel in a fake tree, search for help in a vacant church, and ring the bell in the church's bell tower hoping someone will come to their aid. When no one comes to help them, the increasingly desperate couple discovers even the trees are fake and the grass is papier-mâché. The exasperated Millie begins to think that perhaps she crashed their car on the way home, and they are now in Hell. They hear a train whistle and, thinking they have finally found a way out of the town, rush to the train station and board the train. As the train leaves the station, they begin a light-hearted conversation, relieved to be leaving. However, when the train comes to a stop, they realize it has only gone in a circle, and they are back where they started.
They leave the train and return to the town, only to be pursued by an ominous shadow, once again hearing a young girl's laughter. The shadow pursuing them is revealed to be the young girl's hand. As she picks them up, laughing joyously, it is revealed that the couple was abducted by an alien giant who brought them from Earth to be "pets" for his daughter's dollhouse neighborhood. She drops them and they run off to find a way out.
[edit] References
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090
