What's in the Box
| "What's in the Box" | |||
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| The Twilight Zone episode | |||
 "You will recommend my service, won't you?" |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 144 |
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| Directed by | Richard L. Bare | ||
| Written by | Martin Goldsmith | ||
| Featured music | Stock | ||
| Production code | 2635 | ||
| Original air date | March 13, 1964 | ||
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Joan Blondell: Phyllis Britt |
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| List of Twilight Zone episodes | |||
"What's in the Box" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
[edit] Plot
Joe and Phyllis Britt are an old married couple who do not get along. Joe gets home from his job as a cab driver late one night and Phyllis accuses him of seeing another woman. In the meantime, a television repairman is in the next room fixing their broken set. Irritated, Joe harasses the repairman about the inconvenience and cost. The repairman abruptly closes the open TV panel and announces the TV is fixed. He leaves and the TV starts getting channel 10, a station showing the past, present, and future of Joe and Phyllis' lives, which, however, only Joe can see. The TV shows Joe killing Phyllis in a fight, his trial and conviction for murder, and his execution in the electric chair. Phyllis is convinced that Joe has lost his mind and taunts him. Joe, angered, attacks her and kills her by accident, just as he had seen on the television screen. As Joe is taken away by the police, he comes face-to-face with the TV repairman, who asks if he will recommend him to others. He smirks to the audience as Joe is taken away.
[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
