Nightsong
| "Nightsong" | |
|---|---|
| The New Twilight Zone episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 27b |
| Directed by | Bradford May |
| Written by | Michael Reaves |
| Original air date | October 11, 1986 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Lisa Eilbacher: Andrea Fields Antony Hamilton: Simon Locke Kip Gilman (credited as Kenneth David Gilman): Ace Campbell | |
"Nightsong" is the second segment of the twenty-seventh episode (the third episode of the second season (1986–87) of the television series The Twilight Zone.
Plot
Nighttime radio disc-jockey Andie is in a funk after a short relationship with a fellow D.J. One night, she discovers a record in her library by Simon Locke, a former lover, whom she broke up with five years earlier.
After starting the track from the album "Nightsong" during her shift, Simon shows up at the station. She confronts him angrily about how he walked out on her and never came back. She then turns and he's gone. When leaving the station after work, a motorcycle almost hits her but Simon saves her in time. He then follows her and they begin rehashing their relationship.
At a coffee shop, Simon and Andie discuss their past and she questions why he hasn't produced anything since they broke up. They discuss the good and bad times of their relationship, and she suddenly realizes that she doesn't want to get played by Simon so she leaves the cafe. At home, she can't seem to get away from "Nightsong" as she finds it playing on her stereo. She then discovers Simon and talks to him again but this time she asks him about his songs, which detailed their relationship. He attempts to seduce her but then stops and says that they can't have their relationship back and while she's angry he tries to explain why they can't get back together.
Simon takes Andie toward the ocean on a back road and he tells her that maybe he was running from her and success the whole time. He careens off onto a dirt road and they stop to get out near the edge of a cliff. He takes her down the hillside and tells her how after she played his song he decided to come back to explain to her what happened. Then, he pulls back some brush to reveal a wrecked motorcycle and a skeleton. It is revealed that Simon had died in a motorcycle accident years earlier. Later, while she is at work she gets a call requesting "Nightsong" to be played. She tags the song with "from Andrea to Simon with love."
Notes
The song, "Nightsong" was written by Stephen Stills and Neil Young, and performed by Stills. The song, with additional overdubs, was included as the last track on the 1988 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album, American Dream.[citation needed]