The Fear (The Twilight Zone)

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The Twilight Zone original series Season five (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5) Fall 1963 – Summer 1964 List of The Twilight Zone episodes
Episodes: In Praise of Pip Steel Nightmare at 20,000 Feet A Kind of a Stopwatch The Last Night of a Jockey Living Doll The Old Man in the Cave Uncle Simon Probe 7, Over and Out The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain Ninety Years Without Slumbering Ring-a-Ding Girl You Drive The Long Morrow The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross Number 12 Looks Just Like You Black Leather Jackets Night Call From Agnes—With Love Spur of the Moment An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Queen of the Nile What's in the Box The Masks I Am the Night—Color Me Black Sounds and Silences Caesar and Me The Jeopardy Room Stopover in a Quiet Town The Encounter Mr. Garrity and the Graves The Brain Center at Whipple's Come Wander With Me The Fear The Bewitchin' Pool

“The Fear” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

[edit] Details

Episode number: 155
Season: 5
Production code: 2633
Original air date: May 29, 1964
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Ted Post
Producer: William Froug
Director of photography: Fred Mandl
Music: uncredited

[edit] Cast

Trooper Robert Franklin: Peter Mark Richman
Charlotte Scott: Hazel Court

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A sheriff and a brooding New York socialite find themselves trapped in a remote cabin as unexplained occurrences indicate the presence of a mysterious force. They spend a night alone in the cabin, overcome with terror as they witness mysterious flashes of light, bizarre noises, and inexplicable damage to the sheriff's patrol car. The next day, they venture out into the woods and are confronted with what appears to be a giant monster. Soon, they come to realize it is merely an illusion. Nearby they find the true source of their fear: a small flying saucer parked in a clearing. They look into the saucer and overhear five tiny, terrified aliens discussing their failed attempts to frighten mankind into submission. As the aliens depart in terror, the sheriff declares with a smile, "I wish them luck. I hope the next planet they find, they're the giants."

[edit] Trivia

The end of this episode is an opposite to the end of the episode The Invaders in which we are the small ones and the aliens the giants whereas in this episode we are the giants and the aliens are the small ones.