Many, Many Monkeys

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Many, Many Monkeys is an episode of the television series The New Twilight Zone.

Claire Hendricks: Karen Valentine
Mrs. Reed: Jackie Burroughs
Dr. Friedman: Ken Pogue
Dr. Peterson: Jan Filips
Susan: Norah Grant
Elderly man: Warren Van Evera
Mr. Reed: John Gardiner

1 Opening Narration
2 Synopsis
3 Closing Narration
4 Note

[edit] Opening Narration

"A city hospital, 8 P.M. An unexpected visitor has just arrived, bearing unwelcome tidings, a disease so new the textbooks haven't recorded it. This then is its first case history, documented from the medical files of the Twilight Zone."

[edit] Synopsis

Claire Hendricks is a nurse in a hospital where a sudden outbreak of blindness has stricken many. An explosion at a bioweapons lab is blamed, but it becomes clear that the disease is merely a physical manifestation of the hate within people - the lack of caring for others. A cure is found, via surgery, but Claire's own blindness remains...

[edit] Closing Narration

"Enigma, draped in hospital sheets and self-imposed darkness with the added sobering thought that Claire Hendricks is perfectly correct in her own diagnosis. Take it as a warning, a cry for humanity or a simple plea for responsibility from the dark places of the Twilight Zone."

[edit] Note

"Many, Many Monkeys" was written by William Froug in 1964 for the final season of the original black-and-white Twilight Zone (i.e., the season that Froug produced). The story remained unfilmed, however, until this 1987 production.