The Hunt

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“The Hunt”
The Twilight Zone episode

Scene from "The Hunt"
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 84
Written by Earl Hamner, Jr.
Directed by Harold Schuster
Guest stars Arthur Hunnicut : Hyder Simpson
Jeanette Nolan : Rachel Simpson
Titus Moede : Wesley Miller
Orville Sherman : Tillman Miller
Charles Seel : Reverend Wood
Robert Foulk : Gatekeeper
Dexter Dupont : Messenger
Featured music Robert Drasnin
Production no. 4810
Original airdate January 26, 1962
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"The Hunt" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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[edit] Opening Narration

“ An old man and a hound named Rip, off for an evening's pleasure in quest of raccoon. Usually, these evenings end with one tired old man, one battle-scarred hound dog, and one or more extremely dead raccoons; but as you may suspect, that will not be the case tonight. These hunters won't be coming home from the hill. They're headed for the backwoods of the Twilight Zone. ”

[edit] Synopsis

Hyder Simpson lives with his wife and his hound Rip in the backwoods. Mrs. Simpson doesn't like having the dog indoors, but Rip saved Hyder's life once, and Hyder won't be parted from him. Mrs. Simpson has seen an omen and warns Hyder not to go hunting that night. When Rip dives into a pond after a raccoon, Hyder jumps in after him, but only the raccoon comes up out of the water. Next morning, Hyder and Rip wake up next to the pond. When they return home, Hyder finds that neither his wife, the preacher, nor the neighbors can hear him or see him—they seem to think that he and Rip are dead.

Walking along the road, he encounters a fence he doesn't recognize, and decides to follow it. Presently, both come to a gate. The gatekeeper explains that Simpson can enter the Elysian Fields, but Rip will have to stay outside, as dogs are not allowed in. Angrily, Simpson takes Rip and goes on down the "Eternity Road", where he meets an angel whose job is to bring them to Heaven, and who is looking specifically for "Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip." The angel explains that the gate was actually the entrance to Hell. Rip was not allowed in because, though a man can be fooled, Rip would have been able to smell the brimstone, and "even the Devil can't fool a dog!"

The angel also tells Hyder that there'll be a raccoon hunt in Heaven that night, "right after the square dance," and assures him that his wife, who will be coming shortly, won't have any trouble with the devil up the way.

[edit] Closing Narration

“ Travellers to unknown regions would be well-advised to take along the family dog. He could just save you from entering the wrong gate. At least, it happened that way once—in a mountainous area of the Twilight Zone. ”

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