Two (The Twilight Zone)

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“Two”
The Twilight Zone episode

Charles Bronson in "Two"
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 66
Written by Montgomery Pittman
Directed by Montgomery Pittman
Guest stars Charles Bronson : Man
Elizabeth Montgomery : Woman
Featured music Nathan Van Cleave
Production no. 4802
Original airdate September 15, 1961
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"Two" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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[edit] Opening narration

Opening narration (help·info):

“ This is a jungle, a monument built by nature honoring disuse, commemorating a few years of nature being left to its own devices. But it's another kind of jungle, the kind that comes in the aftermath of man's battles against himself. Hardly an important battle, not a Gettysburg or a Marne or an Iwo Jima. More like one insignificant corner patch in the crazy quilt of combat. But it was enough to end the existence of this little city. It's been five years since a human being walked these streets. This is the first day of the sixth year, as man used to measure time. The time? Perhaps a hundred years from now. Or sooner. Or perhaps it's already happened two million years ago. The place? The signposts are in English so that we may read them more easily, but the place is the Twilight Zone. ”

[edit] Synopsis

A male and female survivor from opposite armies of an apocalyptic world war meet in a deserted, war-ravaged town. Immediately, they begin to fight each other, but the male wants to put an end to it. After a period of adjustment, they learn to trust each other and eventually walk away from the town together.

The war that precedes events of this episode was apparently between the United States and the Soviet Union. The only thing the female says is prekrassnyi (прекрасный), the Russian word for “lovely”. Serling's intro specifically states that "the signs are in English so we might read them more easily," and says the timeframe could be in the past or the future. He chose Russian for the word for obvious reasons, but it is not specifically after a US-Soviet war, and he made a point of stating that.

Notably, this episode contains no supernatural elements. Similar episodes include The Jeopardy Room, and The Shelter.

[edit] Closing narration

Closing narration (help·info):

“ This has been a love story about two lonely people who found each other in the Twilight Zone. ”

[edit] References

  • Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)

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