The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Elegy (1960)
Cecil Kellaway: Jeremy Wickwire
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Quotes
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Peter Kirby : [Wickwire has poisoned their drinks] I told you not to trust him! I TOLD YOU!
Meyers : We meant you no harm.
Wickwire : I realize that. And I'm sorry, truly, I am.
Captain James Webber : The antidote! Give us the antidote.
Wickwire : There is no antidote, captain. Even now, the eternifying fluid in coursing through your veins. But... it won't be painful, I assure you.
Meyers : But why? Why us?
Wickwire : Because you are here, and you are men. And while there are men, there can be no peace.
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[the three astronauts approach a house and see a man on the porch that is reading a newspaper, presumably frozen, like everyone else they've seen]
Peter Kirby : [to the man sitting on the porch, sarcastically] You don't mind if we have a little look around do you, sir?
Wickwire : Not at all
[the three astronauts look at Wickwire, startled that he spoke and moved, unlike the other people they've already seen]
Wickwire : You're most welcome. My name's Wickwire, Jeremy Wickwire.
[Wickwire notices the shock on the astronauts' faces]
Wickwire : Oh, come, gentlemen. There's nothing to be afraid of. Truly there isn't.
Peter Kirby : But... y-you're real.
Wickwire : Well, of course, I am. Isn't everybody?
Peter Kirby : I used to think so.
Wickwire : Oh! You mean...
[laughs]
Wickwire : Do come inside. Come on. Won't you? Come on. Come inside. There's nothing to be afraid of, I assure you.