Stopover in a Quiet Town

Infobox Television episode
Title = Stopover in a Quiet Town
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption= Scene from Stopover in a Quiet Town
Season = 5
Episode = 150
Airdate = April 24, 1964
Production =2611
Writer = Earl Hamner, Jr.
Director = Ron Winston
Guests = Barry Nelson : Bob Frazier
Nancy Malone : Millie Frazier
Music = Uncredited
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = The Jeopardy Room
Next = The Encounter

"Stopover in a Quiet Town" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

Opening narration

ynopsis

A married couple wake up in an unfamiliar house, remembering only that they had both drank too much at a party the night before, and that on the way home, a large shadow had appeared over their car.

They soon discover that the house is mostly props—the telephone has no connection, the cabinetry is merely glued-on facing, the refrigerator is filled with plastic food. They hear a girl's laughter and go outside to find the child. However, once outside, they discover that the town is deserted. They find a stuffed squirrel in a fake tree, search for help in a vacant church, and ring the bell in the church's bell tower hoping someone will come to their aide. When no one comes to help them, the increasingly desperate couple discovers even the trees are fake and the grass is papier-mâché. The exasperated Millie begins to think that perhaps she crashed their car on the way home, and they are now in Hell. They hear a train whistle and, thinking they have finally found a way out of the town, rush to the train station and board the train. As the train leaves the station, they begin a light-hearted conversation, relieved to be leaving. However, when the train comes to a stop, they realize it has only gone in a circle, and they are back where they started.

They leave the train and return to the town, only to be pursued by an ominous shadow, once again hearing a young girl's laughter. The shadow pursuing them is revealed to be the young girl's hand. As she picks them up, laughing joyously, it is revealed that the couple was abducted by an alien giant who brought them from Earth to be toys for his daughter's dollhouse neighborhood.

Closing narration

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

*imdb title|id=0734625|title=Stopover in a Quiet Town

Twilight Zone links

*The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 5