A Message From Charity

A Message From Charity

Infobox Television episode
Title = A Message From Charity
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "A Message From Charity"
Season = 1
Episode = 6, Segment 2
Airdate = November 1, 1985
Production =
Writer = Alan Brennert
Director = Paul Lynch
Guests = Kerry Noonan : Charity Payne
(Robert) Duncan McNeill : Peter Wood
Vanessa Brown : Aunt Beulah
Gerald Hiken : Squire Jonas Hacker
James Cromwell : Obadiah Payne
Michael Fox : Tom Carter
Jennifer Parsons : Ursula Miller
Jack Wells : Dr. Maxwell
Phil Proctor : Mr. Wood
Barbara Lindsay : Mrs. Wood
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Examination Day
Next = Teacher's Aide

"A Message From Charity" is the second segment of the sixth episode from the television series "The New Twilight Zone". This segment is based on the short story "A Message from Charity" by William M. Lee. The story was first published in The Magazine of "Fantasy and Science Fiction" November, 1967.

ynopsis

Peter Wood is a teenager sick with a fever that puts him in telepathic contact with Charity Payne, a Puritan girl from the 1700s, who also has the same type of fever. The two share realistic thought-visions of each other's world, and Charity has a glimpse of the future of 1985. The teenagers discover they can communicate and form a true friendship.

When Charity is discovered (when she tries to humble a know-it-all neighbor girl), she is branded a witch for her knowledge of future events. Now her friend from the future must help her escape the clutches of her villagers and prove she is not a witch before she is tried and executed.

Peter discovers the historical fact that a dead body would be discovered near Charity's township and that Squire Hacker would be a suspect in the murder. This information is used to convince the squire that Charity could reveal his hidden life in a trial, so he drops all charges and releases the girl. After that, Charity tells Peter that they probably should not go on communicating as problems may arise again. Peter sadly agrees and they bid each other goodbye.

Approximately one year later, Peter, while attending college, receives one last telepathic call from Charity. She has left him a message at Bear Rock, a local landmark. Peter finds Charity's message. Chiseled into Bear Rock is a Valentine-like heart with the initials "PW + CP".

Closing narration

(At this point, Peter is on campus, talking and joking with his friends.)

(At this point in the narration, Charity contacts Peter for the final time and tells him she is breaking their vow not to contact each other, but she wants him to know she has left him a message on Bear Rock. He sprints there, sees the heart and initials, and smiles.)

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone-1985/a-message-from-charity/episode/75264/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;14 TV.com - The Twilight Zone (1985) episode: A Message From Charity]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734708/ IMDB]


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