Healer (The Twilight Zone)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Healer
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "Healer"
Season = 1
Episode = 3, Segment 1
Airdate = October 11, 1985
Production =
Writer = Michael Bryant
Director = Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Guests = Eric Bogosian : Jackie Thompson
Vincent Gardenia : Harry
Joaquin Martinez : Duende
Robert Costanzo : Joseph Rubello
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Chameleon
Next = Children's Zoo

"Healer" is the first segment of the third episode of the television series "The New Twilight Zone". Jackie Thompson steals a unique stone from a museum. Wounded during his escape, he finds that it has healing powers and becomes a faith healer. But he loses his way, giving in to greed, and the stone stops working.

Opening narration

ynopsis

Cat burglar Jackie Thompson breaks into a museum late one night and steals a rare stone from a display case. Thompson trips the alarm and gets shot by a guard, but the stone heals him.

After saving his neighbor Harry from a heart attack, Thompson becomes "Brother John" and heals others on a TV ministry. Harry, who is only interested in the money, acts as his business manager. A Native American man, Duende, appears and says his people loaned the stone to the museum and warns that Thompson is traveling down the wrong path; Jackie is inclined to return the stone, but Harry scoffs.

Joseph Rubello, a druglord from Thompson's past, begs for healing of his terminal cancer. Jackie tells Rubello that Rubello treated him horribly when Thompson was his runner, and holds out for $2 million to heal him. Rubello agrees, but the stone no longer works. Harry pulls a deaf boy from the waiting line to test Jackie's power. He fails, and his old bullet wound opens up and bleeds profusely. Duende reappears and explains that the stone only works permanently when used unselfishly. Harry refuses to help Thompson, instead planning to take all the money himself. Thompson gives the stone to the deaf boy, who heals him. In turn, Thompson restores the boy's hearing and, his redemption complete, gives the stone to Duende to return to his people.

Closing narration

References/external links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone-1985/healer/episode/34359/summary.html/ TV.com episode page]

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