The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Nothing in the Dark (1962)

Robert Redford: Harold Beldon

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• Wanda Dunn : You *tricked* me! It was you all the time!

  Harold Beldon : Yes. I tricked you.

  Wanda Dunn : But why? The moment I let you inside you could've taken me any time! But you were nice. You made me trust you!

  Harold Beldon : But, I had to make you understand! Am I really so bad? Am I really so frightening? You've talked to me, you've confided in me. Have I tried to hurt you?

  [he stands and leans against the wall] 

  Harold Beldon : It isn't me you're afraid of. You understand me. What you're afraid of is the unknown.

  [Wanda looks frightened] 

  Harold Beldon : [Gently, holding out his hand]  Don't, don't be afraid.

  Wanda Dunn : But I *am* afraid!

  Harold Beldon : [still gently, smiling]  The running's over! It's time to rest. Give me your hand.

  Wanda Dunn : But I don't want to die!

  Harold Beldon : [holding out his hand]  Trust me.

  Wanda Dunn : [backing away]  No. No.

  Harold Beldon : Mother. Give me your hand.

  [crying, Wanda slowly puts her hand in his] 

  Harold Beldon : [laughing softly]  You see? No shock. No... engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion, is like a whisper. What you thought was the end, the beginning.

  Wanda Dunn : [with hushed excitement]  When will it happen? When will we go?

  Harold Beldon : Go? Look.

  [He glances to the side; following his gaze, Wanda sees her body on the bed, peaceful in its final repose] 

  Harold Beldon : We have already begun.

  [Both smiling now, he takes her arm in his and escorts her into the light]