The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Five Characters in Search of an Exit (1961)
William Windom: The Major
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Quotes
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The Clown : [of the Major] Very active chap. Quite a function. Compulsive worker.
The Major : [still tapping the wall] You a big-time psychologist, huh?
The Clown : I'm a clown. Which is neither here, there, nor anyplace. I could be a certified public accountant, a financier, a left-handed pitcher who throws only curves. What difference does it make?
[singing to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" while the Major pounds the wall]
The Clown : We're here, because we're here, because we're here...
[breaks off as the Major turns to stare at him, then brokenly starts up again as he resumes hammering]
The Clown : Because - we're - here.
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The Major : Who are we?
The Ballerina : None of us knows, Major. We don't know who we are, we don't know where we are. Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
The Major : How can that happen?
The Ballerina : That's the question we asked ourselves Major, a question with no answer. We're nameless things with no memory, no knowledge of what went before. No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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The Major : Somehow I'll get you out of here. But none of us gets out until one of gets out. Now that is a logic you can live with.
