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How does a nightmare begin?

For David Vincent, architect,

returning home
from a business trip,

it began at a few
minutes past 4:00

on a lost Tuesday morning,

looking for a shortcut
that he never found.

It began with a welcoming sign

that gave hope of black coffee.

It began with a
closed, deserted diner

and a man too long without
sleep to continue his journey.

In the weeks to come,

David Vincent would go
back to how it all began

many times.

Starring Roy Thinness.

With guest stars Diane Baker...

J.D. Cannon...

James Daly...

John Milford.

♪ ♪

Highway 166, dirt road, Bud...

Wait a second... Bud's Diner.

Anything else, Mr. Vincent?

I know it sounds wild.

There was this...
There was this light,

a-a kind of glow.

Yes, you told us that.

Anything else?

Well, no, I got out of there
right away, I came here.

I see.

Show him in.

Now, look, that ship
landed just over an hour ago.

It could still be there.

Now, if you want me
to go, I'll go with you.

Oh, I don't think that'll
be necessary, Mr. Vincent.

David, what happened?

Alan, what are you doing here?

They woke me up to ask me

if I have a partner
who sees things, so I...

Oh, excuse me.

My name is Landers.

I'm Mr. Vincent's partner.

I thought maybe I
could be of some help.

Yes, I know who
you are, Mr. Landers.

I appreciate your coming down,

but I think you told us
everything we needed to know

on the phone.

They wanted to know

if you were really
on a business trip.

Then they told
me some wild story

about your claiming to
have seen a-a... spaceship.

I'm afraid it's true.

I know, it shook me up, too.

Mr. Vincent, you've
driven a long way

in the last 20 hours.

I'd like to suggest that
you leave your car here,

and Mr. Landers or one of
my men will drive you home.

I'm not going anywhere
until you do something.

Now, you'll need those notes
to find where the ship landed.

Mr. Vincent, it's 6:00 a.m.,
and we're all a little tired.

Stop playing games with me!

I insist you do something.

Well, it seems to
be Kelly's Diner.

You said Bud's Diner.

Ready to go home
now, Mr. Vincent?

It came down right over here.

It stretched out...

from about... right
around in through here.

It looks as if nobody's
been around here

for a hundred years.

Alan, I saw it.

Look, I'm no crackpot,
you know that.

I really saw it.

All right, David.

Hello.

Say, I was driving
out here last night,

and, uh, I saw something very...

Excuse me, Mr. Vincent.

That was a good shot.

Thank you.

I'm Detective-
Lieutenant Holman.

We're investigating an incident

reported last night
by Mr. Vincent here.

Oh, what, wh-what
sort of incident?

Were you around here last night?

At what time?

All night.

All night?

Well, yes, you see, we
have this camper-truck parked

out behind the, uh...

big tree over there.

My... my wife and I, we,
uh, we were just married.

How long have you
been camped here?

Uh, two days.

At approximately
4:20 this morning,

did you see or hear
anything unusual?

No.

Nothing.

Well, how can you
be sure of anything

at 4:00 in the morning?
Mr. Vincent, let me.

Well, look, you see, we
were awake, you know.

We were getting
ready to go fishing.

I mean, uh, there was nothing.

Well, you must
have seen something.

I drove in here, I
parked at the diner.

Now, if you were awake,
you must have seen me.

I'm sorry.

It was here, right... Wait
a minute, Mr. Vincent.

Sorry to have troubled you.

Oh, I'll need some
identification for the report.

Well, I... I do have
a driver's license.

I suppose you'll be in
the vicinity a few days

in case there are any further
questions, Mr., uh, Brandon.

Uh...

W-Well, we had, we had
planned on going back today.

Pretty short honeymoon.

Yes, it is.

Well, I have to get
back to my store,

but, uh, we'd be glad to
stay until, uh... until tonight.

Thank you, Mr. Brandon.

Oh, uh, congratulations
on your marriage.

Thank you.

Mrs. Brandon.

♪ ♪

What do you want?

I want to ask you a question.

Did you change the
sign on that diner?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Now, we agreed to
stay until this evening,

but we have to go now.

Quickly, quickly,
get in the truck.

It's past time for me.

You... you go away.

Nobody has... hurt you.

I want to see your hands.

Take off your gloves.
We have to go!

Take off those gloves.

We have to go!

Hurry!

Hurry up!

♪ ♪

What happened?

Do you remember anything?

Oh, the truck.

I almost got out of the way.

It must have side-swiped me.

Don't try to remember anymore.

Take these.

What are they?

Something to help
you get back to sleep.

No... no.

Otherwise, we will be forced
to administer it intravenously.

Will you take these now?

"Arthur Gordon"?

What are you trying to do to me?

What is this?

You're one of them, aren't you?

Help!

Help me!

For God's sake, help me!

All right?

Oh, yeah, fine, thanks.

David.

Oh, hi, buddy.

David, I want to tell
you how sorry I am

about what happened
yesterday, but, uh,

I was afraid in
a larger hospital,

there might be
reporters and people

who would twist the
story of what you saw.

That's why I didn't
want to take a chance

on your making any phone calls

and why I gave
them a phony name.

I tried to tell you yesterday,

but they had you too
heavily sedated that I couldn't.

As it stands,

one of the papers did
get wind of your accident,

but I think I talked them out
of using the story. Accident?

You don't remember?

Holman says your
car went off the road

and you were thrown clear... No,

no, no, that's not
the way it happened.

I, uh, brought some
magazines for you.

The doctor told me you
can go home tonight,

and I don't want to see
you in that office Alan,

listen to me... for
at least two weeks.

They'll have your car fixed in the
morning. Alan, will you listen to me?

Just... Please.

I found some proof.

I can't show it to you, David...

but that man and that
woman at the camper-truck.

They were some
kind of alien being.

I know it.

Look, there was
something about their skin.

They... they started to glow

and their hands,

the, the bone
structure was different.

David, please.

That's over now.

It's not over.

Look, you've got
to talk to Holman,

and find out everything you can

about that man and woman...
David, no more. Not now.

We'll talk about it
later. Will you please...

I've got to get
back to the office.

We'll talk about it this
evening when I pick you up.

I promise.

♪ ♪

It wasn't easy,

but I, uh, got the
name and address

of that honeymoon
couple from Holman.

Mr. and Mrs. John Brandon,

285 Front Street,
Kinney... Kinney?

It's a little town between San
Luis Obispo and Bakersfield.

David...

I want to believe you.

Thanks.

Whoa!

All right, get
those other people.

All right, come on, let's go.

These look like the last ones.

All right, forget it.
Bring up that ladder.

Fireman, there's still
an old woman up there.

You'd better go check her out.

Let's have those
high poles up there.

All right, Dennis,
where's the ladder?

Any idea how it started?

The old woman, she
must have done it.

Pete and Phil,
they broke through...

but there's nobody there.

No body. No nothing.

Well, she's...

♪ ♪

Can I help you?

I'm Mrs. Adams.

I run this place.

Well, it looks like you
lost a town somewhere.

Where is everybody?

Our total population
is down to 12 now.

And that's including
the two dogs

and my little Siamese cat.

Thank you. It doesn't seem
to have affected business any.

Oh, that sign? That...
that just means, uh,

we're not open to
the public right now.

Golly, it's hot.

I'm, uh, looking for someone.

A man and a woman named Brandon.

They gave this as
their last... Brandon...

Brandon. A man and a woman.

They gave this as
their last address.

Brandon... I...

I don't think I...

Sorry, it doesn't
ring any bells.

You can check the register,

but on the other hand,

if they were clients
of Mr. Kogan's

they wouldn't
have, uh, registered.

Who's Mr. Kogan?

Well, I don't suppose

there's any real secret to it.

Mr. Kogan's the head
of the investment group

that's buying up this town.

I think they're going to turn it

into one of those
retirement cities.

How do you go
about buying a town?

Well, I... First, you
gotta find the right town.

Then you just walk in
with a suitcase full of cash.

Howdy, my name's Carver.

I saw your car outside.

You, uh, looking for someone?

A couple of friends.

Well, they probably moved away.

This used to be a going town

till the sate closed down
its hydroelectric plant, but...

Oh, a few of them
are still holding out

but in the end, they'll sell.

Does that include you?

No, I sold out just
after my husband died.

I'm staying on as
a sort of caretaker

until Mr. Kogan's
group takes over.

Sometimes he, uh,
sends clients down here.

Uh, mind if I have
some lemonade, Kathy?

Oh, no, go right ahead.

Thank you.

Uh...

when Mr. Kogan does
bring his clients down here,

what do you they do?

Hunting and fishing, I guess.

Where?

Gee, I don't know.

Let's see, there's a,
there's a wooded lake

a couple of miles north of here.

And there's always
the river, of course.

Where's that? On
the other side of town.

Gee, I'm awful sorry I
couldn't be of more help.

No, no, thank you.

Really.

Thank you.

So long.

Good-bye.

When is Lieutenant
Holman due back?

Well, tell him he was right.

That psycho of his
did show up down here.

I'll keep an eye on him.

♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Kinney speaking to
Bakersfield control.

Red alert. Red alert.

Kinney speaking to
Bakersfield control.

Red alert. Red alert.

Kinney speaking to
Bakersfield control.

Red alert. Red alert.

Kinney speaking to
Bakersfield control.

Red alert. Red alert.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

You got a telephone that works?

Pardon me, do you
have a telephone?

What?

Do you have a
telephone that works?

Well, they ain't
pulled that one yet.

Operator, I want to make a
collect call to Santa Barbara.

The number is five-five-five,

five-two-three-five.

My name is David Vincent.

I'm calling Mr. Landers.

Alan, it's David.

I'm in Kinney.

I think I've found
something, some proof.

Alan, you've got to
come up here right away,

'cause if you don't
get here right away,

somehow it'll all be gone.

I'm not sure I can
get away right now.

Look, they're here in Kinney.

They may be...

They may be all
over this planet.

Now, I need a witness.

Just one witness.

Look, Alan, if I can't
ask you, who can I ask?

I'll be there as soon as I can.

All right. Now, there's a
hotel on Front Street here.

I'll be waiting for you there.

And thanks, buddy.

♪ ♪

I see you've found the sole
entertainment center in Kinney.

Yeah, I heard the music.

Have you met Mr. Kemper?

He's one of our last holdouts.

And those are
the Ackerman girls.

They live just outside of town.

Can I offer you some coffee?

Now, that's a good idea.

Good.

Deputy Carver's looking for you.

He telephoned Santa Barbara.

Hey, you don't look like a
dangerous psycho to me.

I'm not.

Well, if you're worried
about him, don't be.

He already checked here.

It'll be a while before
he comes back again.

Here.

Is something the matter?

No.

Now, how long has
Carver been in town?

A few months.

Uh, he came in
about the same time

the Kogan people
began buying up the town.

Doesn't what Carver said
about me bother you at all?

Unh-unh.

Just because you happen to
see certain things doesn't mean...

Who said anything
about seeing things?

Carver.

Oh, I've been
through this before.

For months before
my husband died,

he-he kept saying
over and over that...

What did he see?

No.

How did he die?

Well, it... It was
a heart attack.

Tell me what he saw.

Please. No. It's over.

He's dead, and I don't
want to talk about it anymore.

Please, don't go. Mrs.
Adams, I need your help.

Look, I've got to take
this coffee to my aunt.

I wasn't sure I could
talk to you at first.

Look, please, Mister, uh...
Vincent. David Vincent.

Well, Mr. Vincent, I...
Will-Will you sit down here

and just listen to
me for a moment?

Please? Well...

I'm going to tell you
something you won't believe.

Someday I'll get them all.

There were transparent tubes

large enough to
fit a human form.

Now, I think they
need these tubes

to regenerate
themselves somehow.

I don't know.

If-if I could...

If I could see them,
see something...

Yeah. Well, maybe
when my friend gets here.

I... I want you to see them,

because, Mrs. Adams,

when Kogan finishes
buying up this town,

his people are
going to take over.

They'll have a foothold,
and it's got to be stopped,

because who knows
how many towns like this

there are in the world?

All right.

All right. Is there anything
I can do to help you?

You believe me?

I don't know what I believe.

Just tell me what I can do.

Is your aunt still at the motel?

Yes.

Well, tell her

that my business
partner is coming here.

He'll be here in a few
hours. His name is Landers.

I can call from here.

That's a good idea.

And tell her to have
him meet me here.

All right.

But don't let Carver
find out about it.

Look, what was his name again?

Landers. Landers.

If that Vincent fella comes
back here, Aunt Sara,

try and stall him, all right?

I'll certainly do
what I can, Lou.

We don't think he's dangerous.

Just that things seem to
happen when he's around.

Fires, accidents, you know.

We just want to
keep an eye on him.

All right. Thank you, Lou.

Uh, Mr. Kemper, I'll close up.

Uh, we're waiting for a friend.

Oh.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

It's funny how a man's
life can change so fast.

After I saw that, uh, saucer,

it seems as though

I had been cut
off from everything

piece by piece.

Was it the same
with your husband?

Kathy?

Yes.

Yes, it-it was the same.

You know, I've been thinking.

What happened to him

might not have
been a heart attack.

They could have
ways of arranging that.

Well, if-if that's true,

th-then it could
happen again with you.

No.

I've already talked too loud,

and the fire in my apartment
was the last safe shot.

Anything more would
cause a lot of attention.

Make people think
maybe I was right.

Down.

Kemper!

Kemper!

Maybe your friend won't come.

No, he was
delayed; he'll be here.

But how can you be
sure? He'll be here.

Why should he really believe?

You saw what happened
when you told the truth.

Suspicion, right?

Ridicule, it's going to
happen again, you'll see.

He'll be here.

I'm sorry. I didn't see you.

Oh, that's all right.
That's all right.

You are looking for
Mr. Vincent, aren't you?

Why, yes, that's right.

Well, he said you
were to meet him

at the power station.

You're to park your car there.

Here. Yeah.

Go on.

Did you hear a car just now?

No.

Oh, David.

Hey, forget about him.

Look, he won't come.

He's no different
than anybody else.

Nobody wanted to hear
the truth from my husband.

They just wanted
to sell at a profit

and get out of this town.

A lot of things killed him:

hate, greed, ignorance.

If he'd thought
about it, he would've

wondered what
he was fighting for.

What is there in this
world that's so special?

So... so worth preserving?

You still have time.

You can think about that.

Why did you do that?

You know I'm
listening for Landers.

David. David.

I did it to wake you up.

Don't spend your
life listening for cars

that will never come,

looking for faces
you can never find.

Fingers?

We're not all like that, David.

Some of us learn.

We're always learning.

Don't go!

Don't fight us.

You can't stop it.

It's going to happen.

Don't go.

Don't fight us.

No, don't go!

Alan! Alan!

Alan!

David?

David?

Alan?

Hold it! Hold it!

Easy, Mr. Vincent.

Don't be afraid.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

Now, look, we have to get to
that power station right away.

Sure.

Now, look, if you're not one
of them, you've got to help me.

Sure.

My partner's there, he's alone.

They're gonna kill him!

Sure. First thing
in the morning,

I'll call Mr. Kogan. If
it's all right with him,

we'll go down and take a
look at his power station.

Oh, no.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Alan! Alan!

Alan?

Alan.

All right, Vincent.

They did it.

Sheriff, they...

What happened?

What is it?

Nothing, Mr. Kemper.

What?

Just a sick fella got
a little out of hand.

You two help me load
him into the car, will you?

What a shame.

H-He looked and
talked so normal.

You just never know.

♪ ♪

Good to see you, Ben.

Four or five years now. Lou.

Hello, Vincent.

He'd still be alive today

if he hadn't wanted to
believe your crazy dreams.

Sheriff Carver checked
out the power station.

Except for him,
there was nothing.

No, there wouldn't be, not now.

The coroner's report
was heart attack.

Whatever you think,
that's the way it was.

Sure.

Ben, what do you
want me to do with him?

Let him go.

Let him go?

That's right.

Let him go.

I don't know why you
came here, Vincent...

but don't come back.

No reason to.

Not anymore.

Lieutenant...

I know I can find an answer
to this if you'll only help me.

This is the final word, Vincent,

the bottom line.

For your own
sake, let it end here.

Whatever you're
planning, let it end here.

I wish I could.

How does a nightmare end?

Not here in the
forgotten town of Kinney.

Perhaps in Bakersfield,

perhaps at some
undiscovered beachhead

in another state or
another continent.

Perhaps, for David
Vincent, it will never end.