This episode of The Twilight Zone illustrates how mankind has always been quick to fear, distrust and destroy anything it doesn't understand, in this case a benevolent alien who has come to Earth bearing a gift: a formula for a vaccine for all forms of cancer. Ignorance, suspicion and dread drives the people of a small Mexican village to attack the visitor from outer space and torch his gift, believing it to be something bad.
Of course, it would be lovely to be able to trust every visitor from outer space, but if truth be told, there's a good chance they have come here to suck out our life force, steal our women or control our brains. Shoot first, ask questions later; better safe than sorry.
The Gift is one of the worst tales from The Twilight Zone, a heavy-handed religious parable (the alien is Jesus, on Earth to save the human race -- check out his Jesus Christ pose at the end) packed with horribly cliched stock Mexican characters (leetle innocent Pedro, the wise village doctor and greedy bartender Manolo, who, in the least subtle moment, is called Judas for betraying the alien). Save it for Sunday school, Rod!
Of course, it would be lovely to be able to trust every visitor from outer space, but if truth be told, there's a good chance they have come here to suck out our life force, steal our women or control our brains. Shoot first, ask questions later; better safe than sorry.
The Gift is one of the worst tales from The Twilight Zone, a heavy-handed religious parable (the alien is Jesus, on Earth to save the human race -- check out his Jesus Christ pose at the end) packed with horribly cliched stock Mexican characters (leetle innocent Pedro, the wise village doctor and greedy bartender Manolo, who, in the least subtle moment, is called Judas for betraying the alien). Save it for Sunday school, Rod!