The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Elegy (1960)

Cecil Kellaway: Jeremy Wickwire

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Quotes 

• Peter Kirby : [Wickwire has poisoned their drinks]  I told you not to trust him! I TOLD YOU!

  Meyers : We meant you no harm.

  Wickwire : I realize that. And I'm sorry, truly, I am.

  Captain James Webber : The antidote! Give us the antidote.

  Wickwire : There is no antidote, captain. Even now, the eternifying fluid in coursing through your veins. But... it won't be painful, I assure you.

  Meyers : But why? Why us?

  Wickwire : Because you are here, and you are men. And while there are men, there can be no peace.

• [the three astronauts approach a house and see a man on the porch that is reading a newspaper, presumably frozen, like everyone else they've seen] 

  Peter Kirby : [to the man sitting on the porch, sarcastically]  You don't mind if we have a little look around do you, sir?

  Wickwire : Not at all

  [the three astronauts look at Wickwire, startled that he spoke and moved, unlike the other people they've already seen] 

  Wickwire : You're most welcome. My name's Wickwire, Jeremy Wickwire.

  [Wickwire notices the shock on the astronauts' faces] 

  Wickwire : Oh, come, gentlemen. There's nothing to be afraid of. Truly there isn't.

  Peter Kirby : But... y-you're real.

  Wickwire : Well, of course, I am. Isn't everybody?

  Peter Kirby : I used to think so.

  Wickwire : Oh! You mean...

  [laughs] 

  Wickwire : Do come inside. Come on. Won't you? Come on. Come inside. There's nothing to be afraid of, I assure you.