He stares at a poster for a wartime romance film and turns to smile at her. He tosses a towel to her, which she uses to wipe her dirty face. She follows him into a barber shop and watches as he shaves. Speaking in English, he announces that there is no reason to fight anymore and gives her the remains of the food. He examines a calendar with a woman in a swimsuit on the wall then turns to look back at his opponent. The man notices a dove, which flies away. After attempting to subdue her without injuring her, the man knocks her out and begins to ravenously eat the chicken. Recognizing his uniform as that of the enemy, she immediately attacks him. She finds a can of chicken, but before she can open it, a man also wearing a military uniform (Charles Bronson) walks in. She looks into some of the shop windows, pausing to examine a white dress, then finds a restaurant and goes inside. A female soldier (Elizabeth Montgomery), wearing a tattered army uniform, stumbles into town. The narration suggests the time could be hundreds of years in the future (or sooner) - or millions of years in the past. The setting is a small, deserted city that has not seen a human being since the end of an apocalyptic war five years before.
The place: The signposts are in English so that we may read them more easily, but the place - is The Twilight Zone." Episode Summary
Or perhaps it's already happened two-million years ago. The time: perhaps a hundred years from now - or sooner. This is the first day of the sixth year - as man used to measure time. It's been five years since a human being walked these streets. But it was enough to end the existence of this little city.
TWILIGHT ZONE TWO PATCH
More like one insignificant corner patch in the crazy quilt of combat. Hardly an important battle, not a Gettysburg or a Marne or an Iwo Jima. But it's another kind of jungle, the kind that comes in the aftermath of man's battles against himself. "This is a jungle, a monument built by nature honoring disuse, commemorating a few years of nature being left to its own devices.
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