| 词条 | Sounds and Silences |
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| title = Sounds and Silences | series = The Twilight Zone | image = | caption = | season = 5 | episode = 27 | airdate = April 3, 1964 | production =2631 | writer = Rod Serling | director = Richard Donner | guests = John McGiver - Roswell G. Flemington Penny Singleton - Mrs. Lydia Flemington Billy Benedict - Conklin Francis De Sales - Doctor Michael Fox - Psychiatrist Renee Aubry - Ms. Abernathy (Secretary) Lurene Tuttle - Secretary | music = | season_article = The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 5) | episode_list = List of The Twilight Zone episodes | prev = I Am the Night—Color Me Black | next = Caesar and Me }} "Sounds and Silences" is episode 147 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on April 3, 1964 on CBS. It is ranked on IMDB as the worst episode of the original series. Opening narration{{cquote|This is Roswell G. Flemington, two hundred and twenty pounds of gristle, lung tissue and sound decibels. He is, as you have perceived, a noisy man, one of a breed who substitutes volume for substance, sound for significance, and shouting to cover up the readily apparent phenomenon that he is nothing more than an overweight and aging perennial Sea Scout whose noise-making is in inverse ratio to his competence and to his character. But soon our would-be admiral of the fleet will embark on another voyage. This one is an unchartered and twisting stream that heads for a distant port called the Twilight Zone.}}PlotRoswell G. Flemington, owner of a model ship company and formerly of the United States Navy, grew up in a home where his mother required silence. Thus, as an adult, he makes as much noise as he possibly can, is obsessed with the Navy, and behaves thunderously in response to any slight. One day, after twenty years his wife has had enough of his obsession with noise and finally walks out on him. Now alone, he begins to hear every little noise – a drip of water, the margin bell on a typewriter – like an explosion or gunshot. He sees a psychiatrist who helps him understand that conflict with his wife has caused him to relive his resentment against his mother to the point that he internalizes his mother's affliction. He now realizes it is all in his head, all he needs to do is overcome the mental block with "mind over matter", and he does. The only problem is that when his wife returns to pick up her jewelry, he tells her about it and proceeds to "shut her out". Unfortunately, his solution proves too effective, and Flemington finds that he can hear nothing. Now desperate to hear anything, Flemington puts a record on, setting the volume at its highest setting. Although the scene is silent, the insides of his apartment vibrate from the sound of his stereo. As the episode ends, Flemington opens up the windows to the street below, and begs for noise. Closing narration{{cquote|When last heard from, Mr. Roswell G. Flemington was in a sanitarium pleading with the medical staff to make some noise. They, of course, believe the case to be a rather tragic aberration - a man's mind becoming unhinged. And for this they'll give him pills, therapy, and rest. Little do they realize that all Mr. Flemington is suffering from is a case of poetic justice. Tonight's tale of sounds and silences from the Twilight Zone.}}Cast
LitigationIn 1961, a script titled "The Sound of Silence" was submitted to the producers and rejected. Following the first screening of "Sounds and Silences", the original author successfully sued Rod Serling for plagiarism because of similarities in the plot, and was awarded $3,500 in damages.[1] Because of this, the episode was not included in syndicated repeats. References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Presnell |first1=Don |last2=McGee |first2=Marty |date=2008 |title=A Critical History of Television’s The Twilight Zone, 1959–1964 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MqtTBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=sounds+of+silence+lawsuit&source=bl&ots=-qQTWqCo4L&sig=ojclGDm9QNWep2k-dJwc9FkqdyM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3qcGC96LWAhWEJlAKHTgzD0UQ6AEIXTAI#v=onepage&q=sounds%20of%20silence%20lawsuit&f=false |location=Jefferson NC |publisher=McFarland & Co |page=185 |isbn=978-0786438860 }}
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