This story is PG for science fiction violence, supernatural themes
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EXT. NIGHT.
A YOUNG WOMAN, MABEL, 33, IS DRIVNG A CAR HOME. UP AHEAD SHE SEES NO ONE ON THE ROAD; MCU OF HER FACE, AS SHE SEES A GAS STATION. CLOSE-UP OF THE MIDDLE-AGED GAS ATTENTANT'S FACE.
GAS ATTENTANT: 'DO YOU NEED SOME GAS, MISS?'.
MAVIS: 'YES, PLEASE. I'M GOING HOME SOON'.
GAS ATTENTANT: 'BAD NIGHT TO GO OUT YOU KNOW. $2.66 FOR THE GAS'.
CLOSE-UP OF MAVIS'S RIGHT AND AS GIVES HIM A $10 NOTE.
GAS ATTENTANT: 'THANK YOU FOR THE TIP, MISS'.
AND HE WALKS AWAY.
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INT. CAR. NIGHT.
MAVIS SEES A HITCHHIKER.
HE WEARS A FELT HAT, A RED SHIRT, BROWN TROUSERS, A GREY BELT, BLACK SOCKS, A WEDDING RING ON HIS RIGHT, MIDDLE FINGER...AND HE IS SMILING.
HITCHHIKER: 'LATE NIGHT TONIGHT TO BE DRIVING, MISS, ON THE HIGHWAY'.
MAVIS: 'I AM GONG HOME'.
HITCHHIKER: 'A LOT OF WOMEN ARE OUT AT NIGHT'.
MAVIS: 'ARE YOU GOING HOME?'.
HITCHHIKER, (leaning forward into the driver's-side window): 'I ROAM THE HIGHWAYS...NEITHER HERE OR THERE...OR ANYWHERE'.
MAVIS: 'THAT'S A BIT QUEER, ISN'T IT'.
HITCHHIKER: 'DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK, MISS'.
AND HE SMIRKS AT THE WOMAN...AND VANISHES LIKE A GHOST.
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The Twilight Zone The hitchhiker returns A script by Robert Helliger
Science FictionIndiana, 1961 Mavis Temple, 33, is driving her car late at night when she sees a mysterious hitchhiker who is seen every- time she attempts to get home. Is he real? Or is he a spirit who tries to warn her of impending dread.
