![]() Don reveals to the others that Steve's wife mentioned that he had been spending his nights working on a radio the other residents have never seen Mrs. However, when Steve agrees with Les that the actions of the other people are "some kind of madness", he is turned on by Charlie and the rest of Maple Street, including by his own friend Don. Steve approaches Les, who defends his claim of insomnia. The wife of a resident, Charlie Farnsworth, is doubtful that Les really an alien, but Charlie dismisses her concerns for the ostracized neighbors. Night falls with Les and his family still under vigil from the distrusting people of Maple Street in absence of light the neighborhood is reduced to using candles and lanterns, standing watch. Despite his warning that their suspicions will only cause something terrible to happen, Les and his wife are isolated from the neighborhood. Les defiantly states that he has insomnia. Sharp, notes that she's seen Les standing in his yard looking at the sky in the early morning. Les denies it as a "gag," but his car starts up again on its own and the townspeople have even more doubt towards him. Steve warns the people they shouldn't be a mob and as they approach Les, his car stops, and the townspeople start to heckle him. Soon, they start wondering why he didn't come out to look at the meteor. ![]() As soon as he walks away however, it starts on its own, and the townspeople eye him indignantly. He also warns them that nobody could leave, except the aliens who infiltrated the population and are disguised as humans, leaving the people in suspense despite Steve's lighthearted jesting about finding the alien family among them.Ī neighbor, Les Goodman, tries to start his car and has little success. A boy named Tommy Bishop warns Steve Brand, a resident who wants to head into town to confront the police, that aliens have come from the dull roaring noise, and want to prevent the citizens from leaving (based on the belief from his comic books). The remaining citizens contemplate what's happening, puzzled over the incident, although most believe the cause to have been the mysterious meteor. ![]() A handyman named Pete Van Horn leaves to check Floral Street, the next street over, to see if they are having the same issues, explaining the hammer hanging from his side pocket. ![]() Soon, all electrical objects, telephones, radios, and automobiles stop working. The citizens of Maple Street are enjoying life as usual, going about their business on a late summer day, when they all hear a roaring humming noise pass over them, afterwards lightly dismissed as a meteor. Maple Street, in the last calm and reflective moment.before the monsters came. This is Maple Street on a late Saturday afternoon. At the sound of the roar and a flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 PM on Maple Street. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, barbecues, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor. Episode Details Title Sequence Opening Narration Part I ![]()
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