History Heartwarming / TheTwilightZone1959

* The ending to "Five Characters in Search of an Exit": Rod Serling's narration implies that although the toys' situation is bad now, soon they'll be played with and cared for by children. Essentially, it's like the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film series, with all the characters being like Buzz in how they are unaware of their true nature, and also in how they will learn and embrace it once they feel a child's love for them.

* The fifth season opener "In Praise of Pip" is both heartwarming and {{Tear Jerk|er}}ing. Jack Klugman plays a small-time bookie named Max Phillips who receives word that his son Pip, whom he loves dearly but with whom he was never able to spend as much time as he would have liked, has been gravely wounded while serving in the military in South Vietnam. Following a confrontation with his boss in which he is himself wounded, Max stumbles to a darkened carnival at which he and Pip spent many happy days together... and finds a ten-year-old Pip, who gives him a big hug and talks about how excited he is to spend another day of fun with his "best buddy". The carnival lights up and father and son have a whale of a time on the rides and attractions, until Pip tells him he has to go... because he is dying in South Vietnam. After unsuccessfully trying to pursue Pip through a house of mirrors, Max stumbles into the midway and begs God to take his life instead of Pip's, at which point he falls down dead from his earlier wound. Flash forward, and Pip, now walking with a cane, has returned from South Vietnam and is spending the day at the carnival, and as he pays for a turn at the shooting gallery and remembers his father's advice to remove his chewing gum first, he tells his father that he always was his "best buddy".

* "The World of Horace Ford" has the titular Horace realize the [[NostalgiaFilter treasured]] childhood he's reminisced the entire episode [[TearJerker wasn't as happy or care-free as he remembered]]. It's his wife who tenderly comforts that [[{{Reconstruction}} it's human to see the past through a]] NostalgiaFilter, so life's hardships are easier to cope with.

* The ending of "Dust": Miraculously, the noose around the son's neck breaks, much to the father's relief and joy. When the sheriff offers a do-over, the family charging the son for his crime have a change of heart and decide there's been enough death for today. And then, the crooked peddler who made a fortune off of selling the gullible father "magic dust" decides to give some poor children the very gold he was paid for that dust.

* "A Piano in the House" reveals the aloof bachelor and playwright Greg to have not only a romantic side, but also a deep well of care for Esther and her well-being.

* In "Long Distance Call", a little boy whose grandmother had recently died could talk to her from beyond the grave using a toy telephone she gave him for his birthday. During the episode it seems that the boy keeps on getting into deathly situations so he can "join his grandma"; and eventually, when his parents take away the phone from him, he almost drowns. As it turns out, the reason the grandmother was trying to have the grandson join her in the after life, was because he reminded her of his father at his age and was sad that he had stopped being so warm to her when he got married. Near the end of the episode, when it seems that hope has run out for the boy and he might die, the father picks up the phone (though prior to this moment he did not believe in the abilities of the phone) and begs his mother to let the boy live and experience the world and not take out her anger at him on his son. It works.

* In "Long Distance Call", a little boy whose grandmother had recently died could talk to her from beyond the grave using a toy telephone she gave him for his birthday. During the episode it seems that the boy keeps on getting into deathly situations so he can "join his grandma"; and eventually, when his parents take away the phone from him, he almost drowns. As it turns out, the reason the grandmother was trying to have the grandson join her in the after life, was because he reminded her of his father at his age and was sad that he had stopped being so warm to her when he got married. Near the end of the episode, when it seems that hope has run out for the boy and he might die, the father picks up the phone (though prior to this moment he did not believe in the abilities of the phone) and begs his mother to let the boy live and experience the world and not take out her anger at him on his son. [[spoiler: It works.]]
* The ending for "The After Hours" is strangely heartwarming. [[spoiler: The main character is one of the department store's mannequins. While sad, the ending shows that the mannequins care for each other - Marsha deeply apologizes for stealing time from the next mannequin's allotted time - and that she will get to be human again someday soon.]]

* The ending of "Mr. Bevis." [[spoiler: Bevis decides that material success means nothing compared to being who he is, loving everybody, and being loved in return. Further, the guardian angel who wanted to "help" Mr. Bevis with said material success decides to keep helping him in little ways, like returning the jalopy and later preventing Bevis from getting ticketed for illegal parking.]]

* The ending to "Five Characters in Search of an Exit": [[spoiler: Rod Serling's narration implies that although the toys' situation is bad now, soon they'll be played with and cared for by children. Essentially, it's like the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film series, with all the characters being like Buzz in how they are unaware of their true nature, and also in how they will learn and embrace it once they feel a child's love for them.]]
* "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank", which starts with the title character suddenly [[BackFromTheDead rising from a wooden coffin]] during his funeral in the American midwest in the 1920s. Throughout the episode, many of the locals feel threatened by Jeff, who is seen an unholy presence after his abrupt resurrection. Even his girlfriend, named Comfort, contemplates breaking up with him after receiving a dying flower that Jeff had freshly picked from his folks' rose bush just minutes beforehand. As darkness approaches one night, Jeff is preparing to leave town, but Comfort meets up with him before he heads off. Soon afterward, several locals arrive in a car carrying torches and pitchforks. [[spoiler:Jeff persuades the locals NOT to lynch him. More happily, despite her previous reservations, Comfort realizes that she truly does love Jeff, which leads to marriage.]]
** [[spoiler: Although Jeff ''does'' turn out to be possessed by a demon, it hardly diminishes the episode's happy ending. Especially when you consider [[AffablyEvil he really does love Comfort]].]]
* Bittersweet, but the implication of the ending of "A Stop at Willoughby": [[spoiler: Mr. Gart has finally found his happiness.]]

** When she meets [[spoiler: Walter Smith, he assures her that her new residence will be filled with people like her. And in a while, she will know a sense of being loved, something she may have never had before.]]
** Many of the hospital staff, while they acknowledge her deformity, also clearly care for her. The Doctor in particular runs himself ragged trying to help her. He's seen past her face and understood what kind of person she really is, and even questions why people like her aren't allowed to coexist with "normal" people. Considering they live in a fascist state, that's a ''big'' deal. [[spoiler: And when Janet leaves with Walter, they're there to see her off. Many of them even look like they're crying.]]
* The ending of "Dust": [[spoiler: Miraculously, the noose around the son's neck breaks, much to the father's relief and joy. When the sheriff offers a do-over, the family charging the son for his crime have a change of heart and decide there's been enough death for today. And then, the crooked peddler who made a fortune off of selling the gullible father "magic dust" decides to give some poor children the very gold he was paid for that dust.]]
* "The Fugitive" is a surprisingly heart-warming story about a deep, unbreakable friendship between a gentle little girl and a kindly shape-shifting alien fugitive. [[spoiler: In the end, the alien turns out to be a handsome young alien king. And according to Rod Serling, [[EarnYourHappyEnding the little girl grows up to be his "honest to goodness Queen".]]]]
* The ending of "Miniature". [[spoiler: Charley and the little doll girl now live together in peace inside the dollhouse. They don't have to be alone anymore.]]

* "Passage on the Lady Anne" is about a couple trying to take a cruise going to a business trip in London in order to salvage a rocky marriage on the verge of divorce. And by accident, they end up taking a boat sailing to [[spoiler: the afterlife]]. They meet all sorts of old couples, seeing first-hand how love can last a lifetime and beyond. And throughout the course of the episode, it reignites the young couple's love for each other. By the end, not only does the cruise mend their relationship, but [[spoiler: the passengers put them in a lifeboat to save them, allowing them to live their lives together.]]

** In one online reenactment of the episode, just before he and Bookman walk off towards the afterlife, Death takes a quick look at his watch. [[spoiler: It's 11:59.]]

** Many of the hospital staff, while they acknowledge her deformity, also clearly care for her. The Doctor in particular runs himself ragged trying to help her. He's seen past her face and understood what kind of person she really is, and even questions why people like her aren't allowed to be different. Considering they live in a fascist state, that's a ''big'' deal.

* "Nothing in the Dark": An old woman is terrified to let anyone in her house, because she fears Death may come for her. Then a young police officer is wounded outside her door, and she relents and takes him in to care for him. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that the officer ''is'' Death, and that he wanted her to get to trust him and accept him. [[DarkIsNotEvil Now knowing that Death is not the monster she'd imagined]], she finally touches his hand, and then is standing by her own dead body next to Death, who says: "You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning." Then, hand in hand, she walks with Death out into the sunlight.

* Also "The Hunt", a must see episode for any dog lover. A backwoods hunter and his hound dog drown in a river, and the hunter finds a man who says a nearby gate is the entrance to heaven, but dogs aren't allowed. The hunter elects to stay in limbo forever rather than be without his dog. Then a second man (who turns out to be an angel) shows up and says the first one was trying to trick him into entering hell, not allowing the dog in because he would smell the brimstone and warn his master. The two of them really will be able to spend eternity together in heaven.

** If one of Horace's "friends" coming by his surprise party to warn his wife is any indication, apparently he really was Horace's best friend [[VitriolicBestBuds in his own way]].
* "Passage on the Lady Anne" is about a couple trying to take a cruise going to a business trip in London in order to salvage a rocky marriage on the verge of divorce. And by accident, they end up taking a boat sailing to [[spoiler: the afterlife]]. They meet all sorts of old couples, seeing first-hand how love can last a lifetime and beyond. And throughout the course of the episode, it reignites the young couple's love for each other. By the end, not only does the cruise strengthen their marriage, but [[spoiler: the passengers put them in a lifeboat to save them, allowing them to live their lives together.]]

* "Passage on the Lady Anne" is about a couple trying to sail to New York to settle a divorce, and accidentally taking a boat sailing to [[spoiler: the afterlife]]. They meet all sorts of old couples, seeing first-hand how love can last a lifetime and beyond. And throughout the course of the episode, it reignites the young couple's love for each other.

* The ending of "Miniature". [[spoiler: Charley and the little doll girl now live together in peace inside the dollhouse. The don't have to be alone anymore.]]

* "Night of the Meek" features an alcoholic MallSanta (whose rant explaining ''why'' he's an alcoholic is featured on the [[YMMV/TheTwilightZone1959 YMMV page]]). He gets a hold of the ''real'' Santa's sack, and proceeds to hand out gifts to all of the poor children (and adults!) in the neighborhood. The end of the episode shows him sitting on a stoop, [[BagOfHolding magic bag empty]], and reminiscing over the amount of smiles he'd been able to give that night. Someone comments he's taken nothing for himself, and he muses that the only thing he'd like [[spoiler:would be the gift of doing the same every year. He enters an alley, [[EarnYourHappyEnding where he meets one of Santa's elves, who approaches him and tells him that they'd been waiting for him, and they need to get a start on next year]].]]

* "Night of the Meek" features an alcoholic MallSanta (whose rant explaining ''why'' he's an alcoholic is featured on the [[YMMV/TheTwilightZone1959 YMMV page]]). He gets a hold of the ''real'' Santa's sack, and proceeds to hand out gifts to all of the poor children (and adults!) in the neighborhood. The end of the episode shows him sitting on a stoop, [[BagOfHolding magic bag empty]], and reminiscing over the amount of smiles he'd been able to give that night. Someone comments he's taken nothing for himself, and he only muses the only thing he'd like [[spoiler:would be the gift of doing the same every year. He enters an alley, [[EarnYourHappyEnding where he meets one of Santa's elves, who approaches him and tells him that they'd been waiting for him, and they need to get a start on next year]].]]

* In the second episode, "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E2OneForTheAngels One for the Angels]]", an elderly pitchman named Lou Bookman is confronted by the Angel of Death who tells Bookman to put his affairs in order as he is scheduled to pass away in his sleep at midnight. Bookman tries to trick Death by convincing him to wait until he makes his greatest ever sales pitch, "one for the angels", but when Death agrees to the deal, Bookman immediately makes plans to [[LoopholeAbuse quit his job and never make another pitch]], and thus live forever. Then Bookman learns that ''someone'' [[BalancingDeathsBooks has to die at midnight]], and since Death is honoring their deal, he's going take a little girl who lives in Bookman's building instead. Bookman stands guard at the steps to the apartment building, distracting Death with the greatest sales pitch he has ever done, making Death miss his midnight appointment and fulfilling their original agreement.

* In the first season episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E2OneForTheAngels One for the Angels]]", an elderly pitchman named Lou Bookman is confronted by the Angel of Death who tells Bookman to put his affairs in order as he is scheduled to pass away in his sleep at midnight. Bookman tries to trick Death by convincing him to wait until he makes his greatest ever sales pitch, "one for the angels", but when Death agrees to the deal, Bookman immediately makes plans to [[LoopholeAbuse quit his job and never make another pitch]], and thus live forever. Then Bookman learns that ''someone'' [[BalancingDeathsBooks has to die at midnight]], and since Death is honoring their deal, he's going take a little girl who lives in Bookman's building instead. Bookman stands guard at the steps to the apartment building, distracting Death with the greatest sales pitch he has ever done, making Death miss his midnight appointment and fulfilling their original agreement.

* "Changing of the Guard": An old professor at a New England boy's school (played by Creator/DonaldPleasence, even though he was only in his early forties at the time), well past retirement but too beloved to be let go, is informed that yes, despite being a favorite teacher, he is in fact being let go, if with a generous pension. He takes this rather badly, and contemplates suicide. On his way to kill himself, he passes a statue and reads the quotation on the base, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." The professor then reflects that he has not won any victory for humanity, and is quite ashamed to die. He cocks his pistol, puts it to his head, and...hears the sound of bells, chiming at an odd hour, followed by seeing lights in classrooms that should be dark. He goes to investigate, and is greeted by the ghosts of some of his old students. They explain to him in turns that yes, they died, and died to save others, at Chateau-Thierry, and at Pearl Harbor, and on Papua New Guinea, and they all died remembering some lesson he had taught them. One learnt patriotism, another learned humility, and a third courage. At the end of it, he thanks them all, and walks back to his room. As he passes the statue, he reads the quotation again, and comments that he has won no great victory, but he has helped others, and that may be enough.

* TheReveal at the end of "Probe 7 And Out". There's just something sweet about two strangers establishing their own society on an unknown planet.
* In "On Thursday we leave for Home", while Benteen and his people wait out a meteor shower, he tries to comfort one of the children members by regaling the boy with stories about Earth. This is a notable PetTheDog moment which establishes that, although he's a ControlFreak, Benteen is nothing if not a FatherToHisMen. It's also a surprisingly poetic telling, coming from the leader of a tribe of survivors.

** In one online version of the episode, just before he and Bookman walk off towards the afterlife, Death takes a quick look at his watch. [[spoiler: It's 11:59.]]

* "Night of the Meek" features an alcoholic MallSanta (whose rant explaining ''why'' he's an alcoholic is featured on the [[YMMV/TheTwilightZone1959 YMMV page]]). He gets a hold of the ''real'' Santa's sack, and proceeds to hand out gifts to all of the poor children (and adults!) in the neighborhood. The end of the episode shows him sitting on a stoop, [[BagOfHolding magic bag empty]], and [[http://youtu.be/56ky9wHS9ow#t=5m00s reminiscing over the amount of smiles he'd been able to give that night.]] Someone comments he's taken nothing for himself, and he only muses the only thing he'd like [[spoiler:would be the gift of doing the same every year. He enters an alley, [[EarnYourHappyEnding where he meets one of Santa's elves, who approaches him and tells him that they'd been waiting for him, and they need to get a start on next year]].]]

* Though the ending is a bit of a TearJerker, "Kick The Can" is one of the most timeless and haunting of the ''Twilight Zone'' episodes. The part that is heartwarming is that the old man's belief that magic is real turned out to be true.

The show wasn't about being warm and fuzzy, but it still had a few moments...

** It gets better-- The angel assures him that there will be a coon hunt right after the square dance, as the hunter had been worried that Heaven was just for "big city folk" and had no room for a simple woodsman like him, and that the hunter's wife will have no trouble on the way. It's Heaven, and everyone has a place.
* "Night of the Meek" features an alcoholic MallSanta (whose rant explaining ''why'' he's an alcoholic is featured on the [[YMMV/TheTwilightZone1959 YMMV page]]). He gets a hold of the ''real'' Santa's sack, and proceeds to hand out gifts to all of the poor children (and adults!) in the neighborhood. The end of the episode shows him sitting on a stoop, [[BagOfHolding magic bag empty]], and [[http://youtu.be/56ky9wHS9ow#t=5m00s reminiscing over the amount of smiles he'd been able to give that night.]] Someone comments he's taken nothing for himself, and he only muses the only thing he'd like [[spoiler:would be the gift of doing the same every year. He enters an alley, [[EarnYourHappyEnding where he meets one of Santa's elves, who approaches him and tells him that they'd been waiting for him, and they need to get a start on next year.]] ]]
* "Changing of the Guard". An old professor at a New England boy's school (played by Creator/DonaldPleasence, even though he was only in his early forties at the time), well past retirement but too beloved to be let go, is informed that yes, despite being a favorite teacher, he is in fact being let go, if with a generous pension. He takes this rather badly, and contemplates suicide. On his way to kill himself, he passes a statue and reads the quotation on the base, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.". The professor then reflects that he has not won any victory for humanity, and is quite ashamed to die. He cocks his pistol, puts it to his head, and...hears the sound of bells, chiming at an odd hour, followed by seeing lights in classrooms that should be dark. He goes to investigate, and is greeted by the ghosts of some of his old students. They explain to him in turns that yes, they died, and died to save others, at Chateau-Thierry, and at Pearl Harbor, and on Papua New Guinea, and they all died remembering some lesson he had taught them. One learnt patriotism, another learned humility, and a third courage. At the end of it, he thanks them all, and walks back to his room. As he passes the statue, he reads the quotation again, and comments that he has won no great victory, but he has helped others, and that may be enough.
* "Nothing in the Dark". An old woman is terrified to let anyone in her house, because she fears Death may come for her. Then a young police officer is wounded outside her door, and she relents and takes him in to care for him. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that the officer ''is'' Death, and that he wanted her to get to trust him and accept him. [[DarkIsNotEvil Now knowing that Death is not the monster she'd imagined]], she finally touches his hand, and then is standing by her own dead body next to Death, who says: "You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning." Then, hand in hand, she walks with Death out into the sunlight.

* "The Trade-Ins" was a simple yet touching episode. An old couple wants to trade their old bodies for newer ones to continue living a happy life together. However, they only have enough money for only one of them to take the operation. The husband then tries to win the rest of the money by gambling with poker, but is horribly unskilled. Taking pity on the old man, the lead poker shark purposely folds his winning hand so that the old man can break even. On his wife's insistence with the intent of winning the wife's share of the operation later, the husband undergoes the operation, but afterwards realises that he won't be able to earn the money for his wife's operation in time. In the end, the old man decides to cancel the operation and live the remainder of his old life with his wife together.

* "A Passage for Trumpet". It's basically 25 minutes of a suicidal guy learning that, yes, his life has sucked at times, but there were also plenty of good times he's forgotten, and that he should accept whatever life throws at him, be it good or bad.
* In "The Trouble With Templeton", actor Booth Templeton is going through a HeroicBSOD - behaving meekly while longing for the good old days of thirty years earlier, such as his dead first wife, Laura. After a rough first meeting for his newest play, Booth is suddenly transported to those good old days and encounters his loved ones. However, his reunions aren't quite what he expected - to the point of no one taking him seriously and Laura finally demanding him to "go back where [he] came from." Booth returns to the present and is quite distraught... until he realizes he has a script he earlier took from Laura: ''What To Do When Booth Comes Back''. Learning that it was all an act [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy to get him to live life to the fullest]], a smiling Booth shakes his HeroicBSOD and regains his confidence.

* "The After Hours"' ending is strangely heartwarming. [[spoiler: The main character is one of the department store's mannequins. While sad, the ending shows that the mannequins care for each other - Marsha deeply apologizes for stealing time from the next mannequin's allotted time - and that she will get to be human again someday soon.]]
* "The Bewitchin' Pool". The episode is all about how there's another world run by a kindly old woman named "Aunt T". Aunt T takes in children from abusive or unloving parents and gives them a happy home. The entire choice of whether to stay there or not is left up to the children. When the protagonists initially feel bad about leaving their parents, Aunt T is perfectly fine with them going back home.
* "I Sing the Body Electric". No cruel twists, no hidden danger. The android grandmother is so sweet to the children and the widowed father, and turns out to be exactly what the family needed to heal from the loss. And even though Grandma has to go at the end, the implication is that she will be sharing her adventures with others like her and will be going back out to help another family who needs the kind of loving care she can provide. Little wonder this one transitioned to the Disney Channel with barely anything changed.

** "Cavender is coming" ends more-or-less the same way, with Agnes so deliriously happy once she returns to her old life, she practically resumes it with an invigorated new-found appreciation for it.

* The ending to "Five Characters in Search of an Exit". [[spoiler: Rod Serling's narration implies that although the toys' situation is bad now, soon they'll be played with and cared for by children. Essentially, it's like the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film series, with all the characters being like Buzz in how they are unaware of their true nature, and also in how they will learn and embrace it once they feel a child's love for them.]]
* "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank", which starts with the title character suddenly [[BackFromTheDead rising from a wooden coffin]] during his funeral in the American midwest. During the episode, many of the locals feel threatened by Jeff, who is seen an unholy presence. Even his girlfriend, named Comfort, contemplates breaking up with him after receiving a dying flower that Jeff had freshly picked from his folks' rose bush just minutes beforehand. As darkness approaches one night, Jeff is preparing to leave town, but Comfort meets up with him before he heads off. Soon afterward, several locals arrive in a car carrying torches and pitchforks. [[spoiler:Jeff persuades the locals NOT to lynch him. More happily, despite her previous reservations, Comfort realizes that she truly does love Jeff, which leads to marriage.]]
** [[spoiler: Although Jeff ''does'' turn out to be a demon possessing his body, it hardly diminishes the episode's happy ending. Especially when you consider [[AffablyEvil he really does love Comfort]].]]

* Pedott from "What you need". He's an ordinary peddler with an extraordinary gift for seeing briefly into the future and knowing what people need. Pedott is more than happy to use his gift to generously help ordinary folks. It's practically his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
* "Eye of the Beholder" has it's beautiful moments.

* The ending of "Dust" has this. [[spoiler: Miraculously, the noose around the son's neck breaks, much to the father's relief and joy. When the sheriff offers a do-over, the family charging the son for his crime have a change of heart and decide there's been enough death for today. And then, the crooked peddler who made a fortune off of selling the gullible father "magic dust" decides to give some poor children the very gold he was paid for that dust.]]

* "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank", which starts with the title character suddenly [[BackFromTheDead rising from a wooden coffin]] during his funeral in the American midwest. During the episode, many of the locals feel threatened by Jeff, who is seen an unholy presence. Even his girlfriend, named Comfort, contemplates breaking up with him after receiving a dying flower that Jeff had freshly picked from his folks' rose bush. As darkness approaches one night, Jeff is preparing to leave town, but Comfort meets up with him before he heads off. Soon afterward, several locals arrive in a car carrying torches and pitchforks. [[spoiler:Jeff persuades the locals NOT to lynch him. More happily, despite her previous reservations, Comfort realizes that she truly does love Jeff, which leads to marriage.]]

* "The World of Horace Ford" has the titular Horace realize the [[NostalgiaFilter treasured]] childhood he's reminisced the entire episode [[TearJerker wasn't as happy or care-free as he remembered]]. It's his wife who tenderly comforts that [[{{Reconstruction}} it's human to see the past through a]] NostalgiaFilter.

* In "The Trouble With Templeton", actor Booth Templeton is going through a HeroicBSOD - behaving meekly while longing for the good old days of thirty years earlier, such as his dead first wife, Laura. After a rough first meeting for his newest play, Booth is suddenly transported to those good old days and encounters his loved ones. However, his reunions aren't quite what he expected - to the point of no one taking him seriously and Laura finally demanding him to "go back where [he] came from." Booth returns to the present and is quite distraught... until he realizes he has a script he earlier took from Laura: ''What To Do When Booth Comes Back''. Learning that it was all an act to get him to live life to the fullest, a smiling Booth shakes his HeroicBSOD and regains his confidence.

* "The Fugitive" is a surprisingly heart-warming story about a deep friendship between a girl and an alien. [[spoiler: In the end, the alien turns out to be a handsome young alien prince. And according to Rod Serling, [[EarnYourHappyEnding the little girl grows up to be "an honest to goodness Queen".]]]]