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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the episode.
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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien entity remains unseen throughout the episode.
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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the story.
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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the story.episode.
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* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it goes pretty badly.
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* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it FirstContactFauxPas: The alien's attempt to learn more about humanity goes pretty badly.
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* CoolCar: The Thornes drive a Mercury Monterey convertible.
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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife is appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the episode.
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* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife is appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the episode.story.
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* ApocalypticLog: Andy finds that Lamont has kept a journal documenting his encounters with the alien and his resulting SanitySlippage.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lamont's wife does this while escaping the farm.
* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it goes prettypoorly.badly.
* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife is appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the episode.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lamont's wife does this while escaping the farm.
* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it goes pretty
* MinimalistCast: There are five characters, only three of which (the Thornes and Lamont) get significant screen time. Lamont's wife is appears for just a few seconds and isn't clearly shown, while the bodiless alien remains unseen throughout the episode.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The alien comes all the way to Earth and goes to a lot of trouble to communicate with the lifeforms it senses--but just as it seems to be on the verge of success, it gives up and heads home.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The alien comes all the way to Earth and goes to a lot of trouble to communicate with the lifeforms it senses--but senses -- but just as it seems to be on the verge of success, it gives up and heads home.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The alien comes all the way to Earth and goes to a lot of trouble to communicate with the lifeforms it senses--but just as it's on the verge of success, it gives up and heads home.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The alien comes all the way to Earth and goes to a lot of trouble to communicate with the lifeforms it senses--but just as it's it seems to be on the verge of success, it gives up and heads home.
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->'''The Control Voice''': In the not-distant future, the sound of Man will invade those unknown depths of space which as yet we cannot even imagine. In his own world there are no places left beyond the reach of his voice. His neighbor is no longer just next door, but anywhere at the end of a wire. And it all began when prehistoric man discovered the art of communication...
->'''The Control Voice''': "And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not." The sound of Man probes the dimensionless range of space, seeking an answer. But if it comes, will he hear? Will he listen? Will he comprehend?
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The theme of the story, and Lamont's fate provides a literal example.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The theme of the story, and story. Lamont's fate provides a literal example.
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[[caption-width-right:335:An alien-possessed tumbleweed gets up close and personal with Andy.]]
[[caption-width-right:335:An alien-possessed tumbleweed gets up close and personal with Andy.]]
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* AllForNothing: From the alien's perspective. It learns that we exist, but nothing else about us.
* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it goes pretty poorly.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The theme of the story, and Lamont's fate provides a literal example.
* FirstContact: Just barely achieved, but it goes pretty poorly.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The theme of the story, and Lamont's fate provides a literal example.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The alien comes all the way to Earth and goes to a lot of trouble to communicate with the lifeforms it senses--but just as it's on the verge of success, it gives up and heads home.
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A couple gets trapped on a farm where an alien intelligence tries to communicate.
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[[caption-width-right:335:The Thornes keep their distance from the zombified Lamont in this publicity still.]]
A couple gets trapped on a farm where an alien intelligence tries tocommunicate.communicate.
!!Tropes of Silence:
* ScreamingWoman: Karen basically shrieks her way through the episode.
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[[caption-width-right:335:The Thornes keep their distance from the zombified Lamont in this publicity still.]]
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!!Tropes of Silence:
* ScreamingWoman: Karen basically shrieks her way through the episode.
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