- Peter Kirby: [Wickwire has poisoned their drinks] I told you not to trust him! I TOLD YOU!
- Meyers: We meant you no harm.
- Wickwire: I realize that. And I'm sorry, truly, I am.
- Captain James Webber: The antidote! Give us the antidote.
- Wickwire: There is no antidote, captain. Even now, the eternifying fluid in coursing through your veins. But... it won't be painful, I assure you.
- Meyers: But why? Why us?
- Wickwire: Because you are here, and you are men. And while there are men, there can be no peace.
- [the three astronauts approach a house and see a man on the porch that is reading a newspaper, presumably frozen, like everyone else they've seen]
- Peter Kirby: [to the man sitting on the porch, sarcastically] You don't mind if we have a little look around do you, sir?
- Wickwire: Not at all
- [the three astronauts look at Wickwire, startled that he spoke and moved, unlike the other people they've already seen]
- Wickwire: You're most welcome. My name's Wickwire, Jeremy Wickwire.
- [Wickwire notices the shock on the astronauts' faces]
- Wickwire: Oh, come, gentlemen. There's nothing to be afraid of. Truly there isn't.
- Peter Kirby: But... y-you're real.
- Wickwire: Well, of course, I am. Isn't everybody?
- Peter Kirby: I used to think so.
- Wickwire: Oh! You mean...
- [laughs]
- Wickwire: Do come inside. Come on. Won't you? Come on. Come inside. There's nothing to be afraid of, I assure you.
- Peter Kirby: [standing on a stage where there is a beauty pageant contest, talking to the frozen winner] Your majesty? I don't blame the judges. You're the prettiest of them all. But tell me something your majesty. What's wrong with you?
- [to the frozen audience in front of the stage]
- Peter Kirby: WHAT'S WRONG WITH EVERYBODY IN THIS CRAZY PLACE? Answer me! Can't you talk? CAN'T YOU MOVE? ANSWER ME!
- [he runs off the stage and out of the tent, panting]
- Rod Serling - Narrator: [Opening Narration] The time is the day after tomorrow. The place: a far corner of the universe. The cast of characters: three men, lost amongst the stars, three men sharing the common urgency of all men lost - they're looking for home. And in a moment, they'll find home, not a home that is a place to be seen but a strange, unexplainable experience to be felt.
- Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] Kirby, Webber, and Meyers, three men lost. They shared a common wish, a simple one, really - they wanted to be aboard their ship, headed for home. And Fate, a laughing Fate, a practical jokester with a smile that stretched across the stars, saw to it that they got their wish, with just one reservation: the wish came true, but only in the Twilight Zone.
- Meyers: This was the way it was on Earth. Not so very long ago. My great-grandfather showed me pictures of it. Quiet and peaceful.
- Peter Kirby: You mean you like it here?
- Meyers: I would if it were real. If I could be sure it wasn't all going to vanish in a puff of pink smoke.
- Peter Kirby: [dings the bell of an ice cream cart] Well, as for me, it's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here.
- Captain James Webber: Well, like it or not, this is home from now on.
- [they continue walking until they come up to a house]
- Meyers: Charming. Lovely, isn't it?
- Captain James Webber: If you want it, it's yours.
- Meyers: Yes, that's true, isn't it?