Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watdcsu!broehl From: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: Twilight Zone question (SPOILER!) Message-ID: <1845@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 09:35:52 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1845 Posted: Wed Nov 6 09:35:52 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:30:56 EST References: <19200047@uiucdcs> Reply-To: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 In article <19200047@uiucdcs> place@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: >next thing I know they're calling the parents telling them their >son failed the test and was destroyed/terminated/whatever. ^^^^^^ no, the point of the episode is that he *passed*. His IQ exceeded the government-specified norm, and the call was to find out if his parents wanted his body interred by the state, or if they would prefer a private burial. Granted, the ending was predictable way ahead of time (his parents were worried that their son liked to read so much, plus a few other clues) but I thought it was a good episode nevertheless. A little chilling for those of us who score high on those tests. > >Denise >University of Illinois >The Super Computing Illini