Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: Twilight Zone question (SPOILER Message-ID: <19200053@uiucdcs> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 15:01:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.19200053 Posted: Tue Nov 12 15:01:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:48:17 EST References: <1845@watdcsu.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:watdcsu.UUCP:1845:uiucdcs:19200053:000:1040 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan Nov 12 14:01:00 1985 >>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. Just to nitpick, I disagree. He *failed* the test by getting too high a score. Think of it as a test for stupidity - you fail by not being stupid enough. Was anyone surprised by the ending? I though it was so incredibly obvious that I don't understand why the kid didn't figure it out (not that it would have done him any good - the drug would have prevented him from playing dumb). Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "A flash in front of my eyes ... I blink ... open my eyes to ... discover I am a dog in a pickup truck full of garbage ... no one but me sees the lid blow off the can ... it's 14 miles to the dump ... this is ... at last ... heaven."