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"Cradle of Darkness" The Twilight Zone (2nd revival) episode Episode no. Season 1
Episode 5Directed by Jean de Segonzac Written by Kamran Pasha Production code 104 Original air date October 2, 2002 Guest stars Katherine Heigl: Andrea Collins
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"Night Route"List of The Twilight Zone episodes "Cradle of Darkness" is the fifth episode of the science fiction television series 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone. The episode aired October 2, 2002 on UPN. It stars Katherine Heigl, who later became known for her role in Grey's Anatomy.
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Opening narration
“ What if you had a chance to go back in time, to save millions of lives by killing one man? Andrea Collins will soon discover this mission to be more difficult than she ever imagined, as she takes a one-way trip into The Twilight Zone. ” Plot
Andrea Collins (Katherine Heigl) travels from an unmentioned time to April 28, 1889 to Braunau am Inn, Austria, and becomes a housemaid to the Hitler family. Her plan is to kill the infant Adolf.
Her first attempts fail due to disruptions and her own inability to kill a baby. After being unable to kill the baby, Collins goes into a church to confess. She tells the father that someone in the city would cause the death of 60 million people and she'll kill him, to which the father replies that nobody knows the future but even if it is true, only God has the right to kill that person.
Andrea finally manages to fulfill her plan by stealing the child and jumping into a river with it. However, Kristina, another housemaid, having followed Andrea and witnessed her jump, buys a homeless woman's baby – the homeless woman ironically a Jew [a Gypsy?] – and passes it off as Adolf, presumably the one known to history in the first place.
Closing narration
“ A moment of silence for Andrea Collins. She sacrificed her life for the good of mankind, but she also created the very monster she sought to destroy. History can never be changed. Not even in The Twilight Zone. ” External links
Season 1 "Evergreen" · "One Night at Mercy" · "Shades of Guilt" · "Dream Lover" · "Cradle of Darkness" · "Night Route" · "Time Lapse" · "Dead Man's Eyes" · "The Pool Guy" · "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine" · "The Lineman" · "Harsh Mistress" · "Upgrade" · "To Protect and Serve" · "Chosen" · "Sensuous Cindy" · "Hunted" · "Mr. Motivation" · "Sanctuary" · "Future Trade" · "Found and Lost" · "Gabe's Story" · "Last Lap" · "The Path" · "Fair Warning" · "Another Life" · "Rewind" · "Tagged" · "Into the Light" · "It's Still a Good Life" · "The Monsters Are on Maple Street" · "Memphis" · "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?" · "The Placebo Effect" · "Cold Fusion" · "The Pharaoh's Curse" · "The Collection" · "Eye of the Beholder" · "Developing" · "The Executions of Grady Finch" · "Homecoming" · "Sunrise" · "Burned"Categories:- The Twilight Zone (2002 series) episodes
- 2002 television episodes
- Adolf Hitler in fiction
- World War II alternate histories
- Time travel television episodes
- Drama television episode stubs
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