The Trade-Ins

The Trade-Ins

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Trade-Ins
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "The Trade-Ins"
Season = 3
Episode = 96
Airdate =April 13, 1962
Production =4831
Writer =Rod Serling
Director =Elliot Silverstein
Guests = Joseph Schildkraut : John Holt
Alma Platt : Marie Holt
Noah Keen : Mr. Vance
Theodore Marcuse : Farraday
Edson Stroll : Young John Holt
Terence de Marney : Gambler #1
Billy Vincent : Gambler #2
Music =
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
Next = The Gift

"The Trade-Ins" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

Opening Narration

ynopsis

An elderly couple realize they haven't much time, so they decide to visit a medical center specializing in a new technology: body swapping. The center representative tells them that 96% of couples have been happy with the quality of the swap, but nevertheless if they change their mind afterwards, the company offers a return clause as the swap procedure can be reversed. The couple decides to trade their bodies in for new, young ones. To their dismay, the swap will cost $10,000 for both, and they have only half that. The old man attempts to earn the rest of the money in a high-stakes poker game. The soft-hearted dealer, seeing the old man put all his money on one hand, secretly folds his winning hand to allow him to take his money back. Finally, the old man goes ahead and has himself changed, intending to use his young body to earn the money for his wife. In the end, they realize they cannot wait the necessary time for the young Mr. Holt to earn the money for Mrs. Holt's procedure, and would rather be old together, than for one of them to be young and the other old. He opts for the return clause.

Closing Narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

"The Twilight Zone" links

* The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
* Episode list

External links

*imdb title|id=0734679|title=The Trade-Ins


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