Evergreen (The Twilight Zone)

Infobox Television episode
Title = "Evergreen"
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Jena contemplates escaping from Evergreen Estates
Season = 01
Episode = 01
Airdate = September 18, 2002
Writer = Jill E. Blotevogel
Director = Allan Kroeker
Episode list = List of "The Twilight Zone" episodes
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Next = One Night at Mercy"Evergreen" is the first episode of the science fiction television series 2002 revival of "The Twilight Zone". The episode aired September 18, 2002 on UPN.

Opening narration

Plot

Jenna is a rebellious teenager. In a bid to control their daughter, Jenna's family decides to move to an exclusive gated community, Evergreen Estates, which her parents believe will help change her for the better.

After having arrived at at Evergreen Estates, Jenna and her family begin unpacking their belongings. As Jenna is carrying some her CDs from their car, her mother gives her a drink. After drinking the liquid, Jenna begins to feel dizzy, and faints on her bed. When she awakes, her nose ring is gone, her tattoos are removed, and her hair is not coloured any more. Her clothes and CDs were also taken, as were her sister Julie's earrings. After complaining to her parents, she meets a man, named Cliff Brooks. He explains how much their family sacrificed to bring them into the gated community of Evergreen Estates.

She later talks to a boy in the woods, named Logan. He tells her that he was stripped of all his things when he first came there too. They make a date to meet during the family picnic. When he does not arrive Jenna becomes suspicious. She heads over to his house, and sees Logan getting taken away.

Mr Brooks talks to Jenna and asks many questions about Logan. He tells her that Logan stabbed and viciously beat up a guard. She puts up a front and tries to make it seem as if she is going to abide by their laws. However Jenna is actually having serious doubts about "Arcadia Military School" (a place extremely rebellious teenagers are taken) and about the community. She begins to research Arcadia and tells her sister her suspicions.

One night, Jenna sees Logan's trial and watches Logan being taken away in a van. She pursues the van, yelling about a sign. She gets spotted and attempts to run away. Before leaving, Jenna tells her sister to tell their parents that she is down at the ravine, but to meet her down at the park so that they can escape. At the park, Julie shows up - with the police and their parents. As Jenna is taken away, Julie tearfully explains to her sister that she "would ruin everything" just like she had done "before." The episode reveals what the sign says as she gets put in the van, "Arcadia Fertilizer Company" - as Jenna realizes that children sent to Arcadia are murdered.

The next day her family is planting a tree in front of their yard, using a red fertilizer, just like every other family had done when their children were sent to Arcadia. It is explained that the fertilized tree "is a reminder that there is some good in each of us."

Closing narration

External links

*tv.com episode|id=176846|title=Evergreen
*imdb episode|id=0734780|title=Evergreen