If She Dies
"If She Dies" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the first season (1985–86) from the television series The Twilight Zone. The teleplay, written by David Bennett Carren, was based on a 1982 story originally written by Carren for the Twisted Tales comic book.
| "If She Dies" | |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone episode | |
 Scene from "If She Dies" | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5a |
| Directed by | John Hancock |
| Written by | David Bennett Carren |
| Original air date | October 25, 1985 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
Andrea Barber: Cathy Marano | |
Opening narration
What if Paul Marano had turned right instead of left? Hit the brakes a millisecond quicker? Or if... if... if...
The word ticks like a crazy clock trying to reclaim a single tragic second...from the Twilight Zone
Plot
After a recently widowed father's only daughter is put into a coma after a car accident, he is guided by the apparition of another girl to buy an old wooden bed from an orphanage sale at a convent next door to the hospital. After purchasing the bed, he places it in his daughter's room without knowing why he has performed this action.
That evening, he finds that the bed is haunted by the girl who asked him to purchase the bed. She asks him to find "Toby" for her. Returning to the convent the next day, he learns that the girl's name was Sarah and she died of tuberculosis while sleeping in the bed he bought many decades earlier. He also learns that Toby was her teddy bear. The sister at the convent who remembers Sarah is reluctant to part with the bear due to mistrust, but the father convinces her that Sarah is a ghost, and that the bear is the key to bringing her soul to peace.
He is given the teddy bear and then takes his daughter home from the hospital and places her into the bed he purchased on behalf of Sarah. His daughter wakes up the next morning and asks for Toby before her father can explain anything.
External links
- "If She Dies" at IMDb
- "If She Dies" at TV.com