i shot an arrow into the air::A manned space flight crash lands on what the astronauts believe to be an unknown i shot an arrow into the air

i shot an arrow into the air::A manned space flight crash lands on what the astronauts believe to be an unknown.
Their expectations of survival or rescue are bleak.
Only four of the crew survive, one of whom is barely alive.
After he dies, the three remaining men, corey, donlin, and pierson decide to trek out into the barren desert to see if there is anything that might improve their chances of survival.
When corey and donlin reconvene, it seems that pierson is dead and corey filched the water supply from his dead body.
They find pierson, still barely alive, who with his last bit of strength draws a primitive diagram in the sand with his finger.
Corey then kills donlin and sets out alone, confident that he will survive longer now that he has all of the water supply.
Corey later sees a sign for reno, and then sees telephone poles, which were what pierson had attempted to draw before he died.
Realizing that they had in fact never left earth and that he had killed his partners for nothing, corey breaks down weeping.
When serling first started collecting material for the twilight zone he offered an open call for scripts.
Anyone could submit a script based on any sciencefiction idea they had.
Though serling was frequently approached with suggestions for the series, such a purchase was never repeated.
Much of this episode was filmed in , particularly around.
The plot idea of astronauts thinking they had crashed on an unknown planet, only to discover that in fact they had been on all along, would be adapted by in his work on the initial screenplay of.
This is one of several episodes from season one with its opening title sequence plastered over with the opening for season two.
This was done during the summer of 1961 to help the season one shows fit in with the new look the show had taken during the following season.
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