A Message From Charity

"A Message From Charity" is the second segment of the sixth episode of the first season (1985-1986) from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Peter Wood is a teenager sick with a fever that puts him in telepathic contact with Charity Payne, a Puritan girl from the 1700s, who also has the same type of fever. The two share realistic thought-visions of each other's worlds, and Charity has a glimpse of the future of 1985. The teenagers discov... more

"A Message From Charity" is the second segment of the sixth episode of the first season (1985-1986) from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Peter Wood is a teenager sick with a fever that puts him in telepathic contact with Charity Payne, a Puritan girl from the 1700s, who also has the same type of fever. The two share realistic thought-visions of each other's worlds, and Charity has a glimpse of the future of 1985. The teenagers discover they can communicate and form a true friendship. When Charity is discovered (when she tries to humble a know-it-all neighbor girl), she is branded a witch for her knowledge of future events. Now her friend from the future must help her escape the clutches of her villagers and prove she is not a witch before she is tried and executed. Peter discovers a historical record that two dead bodies would be discovered near Charity's township, and that her judge would eventually be convicted of murdering them. Charity uses this information to... less