Black Leather Jackets

"Black Leather Jackets" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Three men wearing leather jackets are part of an advance alien invasion force, sent to Earth to infect city water reservoirs with bacteria. Their plan is to kill all men and domestic animals via this means. They require room to expand, and this is an easy way to take over the earth for themselves. The excuse given by the alien leadership, for the ... more

"Black Leather Jackets" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Three men wearing leather jackets are part of an advance alien invasion force, sent to Earth to infect city water reservoirs with bacteria. Their plan is to kill all men and domestic animals via this means. They require room to expand, and this is an easy way to take over the earth for themselves. The excuse given by the alien leadership, for the extermination, is that men are violent and hateful and therefore deserve to be destroyed. The youngest of the three men, Scott, falls in love with the girl next door, Ellen played by Shelley Fabares. He tries to convince the leader of his world that not all men are evil and that love exists among people of the Earth. When he is unsuccessful in getting the alien leadership to change their minds about invading the planet, he tries to convince Ellen to run away with him so that she will escape death. Unfortunately, Ellen and the other members of... less