Dreams for Sale

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“Dreams for Sale”
The New Twilight Zone episode
Meg Foster as the dreamer
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 4
Guest stars	Meg Foster
Written by	Joe Gannon
Directed by	Tommy Lee
Original airdate	October 4, 1985
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Dreams for Sale is an episode of the television series The New Twilight Zone.

1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Opening Narration
4 Synopsis
5 Closing Narration
6 Themes
7 Trivia
8 References/External links

[edit] Cast

Dreamer: Meg Foster

Paul: David Hayward

Dream Technician: Vincent Gastaferro

Rescue Technician: Lee Anthony

[edit] Plot

A woman (Meg Foster) finds that a relaxing outdoor picnic with her family is nothing more than an escapist fantasy being beamed directly into her brain.

[edit] Opening Narration

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

On an idyllic outdoor picnic with her husband and their daughters, a woman becomes confused and disoriented when sounds and sights begin stuttering and events repeat themselves. She awakens and discovers she is in a futuristic dream-making machine alongside hundreds of others in a sterile, industrial environment with no view of the outdoors. A technician explains to her that she was in the Dreamatron "Fully Interactive Dream" machine, running a Country Picnic program. He fixes the circuit board for her dream bay and tells her to relax and enjoy her last six minutes before returning to work. Still confused, she returns to her dream world and relaxes again in her fantasy, but the machine burns out and she dies before technicians can disconnect her, trapping her in the alternate reality forever. All they can do is sadly note, "At least she died happy."