Little Girl Lost
Kanisha Dezarn
"Little Girl Lost" is episode 91 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is about a young girl who has accidentally passed through an opening into another dimension. Her parents and their friend attempt to locate and retrieve her. It is based on the 1953 science fiction short story by Richard Matheson. The title of the episode comes from a poem by William Blake, from his collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
Missing: one frightened little girl. Name: Bettina Miller. Description: six years of age, average height and build, light brown hair, quite pretty. Last seen being tucked in bed by her mother a few hours ago. Last heard: 'ay, there's the rub,' as Hamlet put it. For Bettina Miller can be heard quite clearly, despite the rather curious fact that she can't be seen at all. Present location? Let's say for the moment... in the Twilight Zone.
A married couple, Chris and Ruth Miller are awakened by the whimpering of their little daughter, Tina. Chris goes to see what the trouble is. Their dog, Mack, begins to bark from the backyard. Chris cannot find Tina either in or under the bed, even though her pleas for help seem to be coming from nearby, yet far away. He calls Ruth into the room, and she is similarly mystified. Chris phones his physicist friend, Bill, for help, and opens the door to let the incessantly barking Mack into the house. The dog runs under the bed and disappears, but can still be heard barking, again close, but far away.
Bill arrives and helps Chris move the bed so that he can physically scan the area where it was, marking the legs with books. When this proves fruitless, Bill examines the wall behind the bed. Finding that his hand can pass easily through the wall and to another dimension, he draws marks on the wall outlining the apparent boundary. He explains to Chris and Ruth that sometimes lines in a three-dimensional universe run parallel with, rather than perpendicular to, the fourth dimension. He warns them that they know nothing of what might lie beyond this portal, and should they follow Tina into the fourth dimension, they would only become hopelessly lost as well, since it is not manifested like the three humans can perceive.
The other half where? The fourth dimension? The fifth? Perhaps. They never found the answer. Despite a battery of research physicists equipped with every device known to man, electronic and otherwise, no result was ever achieved, except perhaps a little more respect for and uncertainty about the mechanisms of the Twilight Zone.
An area of the queue for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror theme park attractions in California and Paris uses subtle effects to simulate air currents coming out of a solid wall, as well as playing a subtle recording of the little girl's dialogue at intervals. In the exit area of the Florida version of the attraction, there is an area of the wall outlined in chalk, exactly like the portal in the episode. It has also been cited as one of the most influential episodes in the development of the ride, most notably with the "5th Dimension" scene in the Florida version.
The film depicts the struggle of Luz Cuevas (Judy Reyes) to find her baby daughter, Delimar Vera Cuevas, who disappeared in 1997 after their house caught fire during a party, just ten days after she was born. The police reported that Delimar was killed in the fire. However, Cuevas suspects that she was kidnapped and that the fire was staged by an outsider. Her husband, Pedro Vera (Hector Luis Bustamante), becomes estranged from her as a result. Six years after the fire, Cuevas meets Valerie Valleja (Ana Ortiz), former wife of one of Pedro's cousins, who was also at the party on the day of the fire. She has a six-year-old girl with her, named Aaliyah. The girl bears a resemblance to Cuevas and she suspects it is Delimar. Cuevas begins an investigation into Valleja, and finds out that Aaliyah is in fact Delimar through a DNA test. Valerie is arrested and Aaliyah/Delimar is returned to her family.
As depicted in the film, the daughter of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera, Delimar Vera was taken by Carolyn Correa (depicted in the film as Valerie Valleja), a distant friend of Pedro's cousin. On December 15, 1997, Correa deliberately ignited a fire in Cuevas' house in Philadelphia to cover up the incident. After Correa took the girl, she raised her as her own daughter under the name of Aaliyah, while Delimar's disappearance was attributed to the intense fire in the room.
Six years later, in January 2004, Cuevas attended a birthday party for an acquaintance and was surprised by her own resemblance to a 6-year-old girl. With the help of a state representative, Cuevas managed to get a series of DNA tests which had resulted in a confirmation of Cuevas' maternity over Delimar. Correa was arrested in 2004 and taken to trial, having been placed on $1 million bail. Entering a plea of nolo contendere, she was accused and found guilty of kidnapping, arson, and attempted murder, and was sentenced to nine to thirty years in prison in 2005. Correa became eligible for parole in 2014.
I felt bad for the both of them, the mother who slaved away to pay for the apartment, adopt the girl, support the out of work artist husband. When the mother was giving her confession to why she did it, I think that was one of the most memorable and painful confession I seen after re-watching the whole series.
On another note that ending with the foreign born women who had her baby swapped out by a doctor and then murdered after trying to track down her real baby had one of the best endings where the doctor's wife shared the son with the real father who lost his wife and the doctor's baby to the fatal disease was one of my favorite endings though bittersweet.
We begin with a middle-aged man alone in an observation room, seated on a chair and performing a sort of pantomime on a non-existent girl, brushing her hair and playing patty-cake with her. The man is Professor Putman (William Windom), a brilliant physicist employed by the military who is now nearly catatonic over the recent death of his young daughter, Ginny, by a hit and run driver.
Tonight, nearly eight years after her case was brought to public attention, A&E will feature the heartbreaking story of how an unknown little girl gained her name back in their premiere episode of City Confidential.
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.
Ten years after her parents' death, Bridget Dubois returns to her hometown of Belle Dame, North Carolina. Her younger sister, Holly, is missing, and Bridget is determined to discover her whereabouts. No one knows what happened to Holly, so when Bridget starts to hear Holly's voice in her head, she becomes the only one who has a chance of finding her little sister.
Trust holds a small town together. When times are tough, you know you can lean on your neighbor for help. But when a political movement splits the town of Barta, North Dakota, in half and a young girl goes missing, the trust is broken. Who took Kaley Hayes?
After nearly rescuing her little sister from devious hands, Bridget Dubois loses Holly once more to an unexpected person from her past. To get ahead, Bridget dives into a dangerous world of impersonation, federal investigations, and another unsolved kidnapping case. But one thing haunts her above the rest. The man who once held her captive is still alive, and he wants Bridget back for himself.
They went to the living room. David and the child sat on the couch and then he seemed to think better of it. He patted the girl on the head as he stood up. The child squirmed and moved away, scowling. It did not seem like she liked being touched.
But, there was Henry to consider, as well as his little uncle. They were in danger if Emma had her usual powers in her child body. There was no way that a child could control that kind of magic, so they were lucky she had only blown up the sink and set the kitchen on fire. She could have done some serious damage.
Regina stared down at the little girl, looking at how big her green eyes were, how they glistened with unshed tears. The child looked positively afflicted by everything going on. Regina tried her damnedest to keep her emotions intact, but it was hard to do with those eyes looking at her. Taking a deep breath, she let everything settle inside of her. This will definitely need kid gloves, which I fear I no longer possess. Especially in regard to Miss Swan.
Regina watched as Emma watched her. The little blonde had her head ducked just a little, hiding behind some bubbles, and watched Regina out of the corner of her eye. Regina wondered what the child was waiting for, but decided against asking.
Emma thrashed in her bed and claws at the mattress. Her covers were off her body and her pillows were on the floor. Regina watched for a moment before sliding onto the bed and gathering Emma up in her arms. Emma had already sweated through her pajamas and actually torn her sleeve. Regina held her tightly as she flailed, wanting to at least make sure little Emma did not hurt herself.
Emma bawled in her sleep, but also curled into Regina. The mayor took a beating in her time holding the child, but slowly Emma calmed down. It took almost an hour, though. Regina was actually scared to leave her when she finally settled. Surely whatever haunted little Emma would come back if no one was there.
Emma seemed utterly lost, like she was adrift at sea all on her own. Most of the time, the sea was rough and choppy, throwing her about. Sometimes, the waters might calm, but there was always water, never any land in sight. Emma had no clue how or why she had gotten into those waters, but drifted on, having no choice. It left her with many worries and scares and seemed like even in calm times, she just waited for the rough waters to return. No time to think about anything else, just the upcoming torrent.
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