From Agnes—With Love

"From Agnes—With Love"
	The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 140
Directed by	Richard Donner
Written by	Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Featured music	Nathan Van Cleave
Production code	2629
Original air date	February 14, 1964
Guest actors
	Wally Cox: James Ellwood; Sue Randall: Millie; Raymond Bailey: Supervisor; Ralph Taeger: Walter Holmes; Don Keefer: Fred Danziger; Byron Kane: Assistant; Nan Peterson: Secretary
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Night Call"	Next →; "Spur of the Moment"
	List of Twilight Zone episodes

"From Agnes—With Love" is episode 140 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

Opening narration

James Ellwood: master programmer. In charge of Mark 502-741, commonly known as Agnes, the world's most advanced electronic computer. Machines are made by men for man's benefit and progress, but when man ceases to control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step into... the Twilight Zone.

Plot

James Elwood, a computer programmer, replaces a computer programmer named Fred who cannot resolve a functional error in the office computer. Elwood fixes the problem, and later develops a romantic interest with a co-worker, Millie. After he proves to be romantically inept with a live female, he resorts to his computer (named "Agnes") for advice. However, the computer ends up giving Elwood bad advice which leads to Millie meeting and spending the evening with Elwood's romantic rival, another programmer. The next day, Elwood gradually realizes that "Agnes", the supercomputer he works on, has fallen in love with him and is losing logical control over its own functions. Elwood cannot resolve Agnes' dysfunction and his boss suggests that Elwood take a vacation. His replacement? His romantic rival, the computer programmer who was formerly Elwood's subordinate and will now be spending time with Agnes himself.

Closing narration

Advice to all future male scientists: be sure you understand the opposite sex, especially if you intend being a computer expert. Otherwise, you may find yourself like poor Ellwood, defeated by a jealous machine, a most dangerous sort of female, whose victims are forever banished... to the Twilight Zone.

Production notes

This is the last episode with music by Nathan Van Cleave.
In dialogue, Elwood refers to the need to "debug" Agnes' programming. Although the term had been in use since at least 1945,^[1] this may be an early use on US network television.^{[citation needed]}

References

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DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0

External links

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From Agnes—With Love

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Closing narration

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