"Hunted" is the eighteenth episode of the science fiction

Science fiction

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 television series 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host....

. The episode aired November 13, 2002 on UPN

UPN

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Opening Narration

Synopsis

A genetically altered creature, of a species thought exterminated long ago, has returned to menace society in the near future. After four hikers are killed, a group of soldiers is dispatched to hunt down the creature but soon it becomes unclear who is hunting whom. At the end, Jeffrey Freed and his kind turn out to be cyborgs when it is revealed the "monster" called the "Kreetor" is really a human, the last remaining one who tries to get the cyborg to help his pregnant mate. The cyborg refuses, kills the monster, and leaves. Back at Jeffrey's house, he walks in, and says, "Unplug the baby. He needs some sleep." The story ends with his wife unplugging the baby.

Closing Narration