someone from the household in order to preserve the superstition that the beacon predicts death. Cooper-James maintains that since Katie survived, someone else staying in the house must die, so the people converge on Barrows and kill him. Release The original broadcast had an opening scene where Dr. Barrows is talking to a state trooper about a minor car crash. The trooper warns that this is a sparsely populated area of the state and automotive help may be hard to come by, but Dr. Barrows elects to continue on schedule. The DVD version omits that scene and the episode begins with Dr. Barrows driving on the dirt road. External links Postcards from the Zone episode 1.26 The Beacon The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series season 1) episodes 1985 American television episodes Television episodes directed by Gerd Oswald fr:Le Phare (La Cinquième Dimension)