Ye Gods
| "Ye Gods" | |
|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone episode | |
 Scene from "Ye Gods" | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 5b |
| Directed by | Peter Medak |
| Written by | Anne Collins |
| Original air date | October 25, 1985 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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David Dukes: Todd Ettinger | |
"Ye Gods" is the second segment of the fifth episode of the first season (1985–86) from the television series The Twilight Zone.
Plot
Todd Ettinger discusses buying a new car over lunch with a friend when a woman strides into the diner. They discuss her beauty and a man, who is in fact Cupid, overhears their conversation. When Todd accidentally runs into her at the cash register, Cupid throws some "magical dust" over him and both Ettinger and the woman look at each other with love in their eyes. However, Ettinger ignores his feelings and goes back to work. Cupid is furious that Ettinger just ignored Cupid's arrow and follows him back to his office. He immediately questions Ettinger about why he ignored hooking up with the woman at lunch, and he gets upset and tries to throw Cupid out of his office. When Cupid shoots three arrows into Todd's heart, Todd asks why he did that and Cupid laughs and says: "Hopefully, I just screwed up your life." He then leaves Todd with a very curious look on his face.
After work, Ettinger sees the woman again and gives chase but to no avail as he loses sight of her. That night, he questions what's happening to him, and realizes he is punished by a curse of desperate love for the woman. The next day, Ettinger tries to track down Bacchus and does so, finding him at a party along with Cupid. A drunk Cupid reveals that he himself has fallen into despair over his own lost love. This lost love, according to Bacchus, is a Fury named Megaera and Ettinger begins to formulate a plan to get Cupid and Megaera back together, hoping then Cupid will help him.
Bacchus gives him an incantation which will force Megaera to appear to him. She does appear to him and begins ranting about how she would never get back with Cupid because of his diddlings with mortals. After she blows up, Ettinger calls Bacchus and arranges another meeting. Megaera and Cupid both show up at his office and he uses some incantation to keep them from leaving. Cupid apologizes to her and admits he was wrong. Megaera accepts his apology and they to fall in love again. Ettinger leaves them alone in his office to make up. Later, he goes back in to find a letter that states they hitched a ride with the window washer. The letter also thanks Ettinger for his work, but he is still upset that he is left with Cupid's curse. He decides to go buy the car he wanted so badly, and after pulling off the lot he is rear-ended - by the woman he was pining after. Soon, Cupid and Megaera drive by, waving and smiling at Ettinger as he and the woman embrace.
Closing narration
| “ | The delicate thistledown of romance blows whilly-nilly in the scented breeze of chance. On the other hand, perhaps true love is just a crap shoot with the dice loaded and the odds rigged from on high Mount Olympus, a condo for immortals in that subdivision called The Twilight Zone. | ” |