Liz (Twilight Zone S1E3)

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Liz

Background

Liz Smith is a saloon girl.

During the events of The Twilight Zone: Season 1 Episode 3 Mr. Denton on Doomsday played by Jeanne Cooper

Dan Hotaling walks outside with his posse and pours whiskey on Al Denton's head and offers to give him a bottle of whiskey if he sings a song. Al starts to sing and Liz asks Charlie to stop Dan hassling Al. Al finishes the song and Dan smashes the bottle and throws it at him. Liz walks out of the saloon and stares at Al in a disappointing manner and he falls to the ground in shame. Liz sees Al and the gun in his hand and asks him about it. She recalls Al being a good gunfighter in the past and Al explains he hasn't held a gun in years. She asks him why he drinks so much and he tells her, he just got into the habit of it. Dan and his posse walk outside the saloon and he offers Al a drink if he sings the song How Dry I Am again. Al sings the song and as Al walks up to the saloon to get his drink, Dan notices the gun he is holding. Dan challenges Al to a gunfight and both Liz and Charlie try to get Dan to stop. Al tries to avoid the fight and in the process randomly fires the gun, hitting Dan in his shooting wrist. Charlie and Man congratulate Al as he walks into the saloon. Dan walks into the saloon and again challenges Al and Al accidentally shoots the chandelier, causing it to fall on Dan. Dan tries to block Al's way out of the bar and Al slaps him. Al tells Liz that he used to be such a good gunfighter that everyday someone challenged him to the point he started drinking earlier and earlier in the day until one day when he shot and killed a teenage boy. He tells her that he expects that now, more people will challenge him to a gunfight until he dies. Later, Al gets into a gunfight with Pete Grant and both of them manage to shoot each other's shooting hand.