- Source: Special service
- Source: Special Service
Awards
Special Service Medal (disambiguation), an award by several countries
Organizations
Special forces, a group of highly skilled soldiers performing duties that conventional units can not perform
Special Service Brigade, a unit of the British Army
Special Service Group, a unit of the Pakistan Army
Special Service Group (Navy), a unit of the Pakistan Navy
Special Service Wing, a unit of the Pakistan Air Force
Special Service Squadron, a former unit of the United States Navy
Special Service Squadron, a former unit of the Royal Navy (UK) which undertook the 1923 Cruise of the Special Service Squadron
Special Services (entertainment), a former division of the United States Army that provided entertainment for troops
Others
Special service, a radiocommunication service in accordance with ITU Radio Regulations article 1.60
For Special Services, a 1982 James Bond novel
"Special Service", a 1989 The Twilight Zone episode
"Special Service" is the sixty-fourth episode, and the twenty-seventh episode of the third season (1988–89), of the television series The Twilight Zone. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski. In the episode, a man discovers that for the past five years, he has been under constant video surveillance and the footage broadcast 24/7 as a hit TV show. Some critics noted similarities between the episode's story and the critically acclaimed 1998 feature film The Truman Show. Unlike The Truman Show, however, "Special Service" consistently treats its premise as humorous and implausible, a satire of the human tendency to assume that events revolve around oneself.
Plot
John Selig is shaving when his bathroom mirror falls on one side to reveal a camera. A repairman named Archie rushes in and puts the mirror back up. When John questions him, Archie denies the camera's existence and attempts to leave. He mentions John's boss by name, and comments that John is not as nice as he appears on television. When John threatens to call the police, Archie pulls him into the closet and tells him that John's life is broadcast on television to the entire planet 24 hours a day. John is upset that he did not know and Archie says the show is only interesting because he is unaware.
John tells his wife Leslie about his recent discovery. She brushes it off, but as she kisses him goodbye, she whispers not to blow it because the ratings are good. John sweeps his house for cameras. As he finds and disables them, the phone rings and he is warned not to damage the equipment. He continues and men abduct John and Archie, taking them to a television network building. John meets with the network manager, who is outraged at him, saying that after five years the show has only just reached the break even point. John's life is mostly allowed to run unscripted, but if the ratings struggle the producers intervene to add interest. Everyone in John's vicinity signed an agreement not to reveal the truth to John in exchange for appearing on the show. Even Leslie was hired by the producers. The manager demands he pretend to still be unaware, but John is outraged and wants his privacy. The manager gives in.
When John is left alone in the manager's office he is attacked by female fans. Archie arrives to take John home. Archie was fired because of his indiscretion. As the cameras are removed, John discovers the fan mail and gifts that accumulated over the past five years. Archie also brings him a million-dollar check, back pay for being on the show. John thinks that perhaps he preferred life on television. Archie pulls him into the closet again and suggests that the manager may have lied about taking John off the air, to trick him into being unaware again. After Archie leaves, John searches for cameras. He finds nothing, but compulsively begins a dance to entertain his presumed audience.
References
External links
"Special Service" at IMDb
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