Ye Gods

"**Ye Gods**"
"Ye Gods"
The Twilight Zone episode
	Scene from "Ye Gods"
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 5b
Directed by	Peter Medak
Written by
Original air date	October 25, 1985
Guest appearances
	David Dukes: Todd Ettinger ; Robert Morse: Cupid ; Carolyn Seymour: Megaera ; John Myhers: Bacchus ; : Peter ; Patti Karr: April ; Ingrid Boulting: Woman
Episode chronology
← Previous; "If She Dies"	Next →; "Examination Day"
	List of episodes

"Ye Gods" is the second segment of the fifth episode of the first season (1985–86) from the television series The Twilight Zone. In this segment, a man's disinterest in pursuing love draws the wrath of Cupid and forces him into dealings with the gods of ancient mythology.

Plot[]

Todd Ettinger accidentally runs into a woman at the cash register at a diner. Cupid throws magical dust over them and they fall in love. However, Todd ignores his feelings and heads to work. Cupid follows Todd to his office, identifies himself, and vents his frustration that humans have become so unsentimental that they can brush aside the experience of falling in love. Taking him for a nut, Todd tries to call someone to throw Cupid out of his office, but Cupid melts his phone and, in a pique of anger, shoots three love arrows into Todd's heart.

After work, Todd sees the woman again and gives chase but loses sight of her. He has a restless night, and realizes Cupid's arrows have trapped him into desperate love. Recalling that Cupid mentioned a conversation he had with Bacchus, he looks Bacchus up in a phone book and turns up at one of his parties, hoping he will find Cupid there. He tells Cupid that he was right and he now realizes he wants a meaningful relationship with a woman, and asks him to fix him up with the woman he is in love with. A drunk Cupid reveals his powers are at an ebb because he has fallen into despair over his own estranged love, a Fury named Megaera. Todd plans to get Cupid and Megaera back together, hoping then Cupid will help him.

Todd summons Megaera with an incantation he got from Bacchus. She rants about how she would never get back with Cupid because of his diddling with mortals. Todd calls Bacchus and arranges another meeting. Megaera and Cupid both show up at his office and he uses an incantation to keep them from leaving. Cupid apologizes to her and admits he was wrong. Megaera accepts his apology and they fall in love again. Todd 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. Todd is upset that he is left with unrequited love. Attempting to comfort himself with shopping, he buys a car. After pulling off the lot he is rear-ended - by the woman he was pining after. She tells Todd that she had been looking for him as well. Cupid and Megaera drive by, waving and smiling at Todd as he and the woman embrace.

External links[]

"Ye Gods" at IMDb

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Season 1	"Shatterday" "A Little Peace and Quiet" "Wordplay" "Dreams for Sale" "Chameleon" "Healer" "Children's Zoo" "Kentucky Rye" "Little Boy Lost" "Wish Bank" "Nightcrawlers" "If She Dies" "Ye Gods" "Examination Day" "A Message from Charity" "Teacher's Aide" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "Act Break" "The Burning Man" "Dealer's Choice" "Dead Woman's Shoes" "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" "The Shadow Man" "The Uncle Devil Show" "Opening Day" "The Beacon" "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" "Her Pilgrim Soul" "I of Newton" "Night of the Meek" "But Can She Type?" "The Star" "Still Life" "The Little People of Killany Woods" "The Misfortune Cookie" "Monsters!" "A Small Talent for War" "A Matter of Minutes" "The Elevator" "To See the Invisible Man" "Tooth and Consequences" "Welcome to Winfield" "Quarantine" "Gramma" "Personal Demons" "Cold Reading" "The Leprechaun-Artist" "Dead Run" "Profile in Silver" "Button, Button" "Need to Know" "Red Snow" "Take My Life...Please!" "Devil's Alphabet" "The Library" "Shadow Play" "Grace Note" "A Day in Beaumont" "The Last Defender of Camelot"
Season 2	"The Once and Future King" "A Saucer of Loneliness" "What Are Friends For?" "Aqua Vita" "The Storyteller" "Nightsong" "The After Hours" "Lost and Found" "The World Next Door" "The Toys of Caliban" "The Convict's Piano" "The Road Less Traveled" "The Card" "The Junction" "Joy Ride" "Shelter Skelter" "Private Channel" "Time and Teresa Golowitz" "Voices in the Earth" "Song of the Younger World" "The Girl I Married"
Season 3	"The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon" "Extra Innings" "The Crossing" "The Hunters" "Dream Me a Life" "Memories" "The Hellgramite Method" "Our Selena Is Dying" "The Call" "The Trance" "Acts of Terror" "20/20 Vision" "There Was an Old Woman" "The Trunk" "Appointment on Route 17" "The Cold Equations" "Stranger in Possum Meadows" "Street of Shadows" "Something in the Walls" "A Game of Pool" "Room 2426" "The Mind of Simon Foster" "The Wall" "Cat and Mouse" "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" "Many, Many Monkeys" "Love Is Blind" "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" "Special Service" "Father and Son Game"