The robot woman in “The Lonely” is named Alicia.
“The Lonely” is an episode from the first season of The Twilight Zone, first broadcast on November 13, 1959. It follows James Corry, a convicted murderer living alone on an asteroid used as a penal colony. During a brief visit, Captain Allenby gives Corry a mysterious crate containing Alicia, a gynoid designed to resemble a human woman.
At first, Corry rejects Alicia as merely a machine. Over time, however, she demonstrates memory, emotion, personality, and the ability to cry. During the eleven months before the transport ship’s return, Corry develops a deep emotional attachment to her and begins to regard her as a genuine companion rather than an artificial creation.
The central conflict comes when Corry is pardoned and allowed to return to Earth, but the ship permits only fifteen pounds of luggage. Captain Allenby does not consider Alicia human, so Corry cannot take her with him. Allenby shoots her, revealing the wires and circuitry beneath her synthetic face. Alicia’s fate makes the episode a meditation on loneliness, identity, and whether consciousness can make an artificial being a person.