The Twilight Zone

1959 star 8.5 tv5 Seasons play_circle156 Episodes

You are about to enter another dimension.

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama

tv Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1
E1

Where Is Everybody?

Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...

Oct 2, 1959

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Episode 2
E2

One for the Angels

A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.

Oct 9, 1959

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Episode 3
E3

Mr. Denton on Doomsday

A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.

Oct 16, 1959

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Episode 4
E4

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.

Oct 23, 1959

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Episode 5
E5

Walking Distance

A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.

Oct 30, 1959

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Episode 6
E6

Escape Clause

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

Nov 6, 1959

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Episode 7
E7

The Lonely

In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.

Nov 13, 1959

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Episode 8
E8

Time Enough at Last

A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.

Nov 20, 1959

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Episode 9
E9

Perchance to Dream

A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

Nov 27, 1959

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Episode 10
E10

Judgment Night

In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.

Dec 4, 1959

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Episode 11
E11

And When the Sky Was Opened

Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.

Dec 11, 1959

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Episode 12
E12

What You Need

A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.

Dec 25, 1959

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Episode 13
E13

The Four of Us are Dying

In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.

Jan 1, 1960

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Episode 14
E14

Third from the Sun

With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.

Jan 8, 1960

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Episode 15
E15

I Shot an Arrow into the Air

Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.

Jan 15, 1960

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Episode 16
E16

The Hitch-Hiker

Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.

Jan 22, 1960

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Episode 17
E17

The Fever

Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.

Jan 29, 1960

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Episode 18
E18

The Last Flight

A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!

Feb 5, 1960

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Episode 19
E19

The Purple Testament

Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.

Feb 12, 1960

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Episode 20
E20

Elegy

Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.

Feb 19, 1960

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Episode 21
E21

Mirror Image

In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.

Feb 26, 1960

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Episode 22
E22

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.

Mar 4, 1960

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Episode 23
E23

A World of Difference

Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.

Mar 11, 1960

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Episode 24
E24

Long Live Walter Jameson

Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.

Mar 18, 1960

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Episode 25
E25

People are Alike All Over

After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.

Mar 25, 1960

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Episode 26
E26

Execution

Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.

Apr 1, 1960

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Episode 27
E27

The Big Tall Wish

Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.

Apr 8, 1960

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Episode 28
E28

A Nice Place to Visit

After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.

Apr 15, 1960

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Episode 29
E29

Nightmare as a Child

Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.

Apr 29, 1960

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Episode 30
E30

A Stop at Willoughby

Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.

May 6, 1960

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Episode 31
E31

The Chaser

A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.

May 13, 1960

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Episode 32
E32

A Passage for Trumpet

A down-and-out trumpet player who's convinced he'll never amount to anything attempts suicide and finds himself in a world where no one can hear or see him.

May 20, 1960

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Episode 33
E33

Mr. Bevis

After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.

Jun 3, 1960

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Episode 34
E34

The After Hours

Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.

Jun 10, 1960

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Episode 35
E35

The Mighty Casey

A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.

Jun 17, 1960

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Episode 36
E36

A World of His Own

Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.

Jul 1, 1960

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people Cast

Rod Serling

Rod Serling

Self - Host

apartment Production Companies

apartment Cayuga Productions
CBS CBS

public Countries

United States of America