Series
The Twilight Zone
“You are about to enter another dimension.”
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 36 epS2 · 29 epS3 · 37 epS4 · 18 epS5 · 36 ep
The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated with the series, written by Marius Constant for the second season onwards.
1Where Is Everybody?2 Oct 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.6Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...
2One for the Angels9 Oct 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.5A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
3Mr. Denton on Doomsday16 Oct 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.0A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
4The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine23 Oct 1959 · 26m · ★ 6.8An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.
5Walking Distance30 Oct 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.8A 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.
6Escape Clause6 Nov 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.2A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
7The Lonely13 Nov 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.7In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.
8Time Enough at Last20 Nov 1959 · 26m · ★ 8.2A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
9Perchance to Dream27 Nov 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.1A 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.
10Judgment Night4 Dec 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.0In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.
11And When the Sky Was Opened11 Dec 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.8Recovering 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.
12What You Need25 Dec 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.7A 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.
13The Four of Us are Dying1 Jan 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.9In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.
14Third from the Sun8 Jan 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.
15I Shot an Arrow into the Air15 Jan 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.
16The Hitch-Hiker22 Jan 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.6Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.
17The Fever29 Jan 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.4Tight 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.
18The Last Flight5 Feb 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!
19The Purple Testament12 Feb 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.9Lieutenant 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.
20Elegy19 Feb 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.
21Mirror Image26 Feb 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
22The Monsters are Due on Maple Street4 Mar 1960 · 26m · ★ 8.0Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.
23A World of Difference11 Mar 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4Arthur 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.
24Long Live Walter Jameson18 Mar 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.
25People are Alike All Over25 Mar 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.7After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.
26Execution1 Apr 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.6Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
27The Big Tall Wish8 Apr 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.3Washed-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.
28A Nice Place to Visit15 Apr 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.3After 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.
29Nightmare as a Child29 Apr 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.2Schoolteacher 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.
30A Stop at Willoughby6 May 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.9Riding 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.
31The Chaser13 May 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.7A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.
32A Passage for Trumpet20 May 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.8A 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.
33Mr. Bevis3 Jun 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.5After 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.
34The After Hours10 Jun 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5Puzzled 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.
35The Mighty Casey17 Jun 1960 · 26m · ★ 5.8A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
36A World of His Own1 Jul 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.6Coming 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.
Details
- Created by
- Rod Serling
- First aired
- 2 Oct 1959
- Last aired
- 19 Jun 1964
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- CBS
- Episodes
- 156
- Votes
- 1,087 on TMDB
Cast
Rod SerlingSelf - Host
