The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

9.1 | TV-PG | en | Drama

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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EP36  The Bewitchin' Pool
Jun. 19,1964
The Bewitchin' Pool

Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool.

EP35  The Fear
May. 29,1964
The Fear

Two people in a remote cabin find signs of an extraterrestrial.

EP34  Come Wander with Me
May. 22,1964
Come Wander with Me

A singer searches for an authentic folk song.

EP33  The Brain Center at Whipple's
May. 15,1964
The Brain Center at Whipple's

A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

EP32  Mr. Garrity and the Graves
May. 08,1964
Mr. Garrity and the Graves

Jared Garrity arrives in the Old West town of Happiness, Arizona, proclaiming he can revive the dead.

EP31  The Encounter
May. 01,1964
The Encounter

A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago.

EP30  Stopover in a Quiet Town
Apr. 24,1964
Stopover in a Quiet Town

Bob and Millie wake up to find they are in a strange town. Everything appears to be props - trees, animals even cars.

EP29  The Jeopardy Room
Apr. 17,1964
The Jeopardy Room

A KGB agent plays games with a defector, whose life he's been ordered to take, by giving him three hours to find and defuse a bomb he has hidden in his room.

EP28  Caesar and Me
Apr. 10,1964
Caesar and Me

A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

EP27  Sounds and Silences
Apr. 03,1964
Sounds and Silences

A man's wish to listen to loud noise backfires.

EP26  I Am the Night - Color Me Black
Mar. 27,1964
I Am the Night - Color Me Black

On the day an unpopular idealist is to be executed for the killing of a racist bully, the townsfolk are shocked to see the skies have turned pitch black.

EP25  The Masks
Mar. 20,1964
The Masks

A wealthy dying man invites his family to a Mardi Gras party and insists that they wear masks specially made for them, threatening to cut off their inheritance if they refuse.

EP24  What's in the Box
Mar. 13,1964
What's in the Box

A cheating husband sees his secret revealed and it's horrible consequences on his just-repaired TV set.

EP23  Queen of the Nile
Mar. 06,1964
Queen of the Nile

A columnist interviews a famous movie actress who has a secret to her eternal beauty.

EP22  An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Feb. 28,1964
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

As a Confederate spy is about to be hanged, the rope breaks and he falls to the water below. Finally free, he races for his home where his family awaits... as does the terrible truth of his future...

EP21  Spur of the Moment
Feb. 21,1964
Spur of the Moment

After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decision of her life.

EP20  From Agnes – With Love
Feb. 14,1964
From Agnes – With Love

A computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his love life.

EP19  Night Call
Feb. 07,1964
Night Call

An elderly, wheelchair-bound lady receives strange anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night.

EP18  Black Leather Jackets
Jan. 31,1964
Black Leather Jackets

Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbors could never imagine just how dangerous these men really are.

EP17  Number 12 Looks Just Like You
Jan. 24,1964
Number 12 Looks Just Like You

In a future where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of 19 to make them identical to everyone else, one woman desperately tries to hang onto her own identity.

EP16  The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross
Jan. 17,1964
The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

A man finds that he can trade characteristics with others.

EP15  The Long Morrow
Jan. 10,1964
The Long Morrow

Before leaving on a decades long mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.

EP14  You Drive
Jan. 03,1964
You Drive

Driving home one rainy evening, Oliver Pope accidentally hits a boy on a bicycle. Pope flees the scene, determined to hide his guilt, but his car has other ideas.

EP13  Ring-a-Ding Girl
Dec. 27,1963
Ring-a-Ding Girl

A fan-club gift draws a movie star back home, where she disrupts local plans for a town picnic by offering a one-woman show.

EP12  Ninety Years Without Slumbering
Dec. 20,1963
Ninety Years Without Slumbering

An old man fears that he will die if his grandfather clock stops running.

EP11  A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain
Dec. 13,1963
A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

Trying to keep up with his younger wife, Harmon convinces his brother to inject him with an experimental youth serum.

EP10  The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms
Dec. 06,1963
The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

A modern day National Guard unit find themselves in the middle of Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

EP9  Probe 7, Over and Out
Nov. 29,1963
Probe 7, Over and Out

The lone survivors of two annihilated worlds are stranded on a distant planet.

EP8  Uncle Simon
Nov. 15,1963
Uncle Simon

To inherit her insufferable Uncle's estate, a woman learns she must serve his latest invention, which is endowed with his own persona.

EP7  The Old Man in the Cave
Nov. 08,1963
The Old Man in the Cave

A mysterious guardian helps a tiny community survive after the Bomb destroys much of the Earth.

EP6  Living Doll
Nov. 01,1963
Living Doll

Erich is displeased when his wife buys an expensive doll for his step-daughter. He becomes even more displeased when the doll tells him it doesn't like him!

EP5  The Last Night of a Jockey
Oct. 25,1963
The Last Night of a Jockey

Barred from the track for life, crooked jockey Grady boozily expresses the wish to escape his sordid surroundings and become a truly "big man." His wish is granted by his lookalike alter ego, but there's a heavy price to be paid at fadeout time.

EP4  A Kind of a Stopwatch
Oct. 18,1963
A Kind of a Stopwatch

The world's biggest bore and most avid talker gets a magical stopwatch that can stop everything except him.

EP3  Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Oct. 11,1963
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

No one can see the gremlin tearing apart an airplane's wing, except a newly released mental patient.

EP2  Steel
Oct. 04,1963
Steel

A small-time promoter desperately in need of money takes the place of his broken-down robot in a prize fight where humans are barred from participating.

EP1  In Praise of Pip
Sep. 27,1963
In Praise of Pip

Max Phillips is an alcoholic bookie that regrets that he wasn't a better father to his son, Pip, critically wounded in South Vietnam. A visit to an amusement park gives them both a second chance.

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9.1 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 1959-10-02 | Released Producted By: CBS Productions , Cayuga Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_twilight_zone/
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A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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Rod Serling

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aa56 I enjoyed The Twilight Zone immensely when I was a kid, but seeing it as an adult, I was staggered by the lack of scientific and historical knowledge of the writers and dismayed by enough plot holes to drive a herd of buffaloes through. Here are some examples:An astronaut goes nuts just for being kept in a capsule for a few days.Asteroids are miniature earths.A space explorer crash-lands on a planet 4.3 light years from his origin, but he communicates in real time to his mission control.An old geezer goes nuts over a slot machine, and the casino workers just stand there watching until he pushes it over. Try that in a casino.The writer(s) are clueless as to when the U.S. entered WWI.Mannequins come to life for a month and live among real people. Where do they live? How do they get money? How did Marsha come to know she has a mother to buy a gift for?A young woman allegedly has serious surgery on her face, but when her head is unwrapped, there is not a sign of it.A man can stop time all over the earth with a stopwatch, yet he can move objects. Why don't aircraft fall from the sky? Does he stop Earth in its rotation and orbit? How about the entire solar system?Enough. One Step Beyond I believe was a better show. If one accepts the paranormal aspect, it is far more believable and better written.
jvance-63849 If the average person of today viewed Twilight Zone for the first time it would be easy to find flaws. Many of the stories are topical for the time in which they were written and the format and budget constraints necessitated distilling complexity into black-and-white simplicity. As an anthology series, there was no recurrent cast of characters with whom to bond nor a consistent story line to follow. The nature of the television market today isn't favorable for a program where each episode is a stand-alone event that needs to grab a weekly audience who has little or no clue what will be telecast. In that sense, The Twilight Zone is an anachronism whose time is past. But viewed through the prism of the era, when homes had only one television and few channels, when the nation's culture was rapidly changing, when public scientific knowledge was much less - if seen that way, it is astonishingly superb. Mr Serling was a daring writer, tackling difficult topics in a manner that was "politically incorrect" long before the phrase existed. He dreamed up story line scenarios that many viewed as too unsettling for 1950s America and stuck them out there every week, doing so with remarkably consistent excellence. He was a talented troublemaker who managed to slide by the censors and standards of the time, by no means a minor feat. No doubt some of the shows were total misses, and today look really bad. But most were good to extraordinary and they mark the Twilight Zone as a tremendous accomplishment. I don't know if Twilight Zone episodes are available for streaming but if so, they're worth a look for anyone who hasn't seen them. Many sites offer suggestions regarding the best episodes to view. Take a chance, they're short and sweet - and entertaining.
Realrockerhalloween Rob Sterling was a genius who created an anthology series that's never gone out of style and remains timeless to this day. Being the first of it's kind it set the standard rules others would imitate for decades to come from a haunting opening, eerie music cues and a host to narrate each fascinating tale. Each episodes blends psychological fright with supernatural themes that makes you question rather it really happened or if they went through a real experience that changed their lives forever.Being set in the 60s worked in its favor as television was taking off with rules on decency and allowing for suspense instead of cheap gimmicks and following the fashion trends at the time. Surprisingly it never feels dull or dragging as it's very well written.Some of my favorites wouldn't be the over exposed classics in pop culture, but next stop Whillerbey, talking Tina and will the real Martian please stand up. For the simplicity, clever twists and charming caste. Only running for five seasons the show never felt like it humped the shark or was dragging along for the money and makes my love for this series very special. You can finally own all 165 episodes to relieve the terror, hot and hope each one offers. You'll guard it as a treasure.
bullfox When I wrote this review I was feeling like I myself am there "In the fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man."To say that the Serling's show is good — it's to say nothing. In the 60's, when television was not yet a part of the everyday life of humanity, as it is now, many were stunned by approach to thing, what seems to be pure entertainment for the evening at a bottle of beer. That's how the things was at first. But Rod Serling would not be Rod Serling, if he had been so simple, naive and vulgar. By itself, the TV series "The Twilight Zone" — it is something, that hardly anyone is still able to repeat. And although it was already almost nearly 56 years since had been shown a pilot series of this intellectual sight (which is, unlike most modern shows, really valued intelligence of its audience) which turned an idea of ​​how to do a good and quality television work — I still never saw anything like that. There were many sequels, reimaginings, imitations and so on, but it was not even close to original. "The Twilight Zone" — the one and only thing in it's genre (unless, of course, you will be able to define it). Now I would like to say about the actual show itself.Each series is a little history on the theme "You are about to enter another dimension." No matter what the time is there. It may be past, present or future. Perhaps it is our planet, but it may be completely different, it may be even a parallel world — and everything is going in this vein. And, of course, the main characters and the characters of the series — the actual people. In a relatively short history "The Twilight Zone" has managed to light up a huge number of stars of the first magnitude (for many people involved in the project it was the first success, which led to further career). Telly Savalas, William Shatner, Burgess Meredith, Dennis Hopper, Jonathan Winters, Peter Falk — you can't count them all. Talk about drama and acting component may be a long time but I will confine myself a couple of words — they are gorgeous. Each new series — a look into the depths of yourself, it is a casual but creative self-analysis. And in our time it's not typical for all television programs, and (most important thing in my opinion) — an attempt to show the people in those circumstances, and those roles, in which person may have never been and never will be. The creators wanted to give us something, that we usually avoid — awareness of who could we were, perhaps not specific people, but rather specific types of people, in quite ordinary situations, but clearly not in the everyday surroundings. Show is asking questions like "Who are we in this (and, possibly, in the other) world?", "What is evil and what is good?" and much more of familiar and eternal questions, but not in familiar way.People always believe what they were taught to believe since childhood. And if you seem for a moment that you see something unexplainable perhaps it is your imagination and perhaps your journey on the "Twilight Zone" is not over "If you need a drug to become a good writer, then you're not a good writer."© Rodman Edward Serling