The Twilight Zone (1959)
Season 1

s01e01 / Where Is Everybody?

3rd Oct '59 - 2:00am
Where Is Everybody? Summary

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...

155 have watched this episode

s01e02 / One for the Angels

10th Oct '59 - 2:00am
One for the Angels Summary

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

142 have watched this episode

s01e03 / Mr. Denton on Doomsday

17th Oct '59 - 2:00am
Mr. Denton on Doomsday Summary

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

138 have watched this episode

s01e04 / The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

24th Oct '59 - 2:00am
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine Summary

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

134 have watched this episode

s01e05 / Walking Distance

31st Oct '59 - 3:00am
Walking Distance Summary

Martin Sloan, 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. He soon realizes he's gone back in time.

133 have watched this episode

s01e06 / Escape Clause

7th Nov '59 - 3:00am
Escape Clause Summary

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

129 have watched this episode

s01e07 / The Lonely

14th Nov '59 - 3:00am
The Lonely Summary

Corry, a man stranded on an asteroid after being convicted of a crime, receives a present of a robot who looks and sounds like a real woman.

125 have watched this episode

s01e08 / Time Enough at Last

21st Nov '59 - 3:00am
Time Enough at Last Summary

A bank teller, obsessed with reading, finds himself alone after a nuclear blast.

124 have watched this episode

s01e09 / Perchance to Dream

28th Nov '59 - 3:00am
Perchance to Dream Summary

A man is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

118 have watched this episode

s01e10 / Judgment Night

5th Dec '59 - 3:00am
Judgment Night Summary

In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there, and an overwhelming sense of impending doom.

116 have watched this episode

s01e11 / And When the Sky Was Opened

12th Dec '59 - 3:00am
And When the Sky Was Opened Summary

Three astronauts have returned from this first space flight. Major Gart is hospitalized with a broken leg. The other two, Colonels Harrington and Forbes head for a bar. Harrington gets a strange feeling.

116 have watched this episode

s01e12 / What You Need

26th Dec '59 - 3:00am
What You Need Summary

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.

115 have watched this episode

s01e13 / The Four of Us Are Dying

2nd Jan '60 - 3:00am
The Four of Us Are Dying Summary

A man who can change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.

115 have watched this episode

s01e14 / Third from the Sun

9th Jan '60 - 3:00am
Third from the Sun Summary

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

114 have watched this episode

s01e15 / I Shot an Arrow into the Air

16th Jan '60 - 3:00am
I Shot an Arrow into the Air Summary

Three astronauts believe they have crashed on an asteroid.

114 have watched this episode

s01e16 / The Hitch-Hiker

23rd Jan '60 - 3:00am
The Hitch-Hiker Summary

Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually sees the same hitch-hiker everywhere she looks.

113 have watched this episode

s01e17 / The Fever

30th Jan '60 - 3:00am
The Fever Summary

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.

110 have watched this episode

s01e18 / The Last Flight

6th Feb '60 - 3:00am
The Last Flight Summary

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

109 have watched this episode

s01e19 / The Purple Testament

13th Feb '60 - 3:00am
The Purple Testament Summary

Lt. Fitzgerald has found his own special wartime hell. Looking into the faces of his men prior to battle, he has the disquieting ability to see who is about to die.

107 have watched this episode

s01e20 / Elegy

20th Feb '60 - 3:00am
Elegy Summary

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

107 have watched this episode

s01e21 / Mirror Image

27th Feb '60 - 3:00am
Mirror Image Summary

Millicent Barnes sees her double at a bus terminal.

109 have watched this episode

s01e22 / The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

5th Mar '60 - 3:00am
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Summary

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

111 have watched this episode

s01e23 / A World of Difference

12th Mar '60 - 3:00am
A World of Difference Summary

Businessman Arthur Curtis finds his phone dead. He is then surprised to hear a voice yell, "Cut!" and see that his office is just a set on a sound stage. Everyone tells him that he is Jerry Raigan, a drunken movie star on the decline, and "Arthur Curtis" is a character he is playing in the movie "The Private World of Arthur Curtis".

106 have watched this episode

s01e24 / Long Live Walter Jameson

19th Mar '60 - 3:00am
Long Live Walter Jameson Summary

Walter Jameson is an excellent history teacher who talks about the past as if he had lived it.

105 have watched this episode

s01e25 / People Are Alike All Over

26th Mar '60 - 3:00am
People Are Alike All Over Summary

When a space exploration crashes on Mars, the surviving passenger is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking, very friendly and apparently just like us.

106 have watched this episode

s01e26 / Execution

2nd Apr '60 - 3:00am
Execution Summary

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

106 have watched this episode

s01e27 / The Big Tall Wish

9th Apr '60 - 3:00am
The Big Tall Wish Summary

Even though Jackson breaks his hand prior to the fight, he wins because Henry - a boy who adores the fighter and believes in magic - made the "big, tall wish". After the fight the boxer refuses to believe in magic. Henry tells him if he doesn't believe, it won't be true. Jackson just can't believe. Suddenly, Jackson is back in the ring, and counted out.

105 have watched this episode

s01e28 / A Nice Place to Visit

16th Apr '60 - 3:00am
A Nice Place to Visit Summary

After being shot to passing, Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip, who gives Rocky everything he wishes for.

105 have watched this episode

s01e29 / Nightmare as a Child

30th Apr '60 - 2:00am
Nightmare as a Child Summary

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

105 have watched this episode

s01e30 / A Stop at Willoughby

7th May '60 - 2:00am
A Stop at Willoughby Summary

Riding home on the train one day, a man falls asleep and dreams it is 1880, and he is entering a small town called Willoughby.

107 have watched this episode

s01e31 / The Chaser

14th May '60 - 2:00am
The Chaser Summary

A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, slips her a love potion. He is overjoyed that the potion works so well... at first.

102 have watched this episode

s01e32 / A Passage for Trumpet

21st May '60 - 2:00am
A Passage for Trumpet Summary

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

102 have watched this episode

s01e33 / Mr. Bevis

4th Jun '60 - 2:00am
Mr. Bevis Summary

A man (Bevis) meets his guardian angel.

102 have watched this episode

s01e34 / The After Hours

11th Jun '60 - 2:00am
The After Hours Summary

A woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist - and that her "saleslady" is really a mannequin!.

102 have watched this episode

s01e35 / The Mighty Casey

18th Jun '60 - 2:00am
The Mighty Casey Summary

Dr. Stillman arranges to have his human-looking robot signed up as the star pitcher of the Hoboken Zephyrs. The team zooms to fourth place thanks to Casey. After he's beaned by a ball, a doctor discovers Casey has no heart. The rules say nine men make up a team, and without a heart Casey is not a man. Dr. Stillman gives Casey a heart, but he becomes too compassionate to strike out other players. The Zephyrs lose the pennant, and Casey is washed up in baseball. Dr. Stillman gives the coach, Mouth McGarry, Casey's blueprints as a momento. Looking at them, Mcgarry gets a sudden inspiration, and chases after the doctor.

100 have watched this episode

s01e36 / A World of His Own

2nd Jul '60 - 2:00am
A World of His Own Summary

A playwright makes characters come to life.

100 have watched this episode
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