The Twilight Zone (1959)
Season 2

s02e01 / King Nine Will Not Return

1st Oct '60 - 2:00am
King Nine Will Not Return Summary

A WWII captain finds himself in the desert, next to his crashed plane. Where is his crew? And why are futuristic jet planes flying overhead?

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s02e02 / The Man in the Bottle

8th Oct '60 - 2:00am
The Man in the Bottle Summary

A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes.

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s02e03 / Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

15th Oct '60 - 2:00am
Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room Summary

Ordered to commit a cuddle he doesn't want to perform, a smalltime hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he could have been - confident, strong... and determined to get out.

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s02e04 / A Thing About Machines

29th Oct '60 - 2:00am
A Thing About Machines Summary

A writer feels that the machines in his house are conspiring against him.

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s02e05 / The Howling Man

5th Nov '60 - 3:00am
The Howling Man Summary

A man, on a walking trip of Europe, gets caught in a storm. He finds remote monastery that contains a prisoner.

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s02e06 / The Eye of the Beholder

12th Nov '60 - 3:00am
The Eye of the Beholder Summary

A young woman undergoes "experimental treatments" in an attempt to make her appear "normal".

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s02e07 / Nick of Time

19th Nov '60 - 3:00am
Nick of Time Summary

A superstitious newlywed becomes obsessed by a penny fortune-telling machine when he and his new wife are stranded with car trouble.

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s02e08 / The Lateness of the Hour

3rd Dec '60 - 3:00am
The Lateness of the Hour Summary

Dr. Loren enjoys the faultless robot servants he has invented. His daughter, however, feels imprisoned by them - and soon learns how right she is.

96 have watched this episode

s02e09 / The Trouble with Templeton

10th Dec '60 - 3:00am
The Trouble with Templeton Summary

Booth Templeton is an aging actor who longs for the old days when his wife was alive. Miraculously, he is given a sobering glimpse of the past he holds so dear.

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s02e10 / A Most Unusual Camera

17th Dec '60 - 3:00am
A Most Unusual Camera Summary

Chester Diedrich and his wife Paula, after burglarizing a curio shop, end up with a camera that takes pictures of events five minutes into the future.

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s02e11 / The Night of the Meek

24th Dec '60 - 3:00am
The Night of the Meek Summary

A down-on-his-luck department store Santa Claus discovers a bottomless sack of toys.

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s02e12 / Dust

7th Jan '61 - 3:00am
Dust Summary

After selling the rope for a hanging, a conscienceless peddler, tries to sell the condemned man's father a bag of "magic dust".

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s02e13 / Back There

14th Jan '61 - 3:00am
Back There Summary

It's April 14, 1961. Peter Corrigan and friends are discussing time travel at their men's club, Corrigan suddenly becomes dizzy. When his head clears, he has somehow traveled back to April 14, 1865 - the date of Lincoln's sleepytime. Knowing what is about to happen, he tries to warn everyone at Ford's Theater before it's too late.

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s02e14 / The Whole Truth

21st Jan '61 - 3:00am
The Whole Truth Summary

A peculiar Model A automobile compels a used car dealer to tell only the truth.

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s02e15 / The Invaders

28th Jan '61 - 3:00am
The Invaders Summary

An old woman in an isolated farmhouse encounters tiny, hostile aliens.

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s02e16 / A Penny For Your Thoughts

4th Feb '61 - 3:00am
A Penny For Your Thoughts Summary

The lucky flip of a coin seems to give a mild-mannered bank clerk the power to read minds. But he soon learns that you can't believe everything you read.

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s02e17 / Twenty Two

11th Feb '61 - 3:00am
Twenty Two Summary

Miss Powell has a recurring nightmare about room 22 in a morgue.

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s02e18 / The Odyssey of Flight 33

25th Feb '61 - 3:00am
The Odyssey of Flight 33 Summary

A commercial aircraft mysteriously travels back through time.

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s02e19 / Mr. Dingle, the Strong

4th Mar '61 - 3:00am
Mr. Dingle, the Strong Summary

Martians give Luther Dingle the strength of 300 men.

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s02e20 / Static

11th Mar '61 - 3:00am
Static Summary

Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone.

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s02e21 / The Prime Mover

25th Mar '61 - 3:00am
The Prime Mover Summary

Ace Larsen discovers his business partner (Buddy Ebsen) has the ability to control objects with his mind. The pair head to Vegas to win big.

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s02e22 / Long Distance Call

1st Apr '61 - 3:00am
Long Distance Call Summary

A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.

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s02e23 / A Hundred Yards over the Rim

8th Apr '61 - 3:00am
A Hundred Yards over the Rim Summary

In 1847 a western settler sets out to find medicine for his dying son - and stumbles into modern-day New Mexico.

94 have watched this episode

s02e24 / The Rip Van Winkle Caper

22nd Apr '61 - 3:00am
The Rip Van Winkle Caper Summary

Thieves put themselves into suspended animation for 100 years after hiding a million dollars worth of gold bars.

94 have watched this episode

s02e25 / The Silence

29th Apr '61 - 3:00am
The Silence Summary

Archie Taylor, who wants his men's club quiet, offers Jamie Tennyson half a million dollars to remain silent for one year. To insure his unbroken silence, he will live in the club's basement. In debt, and with a wife that has expensive tastes, Tennyson agrees. During the year, Taylor tries every trick in the book to get Tennyson to talk, however he remains silent. Finally, the year is up and Tennyson emerges from the basement to collect his money. Taylor then reveals that he lost his fortune ten years before, and never intended to pay off the bet. Tennyson remains silent, but writes a note to Taylor. It says: "I knew I would not be able to keep my part of the bargain, so one year ago I had the nerves to my vocal chords severed!"

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s02e26 / Shadow Play

6th May '61 - 2:00am
Shadow Play Summary

Trapped in a recurring nightmare, Adam Grant tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to passing that the whole scenario is not real.

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s02e27 / The Mind and the Matter

13th May '61 - 2:00am
The Mind and the Matter Summary

A book on the power of thought enables an irritable worker (Shelley Berman) to re-create the world exactly as he wants it. But what he wants and what he gets are two different things!

94 have watched this episode

s02e28 / Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up

27th May '61 - 2:00am
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up Summary

State troopers follow tracks from an unidentified flying object to a diner where they try to determine which of the seven bus passengers stranded inside is really a Martian.

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s02e29 / The Obsolete Man

3rd Jun '61 - 2:00am
The Obsolete Man Summary

In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian (Burgess Meridith) is judged obsolete by the Chancellor (Fritz Weaver) and sentenced to passing.

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