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!"

The Twilight Zone (1959) Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - King Nine Will Not Return
• s02e02 - The Man in the Bottle
• s02e03 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
• s02e04 - A Thing About Machines
• s02e05 - The Howling Man
• s02e06 - The Eye of the Beholder
• s02e07 - Nick of Time
• s02e08 - The Lateness of the Hour
• s02e09 - The Trouble with Templeton
• s02e10 - A Most Unusual Camera
• s02e11 - The Night of the Meek
• s02e12 - Dust
• s02e13 - Back There
• s02e14 - The Whole Truth
• s02e15 - The Invaders
• s02e16 - A Penny For Your Thoughts
• s02e17 - Twenty Two
• s02e18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33
• s02e19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong
• s02e20 - Static
• s02e21 - The Prime Mover
• s02e22 - Long Distance Call
• s02e23 - A Hundred Yards over the Rim
• s02e24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper
• s02e25 - The Silence
• s02e26 - Shadow Play
• s02e27 - The Mind and the Matter
• s02e28 - Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
• s02e29 - The Obsolete Man

The Twilight Zone (1959) Show Summary

The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination".