The Twilight Zone (1959)
Season 5

s05e01 / In Praise of Pip

28th Sep '63 - 2:00am
In Praise of Pip Summary

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

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s05e02 / Steel

5th Oct '63 - 2:00am
Steel Summary

Boxing robot "Battling Maxo" breaks down before the scheduled bout, forcing his manager to take its place.

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s05e03 / Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

12th Oct '63 - 2:00am
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Summary

Mr. Wilson believes he sees a gremlin on the wing of his commercial aircraft.

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s05e04 / A Kind of Stopwatch

19th Oct '63 - 2:00am
A Kind of Stopwatch Summary

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

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s05e05 / The Last Night of a Jockey

26th Oct '63 - 2:00am
The Last Night of a Jockey Summary

Mickey Rooney delivers a tour de force solo performance in the Twilight Zone playlet "The Last Night of a Jockey". Barred from the track for life, crooked jockey Grady (Rooney) boozily expresses the wish to escape his sordid surroundings and become a truly "big man". His wish is granted by his lookalike alter ego (also Rooney), but there's a heavy price to be paid at fadeout time.

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s05e06 / Living Doll

2nd Nov '63 - 3:00am
Living Doll Summary

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!

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s05e07 / The Old Man in the Cave

9th Nov '63 - 3:00am
The Old Man in the Cave Summary

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

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s05e08 / Uncle Simon

16th Nov '63 - 3:00am
Uncle Simon Summary

Caregiver Barbara Polk receives a surprise after her uncle's passing. His will stipulates that she must care for his latest invention - a robot.

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s05e09 / Probe 7: Over & Out

30th Nov '63 - 3:00am
Probe 7: Over & Out Summary

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

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s05e10 / The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms

7th Dec '63 - 3:00am
The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms Summary

Three National Guardsmen explore the site of Custer's Last Stand.

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s05e11 / A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

14th Dec '63 - 3:00am
A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain Summary

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

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s05e12 / Ninety Years Without Slumbering

21st Dec '63 - 3:00am
Ninety Years Without Slumbering Summary

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

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s05e13 / Ring-A-Ding Girl

28th Dec '63 - 3:00am
Ring-A-Ding Girl Summary

Bunny receives a ring from her fan club in her home town. In the ring she sees the faces of people from her hometown telling her she's needed there. She arrives in Howardville on the day of the annual Founder's Day picnic and tries to get the chairman of the picnic to postpone it a day, but he refuses. Will she be able to help them when they need her most?

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s05e14 / You Drive

4th Jan '64 - 3:00am
You Drive Summary

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.

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s05e15 / The Long Morrow

11th Jan '64 - 3:00am
The Long Morrow Summary

Stansfield, an astronaut, is sent to a planetary system 141 light-years from Earth. The trip will take 20 years each way. To save him the ordeal of forty years of loneliness, he is to be placed in (newly-developed) suspended animation. Before leaving, he meets and becomes enchanted by his colleague Sandra Horn in just one evening, but by the time he returned, Horn would be 40 years older and Stansfield would still be young because of the suspended animation.

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s05e16 / The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

18th Jan '64 - 3:00am
The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross Summary

A man finds that he can trade characteristics with others.

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s05e17 / Number 12 Looks Just Like You

25th Jan '64 - 3:00am
Number 12 Looks Just Like You Summary

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.

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s05e18 / Black Leather Jackets

1st Feb '64 - 3:00am
Black Leather Jackets Summary

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.

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s05e19 / Night Call

8th Feb '64 - 3:00am
Night Call Summary

An elderly, wheelchair-bound lady receives strange anonymous phone calls overnight when she's alone.

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s05e20 / From Agnes - With Love

15th Feb '64 - 3:00am
From Agnes - With Love Summary

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

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s05e21 / Spur of the Moment

22nd Feb '64 - 3:00am
Spur of the Moment Summary

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

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s05e22 / An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

29th Feb '64 - 3:00am
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary

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.

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s05e23 / Queen of the Nile

7th Mar '64 - 3:00am
Queen of the Nile Summary

Columnist Jordan Herrick is startled to learn that a famous movie actress hasn't aged in years. Intrigued, he investigates... and soon learns a terrifying secret.

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s05e24 / What's in the Box

14th Mar '64 - 3:00am
What's in the Box Summary

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

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s05e25 / The Masks

21st Mar '64 - 3:00am
The Masks Summary

A dying man demands his family wear masks that he's given them at a Mardi Gras party.

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s05e26 / I Am the Night - Color Me Black

28th Mar '64 - 3:00am
I Am the Night - Color Me Black Summary

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

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s05e27 / Sounds and Silences

4th Apr '64 - 3:00am
Sounds and Silences Summary

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

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s05e28 / Caesar and Me

11th Apr '64 - 3:00am
Caesar and Me Summary

A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

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s05e29 / The Jeopardy Room

18th Apr '64 - 3:00am
The Jeopardy Room Summary

Trying to defect, Major Ivan Kuchenko is trapped inside a hotel room with Commissar Vassiloff, a hitman, and Boris, his assistant, in the room across the street. Vassiloff has planted a bomb in the room and Ivan must find it within three hours or be blown to bits.

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s05e30 / Stopover in a Quiet Town

25th Apr '64 - 3:00am
Stopover in a Quiet Town Summary

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

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s05e31 / The Encounter

2nd May '64 - 2:00am
The Encounter Summary

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

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s05e32 / Mr. Garrity and the Graves

9th May '64 - 2:00am
Mr. Garrity and the Graves Summary

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

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s05e33 / The Brain Center at Whipple's

16th May '64 - 2:00am
The Brain Center at Whipple's Summary

A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

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s05e34 / Come Wander with Me

23rd May '64 - 2:00am
Come Wander with Me Summary

A singer searches for an authentic folk song.

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s05e35 / The Fear

30th May '64 - 2:00am
The Fear Summary

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

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s05e36 / The Bewitchin' Pool

20th Jun '64 - 2:00am
The Bewitchin' Pool Summary

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

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