The Twilight Zone Season 1

Synopsis

The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated with the series, written by Marius Constant for the second season onwards.

Main Cast

Rod Serling

Self - Host

Age : 50 | Popularity : 5%

Episodes

Episode 1

02 October 1959 - Where Is Everybody?

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...

Episode 2

09 October 1959 - One for the Angels

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

Episode 3

16 October 1959 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday

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

Episode 4

23 October 1959 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

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

Episode 5

30 October 1959 - Walking Distance

A stressed advertising executive, 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.

Episode 6

06 November 1959 - Escape Clause

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

Episode 7

13 November 1959 - The Lonely

In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.

Episode 8

20 November 1959 - Time Enough at Last

A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.

Episode 9

27 November 1959 - Perchance to Dream

A man with a heart condition is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

Episode 10

04 December 1959 - Judgment Night

In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.

Episode 11

11 December 1959 - And When the Sky Was Opened

Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.

Episode 12

25 December 1959 - What You Need

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.

Episode 13

01 January 1960 - The Four of Us Are Dying

In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.

Episode 14

08 January 1960 - Third from the Sun

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

Episode 15

15 January 1960 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air

Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.

Episode 16

22 January 1960 - The Hitch-Hiker

Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.

Episode 17

29 January 1960 - The Fever

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.

Episode 18

05 February 1960 - The Last Flight

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

Episode 19

12 February 1960 - The Purple Testament

Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.

Episode 20

19 February 1960 - Elegy

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

Episode 21

26 February 1960 - Mirror Image

In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.

Episode 22

04 March 1960 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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

Episode 23

11 March 1960 - A World of Difference

Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.

Episode 24

18 March 1960 - Long Live Walter Jameson

Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.

Episode 25

25 March 1960 - People Are Alike All Over

After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.

Episode 26

01 April 1960 - Execution

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

Episode 27

08 April 1960 - The Big Tall Wish

Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.

Episode 28

15 April 1960 - A Nice Place to Visit

After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.

Episode 29

29 April 1960 - Nightmare as a Child

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

Episode 30

06 May 1960 - A Stop at Willoughby

Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.

Episode 31

13 May 1960 - The Chaser

A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.

Episode 32

20 May 1960 - A Passage for Trumpet

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

Episode 33

03 June 1960 - Mr. Bevis

A man (Bevis) meets his guardian angel.

Episode 34

10 June 1960 - The After Hours

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!

Episode 35

17 June 1960 - The Mighty Casey

A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.

Episode 36

01 July 1960 - A World of His Own

A playwright makes characters come to life.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Rod Serling
	Producer	Herbert Hirschman William Froug
Department	Role	Name

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