The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone

You are about to enter another dimension.

8.5 / 10
1959
5 seasons
156 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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Trailer

The Twilight Zone- Both Original 1959 Intros

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Cast

Seasons

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.

  • Where Is Everybody?

    1.Where Is Everybody?

    7.6
    02-10-195926m

    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...

  • One for the Angels

    2.One for the Angels

    7.4
    09-10-195926m

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

  • Mr. Denton on Doomsday

    3.Mr. Denton on Doomsday

    7.0
    16-10-195926m

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

  • The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

    4.The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

    6.8
    23-10-195926m

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

  • Walking Distance

    5.Walking Distance

    7.7
    30-10-195926m

    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 c...

  • Escape Clause

    6.Escape Clause

    7.2
    06-11-195926m

    A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

  • The Lonely

    7.The Lonely

    7.6
    13-11-195926m

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

  • Time Enough at Last

    8.Time Enough at Last

    8.2
    20-11-195926m

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

  • Perchance to Dream

    9.Perchance to Dream

    7.0
    27-11-195926m

    A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

  • Judgment Night

    10.Judgment Night

    7.0
    04-12-195926m

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

  • And When the Sky Was Opened

    11.And When the Sky Was Opened

    7.8
    11-12-195926m

    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.

  • What You Need

    12.What You Need

    7.7
    25-12-195926m

    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.

  • The Four of Us are Dying

    13.The Four of Us are Dying

    6.9
    01-01-196026m

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

  • Third from the Sun

    14.Third from the Sun

    7.6
    08-01-196026m

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

  • I Shot an Arrow into the Air

    15.I Shot an Arrow into the Air

    7.4
    15-01-196026m

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

  • The Hitch-Hiker

    16.The Hitch-Hiker

    7.6
    22-01-196026m

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

  • The Fever

    17.The Fever

    6.4
    29-01-196026m

    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.

  • The Last Flight

    18.The Last Flight

    7.6
    05-02-196026m

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

  • The Purple Testament

    19.The Purple Testament

    7.0
    12-02-196026m

    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.

  • Elegy

    20.Elegy

    7.5
    19-02-196026m

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

  • Mirror Image

    21.Mirror Image

    7.6
    26-02-196026m

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

  • The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

    22.The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

    8.1
    04-03-196026m

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

  • A World of Difference

    23.A World of Difference

    7.4
    11-03-196026m

    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...

  • Long Live Walter Jameson

    24.Long Live Walter Jameson

    7.4
    18-03-196026m

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

  • People are Alike All Over

    25.People are Alike All Over

    7.7
    25-03-196026m

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

  • Execution

    26.Execution

    6.6
    01-04-196026m

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

  • The Big Tall Wish

    27.The Big Tall Wish

    6.3
    08-04-196026m

    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...

  • A Nice Place to Visit

    28.A Nice Place to Visit

    7.3
    15-04-196026m

    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.

  • Nightmare as a Child

    29.Nightmare as a Child

    7.1
    29-04-196026m

    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.

  • A Stop at Willoughby

    30.A Stop at Willoughby

    7.9
    06-05-196026m

    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.

  • The Chaser

    31.The Chaser

    6.8
    13-05-196026m

    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.

  • A Passage for Trumpet

    32.A Passage for Trumpet

    6.8
    20-05-196026m

    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.

  • Mr. Bevis

    33.Mr. Bevis

    6.7
    03-06-196026m

    After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.

  • The After Hours

    34.The After Hours

    7.7
    10-06-196026m

    Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.

  • The Mighty Casey

    35.The Mighty Casey

    5.8
    17-06-196026m

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

  • A World of His Own

    36.A World of His Own

    7.5
    01-07-196026m

    Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his...

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