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Season 2 – The Twilight Zone

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"The Twilight Zone" was the brainchild of Emmy Award-winner Rod Serling, who served as host and wrote over 80 episodes of the original show's 150-plus episode run. It's a strange mix of horror, science-fiction, drama, comedy and superstition. Serling introduced each episode, and many of the black and white hours concluded with a surprise ending. Actors such as Burt Reynolds, Roddy McDowell and Robert Redford made appearances in some of the more well-known stories.
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The Twilight Zone — Season 2

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You're traveling through another season, a season not only of philosophy but of fear. A journey into the experimental side of television seldom seen before. That's the TV listing up ahead -- your next stop, The Twilight Zone.

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Gilbert Cruz TIME Magazine 05/09/2018
The visceral rush of this particular episode was followed soon after by a philosophical one. These were scares you could learn by. Go to Full Review Emily St. James AV Club 05/02/2018
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There wasn't a lot of experimentation like this going on on television in the early '60s, and if some of the elements... can seem a little broad to modern eyes, that thought is canceled out, I think, by just how gutsy all of this is. Go to Full Review Zack Handlen AV Club 05/02/2018
B+
In its second season, the show took some risks-some worked... and some didn't... but the overall impression is one of a solid, smart collection of genre tales which are greater than the sum of their parts. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 05/06/2023
The half hour format gave Serling and his writers (which include genre legends Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson) a format in which to hone their scripts into the television equivalent of short stories, with economy and focus... Go to Full Review Chris Alexander Fangoria 01/29/2020
Some of the smartest, scariest, and eeriest entertainments ever committed to film. Go to Full Review Darren Orf Paste Magazine 05/09/2018
"Twenty Two" is basically a prequel to Final Destination, but I mean that as a compliment. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Burgess Meredith

Luther Dingle

John Hoyt

Dr. Loren

William D. Gordon

George

John A. Alonzo

Luís Gallegos

Barney Phillips

TV Repairman

Jonathan Harris

The Doctor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 30, 1960 King Nine Will Not Return A downed bomber pilot crash-lands in the desert; when he regains consciousness he can not find any of his crew members. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 7, 1960 The Man in the Bottle An impoverished pawnbroker is granted four wishes by a genie in a bottle; it's not just that his wishes ended up not being what he expected it's what they did end up being. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 14, 1960 Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room A small-time thief sees a new reflection of himself in a mirror. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 28, 1960 A Thing About Machines A bad-tempered writer is convinced the machines in his home are conspiring to destroy him. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 4, 1960 The Howling Man Taking refuge in a European monastery during a storm, a man hears someone howling and is told it's the Devil who is being held prisoner. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 11, 1960 The Eye of the Beholder A woman's natural beauty makes her a freak in a futuristic society. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 18, 1960 Nick of Time Newlyweds Don and Pat Carter enter a diner in a small town and have their fortunes told to them by a machine. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 2, 1960 The Lateness of the Hour Jana rebels from the monotonous life she and her parents are living. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 9, 1960 The Trouble With Templeton A distinguished but aging actor is thrust into the days of his youth. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 16, 1960 A Most Unusual Camera A stolen camera has the ability to predict the future with the pictures it takes. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 23, 1960 The Night of the Meek A drunken department-store Santa (Art Carney) finds a magic bag of gifts. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 6, 1961 Dust An unscrupulous traveling salesman sells some magic dust he claims will save a man due to hang for killing a little girl during a drunken spree. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 13, 1961 Back There A man (Russell Johnson) travels back to the night of Lincoln's assassination. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 20, 1961 The Whole Truth The disreputable patter of a used-car dealer changes when he buys a haunted car from an old man and finds he is suddenly unable to lie to his customers. Details Episode 15 Aired Jul 4, 2013 The Invaders A woman battles two miniature aliens from another planet in a battle of size vs. scientific weapons. With Agnes Moorehead. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 3, 1961 A Penny for Your Thoughts Timid bank clerk Victor Pool discovers that a coin that lands on its edge as he pays for a paper leaves him with the power to read minds. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 10, 1961 Twenty-Two A young woman complains of a recurring nightmare in which she always ends up in Room 22 - the hospital morgue. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 24, 1961 The Odyssey of Flight 33 A commercial airliner, en route to New York, breaks through the time barrier into the prehistoric past. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 3, 1961 Mr. Dingle, the Strong A timid man (Burgess Meredith) acquires superhuman strength; with Don Rickles. Details Episode 20 Aired Dec 31, 2015 Static An old radio picks up signals from the past that unexpectedly rejuvenate a pair of elderly lovers. Details Episode 21 Aired Jul 21, 2013 The Prime Mover Two men try to make their fortune at Las Vegas from the power one of them has to move inanimate objects. Details Episode 22 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Long Distance Call A young boy keeps in touch with his dead grandmother via the toy telephone she once gave him. Details Episode 23 Aired Apr 7, 1961 A Hundred Yards Over the Rim The leader of a wagon train across the New Mexico territory in 1847 comes across a highway. Details Episode 24 Aired Apr 21, 1961 The Rip Van Winkle Caper Four men pull off a perfect gold heist, then plan to hide out until they can safely spend their loot. Details Episode 25 Aired Apr 28, 1961 The Silence A garrulous man, bet half a million dollars that he can't keep silent for one year, goes to bizarre lengths to win the wager. Details Episode 26 Aired May 5, 1961 Shadow Play A condemned man tries to convince the people around him that everything and everyone is merely part of a recurring nightmare that always ends in his execution. Details Episode 27 Aired Jul 27, 2013 The Mind and the Matter A book about thought gives a clerk the power to accomplish anything just by willing it, leaving him free to create an ideal world. Details Episode 28 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up On the night of a UFO sighting, seven people at a diner claim to be of Earth, though one of them is not. Details Episode 29 Aired Jun 2, 1961 The Obsolete Man Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence. Details

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Season Info

Director
Douglas Heyes, Buzz Kulik, James Sheldon, Jack Smight, David Orrick McDearmon, John Brahm, Jus Addiss, Richard L. Bare, John Rich, Elliot Silverstein, Montgomery Pittman, Boris Sagal, Don Medford
Screenwriter
Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, E. Jack Neuman, George Clayton Johnson, Bill Idelson
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 30, 1960
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