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Season 5 – 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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Critics Consensus

The highlights of the final The Twilight Zone season are the fine appearances from some veteran actors, although portions of these episodes are diminished by unfortunate clichés.

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Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 05/09/2018
If it were possible to convert nightmares into electricity, we'd have all the power we could ever need thanks to The Twilight Zone. Go to Full Review Emily St. James AV Club 05/01/2018
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It sneaks in subversion by pretending to be exactly what it's subverting... Perhaps my favorite TV drama ever made. Go to Full Review Zack Handlen AV Club 05/01/2018
C
For its final episode, The Twilight Zone gives us something it spent most of its time railing against: a happy ending of perfect, selfish bliss. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 05/06/2023
... the show never sacrificed character to ideas. The series is so iconic and influential that its very title has become a cultural catch-phrase. These episodes remind us why. Go to Full Review Chris Alexander Fangoria 01/29/2020
Serling almost single-handedly set the standard for sophisticated television during the medium's Golden Age and beyond. Go to Full Review Sophy Ziss Nerdist 09/18/2018
At once poignant, eerie, and instantly memorable, the ahead-of-its-time (pun intended) program could teach viewers a lesson just as easily as it freaked them the heck out. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Richard Deacon

Wallace V. Whipple

Mickey Rooney

Grady

James Callahan

Doug Kirk

Philip Ober

Mr. Henderson

Nora Marlowe

Margaret Phillips

Hank Patterson

Mr. Gentry

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 27, 1963 In Praise of Pip Bookmaker Max Phillips learns that his son is dying in Vietnam and tries to save him. With Jack Klugman. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 4, 1963 Steel Two small-time promoters find that their fighter can't meet his opponent in the ring. With Lee Marvin. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet A man recovering from a nervous breakdown sees a horrifying creature on the wing of his plane. With William Shatner. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 4, 2013 A Kind of Stopwatch Thomas Patrick McNulty is given a watch that possesses a strange power. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 8, 2013 The Last Night of a Jockey A jockey's wish to become a giant in his profession has repercussions he may regret. With Mickey Rooney. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Living Doll A vindictive doll takes revenge on a man who wants it destroyed. With Telly Savalas. Details Episode 7 Aired Jul 4, 2013 The Old Man in the Cave An old man in a cave offers guidance to survivors of a nuclear-war apocalypse, but their orderly world is shattered by the arrival of four soldiers. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 15, 2013 Uncle Simon A wealthy old man makes life difficult for his greedy niece even after he dies. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 29, 1963 Probe 7: Over & Out An astronaut (Richard Basehart) learns war has killed his people. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 21, 2013 The 7th Is Made up of Phantoms Modern National Guardsmen maneuvering at Little Big Horn find ominous signs of an impending Indian attack. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 13, 1963 A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain When a man takes a youth serum, the potion goes beyond its intended effect, and he regresses to infancy. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 22, 2013 Ninety Years Without Slumbering A retired watchmaker (Ed Wynn) fears that when his grandfather's clock stops ticking, his own life will end. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 27, 1963 Ring-a-Ding Girl Movie star Bunny Blake receives an opal ring from her hometown fan club which enables her to see images of her friends and family. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 3, 1964 You Drive Oliver Pope kills a bicyclist in a hit-and-run, but a business rival is identified as the driver. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 26, 2013 The Long Morrow An astronaut returns from a 30-year mission to find that his girlfriend hasn't aged at all. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 17, 1964 The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross Salvadore Ross trades physical characteristics with others to win the affection of Leah Maitland. Details Episode 17 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Number Twelve Looks Just Like You An ugly duckling can be stunning in a world of beautiful people. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 31, 1964 Black Leather Jackets Tough aliens from outer space try to poison the population of earth. Details Episode 19 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Night Call Elva Keene, confined to her bed and wheelchair, is driven to distraction by mysterious telephone calls on a dead line. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 14, 1964 From Agnes, With Love A computer expert is called in to work on the world's most advanced computer, which has the soul of a jealous woman. Details Episode 21 Aired Sep 30, 2013 Spur of the Moment While horseback riding, a wealthy girl is nearly run down by another woman, who chases her. Details Episode 22 Aired Jan 2, 2016 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce relates the tale of a Confederate soldier's execution at the end of the Civil War. Details Episode 23 Aired Aug 4, 2013 Queen of the Nile The everlasting youth of a movie star arouses the curiosity of a magazine writer. Details Episode 24 Aired Aug 11, 2013 What's in the Box? A man (William Demarest) sees himself on television, killing his wife (Joan Blondell). Details Episode 25 Aired Jul 4, 2013 The Masks A dying man forces his heirs to wear masks at a Mardi Gras party to receive their inheritance. Details Episode 26 Aired Aug 25, 2013 I Am the Night, Color Me Black On the morning that a man is to hang for killing one of his bigoted neighbors, the townspeople find themselves thrown into an unending night. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 3, 1964 Sounds and Silences A man (John McGiver) who enjoys loud noises is driven crazy when trivial sounds become deafening to him. Details Episode 28 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Caesar and Me A down-at-the heels ventriloquist is the victim of both his gangster-like dummy and a strangely evil little girl. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 17, 1964 The Jeopardy Room An assassin plots a unique death for a defector (Martin Landau). Details Episode 30 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Stopover in a Quiet Town The morning after a wild party, a couple wakes up in a totally unfamiliar and artificial place. Details Episode 31 Aired May 1, 1964 The Encounter A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago. Details Episode 32 Aired May 8, 1964 Mr. Garrity and the Graves A con man convinces the inhabitants of a Western town that he can raise the dead from the local cemetery. Details Episode 33 Aired May 15, 1964 The Brain Center at Whipple's A heartless industrialist fires his entire factory staff and replaces them with machines; the machines start acting mischievously. Details Episode 34 Aired May 22, 1964 Come Wander With Me A popular folk singer persuades a backwoods girl to sing an authentic ballad into his tape recorder and finds the song coming tragically true. Details Episode 35 Aired May 29, 1964 The Fear Two people in a remote cabin find signs of an alien. Details Episode 36 Aired Jun 19, 1964 The Bewitchin' Pool Two unloved children escape from their squabbling parents to a world that offers them a chance of happiness with a strange, kindly woman. Details

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Season Info

Director
Robert Enrico, Joseph M. Newman, Alan Crosland Jr., Ted Post, Abner Biberman, Robert Butler, John Brahm, Dick Donner, Don Weis, Richard Donner, Don Siegel, Bernard Girard
Screenwriter
Rod Serling, Earl Hamner Jr., Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Jerry Sohl, Martin Goldsmith
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 27, 1963