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The Twilight Zone: Season 1

Poster for The Twilight Zone Season 1

36 episodes · premiered Oct 2, 1959

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.

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  1. Episode 1: Where Is Everybody? Oct 2, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.7 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...
  2. Episode 2: One for the Angels Oct 9, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.5 A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
  3. Episode 3: Mr. Denton on Doomsday Oct 16, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.0 A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
  4. Episode 4: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine Oct 23, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 6.8 An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.
  5. Episode 5: Walking Distance Oct 30, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.8 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.
  6. Episode 6: Escape Clause Nov 6, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.2 A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
  7. Episode 7: The Lonely Nov 13, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.7 In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.
  8. Episode 8: Time Enough at Last Nov 20, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 8.2 A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
  9. Episode 9: Perchance to Dream Nov 27, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.1 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.
  10. Episode 10: Judgment Night Dec 4, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.1 In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.
  11. Episode 11: And When the Sky Was Opened Dec 11, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.8 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.
  12. Episode 12: What You Need Dec 25, 1959 · 26m · TMDB 7.7 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.
  13. Episode 13: The Four of Us are Dying Jan 1, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.9 In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.
  14. Episode 14: Third from the Sun Jan 8, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.6 With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.
  15. Episode 15: I Shot an Arrow into the Air Jan 15, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.4 Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.
  16. Episode 16: The Hitch-Hiker Jan 22, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.6 Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.
  17. Episode 17: The Fever Jan 29, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.4 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.
  18. Episode 18: The Last Flight Feb 5, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.6 A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!
  19. Episode 19: The Purple Testament Feb 12, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.0 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.
  20. Episode 20: Elegy Feb 19, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.5 Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.
  21. Episode 21: Mirror Image Feb 26, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.4 In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
  22. Episode 22: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Mar 4, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 8.0 Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.
  23. Episode 23: A World of Difference Mar 11, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.5 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…
  24. Episode 24: Long Live Walter Jameson Mar 18, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.5 Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.
  25. Episode 25: People are Alike All Over Mar 25, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.7 After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.
  26. Episode 26: Execution Apr 1, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.6 Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
  27. Episode 27: The Big Tall Wish Apr 8, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.3 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…
  28. Episode 28: A Nice Place to Visit Apr 15, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.4 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.
  29. Episode 29: Nightmare as a Child Apr 29, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.2 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.
  30. Episode 30: A Stop at Willoughby May 6, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.9 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.
  31. Episode 31: The Chaser May 13, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.8 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.
  32. Episode 32: A Passage for Trumpet May 20, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.9 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.
  33. Episode 33: Mr. Bevis Jun 3, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 6.5 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.
  34. Episode 34: The After Hours Jun 10, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.5 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.
  35. Episode 35: The Mighty Casey Jun 17, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 5.9 A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
  36. Episode 36: A World of His Own Jul 1, 1960 · 26m · TMDB 7.6 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…