Series · 1959 · 5 Seasons
The Twilight Zone
You are about to enter another dimension.
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
- Rating
- 8.5 / 10
- Creator
- Rod Serling
- Status
- Ended
Episodes
Episode 1 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
One for the Angels
A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
Episode 3 · 26 min
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
Episode 4 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
Escape Clause
A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
Episode 7 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
Time Enough at Last
A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
Episode 9 · 26 min
Perchance to Dream
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.
Episode 10 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 min
Mirror Image
In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
Episode 22 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
Execution
Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
Episode 27 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
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 · 26 min
Mr. Bevis
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.
Episode 34 · 26 min
The After Hours
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.
Episode 35 · 26 min
The Mighty Casey
A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
Episode 36 · 26 min
A World of His Own
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 dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.
