The Twilight Zone

Season 1 1959 - 1960
TV-PG

  • 1959-10-03T01:30:00Z on CBS
  • 30m
  • 15h 36m (36 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror
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.

36 episodes

Series Premiere

1959-10-03T01:30:00Z

1x01 Where Is Everybody?

Series Premiere

1x01 Where Is Everybody?

  • 1959-10-03T01:30:00Z26m

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...

1959-10-10T01:30:00Z

1x02 One for the Angels

1x02 One for the Angels

  • 1959-10-10T01:30:00Z26m

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

1959-10-17T01:30:00Z

1x03 Mr. Denton on Doomsday

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

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

1959-10-31T02:30:00Z

1x05 Walking Distance

1x05 Walking Distance

  • 1959-10-31T02:30:00Z26m

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.

1959-11-07T02:30:00Z

1x06 Escape Clause

1x06 Escape Clause

  • 1959-11-07T02:30:00Z26m

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

1959-11-14T02:30:00Z

1x07 The Lonely

1x07 The Lonely

  • 1959-11-14T02:30:00Z26m

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

1959-11-21T02:30:00Z

1x08 Time Enough at Last

1x08 Time Enough at Last

  • 1959-11-21T02:30:00Z26m

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

1959-11-28T02:30:00Z

1x09 Perchance to Dream

1x09 Perchance to Dream

  • 1959-11-28T02:30:00Z26m

A man with a heart condition is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

1959-12-05T02:30:00Z

1x10 Judgment Night

1x10 Judgment Night

  • 1959-12-05T02:30:00Z26m

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

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.

1959-12-26T02:30:00Z

1x12 What You Need

1x12 What You Need

  • 1959-12-26T02:30:00Z26m

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.

1960-01-02T02:30:00Z

1x13 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.

1960-01-09T02:30:00Z

1x14 Third from the Sun

1x14 Third from the Sun

  • 1960-01-09T02:30:00Z26m

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

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

1960-01-23T02:30:00Z

1x16 The Hitch-Hiker

1x16 The Hitch-Hiker

  • 1960-01-23T02:30:00Z26m

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

1960-01-30T02:30:00Z

1x17 The Fever

1x17 The Fever

  • 1960-01-30T02:30:00Z26m

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.

1960-02-06T02:30:00Z

1x18 The Last Flight

1x18 The Last Flight

  • 1960-02-06T02:30:00Z26m

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

1960-02-13T02:30:00Z

1x19 The Purple Testament

1x19 The Purple Testament

  • 1960-02-13T02:30:00Z26m

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.

1960-02-20T02:30:00Z

1x20 Elegy

1x20 Elegy

  • 1960-02-20T02:30:00Z26m

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

1960-02-27T02:30:00Z

1x21 Mirror Image

1x21 Mirror Image

  • 1960-02-27T02:30:00Z26m

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

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

1960-03-12T02:30:00Z

1x23 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.

1960-03-19T02:30:00Z

1x24 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.

1960-03-26T02:30:00Z

1x25 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.

1960-04-02T02:30:00Z

1x26 Execution

1x26 Execution

  • 1960-04-02T02:30:00Z26m

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

1960-04-09T02:30:00Z

1x27 The Big Tall Wish

1x27 The Big Tall Wish

  • 1960-04-09T02:30:00Z26m

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.

1960-04-16T02:30:00Z

1x28 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.

1960-04-30T01:30:00Z

1x29 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.

1960-05-07T01:30:00Z

1x30 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.

1960-05-14T01:30:00Z

1x31 The Chaser

1x31 The Chaser

  • 1960-05-14T01:30:00Z26m

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.

1960-05-21T01:30:00Z

1x32 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.

1960-06-04T01:30:00Z

1x33 Mr. Bevis

1x33 Mr. Bevis

  • 1960-06-04T01:30:00Z26m

A man (Bevis) meets his guardian angel.

1960-06-11T01:30:00Z

1x34 The After Hours

1x34 The After Hours

  • 1960-06-11T01:30:00Z26m

A woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist - and that her ""saleslady"" is really a mannequin!

1960-06-18T01:30:00Z

1x35 The Mighty Casey

1x35 The Mighty Casey

  • 1960-06-18T01:30:00Z26m

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

Season Finale

1960-07-02T01:30:00Z

1x36 A World of His Own

Season Finale

1x36 A World of His Own

  • 1960-07-02T01:30:00Z26m

A playwright makes characters come to life.

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