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The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet
Fri, Sep 27, 198548 mins
Peter Jay Novins calls his home, only to hear himself answer. / A harried housewife struggling with rambunctious children and the stress of modern life finds relief from an unusual source that brings both power and responsibility.
Episode 2
Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon
Fri, Oct 4, 198548 mins
"Wordplay": A salesman at a medical firm finds everyone around him undergoing a linguistic transformation. "Dreams for Sale": A woman finds that her idyllic picnic may not be what it seems. "Chameleon": Something unusual returns with a Shuttle mission.
Episode 3
Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye
Fri, Oct 11, 198548 mins
"Healer": Small-time crook Jackie Thompson finds that a rock possesses special abilities. "Children's Zoo": An invitation to a unique zoo offers a girl a solution to her bickering parents. "Kentucky Rye": Drunk driver Bob Spindler finds himself in an unusual bar after an accident.
Episode 4
Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers
Fri, Oct 18, 198548 mins
"Little Boy Lost": A woman, struggling with the decision to settle down and raise a family or embrace her accelerating career, befriends a strange boy who seems to be stalking her. "Wish Bank": An antique oil lamp found at a yard sale brings new meaning to the warning, "be careful what you wish for." "Nightcrawlers": A troubled drifter with an unusual ability terrifies the inhabitants of a rural diner.
Episode 5
If She Dies/Ye Gods
Fri, Oct 25, 198560 mins
"If She Dies": After an accident leaves his daughter in a coma, a man sees an apparition of a young girl on top of an old orphanage. "Ye Gods": The only way a yuppie can resolve his divinely-influenced love life is by repairing Cupid's.
Episode 6
Examination Day/A Message from Charity
Fri, Nov 1, 198548 mins
It's in the not-too-distant future in "Examination Day." A young boy is about to take a very important test. His parents are more nervous than he is. The boy tells his parents not to worry because he knows he'll do well. His parents are worried because they fear he may do too well.
Episode 7
Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour
Fri, Nov 8, 198549 mins
"Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran.
Episode 8
Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice
Fri, Nov 15, 198560 mins
"Act Break": Selfish second-rate playwright Maury Winkler wishes for a better writing partner than his ailing colleague Harry. "The Burning Man": A strange figure appears on the road and tries to hitch a ride during a heat wave in 1936. "Dealer's Choice": Four poker pals sit down for a game with a mysterious stand-in named Nick.
Episode 9
Dead Woman's Shoes/Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
Fri, Nov 22, 198548 mins
"Dead Woman's Shoes": A meek thrift store clerk is possessed by the spirit of a dead woman. "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium": A man in search of his compassion looks for it in a mysterious place.
Episode 10
The Shadow Man/The Uncle Devil Show/Opening Day
Fri, Nov 29, 1985
"The Shadow Man": A teenager discovers that a supernatural being lives underneath his bed. "The Uncle Devil Show": A children's video tape includes instructions in the black arts. "Opening Day": A golf pro who kills a businessman in order to be with his wife suddenly finds himself occupying the other man's life just before the murder.
Episode 11
The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
Fri, Dec 6, 1985
A doctor stumbles across an isolated town with a secret; A troubled writer goes back to his childhood to trace the source of his problems.
Episode 12
Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton
Fri, Dec 13, 198548 mins
In the episode "I of Newton", Sam is a math professor who, in a moment of frustration, offers to sell his soul to the Devil in exchange for the solution to an equation. The Devil appears and Sam must figure out how to save his soul from eternal damnation.
Episode 13
Night of the Meek/But Can She Type?/The Star
Fri, Dec 20, 198549 mins
"Night of the Meek": Henry Corwin, a department store Santa Claus, is fired from his job, but finds his toy sack is a magical deliverer of Christmas cheer. "But Can She Type?": Miserable secretary Karen Billings comes across a copy machine that transports her to a world where secretaries are adored and honored. "The Star": In the far future, a survey ship stumbles upon a planet whose civilization died thousand of years ago when its star went super nova.
Episode 14
Still Life/The Little People of Killany Woods/The Misfortune Cookie
Fri, Jan 3, 1986
"Still Life": Dan Arnold discovers that an antique camera used on an Amazon expedition decades earlier yields mysterious photos inside. "The Little People of Killany Woods": Pub regulars are skeptical when the town drunk claims to have seen leprechauns in a nearby forest. "The Misfortune Cookie": Trouble lands on the plate of arrogant food critic Harry Folger when he writes a negative review of Mr. Lee's Chinese restaurant without tasting the food first.
Episode 15
Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes
Fri, Jan 24, 198649 mins
Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be a kind senior citizen, but there's more to him than meets the eye. / An alien ambassador attends a meeting of the United Nations. / Michael and June Wright awaken to find their home overrun by faceless laborers.
Episode 16
The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences
Fri, Jan 31, 1986
"The Elevator": Brothers Will and Roger locate their father's growth serum, which was developed to ensure a plentiful food supply. "To See the Invisible Man": Emotionally cold Mitchell Chaplin is sentenced to one year of social invisibility as punishment. "Tooth and Consequences": Despondent dentist Myron Mandel receives a visit from the Tooth Fairy.
Episode 17
Welcome to Winfield/Quarantine
Fri, Feb 7, 198660 mins
Two people fleeing an Agent of Death hide in an unusual town; Peaceful 24th Century citizens revive a 21st Century weapons engineer.
Episode 18
Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading
Fri, Feb 14, 1986
In GRAMMA, a long-standing family tradition is passed to the next generation when young George looks after his invalid grandmother during his mother's absence. Blocked hack writer Rockne O'Bannon is plagued by destructive PERSONAL DEMONS that only he can see. During the heyday of radio, a director plans a COLD READING of a play with authentic special effects.
Episode 19
The Leprechaun-Artist/Dead Run
Fri, Feb 21, 1986
Dead Run: A former hell-raising, now down-on-his-luck trucker accepts a last-chance job hauling condemned souls to Hell. The souls are taken by the trailer load to a complex of metal buildings filled with flames and the screams of the doomed, surrounded by barbed wire fences and faceless guards, in general resembling a prison. Something's wrong, though, as many of the souls seem to be wrongly condemned, and have huddled together to try to make sense of the situation and to help and protect themselves from the true demons.
Episode 20
Profile in Silver/Button, Button
Fri, Mar 7, 198660 mins
"Profile in Silver": After preventing the assassination of President Kennedy, a historian from the future faces the consequences of his act. "Button, Button": A couple receives a box with a button -- and an unusual offer.
Episode 21
Need to Know/Red Snow
Fri, Mar 21, 1986
"Need to Know": Government investigator Edward Sayers visits a small rural community where insanity is spreading among the residents. "Red Snow": Russian KGB Colonel Ulyanov goes to a Siberian labor camp to investigate violent deaths of Communist party officials.
Episode 22
Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library
Fri, Mar 28, 198660 mins
"Take My Life - Please!": Comedian Billy Diamond plays a tough gig in the afterlife. "Devil's Alphabet": In Victorian England, Cambridge graduates are bound by a youthful oath even after they die. "The Library": A young woman goes to work in an unusual library.
Episode 23
Shadow Play/Grace Note
Fri, Apr 4, 1986
"Shadow Play": Death Row inmate Adam Grant is terrified that the participants in his trial will cease to exist when he is executed. "Grace Note": Rosemarie Miletti aspires to be a famous opera singer and receives a surprising glimpse into the future.
Episode 24
A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot
Fri, Apr 11, 1986
"A Day in Beaumont": Scientist Kevin Carlson and his fiancée Faith can't get anyone to believe that they saw a flying saucer land. "The Last Defender of Camelot": Lancelot is summoned by Morgan le Fay to meet with the wizard Merlin, who plans to restore Camelot.