King Nine Will Not Return

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The Twilight Zone original series
Season two (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5)
Fall 1960 – Summer 1961
List of The Twilight Zone episodes

Episodes:

  1. King Nine Will Not Return
  2. The Man in the Bottle
  3. Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
  4. A Thing About Machines
  5. The Howling Man
  6. The Eye of the Beholder
  7. Nick of Time
  8. The Lateness of the Hour
  9. The Trouble With Templeton
  10. A Most Unusual Camera
  11. The Night of the Meek
  12. Dust
  13. Back There
  14. The Whole Truth
  15. The Invaders
  16. A Penny for Your Thoughts
  17. Twenty Two
  18. The Odyssey of Flight 33
  19. Mr. Dingle, the Strong
  20. Static
  21. The Prime Mover
  22. Long Distance Call
  23. A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
  24. The Rip Van Winkle Caper
  25. The Silence
  26. Shadow Play
  27. The Mind and the Matter
  28. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
  29. The Obsolete Man

“King Nine Will Not Return” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The World War II bomber, King Nine, has crashed in the desert. Captain James Embry finds himself stranded, alone except for the wreckage and the mystery of what happened to his crew, all of whom have disappeared. The movement of the plane in the wind and his visions of his missing crew serve to heighten Embry's disorientation.

After Embry collapses in the sand, we discover that he is suffering hallucinations from a hospital bed, years after missing the fatal, last flight of King Nine. Guilt-ridden, he is punishing himself.

The nurse, moving his shoes, discovers that they are full of sand.

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  • Based on the discovery of the B-24 Liberator bomber Lady Be Good and her crew.
  • First episode to feature the familiar Marius Constant Twilight Zone theme. Also the first to feature an on-camera Rod Serling narration at the beginning of the episode.

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[edit] References

  • Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)

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