The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 1)

The Twilight Zone (season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	36
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	October 2, 1959 (1959-10-02) – July 1, 1960 (1960-07-01)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	December 28, 2004 (2004-12-28)
Region 2	August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)
Blu-ray Disc release
Region A	September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14)

The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm (EST) 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.

Intro

The opening intro for most of these episodes features a series of lagoon graphics by UPA, with Rod Serling's narration:

"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone."

A different intro was used for the final five episodes, featuring an animated close-up of an eye that metamorphosed into a setting sun and an abridged version of Herrman's theme music. Serling's narration for this went as follows:

"You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop—The Twilight Zone."

The graphics for this opening were by Pacific Title, as were those for the openings in the subsequent seasons.^[1]

At least one episode, "Mr. Denton on Doomsday", is known to have had this opening dubbed over the original lagoon opening when it was aired as a summer repeat in 1960. The following summer, a number of first season episodes had the second season intro dubbed over the original when they were aired as repeats. The original openings have since been restored for those episodes.

Segments of the original first season intro continued to be used as an intermission graphic up through season three.^[2]

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	1	"Where Is Everybody?"	Robert Stevens	Rod Serling	October 2, 1959 (1959-10-02)	173-3601
A man with no memory of who he is finds himself in a strange empty town.
2	2	"One for the Angels"	Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	October 9, 1959 (1959-10-09)	173-3608
A salesman talks Death into sparing his life until he makes one last great pitch, but threatens the life of a little girl in the process.
3	3	"Mr. Denton on Doomsday"	Allen Reisner	Rod Serling	October 16, 1959 (1959-10-16)	173-3609
A town drunk faces an infamous killer after magically regaining his gunfighting skills.
4	4	"The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine"	Mitchell Leisen	Rod Serling	October 23, 1959 (1959-10-23)	173-3610
An aging movie star rewatches her old films in an attempt to recapture her youth.
5	5	"Walking Distance"	Robert Stevens	Rod Serling	October 30, 1959 (1959-10-30)	173-3605
An ad executive under pressure at his job visits his old hometown, only to find himself returned to his childhood.
6	6	"Escape Clause"	Mitchell Leisen	Rod Serling	November 6, 1959 (1959-11-06)	173-3603
A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality.
7	7	"The Lonely"	Jack Smight	Rod Serling	November 13, 1959 (1959-11-13)	173-3602
A convicted man serving his sentence on an uninhabited asteroid is given a female robot for companionship.
8	8	"Time Enough at Last"	John Brahm	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on a Short Story by: Lyn Venable	November 20, 1959 (1959-11-20)	173-3614
A bank teller yearning for more time to read gets his wish when he becomes the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust.
9	9	"Perchance to Dream"	Robert Florey	Charles Beaumont	November 27, 1959 (1959-11-27)	173-3616
A man who has been awake for a long time tells his psychiatrist that he will die if he goes to sleep, because a vixen is trying to kill him.
10	10	"Judgment Night"	John Brahm	Rod Serling	December 4, 1959 (1959-12-04)	173-3604
In 1942, a man from Germany does not remember how he boarded a British ship heading for New York, but he does have a feeling the ship will be sunk.
11	11	"And When the Sky Was Opened"	Douglas Heyes	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on a Short Story by: Richard Matheson	December 11, 1959 (1959-12-11)	173-3611
Three astronauts return from the desert where their spacecraft crashed, but cannot remember what happened during their flight.
12	12	"What You Need"	Alvin Ganzer	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on the Short Story by: Lewis Padgett	December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25)	173-3622
A thug tries to exploit a peddler's ability to see into the future and discern just what a person will need in an emergency.
13	13	"The Four of Us Are Dying"	John Brahm	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on a Short Story by: George Johnson	January 1, 1960 (1960-01-01)	173-3618
A small-time crook with the ability to change his face assumes the identities of a musician, a gangster, and a boxer.
14	14	"Third from the Sun"	Richard L. Bare	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on the Short Story by: Richard Matheson	January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)	173-3615
With atomic war on the horizon, a pilot and a scientist plot to board their families on a spaceship and escape to another planet.
15	15	"I Shot an Arrow into the Air"	Stuart Rosenberg	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on the Story by: Madelon Champion	January 15, 1960 (1960-01-15)	173-3626
Astronauts are deserted on what appears to be an uncharted asteroid.
16	16	"The Hitch-Hiker"	Alvin Ganzer	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on the Radio Play by: Lucille Fletcher	January 22, 1960 (1960-01-22)	173-3612
A woman driving cross-country keeps seeing a hitch-hiker everywhere she goes.
17	17	"The Fever"	Robert Florey	Rod Serling	January 29, 1960 (1960-01-29)	173-3627
A man whose wife won them tickets to Las Vegas gets addicted to gambling, courtesy of a slot machine that calls his name.
18	18	"The Last Flight"	William Claxton	Richard Matheson	February 5, 1960 (1960-02-05)	173-3607
A British World War I fighter pilot flies through a strange cloud and lands his biplane on a modern-day American airbase.
19	19	"The Purple Testament"	Richard L. Bare	Rod Serling	February 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)	173-3619
An Army lieutenant serving in World War II has the ability to see who will die.
20	20	"Elegy"	Douglas Heyes	Charles Beaumont	February 19, 1960 (1960-02-19)	173-3625
Astronauts land on an asteroid resembling Earth – but its inhabitants appear motionless.
21	21	"Mirror Image"	John Brahm	Rod Serling	February 26, 1960 (1960-02-26)	173-3623
A woman in a bus depot is treated by strangers as if they have seen her before, and soon realizes that she has a doppelganger.
22	22	"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"	Ronald Winston	Rod Serling	March 4, 1960 (1960-03-04)	173-3620
A power failure causes the residents of a suburban neighborhood to suspect one another of being monsters from outer space planning an invasion.
23	23	"A World of Difference"	Ted Post	Richard Matheson	March 11, 1960 (1960-03-11)	173-3624
A businessman finds himself in another life as an actor playing a character in a movie.
24	24	"Long Live Walter Jameson"	Anton Leader	Charles Beaumont	March 18, 1960 (1960-03-18)	173-3621
A history professor is revealed to have lived for thousands of years.
25	25	"People Are Alike All Over"	Mitchell Leisen	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on a Short Story by: Paul Fairman	March 25, 1960 (1960-03-25)	173-3613
Two astronauts take an expedition to Mars, where one dies in a crash landing and the other learns how alike people really are.
26	26	"Execution"	David Orrick McDearmon	Teleplay: Rod Serling Based on a Short Story by: George Clayton Johnson	April 1, 1960 (1960-04-01)	173-3628
A cowboy about to be hanged in 1880 is brought to the 20th century by a time machine.
27	27	"The Big Tall Wish"	Ronald Winston	Rod Serling	April 8, 1960 (1960-04-08)	173-3630
A boy makes a wish for a boxer to win a comeback match.
28	28	"A Nice Place to Visit"	John Brahm	Charles Beaumont	April 15, 1960 (1960-04-15)	173-3632
A thief is shot by police and winds up in a place where he has everything he has ever wanted.
29	29	"Nightmare as a Child"	Alvin Ganzer	Rod Serling	April 29, 1960 (1960-04-29)	173-3635
A strange little girl reveals secrets about a schoolteacher's past.
30	30	"A Stop at Willoughby"	Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	May 6, 1960 (1960-05-06)	173-3629
A stressed-out ad executive discovers a quiet town in his dreams.
31	31	"The Chaser"	Douglas Heyes	Teleplay: Robert Presnell, Jr. Based on the Short Story by: John Collier	May 13, 1960 (1960-05-13)	173-3636
A lovestruck man buys a love potion that works too well.
32	32	"A Passage for Trumpet"	Don Medford	Rod Serling	May 20, 1960 (1960-05-20)	173-3633
A down-and-out trumpet player gets another chance at life after attempting suicide.
33	33	"Mr. Bevis"	William Asher	Rod Serling	June 3, 1960 (1960-06-03)	173-3631
An angel offers to help a good-natured man who is having a bad day.
34	34	"The After Hours"	Douglas Heyes	Rod Serling	June 10, 1960 (1960-06-10)	173-3637
A woman is told that the floor of a department store where she made a purchase does not exist.
35	35	"The Mighty Casey"	Alvin Ganzer and Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17)	173-3617
A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
36	36	"A World of His Own"	Ralph Nelson	Richard Matheson	July 1, 1960 (1960-07-01)	173-3634
A playwright has the ability to bring anything to life by describing it to a tape recorder.

References

↑ "Visions from the Twilight Zone" by Arlen Schumer, ISBN 0877016828
↑ episode list at TV.com

The Twilight Zone

Series	The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)

Key people	Rod Serling Buck Houghton Charles Beaumont Richard Matheson Jerry Sohl George Clayton Johnson Earl Hamner, Jr.

See also	List of The Twilight Zone episodes Writers (1959-1964) List of The Twilight Zone guest stars The Twilight Zone (pinball) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Twilight Zone literature The Twilight Zone (radio series) Night Gallery

The Twilight Zone (1959) episodes

Season 1	"Where Is Everybody?" "One for the Angels" "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" "Walking Distance" "Escape Clause" "The Lonely" "Time Enough at Last" "Perchance to Dream" "Judgment Night" "And When the Sky Was Opened" "What You Need" "The Four of Us Are Dying" "Third from the Sun" "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" "The Hitch-Hiker" "The Fever" "The Last Flight" "The Purple Testament" "Elegy" "Mirror Image" "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" "A World of Difference" "Long Live Walter Jameson" "People Are Alike All Over" "Execution" "The Big Tall Wish" "A Nice Place to Visit" "Nightmare as a Child" "A Stop at Willoughby" "The Chaser" "A Passage for Trumpet" "Mr. Bevis" "The After Hours" "The Mighty Casey" "A World of His Own"

Season 2	"King Nine Will Not Return" "The Man in the Bottle" "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" "A Thing About Machines" "The Howling Man" "The Eye of the Beholder" "Nick of Time" "The Lateness of the Hour" "The Trouble with Templeton" "A Most Unusual Camera" "The Night of the Meek" "Dust" "Back There" "The Whole Truth" "The Invaders" "A Penny for Your Thoughts" "Twenty Two" "The Odyssey of Flight 33" "Mr. Dingle, the Strong" "Static" "The Prime Mover" "Long Distance Call" "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" "The Silence" "Shadow Play" "The Mind and the Matter" "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" "The Obsolete Man"

Season 3	"Two" "The Arrival" "The Shelter" "The Passersby" "A Game of Pool" "The Mirror" "The Grave" "It's a Good Life" "Deaths-Head Revisited" "The Midnight Sun" "Still Valley" "The Jungle" "Once Upon a Time" "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" "A Quality of Mercy" "Nothing in the Dark" "One More Pallbearer" "Dead Man's Shoes" "The Hunt" "Showdown with Rance McGrew" "Kick the Can" "A Piano in the House" "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" "To Serve Man" "The Fugitive" "Little Girl Lost" "Person or Persons Unknown" "The Little People" "Four O'Clock" "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" "The Trade-Ins" "The Gift" "The Dummy" "Young Man's Fancy" "I Sing the Body Electric" "Cavender Is Coming" "The Changing of the Guard"

Season 4	"In His Image" "The Thirty-Fathom Grave" "Valley of the Shadow" "He's Alive" "Mute" "Death Ship" "Jess-Belle" "Miniature" "Printer's Devil" "No Time Like the Past" "The Parallel" "I Dream of Genie" "The New Exhibit" "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" "On Thursday We Leave for Home" "Passage on the Lady Anne" "The Bard"

Season 5	"In Praise of Pip" "Steel" "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" "A Kind of a Stopwatch" "The Last Night of a Jockey" "Living Doll" "The Old Man in the Cave" "Uncle Simon" "Probe 7, Over and Out" "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain" "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" "Ring-a-Ding Girl" "You Drive" "The Long Morrow" "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" "Black Leather Jackets" "Night Call" "From Agnes—With Love" "Spur of the Moment" "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" "Queen of the Nile" "What's in the Box" "The Masks" "I Am the Night—Color Me Black" "Sounds and Silences" "Caesar and Me" "The Jeopardy Room" "Stopover in a Quiet Town" "The Encounter" "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" "The Brain Center at Whipple's" "Come Wander with Me" "The Fear" "The Bewitchin' Pool"