Oct. 2, 1959 changed the way TV was. Rod Serling brought us The Twilight Zone and it has become, in my opinion, the greatest show ever made. The first season consisted of 36 episodes which ranged from excellent to very good.
Many guest stars appeared on the show over it's five year run and some of the episodes, especially from year one are unforgettable.
The episodes in order of the airing are:
WHERE IS EVERYBODY in which Earl Holliman is a man who finds himself in a deserted town with no memory of who he is.
ONE FOR THE ANGELS starring Ed Wynn as a pitchman being stalked by Mr. Death.
MR. DENTON ON DOOMDAY star Dan Duryea as a washed up gunman in the old west who gets a final shot at retribution.
SIXTEEN MILLIMETER SHRINE stars Ida Lupino as an aging actress who refuses to give up the past.
WALKING DISTANCE stars Gig Young as an executive who travels back to his cherished childhood.
ESCAPE CLAUSE stars David Wayne as a man who makes a pact with Satan to live forever...or does he?
THE LONELY stars Jack Warden as a convicted killer who lives on an asteroid all by himself for his crime, an the strange gift he receives from the crew that brings him supplies once every three months.
TIME ENOUGH AT LAST stars Burgess Merideth as an avid reader, who after a nuclear war, finds he has all the time in the world to read.
PERCHANCE TO DREAM stars Richard Conte as a man whose dreams are coming to life.
JUDGEMENT NIGHT stars Nehemiah Persoff as a man who cannot remember why he is on a lonely ship sailing dangerous waters during WW2.
AND WHEN THE SKY WAS OPENED stars Jim Hutton, Rod Taylor and Charles Aidman as three astronauts who return from a space voyage only to begin disappearing from the collective consciousness of mankind.
WHAT YOU NEED stars Ernest truex as an elderly man who sems to be able to give anyone exactly what they need.
THE FOUR OF US ARE DYING stars Harry Townes as a man who can change his face to look like anyone he wishes.
THIRD FROM THE SUN stars Fritz Weaver as a man who attempts to leave in a rocketship with his family and a close friend on the eve of nuclear war.
I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR stars Dewey martin as one of several astronauts who have crash landed on a deserted planet and now must fight for survival.
THE HITCH HIKER stars Inger Stevens as a woman who is terrorized by a hitchhiker all across the country.
THE FEVER stars Everett Sloan as a man stalked by a one armed bandit gambling machine.
LAST FLIGHT stars Kenneth Haigh as a WW1 pilot who lands his plane on an airbase in 1960.
THE PURPLE TESTAMENT stars William Reynolds as a soldier who can see death in the faces of his comrades.
ELEGY stars Kevin Hagen as one of three astronauts who land on a planet where the inhabitants don't move.
MIRROR IMAGE stars Vera Miles as a young woman who is terrorized at a lonely bus depot by her doppelganger.
THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET stars Claude Akins as one of many people in a small neighborhood who begin to turn on each other after the power and the phones go out and their cars don't work.
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE stars Howard Duff as a man who suddenly finds that his life is actually a movie set.
LONG LIVE WALTER JAMESON stars Kevin McCarthy as a college professor who knows a little too much about the civil war.
PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER stars Roddy McDowell as an astronaut who lands on Mars and finds people are just like they are on earth.
EXECUTION stars Albert Salmi as a gunslinger brought to modern times in a time machine.
THE BIG TALL WISH stars Ivan Dixon as a boxer who cannot believe in the dreams a little boy has.
A NICE PLACE TO VISIT stars Larry Blyden as a robber who is killed and seems to be in Heaven.
NIGHTMARE AS A CHILD stars Janice Rule as a beautiful school teacher who keeps seeing a strange little girl in her apartment building.
A STOP AT WILLOUGHBY stars James Daly as a harried executive who wants a much simpler life and desperately tries to get it.
THE CHASER stars George Grizzard as a man madly in love with a woman to whom he gives a love potion to....with very bad results.
A PASSAGE FOR TRUMPET stars Jack Klugman as a washed up musician who gets a second chance at life after he tries to kill himself.
MR BEVIS stars Orson Bean as an offbeat little man who discovers he has a guardian angel.
THE AFTER HOURS stars Anne Francis as a woman who finds herself locked in a store with nothing but mannequins.
THE MIGHTY CASEY stars Jack warden as the manager of a terrible baseball team that suddenly find themselves in a pennant race after they hire a pitcher named Casey.
A WORLD OF HIS OWN stars Keenan Wynn as a man who can make things come to life simply by speaking them into his Dictaphone.
Great stuff that is simply not to be missed by anyone who seriously likes horror and sci-fi. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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