The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) season 1

*The Twilight Zone*
The Twilight Zone
Season 1
No. of episodes	36
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	October 2, 1959 –; July 1, 1960
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

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 Herrmann, 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, between science and superstition, 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 four 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
2	2	"One for the Angels"	Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	October 9, 1959 (1959-10-09)	173-3608
3	3	"Mr. Denton on Doomsday"	Allen Reisner	Rod Serling	October 16, 1959 (1959-10-16)	173-3609
4	4	"The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine"	Mitchell Leisen	Rod Serling	October 23, 1959 (1959-10-23)	173-3610
5	5	"Walking Distance"	Robert Stevens	Rod Serling	October 30, 1959 (1959-10-30)	173-3605
6	6	"Escape Clause"	Mitchell Leisen	Rod Serling	November 6, 1959 (1959-11-06)	173-3603
7	7	"The Lonely"	Jack Smight	Rod Serling	November 13, 1959 (1959-11-13)	173-3602
8	8	"Time Enough at Last"	John Brahm	Based on a short story by : Lyn Venable Teleplay by : Rod Serling	November 20, 1959 (1959-11-20)	173-3614
9	9	"Perchance to Dream"	Robert Florey	Charles Beaumont	November 27, 1959 (1959-11-27)	173-3616
10	10	"Judgment Night"	John Brahm	Rod Serling	December 4, 1959 (1959-12-04)	173-3604
11	11	"And When the Sky Was Opened"	Douglas Heyes	Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Rod Serling	December 11, 1959 (1959-12-11)	173-3611
12	12	"What You Need"	Alvin Ganzer	Based on a short story by : Lewis Padgett Teleplay by : Rod Serling	December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25)	173-3622
13	13	"The Four of Us Are Dying"	John Brahm	Based on a short story by : George Clayton Johnson Teleplay by : Rod Serling	January 1, 1960 (1960-01-01)	173-3618
14	14	"Third from the Sun"	Richard L. Bare	Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Rod Serling	January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)	173-3615
15	15	"I Shot an Arrow into the Air"	Stuart Rosenberg	Based on a story by : Madelon Champion Teleplay by : Rod Serling	January 15, 1960 (1960-01-15)	173-3626
16	16	"The Hitch-Hiker"	Alvin Ganzer	Based on the radio play by : Lucille Fletcher Teleplay by : Rod Serling	January 22, 1960 (1960-01-22)	173-3612
17	17	"The Fever"	Robert Florey	Rod Serling	January 29, 1960 (1960-01-29)	173-3627
18	18	"The Last Flight"	William Claxton	Richard Matheson	February 5, 1960 (1960-02-05)	173-3607
19	19	"The Purple Testament"	Richard L. Bare	Rod Serling	February 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)	173-3619
20	20	"Elegy"	Douglas Heyes	Charles Beaumont	February 19, 1960 (1960-02-19)	173-3625
21	21	"Mirror Image"	John Brahm	Rod Serling	February 26, 1960 (1960-02-26)	173-3623
22	22	"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"	Ronald Winston	Rod Serling	March 4, 1960 (1960-03-04)	173-3620
23	23	"A World of Difference"	Ted Post	Richard Matheson	March 11, 1960 (1960-03-11)	173-3624
24	24	"Long Live Walter Jameson"	Anton Leader	Charles Beaumont	March 18, 1960 (1960-03-18)	173-3621
25	25	"People Are Alike All Over"	Mitchell Leisen	Based on a short story by : Paul Fairman Teleplay by : Rod Serling	March 25, 1960 (1960-03-25)	173-3613
26	26	"Execution"	David Orrick McDearmon	Based on a short story by : George Clayton Johnson Teleplay by : Rod Serling	April 1, 1960 (1960-04-01)	173-3628
27	27	"The Big Tall Wish"	Ronald Winston	Rod Serling	April 8, 1960 (1960-04-08)	173-3630
28	28	"A Nice Place to Visit"	John Brahm	Charles Beaumont	April 15, 1960 (1960-04-15)	173-3632
29	29	"Nightmare as a Child"	Alvin Ganzer	Rod Serling	April 29, 1960 (1960-04-29)	173-3635
30	30	"A Stop at Willoughby"	Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	May 6, 1960 (1960-05-06)	173-3629
31	31	"The Chaser"	Douglas Heyes	Based on a short story by : John Collier Teleplay by : Robert Presnell, Jr.	May 13, 1960 (1960-05-13)	173-3636
32	32	"A Passage for Trumpet"	Don Medford	Rod Serling	May 20, 1960 (1960-05-20)	173-3633
33	33	"Mr. Bevis"	William Asher	Rod Serling	June 3, 1960 (1960-06-03)	173-3631
34	34	"The After Hours"	Douglas Heyes	Rod Serling	June 10, 1960 (1960-06-10)	173-3637
35	35	"The Mighty Casey"	Alvin Ganzer and Robert Parrish	Rod Serling	June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17)	173-3617
36	36	"A World of His Own"	Ralph Nelson	Richard Matheson	July 1, 1960 (1960-07-01)	173-3634

References

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

[1] "Visions from the Twilight Zone" by Arlen Schumer, ISBN 0877016828

[2] sode list at TV.com

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v t e 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" "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"