Original Twilight Zone Episode Guide



Season One

10. Judgement Night

Airdate: 4 Dec 1959
Main Cast: Nehemiah Persoff, Ben Wright, Patrick Macnee
Writer: Rod Serling

Having no memory of how he got there, German Carl Lanser finds himself aboard the S.S. Glasgow. Lanser fears that they are being stalked by a U-boat and that something will happen at 1.15 a.m.



11. And When The Sky Was Opened

Airdate: 11 Dec 1959
Main Cast: Rod Taylor, Charles Aidman, Jim Hutton
Writer: Richard matheson/Rod Serling

And When The Sky Was Opened - Twilight Zone

Three astronauts flying an experimental rocketship for the first time strangely disappear and then reappear from the radar. After they land, they find that all evidence of their existences are slowly being erased from history.



12. What You Need

Airdate: 25 Dec 1959
Main Cast: Steve Cochran, Ernest Truex
Writer: Lewis Padgett/Rod Serling

What You Need - Twilight Zone

Pavement salesman Pedott has a strange ability; he can give people just what they need. He helps many people in his encounters. When he meets a man called Renard, a cheap hustler, Pedott finds his benevolence exploited.



13. The Four Of Us Are Dying

Airdate: 1 Jan 1960
Main Cast: Harry Townes, Philip Vine, John Gordon, Ross Martin
Writer: George Clayton/Rod Serling

The Four Of Us Are Dying - Twilight Zone

Arch Hammer, a cheap nickel-and-dime man, has a talent he discovered at an early age; he can contort his face into any shape he wants. When he uses it to escape the demons of his past, he finds he must be careful who he impersonates.



14. Third From The Sun

Airdate: 8 Jan 1960
Main Cast: Fritz Weaver, Joe Maross
Writer: Richard Matheson/Rod Serling

Third From The Sun - Twilight Zone

When scientists, William Sturka, and Jerry Riden believe that a nuclear holocaust is imminent, they decide to escape with their families by stealing an experimental rocketship.



15. I Shot An Arrow In The Air

Airdate: 15 Jan 1960
Main Cast: Dewey Martin, Edward Binns
Writer: Rod Serling

I Shot An Arrow In The Air - Twilight Zone

The Arrow one, the earth's first manned spacecraft, crashes killing three of the eight astronauts on board. Believing they are stranded on an asteroid, and with only five gallons of water left, tensions lead to desperate measures.



16. The Hitch-Hiker

Airdate: 22 Jan 1960
Main Cast: Inger Stevens, Leonard Strong
Writer: Rod Serling

The Hitch Hiker - Twilight Zone

Nan Adams has a motor accident while driving across the country from New York to Los Angeles. She has a mechanic put a tyre on her car, and when she comes to drive it away she sees a strange man hitch-hiking. As she drives further on, she somehow sees the same hitch-hiker repeatedly turn up.



17. The Fever

Airdate: 29 Jan 1960
Main Cast: Everett Sloane, Vivi Janiss
Writer: Rod Serling

The Fever - Twilight Zone

Franklin Gibbs loathes gambling. When his wife Flora wins a trip to Las vegas, he is forced to go. While there, he encounters a slot-machine calling his name and is dragged into a world of gambling fever.



18. The Last Flight

Airdate: 5 Feb 1960
Main Cast: Kenneth Haig
Writer: Richard Matheson

The Last Flight - Twilight Zone

When his friend becomes surrounded by enemy planes during a World War I mission, Flight Lieutenant Decker deserts him and flies through a strange white cloud. He lands finding himself at a modern-day American Air base.