The Twilight Zone - Season 5

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In Praise of Pip

1 - In Praise of Pip

Air Date: September 27, 1963

Max Phillips is an alcoholic bookie that regrets that he wasn't a better father to his son, Pip, critically wounded in South Vietnam. A visit to an amusement park gives them both a second chance.

Steel

2 - Steel

Air Date: October 4, 1963

A small-time promoter desperately in need of money takes the place of his broken-down robot in a prize fight where humans are barred from participating.

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

3 - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

Air Date: October 11, 1963

A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in.

A Kind of a Stopwatch

4 - A Kind of a Stopwatch

Air Date: October 18, 1963

The world's biggest bore and most avid talker gets a magical stopwatch that can stop everything except him.

The Last Night of a Jockey

5 - The Last Night of a Jockey

Air Date: October 25, 1963

Barred from the track for life, crooked jockey Grady boozily expresses the wish to escape his sordid surroundings and become a truly "big man." His wish is granted by his lookalike alter ego, but there's a heavy price to be paid at fadeout time.

Living Doll

6 - Living Doll

Air Date: November 1, 1963

Erich is displeased when his wife buys an expensive doll for his step-daughter. He becomes even more displeased when the doll tells him it doesn't like him!

The Old Man in the Cave

7 - The Old Man in the Cave

Air Date: November 8, 1963

A mysterious guardian helps a tiny community survive after the Bomb destroys much of the Earth.

Uncle Simon

8 - Uncle Simon

Air Date: November 15, 1963

To inherit her insufferable Uncle's estate, a woman learns she must serve his latest invention, which is endowed with his own persona.

Probe 7, Over and Out

9 - Probe 7, Over and Out

Air Date: November 29, 1963

The lone survivors of two annihilated worlds are stranded on a distant planet.

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

10 - The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

Air Date: December 6, 1963

A modern day National Guard unit find themselves in the middle of Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

11 - A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

Air Date: December 13, 1963

Trying to keep up with his younger wife, Harmon convinces his brother to inject him with an experimental youth serum.

Ninety Years Without Slumbering

12 - Ninety Years Without Slumbering

Air Date: December 20, 1963

An old man fears that he will die if his grandfather clock stops running.

Ring-a-Ding Girl

13 - Ring-a-Ding Girl

Air Date: December 27, 1963

A fan-club gift draws a movie star back home, where she disrupts local plans for a town picnic by offering a one-woman show.

You Drive

14 - You Drive

Air Date: January 3, 1964

Driving home one rainy evening, Oliver Pope accidentally hits a boy on a bicycle. Pope flees the scene, determined to hide his guilt, but his car has other ideas.

The Long Morrow

15 - The Long Morrow

Air Date: January 10, 1964

Before leaving on a decades long mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.

The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

16 - The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

Air Date: January 17, 1964

A man finds that he can trade characteristics with others.

Number 12 Looks Just Like You

17 - Number 12 Looks Just Like You

Air Date: January 24, 1964

In a future where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of 19 to make them identical to everyone else, one woman desperately tries to hang onto her own identity.

Black Leather Jackets

18 - Black Leather Jackets

Air Date: January 31, 1964

Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbors could never imagine just how dangerous these men really are.

Night Call

19 - Night Call

Air Date: February 7, 1964

An elderly, wheelchair-bound lady receives strange anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night.

From Agnes – With Love

20 - From Agnes – With Love

Air Date: February 14, 1964

A computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his love life.

Spur of the Moment

21 - Spur of the Moment

Air Date: February 21, 1964

After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decision of her life.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

22 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Air Date: February 28, 1964

As a Confederate spy is about to be hanged, the rope breaks and he falls to the water below. Finally free, he races for his home where his family awaits... as does the terrible truth of his future...

Queen of the Nile

23 - Queen of the Nile

Air Date: March 6, 1964

A columnist interviews a famous movie actress who has a secret to her eternal beauty.

What's in the Box

24 - What's in the Box

Air Date: March 13, 1964

A cheating husband sees his secret revealed and it's horrible consequences on his just-repaired TV set.

The Masks

25 - The Masks

Air Date: March 20, 1964

A wealthy dying man invites his family to a Mardi Gras party and insists that they wear masks specially made for them, threatening to cut off their inheritance if they refuse.

I Am the Night - Color Me Black

26 - I Am the Night - Color Me Black

Air Date: March 27, 1964

On the day an unpopular idealist is to be executed for the killing of a racist bully, the townsfolk are shocked to see the skies have turned pitch black.

Sounds and Silences

27 - Sounds and Silences

Air Date: April 3, 1964

A man's wish to listen to loud noise backfires.

Caesar and Me

28 - Caesar and Me

Air Date: April 10, 1964

A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

The Jeopardy Room

29 - The Jeopardy Room

Air Date: April 17, 1964

A KGB agent plays games with a defector, whose life he's been ordered to take, by giving him three hours to find and defuse a bomb he has hidden in his room.

Stopover in a Quiet Town

30 - Stopover in a Quiet Town

Air Date: April 24, 1964

The morning after a wild night of partying, a hungover married couple awaken in an unfamiliar and artificial place.

The Encounter

31 - The Encounter

Air Date: May 1, 1964

A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago.

Mr. Garrity and the Graves

32 - Mr. Garrity and the Graves

Air Date: May 8, 1964

Jared Garrity arrives in the Old West town of Happiness, Arizona, proclaiming he can revive the dead.

The Brain Center at Whipple's

33 - The Brain Center at Whipple's

Air Date: May 15, 1964

A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

Come Wander with Me

34 - Come Wander with Me

Air Date: May 22, 1964

A singer searches for an authentic folk song.

The Fear

35 - The Fear

Air Date: May 29, 1964

Two people in a remote cabin find signs of an extraterrestrial.

The Bewitchin' Pool

36 - The Bewitchin' Pool

Air Date: June 19, 1964

Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool.