The Twilight Zone poster
Seen it?

The Twilight Zone

TV·1959–1964·5 seasons, 156 episodes·CBS·Science-Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural·33m·8.9·Created by Rod Serling

Streaming on (US) Paramount Plus PremiumSee all

A groundbreaking series by Rod Serling, this half-hour anthology featured tales of the strange, the macabre, and the unusual. Some were science fiction, some were supernatural, and some defied easy categorization.This five-season series is best known for its twist endings. Many of the stories were written by Serling himself, others were crafted by Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Earl Hammer Jr. and Ray Bradbury.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Twilight Zone S03E37The Changing of the GuardS03E37 · 9.1An elderly boys school teacher faces mandatory retirement and questions whether he's done anything with his life.
  2. 02The Twilight Zone S03E09Deaths-Head RevisitedS03E09 · 8.9A former Nazi SS Captain arrives in a small Bavarian town, looking to visit Dachau, an old Concentration camp, wanting to remember what it was like during the war. However, the ghosts of the men he put to death soon arrive, looking to put him on trial for the part he played in their deaths and other crimes against humanity.
  3. 03The Twilight Zone S05E03Nightmare at 20,000 FeetS05E03 · 8.9While traveling on a plane, a man who recently was treated for a nervous breakdown is convinced that a monster is outside, intent on destroying the plane. However, his wife and the flight attendants are hesitant to believe him.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode36Episodes1959–60Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01The Twilight Zone S01E01Where is Everybody?October 2, 1959 8.1A man named Mike Ferris finds himself walking down a deserted road toward an apparently uninhabited town. However, upon his arrival, he soon
  2. S01E02The Twilight Zone S01E02One for the AngelsOctober 9, 1959 7.8When Mr. Bookman, a sidewalk salesman gets visited by the angel of death, informing him that he will be dying at midnight that night, he con
  3. S01E03The Twilight Zone S01E03Mr. Denton on DoomsdayOctober 16, 1959 7.2The town drunk in the old-west faces his past when Fate lends a hand.
  4. S01E04The Twilight Zone S01E04The Sixteen-Millimeter ShrineOctober 23, 1959 6.8An aging, forgotten movie star from the 1930's longs to go back in time to her heyday, despite the pleas from her manager. However, his atte
  5. S01E05The Twilight Zone S01E05Walking DistanceOctober 30, 1959 7.8An overworked executive begins to wish for the easier times of his childhood. As a result, he manages to go back then and ultimately manages
  6. S01E06The Twilight Zone S01E06Escape ClauseNovember 6, 1959 7.2A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.
  7. S01E07The Twilight Zone S01E07The LonelyNovember 13, 1959 7.7A prisoner is isolated to a deserted asteroid, and a sympathetic starship captain takes pity on him and delivers an android woman.
  8. S01E08The Twilight Zone S01E08Season's bestTime Enough at LastNovember 20, 1959 8.6Henry Bemis is a bank teller who loves to read books. However, he gets in trouble for reading on his breaks at work and condemned by his wif
  9. S01E09The Twilight Zone S01E09Perchance to DreamNovember 27, 1959 7.0After failing to sleep for four days, Edward Hall goes to see a psychiatrist, sharing his fear that if he were to fall asleep, his dreams wi
  10. S01E10The Twilight Zone S01E10Judgment NightDecember 4, 1959 7.4A man wakes up on an ocean liner with no memory of how he got there... and a Nazi U-boat soon begins stalking the liner.
  11. S01E11The Twilight Zone S01E11And When the Sky Was OpenedDecember 11, 1959 8.0Three astronauts return from the first journey into space. However, one by one they disappear... and no one else remembers that they ever ex
  12. S01E12The Twilight Zone S01E12What You NeedDecember 25, 1959 7.7A peddler uses his uncanny ability to tell what a person needs to supply them with the proper item at the proper moment. However, a thug get
  13. S01E13The Twilight Zone S01E13The Four of Us Are DyingJanuary 1, 1960 6.6A small-time con-man (Harry Townes) with the ability to change his face assumes the identities of a musician (Ross Martin), a gangster (Phil
  14. S01E14The Twilight Zone S01E14Third From the SunJanuary 8, 1960 7.6With atomic war on the horizon, a scientist (Fritz Weaver) and his co-worker (Joe Maross) plot to board their families on a spaceship and es
  15. S01E15The Twilight Zone S01E15I Shot an Arrow Into the AirJanuary 15, 1960 7.1Earth's first manned spaceship, Arrow One, disappears on its maiden flight. The three surviving crewmen fight for survival on a barren aster
  16. S01E16The Twilight Zone S01E16The Hitch-HikerJanuary 22, 1960 7.5A woman on a cross-country road trip is haunted by a mysterious hitchhiker who she can't avoid no matter how far she travels.
  17. S01E17The Twilight Zone S01E17The FeverJanuary 29, 1960 6.2A determined anti-gambler gives in to temptation during a trip to Las Vegas and gambles away his life's savings on a one-armed bandit that s
  18. S01E18The Twilight Zone S01E18The Last FlightFebruary 5, 1960 7.5A World War I pilot lands at a modern-day Air Force base, and discovers he must try and find his way back to his own time and right a wrong.
  19. S01E19The Twilight Zone S01E19The Purple TestamentFebruary 12, 1960 7.6A World War II soldier in the Pacific gains the uncanny ability to see a glow in the faces of those who will soon die.
  20. S01E20The Twilight Zone S01E20ElegyFebruary 19, 1960 6.9Three lost astronauts find themselves on an asteroid surrounded by lifeless tableaus of people from the early 20th century.
  21. S01E21The Twilight Zone S01E21Mirror ImageFebruary 26, 1960 7.1A woman at a bus stop finds herself haunted by a mysterious figure: herself.
  22. S01E22The Twilight Zone S01E22The Monsters Are Due on Maple StreetMarch 4, 1960 8.5Panic breaks out in a suburban neighborhood when the power goes out, and all contact with the outside world is lost. The people begin to sus
  23. S01E23The Twilight Zone S01E23A World of DifferenceMarch 11, 1960 6.3A businessman discovers that he's been transported into a world where he is an actor and his life is a movie set. Now he has to get back bef
  24. S01E24The Twilight Zone S01E24Long Live Walter JamesonMarch 18, 1960 7.3A college professor suspects that his colleague, a Civil War expert, is much older than he appears.
  25. S01E25The Twilight Zone S01E25People Are Alike All OverMarch 25, 1960 7.7Two astronauts crash on Mars, and the survivor meets with the Martians... and discovers that people are alike all over.
  26. S01E26The Twilight Zone S01E26ExecutionApril 1, 1960 6.9A scientist brings a condemned outlaw from the 19th century to his lab via a time travel machine, but soon discovers that he's in over his h
  27. S01E27The Twilight Zone S01E27The Big Tall WishApril 8, 1960 6.5A young boy wishes that his hero, a washed-up boxer, could win one last fight... and he does.
  28. S01E28The Twilight Zone S01E28A Nice Place to VisitApril 15, 1960 6.8A punk criminal is gunned down by the police... and a mysterious white-suited Mr. Pip welcomes him to the afterlife and gives him everything
  29. S01E29The Twilight Zone S01E29Nightmare as a ChildApril 29, 1960 7.4A young girl named Markie is sitting outside the apartment of schoolteacher Helen Foley. Upon being invited into Helen's apartment, Markie s
  30. S01E30The Twilight Zone S01E30A Stop at WilloughbyMay 6, 1960 7.1An overworked, stressed ad executive named Williams falls asleep on a train ride home from work and dreams of a small 19th century town call
  31. S01E31The Twilight Zone S01E31The ChaserMay 13, 1960 6.4A young man tries to win the attention of an uninterested young woman. After being pointed in the direction of a mysterious professor, the y
  32. S01E32The Twilight Zone S01E32A Passage for TrumpetMay 20, 1960 6.9A down-and-out trumpet player (Jack Klugman) gets another chance at life after attempting suicide.
  33. S01E33The Twilight Zone S01E33Mr. BevisJune 3, 1960 7.0After having a bad day, Mr. Bevis receives a visit from his guardian angel and is offered the opportunity to relive his day, with a few chan
  34. S01E34The Twilight Zone S01E34The After HoursJune 10, 1960 8.6While shopping at a local department store, a young woman is looking for a thimble to give to her mother as a gift. After being advised to g
  35. S01E35The Twilight Zone S01E35The Mighty CaseyJune 17, 1960 6.4McGarry, the desperate manager of the last place and desperate baseball team called the Hoboken Zephyrs, goes to some drastic measures to en
  36. S01E36The Twilight Zone S01E36A World of His OwnJuly 1, 1960 7.1A playwright (Keenan Wynn) has the ability to bring anything to life by describing it to a tape recorder.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode29Episodes1960–61Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S02E01The Twilight Zone S02E01King Nine Will Not ReturnSeptember 30, 1960 5.8The pilot of a World War 2 Bomber called King Nine crashes in an African desert, wondering when and where he is. The Captain soon regains co
  2. S02E02The Twilight Zone S02E02The Man in the BottleOctober 7, 1960 6.9A poor pawnbroker inadvertently releases a genie from an old bottle, and is granted three wishes. However, the pawnbroker soon discovers tha
  3. S02E03The Twilight Zone S02E03Nervous Man in a Four Dollar RoomOctober 14, 1960 6.3A nervous little hustler, Jackie Rhoades, is ordered to make a hit on someone for a mobster. However, when he tries to leave his hotel room,
  4. S02E04The Twilight Zone S02E04A Thing About MachinesOctober 28, 1960 5.8A writer (Richard Haydn) believes machines are conspiring against him.
  5. S02E05The Twilight Zone S02E05The Howling ManNovember 4, 1960 7.4David Ellington comes upon an old monastery occupied by a 'Truth' order that is holding a benign old man prisoner.
  6. S02E06The Twilight Zone S02E06Season's bestThe Eye of the BeholderNovember 11, 1960 8.4In a not too distant future, a young woman hopes that plastic surgery will help her look "normal," after living her life as an unattractive
  7. S02E07The Twilight Zone S02E07Nick of TimeNovember 18, 1960 7.2A couple on their way to New York City for the husband's new job are unexpectedly waylaid... by a fortune-telling machine in a diner.
  8. S02E08The Twilight Zone S02E08The Lateness of the HourDecember 2, 1960 7.1When the daughter of an inventor tires of the family's household staff being made up of only robots, she soon discovers a shocking secret th
  9. S02E09The Twilight Zone S02E09The Trouble with TempletonDecember 9, 1960 6.7A Broadway actor (Brian Aherne) yearning for the days when his wife (Pippa Scott) was alive gets his wish.
  10. S02E10The Twilight Zone S02E10A Most Unusual CameraDecember 16, 1960 6.8A thieving couple (Fred Clark, Jean Carson) discover that a camera that they have stolen takes pictures of the future.
  11. S02E11The Twilight Zone S02E11The Night of the MeekDecember 23, 1960 7.3A drunk department store Santa wishes that he could give presents to everyone... and gets his wish.
  12. S02E12The Twilight Zone S02E12DustJanuary 6, 1961 7.1In the Old West, the desperate father (Vladimir Sokoloff) of a condemned man (John A. Alonzo) buys "magic dust" from a peddler (Thomas Gomez
  13. S02E13The Twilight Zone S02E13Back ThereJanuary 13, 1961 7.2At a meeting in a Washington, D.C. club, several professors hold a discussion on whether it's possible to travel back in time to alter histo
  14. S02E14The Twilight Zone S02E14The Whole TruthJanuary 20, 1961 6.3A used-car dealer (Jack Carson) is forced to tell the truth after buying a car from an old man (George Chandler) who says it is haunted.
  15. S02E15The Twilight Zone S02E15The InvadersJanuary 27, 1961 6.9After investigating a loud noise outside of her farmhouse, an elderly woman soon gets terrorized by what appears to be aliens that arrived i
  16. S02E16The Twilight Zone S02E16A Penny for Your ThoughtsFebruary 3, 1961 7.3When a coin lands on its edge, a bank clerk gains the ability to hear other people's thoughts--and soon learns that he can't always believe
  17. S02E17The Twilight Zone S02E17Twenty-TwoFebruary 10, 1961 7.9After being admitted into the hospital for nervous fatigue and being overworked, a dancer by the name of Liz Powell has a hard time resting
  18. S02E18The Twilight Zone S02E18The Odyssey of Flight 33February 24, 1961 7.3On a transatlantic flight to New York City, a pilot and his crew discover that they broke the sound barrier and as a result, travel back in
  19. S02E19The Twilight Zone S02E19Mr. Dingle, the StrongMarch 3, 1961 6.1A hapless vacuum cleaner salesman is given super-strength by a Martian as a means of testing humanity.
  20. S02E20The Twilight Zone S02E20StaticMarch 10, 1961 6.0A radio allows an old man (Dean Jagger) to listen to programs from his past.
  21. S02E21The Twilight Zone S02E21The Prime MoverMarch 24, 1961 6.6When a small-time gambler named Ace discovers that his friend has the power of telekinesis following an accident, he decides to exploit thos
  22. S02E22The Twilight Zone S02E22Long Distance CallMarch 31, 1961 6.7A boy (Bill Mumy) talks with his dead grandmother (Lili Darvas) on the toy telephone she gave him before she died.
  23. S02E23The Twilight Zone S02E23A Hundred Yards Over the RimApril 7, 1961 7.5A pioneer who's leading a wagon train to California soon finds himself in 1961 after he goes searching for medical help for his ill son. Whi
  24. S02E24The Twilight Zone S02E24The Rip Van Winkle CaperApril 21, 1961 7.1After successfully robbing a gold shipment, the band of thieves and their scientist ringleader decides to hide in a cave in the desert in su
  25. S02E25The Twilight Zone S02E25The SilenceApril 28, 1961 8.0One night at a men's club, respected Colonel Archie Taylor grows tired of the constant chatter of fellow member Jamie Tennyson. As a result,
  26. S02E26The Twilight Zone S02E26Shadow PlayMay 5, 1961 7.4A man convicted of murder and awaiting execution insists that everything happening is just his nightmare... and he has it every night.
  27. S02E27The Twilight Zone S02E27The Mind and the MatterMay 12, 1961 6.9A man uses the power of concentration to remake the world in his image.
  28. S02E28The Twilight Zone S02E28Will the Real Martian Please Stand UpMay 26, 1961 8.4When a pair of state troopers receive a call that an alien spaceship crashed in the woods near a roadside diner in the middle of a snowstorm
  29. S02E29The Twilight Zone S02E29The Obsolete ManJune 2, 1961 8.3In a near-future fascist state, librarian Romney Wordsworth is declared obsolete and allowed to pick the method of his own execution.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode37Episodes1961–62Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S03E01The Twilight Zone S03E01TwoSeptember 15, 1961 7.3Two soldiers from opposing sides cross paths in a city demolished by a devastating war that occurred years before. While they approach one a
  2. S03E02The Twilight Zone S03E02The ArrivalSeptember 22, 1961 6.7An FAA inspector (Harold J. Stone) and members of the airport staff (Noah Keen, Fredd Wayne, Robert Karnes, and Bing Russell) investigate a
  3. S03E03The Twilight Zone S03E03The ShelterSeptember 29, 1961 8.4When a suburban dinner party is interrupted by an announcement that a nuclear attack on the U.S. is imminent, the party goers scramble home
  4. S03E04The Twilight Zone S03E04The PassersbyOctober 6, 1961 6.5While traveling down an apparently deserted road, toward the end of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate Soldier stops to take a rest on the
  5. S03E05The Twilight Zone S03E05A Game of PoolOctober 13, 1961 6.8A legendary pool player (Jonathan Winters) returns from the dead to meet the challenge of a pool shark (Jack Klugman) with the shark's life
  6. S03E06The Twilight Zone S03E06The MirrorOctober 20, 1961 6.7In Central America, a mirror allows a dictator (Peter Falk) to see the faces of his enemies.
  7. S03E07The Twilight Zone S03E07The GraveOctober 27, 1961 6.6When the outlaw Pinto Sykes is gunned downed after being ambushed by the men in his hometown, Pinto vows revenge on the gun-for-hire that th
  8. S03E08The Twilight Zone S03E08It's a Good LifeNovember 3, 1961 8.2A six-year-old boy terrorizes the residents of Peaksville, Ohio, with special powers that control reality.
  9. S03E09The Twilight Zone S03E09Deaths-Head RevisitedNovember 10, 1961 8.9A former Nazi SS Captain arrives in a small Bavarian town, looking to visit Dachau, an old Concentration camp, wanting to remember what it w
  10. S03E10The Twilight Zone S03E10The Midnight SunNovember 17, 1961 7.8The earth gets thrown off its orbit, and as a result, is getting pulled closer to the sun. Unable to leave their apartment building to find
  11. S03E11The Twilight Zone S03E11Still ValleyNovember 24, 1961 6.0During the Civil War, a Confederate scout (Gary Merrill) enters a town to find Yankee soldiers frozen in place.
  12. S03E12The Twilight Zone S03E12The JungleDecember 1, 1961 7.0An engineer in Africa returns to the States... and a tribesman's curse follows him.
  13. S03E13The Twilight Zone S03E13Once Upon a TimeDecember 15, 1961 8.0A janitor (Buster Keaton) travels from 1890 to 1962, courtesy of a time helmet.
  14. S03E14The Twilight Zone S03E14Five Characters in Search of an ExitDecember 22, 1961 7.5Five individuals--a major, a clown, a ballerina, a hobo, and a piper--find themselves trapped in a metal cylinder with no memory of how they
  15. S03E15The Twilight Zone S03E15A Quality of MercyDecember 29, 1961 7.3During World War II, a gung-ho young American lieutenant is forced to see the enemy's side of the battlefield... whether he wants to or not.
  16. S03E16The Twilight Zone S03E16Nothing in the DarkJanuary 5, 1962 7.9An elderly woman living in a condemned building is scared of leaving her home and finding a new place to live, because she fears that "Mr. D
  17. S03E17The Twilight Zone S03E17One More PallbearerJanuary 12, 1962 7.3A wealthy man sets out to get revenge on three people that he thinks have wronged him... by convincing them that he's the only one who can p
  18. S03E18The Twilight Zone S03E18Dead Man's ShoesJanuary 19, 1962 6.3A homeless man (Warren Stevens) literally walks into another life when he steals the shoes from a corpse.
  19. S03E19The Twilight Zone S03E19The HuntJanuary 26, 1962 7.7An old man and his hound dog drown while out raccoon and soon begin trying to find out where they belong in the afterlife. When the first pl
  20. S03E20The Twilight Zone S03E20Showdown with Rance McGrewFebruary 2, 1962 6.7The egotistic star (Larry Blyden) of a western TV series comes face to face with the real Jesse James (Arch Johnson).
  21. S03E21The Twilight Zone S03E21Kick the CanFebruary 9, 1962 8.1The dispirited residents of a nursing home are urged by one of their number to believe that they can recapture their youth by playing a chil
  22. S03E22The Twilight Zone S03E22A Piano in the HouseFebruary 16, 1962 7.0Sadistic and hated theater critic Fitzgerald Fortune buys a player piano that has the power to reveal the souls of all who hear it.
  23. S03E23The Twilight Zone S03E23The Last Rites of Jeff MyrtlebankFebruary 23, 1962 6.1As family and friends sit through the funeral of Jeff Myrtlebank, they are in for a rude awakening when he sits up from his coffin, demandin
  24. S03E24The Twilight Zone S03E24To Serve ManMarch 2, 1962 8.7An alien race, the Kanamits, come to Earth providing technology and guidance to turn the planet into a utopia. But one man questions their b
  25. S03E25The Twilight Zone S03E25The FugitiveMarch 9, 1962 6.9A fugitive (J. Pat O'Malley) from another world befriends a handicapped girl (Susan Gordon).
  26. S03E26The Twilight Zone S03E26Little Girl LostMarch 16, 1962 7.6When parents Chris and Ruth Miller wake up in the middle of the night to the cries of their daughter Tina, they are shocked to discover that
  27. S03E27The Twilight Zone S03E27Person or Persons UnknownMarch 23, 1962 7.6David Allen Gurney wakes up on morning and discovers that no one knows who he is and that he doesn't exist in the new world that he finds hi
  28. S03E28The Twilight Zone S03E28The Little PeopleMarch 30, 1962 7.7When two astronauts (Claude Akins, Joe Maross) land on a distant planet, one of them becomes a "God" to a race of tiny people.
  29. S03E29The Twilight Zone S03E29Four O'ClockApril 6, 1962 7.7A fanatical one-man moral crusader (Theodore Bikel) decides to shrink those he deems evil to a height of two feet at four o'clock.
  30. S03E30The Twilight Zone S03E30Hocus-Pocus and FrisbyApril 13, 1962 7.6A rural gas station attendant given to telling tall tales about himself is kidnapped by aliens who believe him to be one of Earth's leading
  31. S03E31The Twilight Zone S03E31The Trade-InsApril 20, 1962 7.6An elderly couple look to trade-in their aging bodies for younger models. However, they only have enough money for one to go through the pro
  32. S03E32The Twilight Zone S03E32The GiftApril 27, 1962 6.3A visitor from outer space (Geoffrey Horne) tries to present a gift to a Mexican village that greets him only with suspicion.
  33. S03E33The Twilight Zone S03E33The DummyMay 4, 1962 7.4A ventriloquist (Cliff Robertson) believes his dummy is alive ... and is beginning to take over not just the act.
  34. S03E34The Twilight Zone S03E34Young Man's FancyMay 11, 1962 6.7Upon a newlywed's arrival to his boyhood home with his bride, he starts to have reservations selling the place following his mother's death.
  35. S03E35The Twilight Zone S03E35I Sing the Body ElectricMay 18, 1962 7.7A recent widower, needing loving care for his three young children, orders a cybernetic "grandmother". While two of the children accept her,
  36. S03E36The Twilight Zone S03E36Cavender is ComingMay 25, 1962 7.1Inept guardian angel Harmon Cavender is given a chance to earn his wings by helping an unconventional big city woman, the young, awkward Agn
  37. S03E37The Twilight Zone S03E37Season's bestThe Changing of the GuardJune 1, 1962 9.1An elderly boys school teacher faces mandatory retirement and questions whether he's done anything with his life.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode18Episodes1963Aired 7.2Season avg
  1. S04E01The Twilight Zone S04E01In His ImageJanuary 3, 1963 7.7A scientist (George Grizzard) creates a near-perfect mechanical man endowed with all the qualities he feels he is lacking.
  2. S04E02The Twilight Zone S04E02The Thirty-Fathom GraveJanuary 10, 1963 7.5When a US Naval destroyer picks up the signal of US submarine that was sunk 20 years prior, one of the sailors begins to feel like he doesn'
  3. S04E03The Twilight Zone S04E03Valley of the ShadowJanuary 17, 1963 8.3While on his way back to the big city, a reporter by the name of Phillip Redfield gets lost on a series of backroads and finds his way into
  4. S04E04The Twilight Zone S04E04He's AliveJanuary 24, 1963 7.6A power-hungry American Nazi (Dennis Hopper) receives advice from a mysterious benefactor. With Paul Mazursky.
  5. S04E05The Twilight Zone S04E05MuteJanuary 31, 1963 6.7Following the death of her parents in a fire that also destroyed her home, a young girl struggles to interact with those that expect her to
  6. S04E06The Twilight Zone S04E06Death ShipFebruary 7, 1963 7.4Three astronauts (Jack Klugman, Ross Martin, and Fred Beir) discover exact duplicates of their spaceship and themselves that crashed on a di
  7. S04E07The Twilight Zone S04E07Jess-BelleFebruary 14, 1963 6.5A mountain girl (Anne Francis) enlists a witch (Jeanette Nolan) to help her win back her lover (James Best).
  8. S04E08The Twilight Zone S04E08MiniatureFebruary 21, 1963 7.3A timid misfit finds love and happiness at a museum when he discovers a miniature doll comes to life to only him. As a result, he tries to f
  9. S04E09The Twilight Zone S04E09Printer's DevilFebruary 28, 1963 7.8A newspaper owner on the brink of suicide gets a second chance from a mysterious man named Smith... who gives him a printer that foretells t
  10. S04E10The Twilight Zone S04E10No Time Like the PastMarch 7, 1963 5.7A scientist (Dana Andrews) goes back in time to try and change history.
  11. S04E11The Twilight Zone S04E11The ParallelMarch 14, 1963 7.8An astronaut (Steve Forrest) returns from a space flight to find things much changed during his absence.
  12. S04E12The Twilight Zone S04E12I Dream of GenieMarch 21, 1963 6.8An office worker (Howard Morris) acquires a lamp with a genie (Jack Albertson) who offers him a wish.
  13. S04E13The Twilight Zone S04E13Season's bestThe New ExhibitApril 4, 1963 8.6After learning that the wax museum that he works in will be closing down effective immediately, employee Martin Lombard Senescu frantically
  14. S04E14The Twilight Zone S04E14Of Late I Think of CliffordvilleApril 11, 1963 7.9Aging, wealthy tycoon William Feathersmith is getting bored with his life. After meeting with his old business partner Mr. Deidrich, Feather
  15. S04E15The Twilight Zone S04E15The Incredible World of Horace FordApril 18, 1963 5.7A middle-aged toy designer (Pat Hingle) goes back to his childhood when he visits his old neighborhood.
  16. S04E16The Twilight Zone S04E16On Thursday We Leave for HomeMay 2, 1963 7.5The first human space colony is about to be rescued from the forsaken planet they've been on for three decades. But their leader's having a
  17. S04E17The Twilight Zone S04E17Passage on the Lady AnneMay 9, 1963 6.9A woman hopes a trans-Atlantic cruise and holiday in London will help save her marriage, unaware that the ship is on a final voyage into the
  18. S04E18The Twilight Zone S04E18The BardMay 23, 1963 5.5A bumbling screenwriter, Julius K. Moomer, is becoming desperate for a sale after 23 years working on unproduced scripts. When his agent men

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode36Episodes1963–64Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S05E01The Twilight Zone S05E01In Praise of PipSeptember 27, 1963 8.0When a small time bookie who is down on his luck decides to show a little mercy to a young man who placed a losing bet with him, his life ul
  2. S05E02The Twilight Zone S05E02SteelOctober 4, 1963 6.8In 1974, boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. With his next and possibly last fight approaching and his robot in
  3. S05E03The Twilight Zone S05E03Season's bestNightmare at 20,000 FeetOctober 11, 1963 8.9While traveling on a plane, a man who recently was treated for a nervous breakdown is convinced that a monster is outside, intent on destroy
  4. S05E04The Twilight Zone S05E04A Kind of a StopwatchOctober 18, 1963 8.2A man is given a stopwatch that halts time.
  5. S05E05The Twilight Zone S05E05The Last Night of a JockeyOctober 25, 1963 6.2A washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.
  6. S05E06The Twilight Zone S05E06Living DollNovember 1, 1963 8.1When a man's stepdaughter gets a new, talking doll, he gets rattled when it lets its negative feelings toward him known to only him.
  7. S05E07The Twilight Zone S05E07The Old Man in the CaveNovember 8, 1963 7.5In a post-apocalyptic settlement in 1974, the inhabitants' survival is dependent on the advice of an unseen man living in a nearby cave. Thi
  8. S05E08The Twilight Zone S05E08Uncle SimonNovember 15, 1963 7.2The long-suffering niece of a grumpy inventor finds no peace after his passing.
  9. S05E09The Twilight Zone S05E09Probe 7 - Over and OutNovember 29, 1963 7.6When Astronaut Colonel Cook crash lands on another planet, he promptly contacts his commanding officer, looking for a way back home. However
  10. S05E10The Twilight Zone S05E10The 7th is Made Up of PhantomsDecember 6, 1963 6.4Three National Guardsmen (Ron Foster, Randy Boone, and Warren Oates) exploring the site of Custer's Last Stand wind up getting involved in t
  11. S05E11The Twilight Zone S05E11A Short Drink from a Certain FountainDecember 13, 1963 7.0An aging married man convinces his brother to inject him with a youth serum.
  12. S05E12The Twilight Zone S05E12Ninety Years Without SlumberingDecember 20, 1963 7.0An old man (Ed Wynn) believes he will die the moment his grandfather clock stops ticking.
  13. S05E13The Twilight Zone S05E13Ring-a-Ding GirlDecember 27, 1963 8.1When movie star Bunny Blake receives an opal ring from her hometown fan club, she sees it as an omen to go there for the town's annual picni
  14. S05E14The Twilight Zone S05E14You DriveJanuary 3, 1964 7.8While driving home from work one afternoon, an office manager named Oliver Pope accidentally hits a young child on a bike with his car. The
  15. S05E15The Twilight Zone S05E15The Long MorrowJanuary 10, 1964 7.9An astronaut returns from a 40 year mission to confront whether the time has changed his relationship with his girlfriend.
  16. S05E16The Twilight Zone S05E16The Self-Improvement of Salvadore RossJanuary 17, 1964 7.5Salvadore Ross has a unique talent where he can trade physical characteristics with other people and will do anything to get the love of Lea
  17. S05E17The Twilight Zone S05E17Number Twelve Looks Just Like YouJanuary 24, 1964 8.3An unattractive young woman attempts to resist the pressure to transform into a beautiful woman and conform to new societal standards, where
  18. S05E18The Twilight Zone S05E18Black Leather JacketsJanuary 31, 1964 7.1A trio of aliens, dressed as "hoodlums" in black leather jackets, arrive in a small town, look to eradicate all life on Earth so their kind
  19. S05E19The Twilight Zone S05E19Night CallFebruary 7, 1964 8.2When an elderly, disabled woman starts to receive phone calls in the middle of the night, she is shocked at discovering they are from the gh
  20. S05E20The Twilight Zone S05E20From Agnes - With LoveFebruary 14, 1964 6.5Computer programmer James Elwood is called in to fix the world's most powerful computer – codenamed Agnes – and soon turns to Agnes for help
  21. S05E21The Twilight Zone S05E21Spur of the MomentFebruary 21, 1964 6.8An engaged heiress is scared by an older woman wearing all black, on horseback.  Her fiance jokes that it was an attempt to get her to call
  22. S05E22The Twilight Zone S05E22An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeFebruary 28, 1964 8.6An adaptation of Ambrose Bierce's tale, Union Soldiers set out to hang Confederate prisoner Peyton Farquhar, but things don't go as planned
  23. S05E23The Twilight Zone S05E23Queen of the NileMarch 6, 1964 6.5Planning on writing an article about a famous actress, a cynical journalist is intrigued as to how she is able to stay so young. As their in
  24. S05E24The Twilight Zone S05E24What's in the BoxMarch 13, 1964 7.3A cab driver who is constantly fighting with his wife gets his tv set repaired and see's something happen that starts to drive him out of hi
  25. S05E25The Twilight Zone S05E25The MasksMarch 20, 1964 8.0A dying man, not liked by his daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren, invites them for a visit while hosting a Mardi Gras party. Realizing
  26. S05E26The Twilight Zone S05E26I Am the Night - Color Me BlackMarch 27, 1964 6.5On the morning when a man is set to be hung for killing a bigoted neighbor, the sun fails to rise. The local newspaperman in town take this
  27. S05E27The Twilight Zone S05E27Sounds and SilencesApril 3, 1964 6.0A boorish man with an obsession of loud noises drives his wife to leave him, and as a result, gets institutionalized when the smallest, most
  28. S05E28The Twilight Zone S05E28Caesar and MeApril 10, 1964 6.2A struggling ventriloquist (Jackie Cooper) has a dummy who talks him into a life of crime.
  29. S05E29The Twilight Zone S05E29The Jeopardy RoomApril 17, 1964 7.7When a KGB Major is trying to defect, an assassin plots a unique death unless he finds a way disarm the bomb that is hidden in his hotel roo
  30. S05E30The Twilight Zone S05E30Stopover in a Quiet TownApril 24, 1964 8.0When Bob and Millie Frazier wake up in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar town after drinking too much at a party the previous night, they
  31. S05E31The Twilight Zone S05E31The EncounterMay 1, 1964 7.8When a World War II veteran is cleaning out his attic, a Japanese American gardener comes by to inquire about having his lawn cut. The pair
  32. S05E32The Twilight Zone S05E32Mr. Garrity and the GravesMay 8, 1964 7.5A peddler arrives in an Old West town and claims that he has the ability to raise the dead... and he won't use it, for a price.
  33. S05E33The Twilight Zone S05E33The Brain Center at Whipple'sMay 15, 1964 7.2When a heartless manufacturing CEO decides to completely automate his factory, he decides to ignore the pleas of those around him to not fol
  34. S05E34The Twilight Zone S05E34Come Wander with MeMay 22, 1964 5.8When singer Floyd Burney travels to a small, backwoods community looking for an authentic folk song to become his next hit song, he gets mor
  35. S05E35The Twilight Zone S05E35The FearMay 29, 1964 7.2Upon Trooper Franklin's arrival at a remote cabin to check on the occupant, a big city fashion editor looking to relax from the hustle and b
  36. S05E36The Twilight Zone S05E36The Bewitchin' PoolJune 19, 1964 6.0Two children escape their bickering parents through a portal in the bottom of their swimming pool to a magical land watched over by a kindly

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Shows like The Twilight Zone all similar shows

The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.

  1. 01Science-Fiction·Mystery·SupernaturalStranger Things: Tales from '852026–presentStreaming on NetflixIn the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading.6.2Compare
  2. 02Science-Fiction·Mystery·ThrillerThe Expanse2015–2022Streaming on Amazon Prime VideoA thriller set two hundred years in the future, The Expanse follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the…8.7Compare
  3. 03Science-Fiction·Mystery·DramaFoundation2021–presentStreaming on Apple TVWhen revolutionary Dr. Hari Seldon predicts the impending fall of the Empire, he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve…7.6Compare
  4. 04Science-Fiction·Mystery·DramaSilo2023–presentStreaming on Apple TVIn a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground.8.1Compare
  5. 05Science-Fiction·Mystery·DramaSeverance2022–presentStreaming on Apple TVMark Scout leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives.7.7Compare
  6. 06Science-Fiction·Mystery·DramaInvasion2021Streaming on Apple TVEarth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence.6.6Compare

Head-to-head pick any opponent

Stack The Twilight Zone's full episode-rating history against a rival, on one chart.

Keep exploring top shows