Season 1 (original series)

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Real World point of view

For first seasons from other series, see The Twilight Zone (second series) and The Twilight Zone (third series).

Main article: The Twilight Zone (Original Series)

The is an overview of the first season of the original The Twilight Zone TV series which ran from 1959-1960, airing 36 episodes.

Note: Episode titles were not presented on screen, but instead were usually announced by Rod Serling at the end of the preceding week's episode. "Where is Everybody?" is an exception being the first episode. Serling's promotional announcements were stripped from syndicated versions of Season 1 but restored (often only in audio form) on the Image Entertainment DVD releases.

Notable guest stars

Notable guest-stars from the season included: Ed Wynn, Martin Landau, Ida Lupino, Jack Warden, Ted Knight, Burgess Meredith, Inger Stevens, Dick York, Claude Akins, Roddy McDowall, Jack Klugman, Orson Bean, and Anne Francis.

Notable episodes

• "Where is Everybody?" was the pilot episode of the season and the series.
• "The Big Tall Wish" was an episode with an all-African-American main cast, a rarity on television at the time.
• "A World of His Own" featured the first on-screen appearance of Rod Serling as the Narrator.

Memorable quotes

Main article: List of memorable quotes from the first series

Episode List

1. "Where is Everybody?" (October 2, 1959)
2. "One for the Angels" (October 9, 1959)
3. "Mr. Denton On Doomsday" (October 16, 1959)
4. "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" (October 23, 1959)
5. "Walking Distance" (October 30, 1959)
6. "Escape Clause" (November 6, 1959)
7. "The Lonely" (November 13, 1959)
8. "Time Enough at Last" (November 20, 1959)
9. "Perchance to Dream" (November 27, 1959)
10. "Judgment Night" (December 4, 1959)
11. "And When the Sky Was Opened" (December 11, 1959)
12. "What You Need" (December 25, 1959)
13. "The Four of Us Are Dying" (January 1, 1960)
14. "Third from the Sun" (January 8, 1960)
15. "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" (January 15, 1960)
16. "The Hitch-Hiker" (January 22, 1960)
17. "The Fever" (January 29, 1960)
18. "The Last Flight" (February 5, 1960)
19. "The Purple Testament" (February 12, 1960)
20. "Elegy" (February 19, 1960)
21. "Mirror Image" (February 26, 1960)
22. "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (March 4, 1960)
23. "A World of Difference" (March 11, 1960)
24. "Long Live Walter Jameson" (March 18, 1960)
25. "People Are Alike All Over" (March 25, 1960)
26. "Execution" (April 1, 1960)
27. "The Big Tall Wish" (April 8, 1960)
28. "A Nice Place to Visit" (April 15, 1960)
29. "Nightmare as a Child" (April 29, 1960)
30. "A Stop at Willoughby" (May 6, 1960)
31. "The Chaser" (May 13, 1960)
32. "A Passage for Trumpet" (May 20, 1960)
33. "Mr. Bevis" (June 3, 1960)
34. "The After Hours" (June 10, 1960)
35. "The Mighty Casey" (June 17, 1960)
36. "A World of His Own" (July 1, 1960)

See also

• Season 2 (Original Series)
• Season 3 (Original Series)
• Season 4 (Original Series)
• Season 5 (Original Series)