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"The Twilight Zone" (1985) More at IMDbPro »

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Year: 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet

27 September 1985
Shatterday: Peter Jay Novins calls his home, only to hear himself answer at the other end. A Little Peace and Quiet: a harried housewife struggling with rambunctious children, a demanding husband, and the stress of modern life, finds relief from an unusual source that brings both power and responsibility.

Season 1, Episode 2: Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon

4 October 1985
"Wordplay": A salesman at a medical firm finds everyone around him undergoing a linguistic transformation. "Dreams for Sale": A woman finds that her idyllic picnic may not be what it seems. "Chameleon": Something unusual returns with a Shuttle mission.

Season 1, Episode 3: Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye

11 October 1985
"Healer": Small-time crook Jackie Thompson finds that a rock possesses special abilities. "Children's Zoo": An invitation to a unique zoo offers a girl a solution to her bickering parents. "Kentucky Rye": Drunk driver Bob Spindler finds himself in an unusual bar after an accident.

Season 1, Episode 4: Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers

18 October 1985
"Little Boy Lost": a woman, struggling with the decision to settle down and raise a family or embrace her accelerating career, befriends a strange boy who seems to be stalking her. "Wish Bank": an antique oil lamp found at a yard sale brings new meaning to the warning, "be careful what you wish for." "Nightcrawlers": a troubled drifter with an unusual ability terrifies the inhabitants of a rural diner.

Season 1, Episode 5: If She Dies/Ye Gods

25 October 1985
"If She Dies": After an accident leaves his daughter in a coma, a man sees an apparition of a young girl on top of an old orphanage. "Ye Gods": The only way a yuppie can resolve his divinely-influenced love life is by repairing Cupid's.

Season 1, Episode 6: Examination Day/A Message from Charity

1 November 1985
Puritan Charity Payne and 1980's teenager Peter Wood are psychically connected due to delirium induced by a bacterial infection, and can see the world through each others eyes.

Season 1, Episode 7: Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour

8 November 1985
"Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran.

Season 1, Episode 8: Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice

15 November 1985
In ACT BREAK, selfish second-rate playwright Maury Winkler wishes for a better writing partner than his ailing colleague Harry. THE BURNING MAN appears on the road and tries to hitch a ride during a heat wave in the 1930's. In DEALER'S CHOICE, four poker pals sit down for a game with a mysterious stand-in named Nick.

Season 1, Episode 9: Dead Woman's Shoes/Wong's Lost and Found Emporium

22 November 1985
"Dead Woman's Shoes": A meek thrift store clerk is possessed by the spirit of a dead woman. "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium": A man in search of his compassion looks for it in a mysterious place.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Shadow Man/The Uncle Devil Show/Opening Day

29 November 1985
"The Shadow Man": A teenager discovers that a supernatural being lives underneath his bed. "The Uncle Devil Show": A children's video tape includes instructions in the black arts. "Opening Day": A golf pro who kills a businessman in order to be with his wife suddenly finds himself occupying the other man's life just before the murder.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty

6 December 1985
"The Beacon": A doctor stumbles across an isolated town with a secret. "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty": A troubled writer goes back to his childhood to trace the source of his problems.

Season 1, Episode 12: Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton

13 December 1985
In "Her Pilgrim Soul," two scientists must discover why the spirit of a woman is reliving a previous life within their holographic computer. "I of Newton" showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.

Season 1, Episode 13: Night of the Meek/But Can She Type?/The Star

20 December 1985
Henry Corwin, a department store Santa Claus, is fired from his job, but finds his toy sack is a magical deliverer of Christmas cheer. In "But Can She Type?," miserable secretary Karen Billings comes across a copy machine that transports her to a world where secretaries are adored and honored. And, in "The Star," space archaeologists stumble upon a planet whose civilization died about two thousand years ago when its star went super nova.

Season 1, Episode 14: Still Life/The Little People of Killany Woods/The Misfortune Cookie

3 January 1986
In STILL LIFE, Dan Arnold discovers that an antique camera used on an Amazon expedition decades earlier yields mysterious photos inside. THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF KILLANY WOODS deals with pub regulars who are skeptical when the town drunk claims to have seen leprechauns in a nearby forest. THE MISFORTUNE COOKIE lands on the plate of arrogant food critic Harry Folger when he writes a negative review of Mr. Lee's Chinese restaurant without tasting the food first.

Season 1, Episode 15: Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes

24 January 1986
Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be a kind senior citizen, but there's more to him than meets the eye in MONSTERS! In A SMALL TALENT FOR WAR, an alien ambassador attends a meeting of the United Nations. In A MATTER OF MINUTES, Michael and June Wright awaken to find their home overrun by faceless laborers.

Season 1, Episode 16: The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences

31 January 1986
Brothers Will and Roger use THE ELEVATOR to locate their father's growth serum, which was developed to ensure a plentiful food supply. In TO SEE THE INVISIBLE MAN, emotionally cold Mitchell Chaplin is sentenced to one year of social invisibility as punishment. In TOOTH AND CONSEQUENCES, despondent dentist Myron Mandel receives a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

Season 1, Episode 17: Welcome to Winfield/Quarantine

7 February 1986
"Welcome to Winfield": Two people fleeing an agent of Death hide in an unusual town. "Quarantine": A weapons engineer is awakened from suspended animation to deal with an imminent threat from space.

Season 1, Episode 18: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading

14 February 1986
In "Personal Demons", a blocked writer copes with destructive black-clad creatures that can only be seen by him. In "Cold Reading", an understudy copes with radio director Nelson Westbrook's insistence on real sound effects.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Leprechaun-Artist/Dead Run

21 February 1986
"The Leprechaun-Artist": Three teenage boys are each granted a wish after catching a vacationing leprechaun. "Dead Run": A down-on-his-luck trucker accepts a job hauling an unusual cargo.

Season 1, Episode 20: Profile in Silver/Button, Button

7 March 1986
"Profile in Silver": After preventing the assassination of President Kennedy, a historian from the future faces the consequences of his act. "Button, Button": A couple receives a box with a button -- and an unusual offer.

Season 1, Episode 21: Need to Know/Red Snow

21 March 1986
In NEED TO KNOW, government investigator Edward Sayers visits a small rural community where insanity is spreading among the residents. In RED SNOW, Russian KGB Colonel Ulyanov goes to a Siberian labor camp to investigate violent deaths of Communist party officials.

Season 1, Episode 22: Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library

28 March 1986
Comedian Billy Diamond plays a tough gig in the afterlife. "Devil's Alphabet": In Victorian England, Cambridge graduates are bound by a youthful oath even after they die. "The Library": A young woman goes to work in an unusual library.

Season 1, Episode 23: Shadow Play/Grace Note

4 April 1986
In SHADOW PLAY, a remake of the episode from the original "Twilight Zone" series, Death Row inmate Adam Grant is terrified that the participants in his trial will cease to exist when he is executed. In GRACE NOTE, young Rosemarie Miletti aspires to be a famous opera singer and receives a surprising glimpse into the future.

Season 1, Episode 24: A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot

11 April 1986
Scientist Kevin Carlson and his fiancée Faith can't get anyone to believe that they saw a flying saucer land during A DAY IN BEAUMONT. In THE LAST DEFENDER OF CAMELOT, Lancelot is summoned by Morgan LeFay to meet with Merlin the magician, who plans to restore Camelot.

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness

27 September 1986
Shy young Margaret receives a private message from a flying saucer.

Season 2, Episode 2: What Are Friends For?/Aqua Vita

4 October 1986
What Are Friends For?: Alex Mattingly wonders whether his son Jeff's new friend Mike is real or imaginary. Aqua Vita: Television newscaster Christie Copperfield discovers a fountain of youth in the form of bottled water and takes a liking to it, but then the price rises.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Storyteller/Nightsong

11 October 1986
The Storyteller: Adolescent Micah Frost keeps his great-great-grandfather alive by making up serialized stories that continue night after night. Nightsong: Disc jockey Andrea Fields plays an obscure record made by her lost lover Simon Locke, who mysteriously reappears after a long absence.

Season 2, Episode 4: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door

18 October 1986
The After Hours: Marsha Cole detects shadowy figures and mysterious voices around her during a trip to a local shopping mall. Lost and Found: College student Jennifer Templeton finds out why her possessions have been vanishing. The World Next Door: Would-be inventor Barney Schlessinger is bored with his life until he meets another inventor in a parallel world.

Season 2, Episode 5: The Toys of Caliban

4 December 1986
Elderly Ernie Ross and his wife Mary live in fear of their son Toby, who has the magical ability to turn any imagined item into reality.

Season 2, Episode 6: The Convict's Piano

11 December 1986
Ricky Frost has been wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison, but his musical talent might see him free if he continues to play a certain piano.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Road Less Travelled

18 December 1986
Vietnam-era draft dodger Jeff McDowell sees something familiar about a wheelchair-bound man who has appeared in his house unexpectedly.

Season 2, Episode 8: The Card/The Junction

21 February 1987
The Card: Severe penalties await shopper Linda Wolfe when she fails to pay her credit card bills in a timely fashion. The Junction: John Parker and Ray Dobson are trapped inside the local mine. But when one is rescued, the other disappears.

Season 2, Episode 9: Joy Ride/Shelter Skelter/Private Channel

21 May 1987
Joy ride: The joy ride that two couples take in a stolen car is disrupted by the car's deceased owner, who isn't done with the car yet. Shelter SkelterR: Two men race to a private fallout shelter at the onset of a nuclear blast. For months they battle cabin fever and loneliness until one decides to venture out of the shelter and faces a horrific landscape of destruction and darkness. Private Channel: An accident turns an obnoxious young man's radio headset into a receiver of other people's thoughts.

Season 2, Episode 10: Time and Teresa Golowitz/Voices in the Earth

10 July 1987
Professor Donald Knowles travels back in time with other members of an expedition, and is deeply affected by the Earthlings of centuries earlier.

Season 2, Episode 11: Song of the Younger World/The Girl I Married

17 July 1987
Song of the Younger World: In the early 20th century, reform school inmate Tanner Smith tempts fate by falling in love with puritanical Warden Mordecai Hawkline's daughter Amy. The Girl I Maried: Middle-aged corporate lawyer Ira Richman misses young Valerie, the girl he married twenty years ago and is surprised to see her materialize.

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon

24 September 1988
Harry Morgan plays an elderly man with a Rube Goldberg machine filling his apartment. His daughter is concerned and arranges for a social worker to look in on him. It turns out that the machine is an allegory for the world. Harry is constantly making modifications and additions to the machine to keep the world running right.

Season 3, Episode 2: Extra Innings

1 October 1988
To the chagrin of his wife Cindy, fading baseball star Ed Hamler sees an uncanny resemblance between himself and Monty Hanks, a fellow baseball player who has the same stats as Ed but lived 78 years ago.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Crossing

8 October 1988
Mark Cassidy, a hard-working priest in need of a vacation, sees visions of a car that bursts into flame with a child inside.

Season 3, Episode 4: The Hunters

15 October 1988
An archaeologist investigates newly-discovered cave paintings that prove to be more than they seem.

Season 3, Episode 5: Dream Me a Life

22 October 1988
Retirement home resident Roger Simpson Leads has nightmares of an unknown woman being stalked.

Season 3, Episode 6: Memories

29 October 1988
A regression therapist wakes up in a world in which everyone can recall their past lives.

Season 3, Episode 7: The Hellgramite Method

5 November 1988
An alcoholic agrees to a unique treatment, one that will stop him from drinking -- or kill him in the process.

Season 3, Episode 8: Our Selena Is Dying

12 November 1988
A doctor becomes suspicious when a young woman mysteriously begins losing her youth to her dying aunt.

Season 3, Episode 9: The Call

19 November 1988
A telephone number dialed in error could spell the end of loneliness for lonely Norman Blaine.

Season 3, Episode 10: The Trance

26 November 1988
A phony trance-channeler gets an unexpected message from the beyond.

Season 3, Episode 11: Acts of Terror

3 December 1988
Louise Simonson receives a gift that may help her escape from the clutches of her abusive husband Jack.

Season 3, Episode 12: 20/20 Vision

10 December 1988
A pair of damaged glasses allows a loan officer at a rural bank to see into the future and consider the consequences of his actions.

Season 3, Episode 13: There Was an Old Woman

17 December 1988
Alley Parker is a renowned author of children's' books feeling no longer needed, until she meets some of her fans.

Season 3, Episode 14: The Trunk

24 December 1988
Down-on-his-luck hotel manager Willy Gardner finds a steamer trunk with magical powers.

Season 3, Episode 15: Appointment on Route 17

31 December 1988
Heart transplant recipient Tom Bennett experiences a personality change when he is attracted to a diner waitress named Mary Jo, who is in mourning for her recently deceased lover.

Season 3, Episode 16: The Cold Equations

7 January 1989
Marilyn Lee Cross may not survive after she stows away on board a spacecraft.

Season 3, Episode 17: Stranger in Possum Meadows

14 January 1989
Young Danny Wilkins is playing in a field when he meets a scout who is collecting specimens of all sorts.

Season 3, Episode 18: Street of Shadows

21 January 1989
Unemployed Steve Cranston lives with his family in a soon-to-be-closed homeless shelter. One night, he breaks into the home of wealthy Frederick Perry, who pulls a gun. The resulting struggle has a deep effect on several lives.

Season 3, Episode 19: Something in the Walls

28 January 1989
Sanitarium patient Sharon Miles is convinced that she has seen some kind of creatures in the walls of her cell.

Season 3, Episode 20: A Game of Pool

1989
Pool hustler Jesse Cardiff plays against all-time champion "Fats" Brown. The stakes? Only Jesse's life...

Season 3, Episode 21: The Wall

25 February 1989
A washed-up, military test pilot volunteers to go through an energy portal to search for others who went through but haven't returned. When he discovers a Garden of Eden on the other side, will he be able to locate the others? Can he find a way back? Even if he does, would he?

Season 3, Episode 22: Room 2426

11 February 1989
Biochemist Martin Decker is imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured, but still refuses to reveal a secret formula to his captors. However, his new cell mate's knowledge of teleportation of living matter may provide him with an escape route.

Season 3, Episode 23: The Mind of Simon Foster

18 February 1989
Downwardly mobile Simon Foster makes the mistake of selling his memories in order to survive.

Season 3, Episode 24: Cat and Mouse

4 March 1989
Lonely Andrea Moffitt finds a stray cat, who is actually Guillaume De Marchaux, a suave Frenchman who turns human at night but reverts to feline form during the day due to an old curse. Will he end her loneliness?

Season 3, Episode 25: Many, Many Monkeys

18 March 1989
Registered nurse Claire Hendricks believes that there is a deeper reason why blindness is spreading quickly through her community.

Season 3, Episode 26: Rendezvous in a Dark Place

12 March 1989
Death-obsessed Barbara LeMay comes face to face with the Grim Reaper himself.

Season 3, Episode 27: Special Service

8 April 1989
A man and his wife discover that their lives are secretly being videotaped and is a huge hit on a network television show.

Season 3, Episode 28: Love Is Blind

25 March 1989
Jealous husband Jack Haines takes his rage to a bar, where he meets a blind blues singer whose song tells en eerily familiar story.

Season 3, Episode 29: Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

1 April 1989
Underworld kingpin Nino Lancaster battles an angry demon named Volkerps for the soul of unfortunate Archie Lochner.

Season 3, Episode 30: Father & Son Game

15 April 1989
Elderly Darius Stevens wants to go on living and transplants his brain into a younger body, but his son Michael disapproves.