List of The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) episodes
The Twilight Zone (1985) is the first of three revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1959–64 television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.[1][2]
The show was narrated by Charles Aidman (1985–1987)[1] and Robin Ward (1988–1989).[1] During the course of the series, 65 episodes of The Twilight Zone aired over three seasons.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 24 | September 27, 1985 | April 11, 1986 | CBS | ||
| 2 | 11 | September 27, 1986 | July 17, 1987 | |||
| 3 | 30 | September 24, 1988 | April 15, 1989 | Syndication | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (1985–86)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | "Shatterday" | Wes Craven | Based on the short story by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | September 27, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "A Little Peace and Quiet" | Wes Craven | James Crocker | September 27, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Peter Novins (Bruce Willis) accidentally dials his own phone number, which is answered by his alter ego.[4] Frazzled housewife Penny (Melinda Dillon) discovers a necklace that gives its owner the ability to freeze time. Also stars Judith Barsi.[5] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Wordplay" | Wes Craven | Rockne S. O'Bannon | October 4, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Dreams for Sale" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Joe Gannon | October 4, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "Chameleon" | Wes Craven | James Crocker | October 4, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Overworked businessman Bill Lowery (Robert Klein) gradually enters a parallel universe where people speak garbled English. Also stars Annie Potts, cameo by Robert Downey Sr.[6] At a picnic, a woman (Meg Foster) sees the same events repeating over and over again.[7] A group of NASA technicians encounter a strange alien life form. Stars Terry O'Quinn, John Ashton, and Lin Shaye.[8] | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Healer" | Sigmund Neufeld | Alan Brennert[lower-alpha 1] | October 11, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Children's Zoo" | Robert Downey | Chris Hubbell & Gerrit Graham | October 11, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "Kentucky Rye" | John Hancock | Richard Krzemien & Chip Duncan | October 11, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Cat burglar Jackie Thompson (Eric Bogosian) profits from the healing powers of an Indian artifact he stole. Also stars Vincent Gardenia and Robert Constanzo.[9] A girl brings her bickering parents (Lorna Luft, Steven Keats) to a mysterious attraction called the Children's Zoo.[10] Alcoholic Bob Spindler (Jeffrey DeMunn) is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy a roadside inn called the Kentucky Rye for a very low price. Also stars Arliss Howard.[11] | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Little Boy Lost" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Lynn Barker | October 18, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Wish Bank" | Rick Friedberg | Michael Cassutt | October 18, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "Nightcrawlers" | William Friedkin | Based on the short story by : Robert R. McCammon Teleplay by : Philip DeGuere | October 18, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Photographer Carol Shelton (Season Hubley) spends time with a little boy named Kenny (Scott Grimes) who seems oddly familiar.[12] Upon finding a genie's lamp at a garage sale, Janice Hamill (Dee Wallace-Stone) tries to cash in three wishes at a most unusual bank.[13] A veteran (Scott Paulin) of the Vietnam War shares his nightmares with the patrons of an all-night diner. Also stars Exene Cervenka (of band "X"), Sandy Martin, and James Whitmore Jr.[14] | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "If She Dies" | John Hancock | David Bennett Carren | October 25, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Ye Gods" | Peter Medak | Anne Collins | October 25, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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The ghost of a little girl convinces Paul Marano (Tony Lo Bianco)—whose daughter is in a coma—to buy a bed from an orphanage. Also stars Andrea Barber, Jenny Lewis, and Nan Martin.[15] Loveless yuppie Todd Ettinger (David Dukes) finds himself up against the ancient gods when he's struck by Cupid's (Robert Morse) arrow.[16] | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Examination Day" | Paul Lynch | Based on the short story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Philip DeGuere | November 1, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "A Message from Charity" | Paul Lynch | Based on the short story by : William M. Lee Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | November 1, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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In a dystopian future, 12-year-old Dickie Jordan (David Mendenhall) is summoned for a mandatory intelligence test after turning of age. Teenager Peter Wood (Robert Duncan McNeill) with a fever finds himself in telepathic contact with a girl named Charity (Kerry Noonan) living in colonial New England. Also stars James Cromwell.[17] | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Teacher's Aide" | B. W. L. Norton | Steven Barnes | November 8, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Paladin of the Lost Hour" | Gilbert Cates (credited as Alan Smithee) | Based on the short story "Paladin" by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Harlan Ellison | November 8, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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A teacher (Adrienne Barbeau) at a gang-filled school is possessed by a mysterious gargoyle. Mr. Gaspar (Danny Kaye), the protector of a magical timepiece, spawns a friendship with Billy Kinetta (Glynn Turman)- the man who saved him from being mugged. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Act Break" | Theodore J. Flicker | Haskell Barkin | November 15, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "The Burning Man" | J. D. Feigelson | Based on the short story by : Ray Bradbury Teleplay by : J. D. Feigelson | November 15, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "Dealer's Choice" | Wes Craven | Donald Todd | November 15, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Struggling playwright Maury Winkler (James Coco) uses an ancient relic to make a single wish. Also stars Bob Dishy. A woman (Piper Laurie) and her nephew (Andre Gower) pick up a crazed hitchhiker (Roberts Blossom) who warns of supernatural evils ahead. Also stars Danny Cooksey. A group of friends (Barney Martin, Garrett Morris, M. Emmet Walsh and Morgan Freeman) playing poker suspect that their new guest (Dan Hedaya) is the Devil. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Dead Woman's Shoes" | Peter Medak | Based on the story and teleplay by : Charles Beaumont Teleplay by : Lynn Barker | November 22, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" | Paul Lynch | Based on the story by : William F. Wu Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | November 22, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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In this version of "Dead Man's Shoes", shy thrift store employee Maddie Duncan (Helen Mirren) tries on a pair of high heels that make her assertive, self-confident- and vengeful. Also stars Jeffrey Tambor and Theresa Saldana. Cynical man David Wong (Brian Tochi) explores a supernatural warehouse called "The Lost and Found Emporium", where everything that's lost in the world ends up- even love and time. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Shadow Man" | Joe Dante | Rockne S. O'Bannon | November 29, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "The Uncle Devil Show" | David Steinberg | Donald Todd | November 29, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "Opening Day" | John Milius | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell | November 29, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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The Shadow Man (Jeff Calhoun), a mysterious entity made of darkness, defends young highschooler Danny Hayes (Jonathan Ward) in exchange for being allowed to stay under his bed. Cameo by Amy O'Neill. A boy learns strange magic tricks from a bizarre kids' show, unbeknownst to his oblivious parents. Carl Wilkerson (Jeffrey Jones) is targeted for murder on the opening day of duck hunting season by his wife's lover- who is also his best friend. Also stars Martin Kove, cameo by John Milius. | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Beacon" | Gerd Oswald | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | December 6, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" | Don Carlos Dunaway | From a short story by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | December 6, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Young doctor Dennis Barrows (Charles Martin Smith) stumbles into a strange town where the citizens fear and worship a lighthouse. Also stars Martin Landau and Giovanni Ribisi. Gus Rosenthal (Peter Riegert) returns to his childhood home, and finds himself transported to his past. Also stars Jack Kehoe. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Her Pilgrim Soul" | Wes Craven | Alan Brennert | December 13, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "I of Newton" | Kenneth Gilbert | Based on the short story by : Joe Haldeman Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | December 13, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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Two scientists (Kristoffer Tabori, Gary Cole) create a holographic projector, which shows something completely unexpected- the reincarnated soul of a young girl (Anne Twomey). A professor (Sherman Hemsley) attempting to solve a difficult math problem idly comments that he would "sell his soul" to get it right. Of course, a demon (Ron Glass) shows up to collect, resulting in a battle of wits. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Night of the Meek" | Martha Coolidge | Based on the story and teleplay by : Rod Serling Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon | December 20, 1985 | |||||||||||
| "But Can She Type?" | Shelley Levinson | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | December 20, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| "The Star" | Gerd Oswald | Based on the short story by : Arthur C. Clarke Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | December 20, 1985 | |||||||||||||
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In this remake of "The Night of the Meek", drunk, out-of-work department store santa Henry Corwin (Richard Mulligan) finds a magic gift-giving bag and becomes a real-life Santa Claus. Also stars William Atherton. Overworked, underappreciated secretary Karen Billings (Pam Dawber) is sent by a malfunctioning Xerox machine into a parallel reality where secretaries are honored and revered. Cameo by Jonathan Frakes. On an interstellar journey, far in the future, an astrophysicist (Donald Moffat) and a priest (Fritz Weaver) learn they have discovered a long-dead world that has been emitting a signal for eons. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Still Life" | Peter Medak | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell | January 3, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "The Little People of Killany Woods" | J. D. Feigelson | J. D. Feigelson | January 3, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "The Misfortune Cookie" | Allan Arkush | Based on the short story by : Charles E. Fritch Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon[lower-alpha 2] | January 3, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Professional photographer Dan Arnold (Robert Carradine) discovers an old camera containing mysterious photos of a long-ago expedition. But developing the photos brings its subjects into the world. Also stars John Carradine. A story-telling town drunk (Hamilton Camp) has an encounter with "little people". Snobby food critic Harry Folger (Elliott Gould) receives fortune cookie messages that come true. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Monsters!" | B. W. L. Norton | Robert Crais | January 24, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "A Small Talent for War" | Claudia Weill | Carter Scholz & Alan Brennert | January 24, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "A Matter of Minutes" | Sheldon Larry | Suggested by the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by : Theodore Sturgeon Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon | January 24, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Young horror movie enthusiast Toby (Oliver Robins) finds that his new neighbor (Ralph Bellamy) is a vampire, who in turn shows him that everything he knows about vampires is wrong. An alien race that claimed to have invented mankind returns to judge them. Starring John Glover and Peter Michael Goetz. A married couple, the Wrights, (Adam Arkin, Karen Austin) awakens behind-the-scenes of how time works. Also stars Adolph Caesar. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Elevator" | R. L. Thomas | Ray Bradbury | January 31, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "To See the Invisible Man" | Noel Black | Based on the short story by : Robert Silverberg Teleplay by : Steven Barnes | January 31, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "Tooth and Consequences" | Robert Downey | Haskell Barkin | January 31, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Two brothers (Stephen Geoffreys, Robert Prescott) searching for their father discover a factory full of giant animal bodies. In a dystopian future, uncaring man Mitchell Chaplin (Cotter Smith) is sentenced to a year of social isolation. The Tooth Fairy (Kenneth Mars) gives dentist Myron Mandel (David Birney) what he wishes for. | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Welcome to Winfield" | Bruce Bilson | Les Enloe | February 7, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Quarantine" | Martha Coolidge | Story by : Philip DeGuere and Steven Bochco Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | February 7, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Two people fleeing an agent of Death (Gerrit Graham) end up in an old west town that has avoided death for decades. Also stars Henry Gibson. Weapons designer Matthew Forman (Scott Wilson) is cryogenically frozen and awakened three centuries later, where he finds a post-war human race that has grown telepathic powers and shedded their dependency on modern luxuries. Also stars Tess Harper. | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Gramma" | Bradford May | Based on the short story by : Stephen King Teleplay by : Harlan Ellison | February 14, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Personal Demons" | Peter Medak | Rockne S. O'Bannon | February 14, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "Cold Reading" | Gus Trikonis | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | February 14, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Young Georgie (Barret Oliver) is convinced his ailing grandmother is really a monster. Too bad his mother left him all alone to take care of her. Veteran television screenwriter Rockne S. O'Bannon (Martin Balsam) suffers from writers block that manifests in the form of demons that plague his daily life. Also stars Clive Revill. 1940's voice actor Milo Trent (Larry Poindexter) gets a job on a popular radio show- only to find that everything described on the show becomes real inside the studio. Also stars Dick Shawn. | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Leprechaun-Artist" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Story by : James Crocker Teleplay by : Tommy Lee Wallace | February 21, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Dead Run" | Paul Tucker | Based on the short story by : Greg Bear Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | February 21, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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A vacationing leprechaun is forced to grant wishes to the three boys who captured him, which of course come with unintended consequences. Truck driver Johnny Davis (Steve Railsback) accepts the job of delivering souls to Hell, and finds Hell is not what anyone expected. Also stars Barry Corbin and John De Lancie, cameo by Brent Spiner. | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Profile in Silver" | John Hancock | J. Neil Schulman | March 7, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Button, Button" | Peter Medak | Based on the short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Richard Matheson[lower-alpha 3] | March 7, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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History professor Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald (Lane Smith) from the future is sent back to observe the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Also stars Barbara Baxley. A mysterious stranger (Basil Hoffman) gives down-and-out couple Norma and Arthur Lewis (Mare Winningham, Brad Davis) a box with a button on it. He states that if they press the button, they would receive a large sum of money but also that someone would die. (This story was remade into the 2009 film The Box.) | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Need to Know" | Paul Lynch | Based on the short story by : Sidney Sheldon Teleplay by : Mary Sheldon | March 21, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Red Snow" | Jeannot Szwarc | Michael Cassutt | March 21, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Government scientist Edward Sayers (William Petersen) is sent to a small town to investigate a bizarre outbreak of insanity spreading quickly through the town. Also stars Frances McDormand. KGB Colonel Ilyanov (George Dzundza) is sent to a Siberian town to investigate the deaths of the local Communist Party officials. Also stars Victoria Tennant. | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Take My Life...Please!" | Gus Trikonis | Gordon Mitchell | March 28, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Devil's Alphabet" | Ben Bolt | Based on the short story by : Arthur Gray Teleplay by : Robert Hunter | March 28, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "The Library" | John Hancock | Anne Collins | March 28, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Successful comedian Billy Diamond (Tim Thomerson) who steals a routine from another comedian (Xander Berkeley) ends up paying a high price in the afterlife when said comedian murders him in revenge. Also stars Ray Buktenica. A group of friends in Victorian England find themselves haunted by an oath they took as young men. Stars Ben Cross. Writer Ellen Pendleton (Frances Conroy) is hired to work in a private library and soon discovers that the books document the lives of everyone alive, updated instantly and in the smallest detail. Also stars Uta Hagen and Lori Petty. | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Shadow Play" | Paul Lynch | Based on the story and teleplay by : Charles Beaumont Teleplay by : James Crocker | April 4, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Grace Note" | Peter Medak | Patrice Messina | April 4, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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In this remake of the 1961 Twilight Zone episode, Sentenced to the death penalty, Adam Grant (Peter Coyote) desperately tries to convince his prosecutor that their reality is actually a recurring nightmare of his- and everyone will cease to exist once he's executed at midnight. Opera singer Rosemary Miletti (Julia Migenes) gains a glimpse of her future with a wish from her dying sister. | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 24 | "A Day in Beaumont" | Philip DeGuere | David Gerrold | April 11, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "The Last Defender of Camelot" | Jeannot Szwarc | Based on a story by : Roger Zelazny Teleplay by : George R. R. Martin | April 11, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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After witnessing the landing of a flying saucer, a young couple (Victor Garber, Stacey Nelkin) find themselves in the midst of an alien invasion. In modern-day England, the last of King Arthur's knights (Richard Kiley) teams with Morgan le Fay (Jenny Agutter) to stop the return of Merlin (Norman Lloyd). Also stars John Cameron Mitchell. | ||||||||||||||||
- Credited as Michael Bryant
- Credited as Steven Rae
- Credited as Logan Swanson
Season 2 (1986–87)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||||||||||
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| 25 | 1 | "The Once and Future King" | Jim McBride | Story by : Bryce Maritano Teleplay by : George R. R. Martin | September 27, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" | John Hancock | Based on the short story by : Theodore Sturgeon Teleplay by : David Gerrold | September 27, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin (Jeff Yagher) travels back in time and meets the real Elvis Presley. Lonely waitress Margaret (Shelley Duvall) encounters a mysterious saucer with a message only for her. Also stars Nan Martin. | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 2 | "What Are Friends For?" | Gus Trikonis | J. Michael Straczynski | October 4, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Aqua Vita" | Paul Tucker | Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik | October 4, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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A child's (Fred Savage) imaginary friend (Lukas Haas) turns out to be more than just his friend. Also stars Tom Skerritt. Christine (Mimi Kennedy), an aging news anchor, finds a method for eternal youth at a steep price. Also stars Christopher McDonald. | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 3 | "The Storyteller" | Paul Lynch | Rockne S. O'Bannon | October 11, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Nightsong" | Bradford May | Michael Reaves | October 11, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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Young teacher Dorothy Livingston (Glynnis O'Connor) finds that the secret to immortality resides in stories. Also stars David Faustino. DJ Andrea Fields (Lisa Eilbacher) must cope with the return of her lover after a 5-year disappearance. | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 4 | "The After Hours" | Bruce Malmuth | Based on the story and teleplay by : Rod Serling Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon | October 18, 1986 | |||||||||||
| "Lost and Found" | Gus Trikonis | Based on the short story by : Phyllis Eisenstein Teleplay by : George R. R. Martin | October 18, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| "The World Next Door" | Paul Lynch | Lan O'Kun | October 18, 1986 | |||||||||||||
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In this remake of the 1960 Twilight Zone episode, a young woman (Terry Farrell) is pursued by mysterious strangers. Also stars Anne Wedgeworth. A woman's (Akosua Busia) possessions mysteriously vanish. A door in the basement leads two people (George Wendt, Bernadette Birkett) to enhance their lives. Also stars Jeffrey Tambor. | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 5 | "The Toys of Caliban" | Thomas J. Wright | Story by : Terry Matz Teleplay by : George R. R. Martin | December 4, 1986 | |||||||||||
| A mentally challenged child (David Greenlee) has strange powers. Also stars Richard Mulligan and Anne Haney. | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 6 | "The Convict's Piano" | Thomas J. Wright | Story by : James Crocker Teleplay by : Patrice Messina | December 11, 1986 | |||||||||||
| A wrongfully convicted convict (Joe Penny) discovers an old piano in his prison with special powers. Also stars Norman Fell. | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 7 | "The Road Less Traveled" | Wes Craven | George R. R. Martin | December 18, 1986 | |||||||||||
| A draft-dodger (Cliff DeYoung) is haunted by the specter of a familiar-looking man in a wheelchair. | ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 8 | "The Card" | Bradford May | Michael Cassutt | February 21, 1987 | |||||||||||
| "The Junction" | Bill Duke | Virginia Aldridge | February 21, 1987 | |||||||||||||
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A woman (Susan Blakely) with out-of-control spending habits finds her new credit card comes with unexpected penalties. Also William Atherton. A modern-day miner (William Allen Young) has an argument with his wife and then goes off to work in the local mine. A collapse traps him, but he finds another survivor—a miner who claims to be from 1912 (Chris Mulkey). The two men figure out that somehow they have become connected through time. | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Joy Ride" | Gil Bettman | Cal Willingham | May 21, 1987 | |||||||||||
| "Shelter Skelter" | Martha Coolidge | Story by : Ron Cobb Teleplay by : Ron Cobb and Robin Love | May 21, 1987 | |||||||||||||
| "Private Channel" | Peter Medak | Edward Redlich | May 21, 1987 | |||||||||||||
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Four teens (Rob Knepper, Brooke McCarter, Heidi Kozak, and Tamara Mark) take a recently deceased man's classic car for a joyride. But the driver (Knepper) acts increasingly irrationally during the ride... A survivalist (Joe Mantegna) and his friend (Jon Gries) find themselves cut off in his shelter after a nuclear bomb detonation. Also stars Joan Allen and Danica McKellar. After accidentally dropping his portable stereo in an airplane lavatory, a young man (Scott Coffey) discovers that it allows him to hear other people's thoughts. | ||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Time and Teresa Golowitz" | Shelley Levinson | Based on a short story by : Parke Godwin Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | July 10, 1987 | |||||||||||
| "Voices in the Earth" | Curtis Harrington | Alan Brennert | July 10, 1987 | |||||||||||||
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A Broadway composer (Paul Sand) accepts an offer from the Prince of Darkness (Gene Barry) and returns to his high school years to see his crush again. It's not as pleasant as he expected and soon, he sees a classmate who met a tragic end that night. He uses the opportunity to prevent the classmate's suicide. Also stars Grant Heslov and Wallace Langham.People return to a barren Earth to find that not everything had left when they thought it did. Stars Martin Balsam and Jenny Agutter. | ||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Song of the Younger World" | Noel Black | Anthony & Nancy Lawrence | July 17, 1987 | |||||||||||
| "The Girl I Married" | Philip DeGuere | J. M. DeMatteis | July 17, 1987 | |||||||||||||
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In 1916, a girl (Jennifer Rubin) and a young man (Peter Kowanko) from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent (Roberts Blossom). He finds out and does not approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. Luckily, the girl has a secret plan to escape so she can be forever with the love of her life. Also stars Paul Benedict. An attorney (James Whitmore Jr.) and his wife (Linda Kelsey) have successful careers. They feel something is lacking in their marriage. Soon, they encounter younger versions of their mates. | ||||||||||||||||
Season 3 (1988–89)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 36 | 1 | "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon" | René Bonnière | Story by : Haskell Barkin and J. Michael Straczynski Teleplay by : Haskell Barkin | September 24, 1988 | |
| An old man known as Uncle Edgar (Harry Morgan) is ordered by a mysterious voice to collect junk in his apartment to keep the world in balance. Also stars Cedric Smith. | ||||||
| 37 | 2 | "Extra Innings" | Doug Jackson | Tom Palmer | October 1, 1988 | |
| Ex-baseball player Ed Hamner (Marc Singer), lame from an injury and forced to retire early, is given a baseball card from the early 1900s that transports Hamler to the past to be the player he used to be. | ||||||
| 38 | 3 | "The Crossing" | Paul Lynch | Ralph Phillips | October 8, 1988 | |
| A stressed-out priest (Ted Shackelford) is haunted by the sight of a station wagon with a young girl inside that keeps crashing. | ||||||
| 39 | 4 | "The Hunters" | Paul Lynch | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | October 15, 1988 | |
| A young boy falls into an undiscovered cave near a housing project. An archeologist (Louise Fletcher) studies strange paintings on its walls and then bizarre things begin to happen. Cave items move around and animals are killed and brought into the cave. Also stars Michael Hogan. | ||||||
| 40 | 5 | "Dream Me a Life" | Allan King | J. Michael Straczynski | October 22, 1988 | |
| A man (Eddie Albert) in a retirement home is trapped in the dreams of a catatonic widow. | ||||||
| 41 | 6 | "Memories" | Richard Bugajski | Bob Underwood | October 29, 1988 | |
| A hypnotist (Barbara Stock) who specializes in helping people relive their past lives tries to find her own history—and finds that everyone she ever helped hates their past lives. | ||||||
| 42 | 7 | "The Hellgramite Method" | Gilbert Shilton | William Selby | November 5, 1988 | |
| An alcoholic (Timothy Bottoms) goes through an extremely painful and potentially deadly cure for his drinking problem. He has to choose which is more important—the bottle or his life. Also stars Julie Khaner. | ||||||
| 43 | 8 | "Our Selena is Dying" | Bruce Pittman | Story by : Rod Serling Teleplay by : J. Michael Straczynski | November 12, 1988 | |
| A young woman (Terri Garber) and her dying mother switch bodies during a visit. | ||||||
| 44 | 9 | "The Call" | Gilbert Shilton | J. Michael Straczynski | November 19, 1988 | |
| A lonely man (William Sanderson) accidentally phones the wrong number and finds an intriguing female to whom he grows attached. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and finds the phone in a museum next to the statue of a woman. | ||||||
| 45 | 10 | "The Trance" | Randy Bradshaw | Jeff Stuart and J. Michael Straczynski | November 26, 1988 | |
| A scam artist (Peter Scolari) purports to channel the spirit of Delos, a former inhabitant of Atlantis. Together with a partner, he makes a living off of it. On the day of his big break, he channels another spirit, one who could cause him to lose everything. Is it punishment or a lesson from the Twilight Zone? | ||||||
| 46 | 11 | "Acts of Terror" | Brad Turner | J. Michael Straczynski | December 3, 1988 | |
| A battered wife (Melanie Mayron) living with her abusive husband finds the strength to leave him in the form of a statuette of a Doberman Pinscher. Also stars Kenneth Welsh. | ||||||
| 47 | 12 | "20/20 Vision" | Jim Purdy | Robert Walden | December 10, 1988 | |
| Newly promoted bank loan officer Warren Cribbens (Michael Moriarty) cracks his eyeglasses and discovers he can see the future through them. Faced with seeing the future of the farmers whose farms he must foreclose on, Warren can't bring himself to foreclose. Right away he's torn between doing his job and standing up for the people he helps. | ||||||
| 48 | 13 | "There Was an Old Woman" | Otta Hanus | Tom J. Astle | December 17, 1988 | |
| A writer of children's books (Colleen Dewhurst) autographs a book for a sick young fan. Later, she starts hearing the sound of children in her house. | ||||||
| 49 | 14 | "The Trunk" | Steve DiMarco | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | December 24, 1988 | |
| A young man (Bud Cort) at a motel discovers an empty trunk that grants any wishes. He uses it for popularity, but at a party he discovers who his true friends are. | ||||||
| 50 | 15 | "Appointment on Route 17" | René Bonnière | Haskell Barkin | December 31, 1988 | |
| After receiving a heart transplant, a man (Paul Le Mat) finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner. | ||||||
| 51 | 16 | "The Cold Equations" | Martin Lavut | Based on a story by : Tom Godwin Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | January 7, 1989 | |
| A rescue pilot (Terence Knox) on the frontiers of space is faced with unpleasant prospects when he finds an innocent stowaway on his ship. | ||||||
| 52 | 17 | "Stranger in Possum Meadows" | Sturla Gunnarsson | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | January 14, 1989 | |
| A young boy playing in a field meets a man (Steve Kanaly) who is really an alien collecting specimens to bring back to his planet. | ||||||
| 53 | 18 | "Street of Shadows" | Richard Bugajski | Michael Reaves | January 21, 1989 | |
| While taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood, an unemployed man (Charles Haid) living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation. | ||||||
| 54 | 19 | "Something in the Walls" | Allan Kroeker | J. Michael Straczynski | January 28, 1989 | |
| A doctor (Damir Andrei) arrives at his new job in a sanitarium. He discovers the case of a woman (Deborah Raffin) who is terribly frightened of things that appear on her walls. | ||||||
| 55 | 20 | "A Game of Pool" | Randy Bradshaw | George Clayton Johnson | February 4, 1989 | |
| In this remake of the 1961 Twilight Zone episode, a pool champion (Esai Morales) has defeated everyone at his local pool hall, except for the long-dead legend, Fats Brown (Maury Chaykin), who returns from the afterlife to answer his challenge to a high-stakes game. | ||||||
| 56 | 21 | "Room 2426" | Ryszard Bugajski | Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik | February 11, 1989 | |
| Martin Decker (Dean Stockwell) is confined to a special room for acts and thoughts against the state. They want the formula for a weapon he does not want to reveal. Escape for Martin comes from the mind. | ||||||
| 57 | 22 | "The Mind of Simon Foster" | Doug Jackson | J. Michael Straczynski | February 18, 1989 | |
| In an impoverished future, Simon Foster (Bruce Weitz) goes to a pawnshop to sell some personal items to raise money for rent. The shop owner offers to buy some of his memories. In Simon Foster's life, what could possibly be valuable? | ||||||
| 58 | 23 | "The Wall" | Atom Egoyan | J. Michael Straczynski | February 25, 1989 | |
| A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. After sending one team, the Army calls upon a career soldier (John Beck) to investigate, where he finds an idyllic planet. He has to decide whether to stay or go back to his old life. | ||||||
| 59 | 24 | "Cat and Mouse" | Eric Till | Christy Marx | March 4, 1989 | |
| A shy woman (Pamela Bellwood) finds that a cat is actually a cursed "Casanova." She falls for the man (Page Fletcher), but finds that her Prince Charming is actually a scoundrel. | ||||||
| 60 | 25 | "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" | René Bonnière | J. Michael Straczynski | March 11, 1989 | |
| An old woman (Janet Leigh) with an obsession with death attends funerals for entertainment. One night when an injured thief breaks into her home, she lets him die and waits for Death (Stephen McHattie) to come and collect him. | ||||||
| 61 | 26 | "Many, Many Monkeys" | Richard Bugajski | William Froug | March 18, 1989 | |
| An epidemic breaks out and many people (Karen Valentine, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue) are struck blind. Something more happens, however: People have become cold and heartless toward each other. | ||||||
| 62 | 27 | "Love is Blind" | Gilbert Shilton | Cal Willingham | March 25, 1989 | |
| A man (Ben Murphy) plotting to murder his wife's lover meets a blind singer who seems to know all about his plans. | ||||||
| 63 | 28 | "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" | Paul Lynch | Harlan Ellison | April 1, 1989 | |
| A man (Wayne Robson) sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss (Tony Franciosa) he borrowed the track money from. | ||||||
| 64 | 29 | "Special Service" | Randy Bradshaw | J. Michael Straczynski | April 8, 1989 | |
| A man (David Naughton) finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years. | ||||||
| 65 | 30 | "Father and Son Game" | Randy Bradshaw | Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik | April 15, 1989 | |
| A 79-year-old man (Ed Marinaro) wants to keep on living so he transplants his brain into a younger body. His son (Eugene Robert Glazer), however, resents his father's continued life and tries to wrestle power from him. | ||||||
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