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A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaComedyFamilyMysteryCrime
Network:NBC
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Season 1

  • Ghost Train
    6.5/10902 votes
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    Ghost Train

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1985

    Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

    Director: Steven Spielberg

    Writer: Frank Deese

  • The Main Attraction
    6.2/10612 votes
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    The Main Attraction

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1985

    Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

    Director: Matthew Robbins

    Writer: Mick Garris, Brad Bird

  • Alamo Jobe
    5.7/10552 votes
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    Alamo Jobe

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1985

    During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

    Director: Michael D. Moore

    Writer: Joshua Brand, John Falsey

  • Mummy Daddy
    7.6/10911 votes
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    Mummy Daddy

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1985

    An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

    Director: William Dear

    Writer: Earl Pomerantz

  • The Mission
    7.7/101,298 votes
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    The Mission

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1985

    During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

    Director: Steven Spielberg

    Writer: Menno Meyjes

  • The Amazing Falsworth
    7.1/10541 votes
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    The Amazing Falsworth

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1985

    A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

    Director: Peter Hyams

    Writer: Mick Garris

  • Fine Tuning
    4.7/10458 votes
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    Fine Tuning

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1985

    Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

    Director: Bob Balaban

    Writer: Earl Pomerantz

  • Mr. Magic
    6.3/10403 votes
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    Mr. Magic

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1985

    A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

    Director: Donald Petrie

    Writer: Joshua Brand, John Falsey

  • Guilt Trip
    5.5/10413 votes
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    Guilt Trip

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1985

    The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

    Director: Burt Reynolds

    Writer: Gail Parent, Kevin Parent

  • Remote Control Man
    6.3/10470 votes
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    Remote Control Man

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1985

    A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

    Director: Bob Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Santa '85
    6.3/10430 votes
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    Santa '85

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1985

    A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

    Director: Phil Joanou

    Writer: Joshua Brand, John Falsey

  • Vanessa in the Garden
    6.4/10493 votes
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    Vanessa in the Garden

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/1985

    When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

    Director: Clint Eastwood

    Writer: Steven Spielberg

  • The Sitter
    6.6/10402 votes
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    The Sitter

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1986

    Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

    Director: Joan Darling

    Writer: Mick Garris

  • No Day at the Beach
    6.7/10370 votes
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    No Day at the Beach

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1986

    A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

    Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

    Writer: Mick Garris

  • One For the Road
    6.6/10334 votes
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    One For the Road

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1986

    During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

    Director: Thomas Carter

    Writer: James D. Bissell

  • Gather Ye Acorns
    6.6/10398 votes
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    Gather Ye Acorns

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1986

    On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

    Director: Norman Reynolds

    Writer: Stu Krieger

  • Boo!
    6.0/10349 votes
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    Boo!

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1986

    Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

    Director: Joe Dante

    Writer: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

  • Dorothy and Ben
    7.2/10379 votes
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    Dorothy and Ben

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/1986

    After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

    Director: Thomas Carter

    Writer: Michael De Guzman

  • Mirror, Mirror
    6.9/10639 votes
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    Mirror, Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1986

    A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

    Director: Martin Scorsese

    Writer: Joseph Minion

  • Secret Cinema
    5.5/10334 votes
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    Secret Cinema

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1986

    Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

    Director: Paul Bartel

    Writer: Paul Bartel

  • Hell Toupee
    5.6/10332 votes
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    Hell Toupee

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1986

    Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

    Director: Irvin Kershner

    Writer: Gail Parent

  • The Doll
    7.2/10403 votes
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    The Doll

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1986

    The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

    Director: Phil Joanou

    Writer: Richard Matheson

  • One For the Books
    6.4/10281 votes
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    One For the Books

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1986

    An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

    Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

    Writer: Richard Matheson

  • Grandpa's Ghost
    6.3/10299 votes
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    Grandpa's Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/25/1986

    Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

    Director: Timothy Hutton

    Writer: Michael De Guzman