7.4/1050 votes#1 - Closed Circuit
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/1981
A TV newsman (Robert Webber) finds he is being replaced -- by his projected image.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Alan Brennert
6.8/1059 votes#2 - Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/27/1981
A man (Lawrence Pressman) discovers his child's crystal radio is receiving clear broadcasts -- from 1942.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: N/A
7.0/1059 votes#3 - The Bogeyman Will Get You
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/1981
A teenager (Quinn Cummings) believes she's discovered a vampire (Randolph Powell).
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Robert Bloch
7.8/1057 votes#4 - Uncle George
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/4/1981
A poor couple (Claude Akins, June Lockhart) try to find someone to pose as their late uncle, whose pension they can't afford to lose.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.6/1043 votes#5 - Needlepoint
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/11/1981
A woman (Esther Rolle) uses voodoo to avenge her granddaughter's death.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: N/A
7.6/1059 votes#6 - Siege of 31 August
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/1981
A farmer (Ronny Cox) is tormented by his memories of war when his son's toy soldiers come to life.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.6/1039 votes#7 - A Quiet Funeral
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1981
A quiet funeral is the setting for a double-crossed forger's revenge.
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: Robert Bloch
7.2/1043 votes#8 - Make Up
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1981
A magic makeup case transforms a loser (Billy Crystal) into a winner.
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: N/A
6.8/1041 votes#9 - The Partnership
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/25/1981
An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Christopher Crowe
5.8/1040 votes#10 - Daisies
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/25/1981
A filandering botanist develops a machine that reads the thoughts of daisies. His wife, finding out from the daisies about the affair with his assistant, shoots him to death.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.6/1047 votes#11 - Catnip
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/1981
A ruthless young man (Cyril O'Reilly) is stalked by a demonic black cat.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Writer: Robert Bloch
6.3/1037 votes#12 - Lost in Translation
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1982
An archaeology professor (Andrew Prine) seeks power over others through a magic formula.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff
6.4/1037 votes#13 - Guillotine
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1982
A 19th-century Frenchwoman tries to save her lover from the guillotine.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
6.4/1040 votes#14 - Exit Line
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1982
An aspiring actor (Stan Shaw) takes revenge on an acerbic critic (Samantha Eggar).
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.3/1038 votes#15 - Who's There?
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1982
A husband (Michael Lembeck) sets a trap for his unfaithful wife (Dianne Kay).
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: Brian Clemens
6.3/1038 votes#16 - The Rarest of Wines
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1982
Son (Henry Polic II) is unhappy about what he received in the will of his recently deceased mother.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Gerald K. Siegel
The Best Episodes of Darkroom Season 1
Every episode of Darkroom Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Darkroom Season 1!
Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Closed Circuit" is the best rated episode of "Darkroom" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Rick Rosenthal and written by Alan Brennert, it aired on 11/27/1981. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back".