The Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 1

#1 Fan Favorite
5.4/10(746 votes)
#1 - The Dead Man / The House Keeper
S1:E112/16/1970
An experiment in hypnosis leads to a terrifying conclusion when a physician attempts to revive his subject from death. A dabbler in black magic schemes to switch his rich wife's cold persona for a warm, loving soul.
Directors:John Meredyth Lucas, Douglas Heyes
Writers:Douglas Heyes, Matthew Howard
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Directors:John Meredyth Lucas, Douglas Heyes
Writers:Douglas Heyes, Matthew Howard
5.1/10(670 votes)
#2 - Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy
S1:E212/23/1970
An invalid husband plots revenge against his faithless wife with the unwitting aid of his nurse. Miraculous healing, and abrupt tragedy, result when a 21st century medical bag falls into the hands of a discredited 20th century doctor. Mission control scientists watch helplessly when members of a lunar expedition are mysteriously attacked.
Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Allen Reisner, Jeannot Szwarc
Writers:Rod Serling, Hal Dresner
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Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Allen Reisner, Jeannot Szwarc
Writers:Rod Serling, Hal Dresner
7.3/10(639 votes)
#3 - The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall
S1:E312/30/1970
A former sanitarium patient discovers a house she has known all her life, but never dared enter, in a recurring dream. An ailing woman dies under the care of her sinister brother, but her accusing shadow remains indelibly cast on the parlor wall.
Directors:Jeff Corey, John Astin
Writer:Rod Serling
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Directors:Jeff Corey, John Astin
Writer:Rod Serling
6.8/10(633 votes)
#4 - Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies
S1:E41/6/1971
A desperate comic makes a deal with an inept miracle worker in a ploy to boost his sagging career. A fanatical big-game hunter forces his son to shoot a deer, inviting the vengeance of terrible gods.
Directors:Steven Spielberg, Walter Doniger
Writer:Rod Serling
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Directors:Steven Spielberg, Walter Doniger
Writer:Rod Serling
7.7/10(571 votes)
#5 - Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll
S1:E51/13/1971
A harried husband murders his magpie wife only to find the arrangement less permanent than he'd hoped. A passing ship rescues an unconscious man in a lifeboat labeled "Titanic", three years after the liner sank. A hideous doll becomes an agent of revenge against an officer in Queen Victoria's colonial forces.
Directors:Rudi Dorn, Gene Levitt, Richard Benedict
Writer:Rod Serling
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Directors:Rudi Dorn, Gene Levitt, Richard Benedict
Writer:Rod Serling
7.8/10(653 votes)
#6 - They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel
S1:E61/20/1971
A has-been salesman is haunted by phantoms from a happier past. Astral projection is the key to a crippled athlete's bid for revenge.
Directors:Don Taylor, Daryl Duke
Writer:Rod Serling
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Directors:Don Taylor, Daryl Duke
Writer:Rod Serling