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The Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 1

Every episode of Night Gallery Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 1!

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Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 6 - They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel
    7.8/10(667 votes)

    S1:E6

    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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  2. Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 5 - Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll
    7.3/10(581 votes)

    S1:E5

    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, Richard Benedict, Gene Levitt
    Writer:Rod Serling

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  3. Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 1 - The Dead Man / The House Keeper
    7.1/10(758 votes)

    S1:E1

    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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  4. Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 3 - The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall
    6.9/10(653 votes)

    S1:E3

    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:John Astin, Jeff Corey
    Writer:Rod Serling

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  5. Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 2 - Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy
    6.8/10(683 votes)

    S1:E2

    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:Allen Reisner, Jeannot Szwarc, Jerrold Freedman
    Writers:Rod Serling, Hal Dresner

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  6. Night Gallery Season 1 Episode 4 - Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies
    6.5/10(647 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Walter Doniger, Steven Spielberg
    Writer:Rod Serling

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel" is the best rated episode of "Night Gallery" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 667 votes. Directed by Don Taylor, Daryl Duke and written by Rod Serling, it aired on 1/20/1971. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll".