7.1/10676 votes#1 - The Dead Man / The House Keeper
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/1970
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.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas, Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes, Matthew Howard
6.8/10611 votes#2 - Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/1970
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.
Director: Allen Reisner, Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Rod Serling, Hal Dresner
6.9/10592 votes#3 - The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/30/1970
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.
Director: John Astin, Jeff Corey
Writer: Rod Serling
6.6/10578 votes#4 - Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/1971
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg, Walter Doniger
Writer: Rod Serling
7.3/10530 votes#5 - Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/1971
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.
Director: Richard Benedict, Gene Levitt, Rudi Dorn
Writer: Rod Serling
7.8/10594 votes#6 - They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/20/1971
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.
Director: Don Taylor, Daryl Duke
Writer: Rod Serling
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...
Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Dead Man / The House Keeper" is the best rated episode of "Night Gallery" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 676 votes. Directed by John Meredyth Lucas, Douglas Heyes and written by Douglas Heyes, Matthew Howard, it aired on 12/16/1970. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy".