The Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   4.0/10(3 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
2. 

   3.8/10(3 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
3. 

   8.0/10(2 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
4. 

   7.3/10(3 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
5. 

   10.0/10(1 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
6. 

   9.0/10(2 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
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