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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!

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.

Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Night Gallery" season 1 is "The Dead Man / The House Keeper", rated 7.1/10 from 664 user votes. It was directed by John Meredyth Lucas, Douglas Heyes and written by Douglas Heyes, Matthew Howard. "The Dead Man / The House Keeper" aired on 12/16/1970 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy".

  • The Dead Man / The House Keeper
    7.1/10 664 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

  • Room with a View / The Little Black Bag / The Nature of the Enemy
    6.8/10 599 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

  • The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall
    6.9/10 583 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

  • Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies
    6.6/10 570 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

  • Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll
    7.3/10 522 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

  • They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel
    7.8/10 586 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