The Worst Episodes of Night Gallery

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   #1 - A Death in the Family / The Merciful / Class of '99 / Witches' Feast

   S2:E29/22/1971

   Taking refuge in a funeral home, a wounded killer encounters a gentle undertaker with a strange secret. Bricks and mortar figure in a wife's plan to end her husband's suffering. A graduating class of the future takes a particularly revealing final exam. An employment agency official has difficulty trying to fill a position for an extremely particular customer.

   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling

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   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling
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   #2 - Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay / With Apologies to Mr. Hyde / The Flip-Side of Satan

   S2:E39/29/1971

   A college professor suspects that his visiting aunt is an ancient witch--with designs on inhabiting his wife's body. Dr. Jekyll tries out a new potion. A callous disc jockey is offered up as a hellish sacrifice at a deserted radio station.

   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Jack Laird, Malcolm Marmorstein

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   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Jack Laird, Malcolm Marmorstein
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   #3 - A Fear of Spiders / Junior / Marmalade Wine / The Academy

   S2:E410/6/1971

   An arachnophobic gourmet columnist seeks help from a woman he spurned when he discovers a hairy, and obstinate, little guest crawling in his kitchen sink. A mother and father learn the hardships of parenting. A careless braggart foolishly exaggerates his meager talents to a crackpot surgeon. A widower investigates an unusually strict military academy for his delinquent son.

   Directors:Theodore J. Flicker, Jeff Corey, John Astin, Jerrold Freedman

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman

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   Directors:Theodore J. Flicker, Jeff Corey, John Astin, Jerrold Freedman

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman
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   #4 - The Phantom Farmhouse / Silent Snow, Secret Snow

   S2:E510/20/1971

   A psychiatrist finds himself falling for a mysterious woman whose last visitor was killed, so police conclude, by wild animals. A boy's fascination with snow begins to draw him into a beautiful fantasy world.

   Directors:Jeannot Szwarc, Gene R. Kearney

   Writers:Gene R. Kearney, Halsted Welles, Seabury Quinn

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   Directors:Jeannot Szwarc, Gene R. Kearney

   Writers:Gene R. Kearney, Halsted Welles, Seabury Quinn
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   #5 - Midnight Never Ends / Brenda

   S2:E711/3/1971

   A motorist and a marine hitchhiker experience an uncanny sensation that they've shared previous experiences. A love story about a friendless teenager and the strange creature she traps in an abandoned quarry.

   Directors:Allen Reisner, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Douglas Heyes, Rod Serling

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   Directors:Allen Reisner, Jeannot Szwarc

   Writers:Douglas Heyes, Rod Serling
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   #6 - The Diary / A Matter of Semantics / Big Surprise / Professor Peabody's Last Lecture

   S2:E811/10/1971

   A vicious gossip columnist receives a gift diary that appears to write its own fearful entries--before the events occur. Count Dracula visits a blood bank. An eccentric farmer promises a "big surprise" to a group of boys if they dig for it. While debunking ancient cults, an academic unwisely scoffs at the wrong god.

   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc, Jack Laird

   Writers:Jack Laird, Richard Matheson, Rod Serling

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   Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc, Jack Laird

   Writers:Jack Laird, Richard Matheson, Rod Serling
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   #7 - House, with Ghost / A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank / Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator / Hell's Bells

   S2:E911/17/1971

   A philandering husband schemes to murder his wife with the aid of a ghost. A thirsty vampire visits a young woman, with disappointing results for him. An unscrupulous medicine man in the Old West promises to heal a poor farmer's dying daughter. A recent initiate is surprised to find that Hell is a little tame for his liking.

   Directors:Theodore J. Flicker, Jerrold Freedman

   Writers:Jack Laird, Theodore J. Flicker, Rod Serling

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   Directors:Theodore J. Flicker, Jerrold Freedman

   Writers:Jack Laird, Theodore J. Flicker, Rod Serling
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   #8 - The Dark Boy / Keep in Touch, We'll Think of Something

   S2:E1011/24/1971

   A schoolteacher in a frontier town tries to reach a timid, hauntingly strange fourth grader. A distraught musician asks the police to help him find an elusive woman.

   Director:John Astin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:John Astin

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   #9 - Pickman's Model / The Dear Departed / An Act of Chivalry

   S2:E1112/1/1971

   A young woman of Victorian Boston finds herself drawn to a reclusive artist obsessed with ghouls. Bad luck follows a phony spiritualist and his assistant's unfaithful wife after an auto accident. A vignette about elevator manners.

   Directors:Jeff Corey, Jack Laird

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Jeff Corey, Jack Laird

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    #10 - Cool Air / Camera Obscura / Quoth the Raven

    S2:E1212/8/1971

    A haunting love story of a young woman and her late father's colleague, a man clinging desperately to life in a refrigerated apartment. A heartless moneylender gets his just desserts with the help of a client's unusual telescopic device. Edgar Allan Poe receives some unwanted coaching during a bout with writer's block.

    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling

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    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling
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    #11 - The Messiah on Mott Street / The Painted Mirror

    S2:E1312/15/1971

    Desperate to stay alive for the sake of his nine-year-old grandson, an elderly, near-penniless Jew on the brink of death pins his hopes for salvation on the coming of the Messiah. A mirror reflecting an alien landscape figures into an antique dealer's scheme to rid himself of a hateful business partner.

    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Don Taylor

    Writer:Rod Serling
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    #12 - The Different Ones / Tell David... / Logoda's Heads

    S2:E1412/29/1971

    In a rigidly conformist future society, an anguished father agrees to send his deformed son to a distant planet. A chance encounter with a strange couple convinces a young woman that she has had a glimpse of the future. Searching for a lost explorer in Africa, British authorities accuse a powerful witch doctor of his murder.

    Directors:John Meredyth Lucas, Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Robert Bloch, Rod Serling

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    Directors:John Meredyth Lucas, Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Robert Bloch, Rod Serling
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    #13 - Lindemann's Catch / The Late Mr. Peddington / A Feast of Blood

    S2:E161/12/1972

    A captured mermaid awakens emotions in a coldhearted sea captain, who desperately seeks a way to keep her alive. A businesslike widow goes shopping for the cheapest funeral she can buy for her husband. A repulsive suitor evens the score with a calculating beauty by presenting her with an unusual gift: a brooch that seems almost alive.

    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling

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    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling
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    #14 - The Miracle at Camafeo / The Ghost of Sorworth Place

    S2:E171/19/1972

    An insurance swindler stages a miraculous recovery from his fake paralysis at a Mexican shrine. An American drifter protects a Scottish widow from the specter of her late husband.

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:Rod Serling
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    #15 - The Waiting Room / Last Rites for a Dead Druid

    S2:E181/26/1972

    A gunfighter's final reckoning awaits him in a frontier saloon. When a woman buys a statue bearing an uncanny resemblance to her husband, he soon feels the influence of its model: an ancient druid sorcerer.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Rod Serling
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    #16 - Deliveries in the Rear / Stop Killing Me / Dead Weight

    S2:E192/9/1972

    A ghastly shocker about a surgery instructor unconcerned about the source of his cadavers. Convinced that her husband is trying to worry her to death, a distraught housewife files a complaint with the police. A gangster on the lam engages the services of a compliant exporter.

    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling

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    Directors:Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling
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    #17 - The Girl with the Hungry Eyes

    S3:E210/1/1972

    A photographer hires a mysterious model whose eyes burn with a seductive, yet frightening, glow.

    Director:John Badham

    Writer:Robert M. Young

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    Director:John Badham

    Writer:Robert M. Young
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    #18 - Rare Objects

    S3:E310/22/1972

    A gangster marked for death engages a specialist who guarantees him sanctuary, but at a precipitous cost.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Rod Serling
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    #19 - Spectre in Tap-Shoes

    S3:E410/29/1972

    After witnessing her twin sister's suicide, a young woman begins to see and hear evidence of her continuing presence.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Gene R. Kearney

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Gene R. Kearney
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    #20 - You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan / Smile Please

    S3:E511/12/1972

    A bungling inventor and his forgetful wife pool their ineptitude for an experiment in immortality. A vignette about a woman who tries to photograph a vampire.

    Directors:John Badham, Jack Laird

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling

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    Directors:John Badham, Jack Laird

    Writers:Jack Laird, Rod Serling
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    #21 - Fright Night

    S3:E712/10/1972

    Unseen terrors await a young couple who inherit a farmhouse.

    Director:Jeff Corey

    Writer:Robert M. Young

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    Director:Jeff Corey

    Writer:Robert M. Young
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    #22 - Finnegan's Flight

    S3:E812/17/1972

    A prisoner for life yearning for freedom submits to a cellmate's experiments in mind over matter, with tragic results.

    Director:Gene R. Kearney

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Gene R. Kearney

    Writer:Rod Serling
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    #23 - She'll Be Company for You

    S3:E912/24/1972

    After his invalid wife dies, a relieved widower finds himself under the watchful eye of a strangely menacing cat.

    Director:Gerald Perry Finnerman

    Writer:David Rayfiel

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    Director:Gerald Perry Finnerman

    Writer:David Rayfiel
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    #24 - The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes

    S3:E101/7/1973

    The new heavyweight champion of the world discovers that he has one more unscheduled bout before he can claim his title.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Robert M. Young

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Robert M. Young
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    #25 - Something in the Woodwork

    S3:E111/14/1973

    A lonely alcoholic plots revenge against her ex-husband by calling on a reluctant ghost she finds in her attic.

    Director:Edward M. Abroms

    Writer:Rod Serling

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    Director:Edward M. Abroms

    Writer:Rod Serling