The Twilight Zone

The Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 1

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Network:CBS

Every episode of The Twilight Zone Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 1!

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Episodes
36
Avg. Rating
7.6
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S3
S4
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E3
7.9
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  1. 8.9/10(8.5k votes)

    #1 - Time Enough at Last

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    S1:E8

    A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.

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    Director:John Brahm
  2. 8.9/10(6.7k votes)

    #2 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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    S1:E22

    Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.

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    Director:Ron Winston
  3. 8.5/10(5.1k votes)

    #3 - A Stop at Willoughby

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    S1:E30

    Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.

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  4. 8.4/10(4.9k votes)

    #4 - The After Hours

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    S1:E34

    Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
  5. 8.3/10(5.5k votes)

    #5 - And When the Sky Was Opened

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    S1:E11

    Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.

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  6. 8.2/10(6.6k votes)

    #6 - Walking Distance

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    S1:E5

    A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.

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  8. 8.2/10(5.7k votes)

    #7 - The Hitch-Hiker

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    S1:E16

    Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.

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  9. 8.1/10(5.9k votes)

    #8 - The Lonely

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    S1:E7

    In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.

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    Director:Jack Smight
  10. 8.1/10(4.9k votes)

    #9 - Third from the Sun

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    S1:E14

    With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.

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  11. 8.1/10(4.2k votes)

    #10 - Long Live Walter Jameson

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    S1:E24

    Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.

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  12. 8.1/10(4.3k votes)

    #11 - People Are Alike All Over

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    S1:E25

    After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.

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  13. 8.1/10(4.0k votes)

    #12 - A World of His Own

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    S1:E36

    Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.

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  14. 8.0/10(4.8k votes)

    #13 - What You Need

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    S1:E12

    A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.

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  15. 8.0/10(4.5k votes)

    #14 - The Last Flight

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    S1:E18

    A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!

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  16. 7.9/10(7.9k votes)

    #15 - Where Is Everybody?

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    S1:E1

    Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...

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  17. 7.9/10(4.7k votes)

    #16 - Mirror Image

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    S1:E21

    In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.

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    Director:John Brahm
  18. 7.8/10(4.2k votes)

    #17 - A Nice Place to Visit

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    S1:E28

    After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.

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  19. 7.6/10(6.6k votes)

    #18 - One for the Angels

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    S1:E2

    A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.

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  20. 7.6/10(4.4k votes)

    #19 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air

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    S1:E15

    Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.

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  21. 7.6/10(4.0k votes)

    #20 - A World of Difference

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    S1:E23

    Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.

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    Director:Ted Post
  22. 7.5/10(4.0k votes)

    #21 - Elegy

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    S1:E20

    Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.

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  23. 7.4/10(4.9k votes)

    #22 - Perchance to Dream

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    S1:E9

    A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

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  24. 7.3/10(5.1k votes)

    #23 - Escape Clause

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    S1:E6

    A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.

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  25. 7.3/10(4.5k votes)

    #24 - Judgment Night

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    S1:E10

    In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.

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    Director:John Brahm
  26. 7.3/10(3.8k votes)

    #25 - The Purple Testament

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    S1:E19

    Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Time Enough at Last" is the best rated episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 1. It scored 8.9/10 based on 8453 votes. Directed by John Brahm and written by Rod Serling, it aired on 11/20/1959. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".