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The Twilight Zone S3E5 — Dream Me a Life
6.2
The Twilight Zone•Season 3•Episode 5

Dream Me a Life

6.2/10 · 319 votesOct 22, 198822 min

Ranked #21 of 30 in Season 3•−0.2 vs season avg

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Roger, a curmudgeonly man in a retirement home, has nightmares of an unknown woman trying to hold back some strange creature behind a door in a room filled with candles. He is shocked when that woman, a cataleptic, becomes his next-door neighbor. Roger soon comes

Directed byAllan King
Written byJ. Michael Straczynski
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Robin Ward

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Narrator (voice)

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J. Michael Straczynski

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Allan King

Allan King

Director

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Episode Summary

"Dream Me a Life" is episode 5 of The Twilight Zone season 3. It scored 6.2/10 from 319 votes, ranking #21 of 30 episodes this season (season average 6.4). Directed by Allan King and written by J. Michael Straczynski, it aired on October 22, 1988.

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