Serie de televisión especializada en el género de la ciencia-ficción. Fue creada por su narrador y anfitrión, Rod Serling, y cada episodio recrea un relato de fantasía, terror, suspense o ciencia ficción, a menudo rematado por un final sorprendente.
Two (Episodio 1) 7.2
Guionista: Montgomery Pittman
Fecha de emisión: 1961-09-15
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.
The Arrival (Episodio 2) 7.1
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-09-22
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing!
The Shelter (Episodio 3) 8.4
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-09-29
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.
The Passersby (Episodio 4) 6.8
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-10-06
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.
A Game of Pool (Episodio 5) 7.1
Guionista: George Clayton Johnson
Fecha de emisión: 1961-10-13
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.
The Mirror (Episodio 6) 6.3
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-10-20
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.
The Grave (Episodio 7) 6.8
Guionista: Montgomery Pittman
Fecha de emisión: 1961-10-27
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is challenged to visit the grave of Sykes, despite the curse.
It's a Good Life (Episodio 8) 8.1
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-11-03
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.
Deaths-Head Revisited (Episodio 9) 7.0
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-11-10
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.
The Midnight Sun (Episodio 10) 7.8
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-11-17
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising eminent destruction.
Still Valley (Episodio 11) 6.0
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-11-24
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.
The Jungle (Episodio 12) 6.6
Guionista: Charles Beaumont
Fecha de emisión: 1961-12-01
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.
Once Upon a Time (Episodio 13) 7.2
Guionista: Richard Matheson
Fecha de emisión: 1961-12-15
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down!
Five Characters in Search of an Exit (Episodio 14) 8.0
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1961-12-22
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.
A Quality of Mercy (Episodio 15) 7.2
Guionista: Sam Rolfe
Fecha de emisión: 1961-12-29
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying to stop his superior from leading a charge against American forces.
Nothing in the Dark (Episodio 16) 7.8
Guionista: George Clayton Johnson
Fecha de emisión: 1962-01-05
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."
One More Pallbearer (Episodio 17) 7.0
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-01-12
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.
Dead Man's Shoes (Episodio 18) 6.8
Guionista: Charles Beaumont
Fecha de emisión: 1962-01-19
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.
The Hunt (Episodio 19) 6.5
Guionista: Earl Hamner, Jr.
Fecha de emisión: 1962-01-26
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.
Showdown with Rance McGrew (Episodio 20) 6.6
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-02-02
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.
Kick the Can (Episodio 21) 7.3
Guionista: George Clayton Johnson
Fecha de emisión: 1962-02-09
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".
A Piano in the House (Episodio 22) 7.1
Guionista: Earl Hamner, Jr.
Fecha de emisión: 1962-02-16
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (Episodio 23) 6.5
Guionista: Montgomery Pittman
Fecha de emisión: 1962-02-23
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...
To Serve Man (Episodio 24) 8.6
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-03-02
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man.
The Fugitive (Episodio 25) 6.4
Guionista: Charles Beaumont
Fecha de emisión: 1962-03-09
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.
Little Girl Lost (Episodio 26) 7.1
Guionista: Richard Matheson
Fecha de emisión: 1962-03-16
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A six-year-old girl rolls under her bed and vanishes into a fourth dimension. Her parents and a neighbor struggle to free her before the hole between the dimensions closes forever.
Person or Persons Unknown (Episodio 27) 7.6
Guionista: Charles Beaumont
Fecha de emisión: 1962-03-23
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.
The Little People (Episodio 28) 7.5
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-03-30
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.
Four O'Clock (Episodio 29) 5.8
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-04-06
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.
Hocus-Pocus and Frisby (Episodio 30) 6.9
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-04-13
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.
The Trade-Ins (Episodio 31) 7.4
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-04-20
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.
The Gift (Episodio 32) 6.3
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-04-27
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fears and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.
The Dummy (Episodio 33) 6.9
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-05-04
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy: plans that Willie doesn't support!
Young Man's Fancy (Episodio 34) 5.6
Guionista: Richard Matheson
Fecha de emisión: 1962-05-11
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.
I Sing the Body Electric (Episodio 35) 7.3
Guionista: Ray Bradbury
Fecha de emisión: 1962-05-18
Duración: 26 min
Sinopsis: A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.
Cavender is Coming (Episodio 36) 6.0
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-05-25
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.
The Changing of the Guard (Episodio 37) 7.1
Guionista: Rod Serling
Fecha de emisión: 1962-06-01
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve and is reminded by former students that he has, indeed, made an effect on the lives of his students over the years.