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The Twilight Zone

Season 1 Episode 9: Perchance to Dream

A fatigued man fights to stay awake as he explains to a psychiatrist that if he falls asleep it will trigger a nightmare, which will cause his heart to fail.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Where Is Everybody?

1. Where Is Everybody?

Aired: Oct 2, 1959

Mike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recolle...

Episode 2 One for the Angels

2. One for the Angels

Aired: Oct 9, 1959

A pitchman is visited by Mr. Death and is forced to get his priorities in order.

Episode 5 Walking Distance

5. Walking Distance

Aired: Oct 30, 1959

A man, fed up with where he's at in life, finds himself not only in his old h...

Episode 6 Escape Clause

6. Escape Clause

Aired: Nov 6, 1959

A hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several th...

Episode 7 The Lonely

7. The Lonely

Aired: Nov 13, 1959

Convicted of murder, a man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a...

Episode 8 Time Enough at Last

8. Time Enough at Last

Aired: Nov 20, 1959

A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a ...

Episode 9 Perchance to Dream

9. Perchance to Dream

Aired: Nov 27, 1959

A fatigued man fights to stay awake as he explains to a psychiatrist that if ...

Episode 10 Judgment Night

10. Judgment Night

Aired: Dec 4, 1959

It's 1942, and a man finds himself on a ship in the Atlantic, not knowing who...

Episode 12 What You Need

12. What You Need

Aired: Dec 25, 1959

A small time crook plans to exploit an old street peddler who has the uncanny...

Episode 14 Third from the Sun

14. Third from the Sun

Aired: Jan 8, 1960

Two families of Government employees plan to steal a spaceship and travel to ...

Episode 16 The Hitch-Hiker

16. The Hitch-Hiker

Aired: Jan 22, 1960

A young woman driving cross-country becomes frantic when she keeps passing th...

Episode 17 The Fever

17. The Fever

Aired: Jan 29, 1960

A middle-aged man catches gambling fever from a slot machine that he believes...

Episode 18 The Last Flight

18. The Last Flight

Aired: Feb 5, 1960

A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 Fra...

Episode 19 The Purple Testament

19. The Purple Testament

Aired: Feb 12, 1960

A U.S. Army lieutenant serving in the Philippines during WWII develops a harr...

Episode 20 Elegy

20. Elegy

Aired: Feb 19, 1960

Three astronauts touch down on an asteroid, where they discover a world of pe...

Episode 21 Mirror Image

21. Mirror Image

Aired: Feb 26, 1960

While waiting in a bus station, Millicent Barnes has the strange feeling that...

Episode 26 Execution

26. Execution

Aired: Apr 1, 1960

When a 20th-century scientist tests out his time machine he accidentally retr...

Episode 27 The Big Tall Wish

27. The Big Tall Wish

Aired: Apr 8, 1960

An aging boxer finds himself the winner of a match he thought he had lost, th...

Episode 29 Nightmare as a Child

29. Nightmare as a Child

Aired: Apr 29, 1960

A schoolteacher keeps seeing a strange little girl in her apartment building.

Episode 30 A Stop at Willoughby

30. A Stop at Willoughby

Aired: May 6, 1960

Tired of his miserable job and wife, a businessman starts dreaming on the tra...

Episode 31 The Chaser

31. The Chaser

Aired: May 13, 1960

A young man obsessed with winning over an uninterested beauty gets more than ...

Episode 33 Mr. Bevis

33. Mr. Bevis

Aired: Jun 3, 1960

After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric...

Episode 34 The After Hours

34. The After Hours

Aired: Jun 10, 1960

A woman is treated badly by some odd salespeople on an otherwise empty depart...

Episode 35 The Mighty Casey

35. The Mighty Casey

Aired: Jun 17, 1960

A down-and-out baseball team's fortunes are lifted by a mysterious but seemin...

Episode 36 A World of His Own

36. A World of His Own

Aired: Jul 1, 1960

A writer demonstrates he can control reality simply by dictating changes.

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Info about The Twilight Zone

Seasons: 5

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Fantasy