The Twilight Zone (1959) Season 1
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
101: Where Is Everybody? 1959 October 2
(First watched 2023-05-20) It wasn't even an intentional part of the episode, but to me personally the most unsettling part of the episode was when this guy was walking around wondering what's going on and suddenly it all seems very familiar... dude is walking around Hill Valley, about 26 years before they filmed Back to the Future there.
Situations that test how people react to space-travel-like conditions is a realistic thing, though they seemed to take it a bit far in this episode, positing a moon trip with a single astronaut in an ultra-cramped capsule. Also, even in that situation wouldn't they expect the guy to have radio contact with Earth and thus not be in total isolation?
102: One for the Angels 1959 October 9
(First watched 2023-05-20) Mr. Death seems a bit of a pushover if he was that easily persuaded to go along with the unfulfilled dream of making a big pitch... but with supernatural entities, who can tell what was part of the plan all along?
103: Mr. Denton on Doomsday 1959 October 16
(First watched 2023-05-20) Hey, Doug McClure. Even in a fantasy anthology series, they had to stick him in a western.
If you ever worry you're naming a character too on-the-nose, just remember this episode's Henry J. Fate.
104: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine 1959 October 23
(First watched 2023-05-22) Didn't care much for this one. We see a past-her-prime actress who's obsessed with reliving the days of her past, and what's the moral of the story? If you unhealthily obsess over something, maybe you'll get what you wanted? I guess that happens sometimes... in the Twilight Zone.
105: Walking Distance 1959 October 30
106: Escape Clause 1959 November 6
107: The Lonely 1959 November 13
108: Time Enough at Last 1959 November 20
109: Perchance to Dream 1959 November 27
110: Judgment Night 1959 December 4
111: And When the Sky Was Opened 1959 December 11
112: What You Need 1959 December 25
113: The Four of Us Are Dying 1960 January 1
114: Third from the Sun 1960 January 8
115: I Shot an Arrow into the Air 1960 January 15
116: The Hitch-Hiker 1960 January 22
117: The Fever 1960 January 29
118: The Last Flight 1960 February 5
119: The Purple Testament 1960 February 12
120: Elegy 1960 February 19
121: Mirror Image 1960 February 26
122: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 1960 March 4
123: A World of Difference 1960 March 11
124: Long Live Walter Jameson 1960 March 18
125: People Are Alike All Over 1960 March 25
127: The Big Tall Wish 1960 April 8
128: A Nice Place to Visit 1960 April 15
129: Nightmare as a Child 1960 April 29
130: A Stop at Willoughby 1960 May 6
132: A Passage for Trumpet 1960 May 20
134: The After Hours 1960 June 10
135: The Mighty Casey 1960 June 17
136: A World of His Own 1960 July 1