The Twilight Zone season 5

The Twilight Zone
Season 5
No. of episodes36
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 27, 1963 (1963-09-27) –
June 19, 1964 (1964-06-19)
Season chronology

The fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 9:30–10:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 27, 1963 to June 19, 1964. It featured the same intro as the fourth season, but reverted to the original half-hour format.[1] A color version of the opening was later used for Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byMusic byOriginal release dateProd.
code
1211"In Praise of Pip"Joseph M. NewmanRod SerlingRene GarriguencSeptember 27, 1963 (1963-09-27)2607
1222"Steel"Don WeisRichard MathesonVan CleaveOctober 4, 1963 (1963-10-04)2602
1233"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"Richard DonnerRichard MathesonN/AOctober 11, 1963 (1963-10-11)2605
1244"A Kind of a Stopwatch"John RichBased on a story by : Michael D. Rosenthal
Teleplay by : Rod Serling
Van CleaveOctober 18, 1963 (1963-10-18)2609
1255"The Last Night of a Jockey"Joseph M. NewmanRod SerlingN/AOctober 25, 1963 (1963-10-25)2616
1266"Living Doll"Richard C. SarafianCharles BeaumontBernard HerrmannNovember 1, 1963 (1963-11-01)2621
1277"The Old Man in the Cave"Alan Crosland, Jr.Based on the short story "The Old Man" by : Henry Slesar
Teleplay by : Rod Serling
N/ANovember 8, 1963 (1963-11-08)2603
1288"Uncle Simon"Don SiegelRod SerlingN/ANovember 15, 1963 (1963-11-15)2604
1299"Probe 7, Over and Out"Ted PostRod SerlingN/ANovember 29, 1963 (1963-11-29)2622
13010"The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms"Alan Crosland, Jr.Rod SerlingN/ADecember 6, 1963 (1963-12-06)2606
13111"A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain"Bernard GirardBased on a story by : Lou Holz
Teleplay by : Rod Serling
N/ADecember 13, 1963 (1963-12-13)2614
13212"Ninety Years Without Slumbering"Roger KayStory by : George Clayton Johnson[a]
Teleplay by : Richard De Roy
Bernard HerrmannDecember 20, 1963 (1963-12-20)2615
13313"Ring-a-Ding Girl"Alan Crosland, Jr.Earl Hamner, Jr.N/ADecember 27, 1963 (1963-12-27)2623
13414"You Drive"John BrahmEarl Hamner, Jr.N/AJanuary 3, 1964 (1964-01-03)2625
13515"The Long Morrow"Robert FloreyRod SerlingN/AJanuary 10, 1964 (1964-01-10)2624
13616"The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross"Don SiegelBased on a short story by : Henry Slesar
Teleplay by : Jerry McNeely
N/AJanuary 17, 1964 (1964-01-17)2612
13717"Number 12 Looks Just Like You"Abner BibermanCharles Beaumont and John TomerlinN/AJanuary 24, 1964 (1964-01-24)2618
13818"Black Leather Jackets"Joseph M. NewmanEarl Hamner, Jr.Van CleaveJanuary 31, 1964 (1964-01-31)2628
13919"Night Call"Jacques TourneurRichard MathesonN/AFebruary 7, 1964 (1964-02-07)[b]2610
14020"From Agnes—With Love"Richard DonnerBernard C. SchoenfeldVan CleaveFebruary 14, 1964 (1964-02-14)2629
14121"Spur of the Moment"Elliot SilversteinRichard MathesonRene GarriguencFebruary 21, 1964 (1964-02-21)2608
14222"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"Robert EnricoFrom a story by : Ambrose Bierce
Adapted by : Robert Enrico
Henri LanoeFebruary 28, 1964 (1964-02-28)N/A
14323"Queen of the Nile"John BrahmCharles BeaumontLucien MoraweckMarch 6, 1964 (1964-03-06)2626
14424"What's in the Box"Richard L. BareMartin M. GoldsmithN/AMarch 13, 1964 (1964-03-13)2635
14525"The Masks"Ida LupinoRod SerlingN/AMarch 20, 1964 (1964-03-20)2601
14626"I Am the Night—Color Me Black"Abner BibermanRod SerlingN/AMarch 27, 1964 (1964-03-27)2630
14727"Sounds and Silences"Richard DonnerRod SerlingN/AApril 3, 1964 (1964-04-03)2631
14828"Caesar and Me"Robert ButlerAdele T. StrassfieldRichard ShoresApril 10, 1964 (1964-04-10)2636
14929"The Jeopardy Room"Richard DonnerRod SerlingN/AApril 17, 1964 (1964-04-17)2639
15030"Stopover in a Quiet Town"
"Strangers in Town"
Ron WinstonEarl Hamner, Jr.N/AApril 24, 1964 (1964-04-24)2611
15131"The Encounter"Robert ButlerMartin M. GoldsmithN/AMay 1, 1964 (1964-05-01)2640
15232"Mr. Garrity and the Graves"Ted PostBased on a story by : Mike Korologos
Teleplay by : Rod Serling
Tommy MorganMay 8, 1964 (1964-05-08)2637
15333"The Brain Center at Whipple's"Richard DonnerRod SerlingN/AMay 15, 1964 (1964-05-15)2632
15434"Come Wander with Me"Richard DonnerAnthony WilsonJeff AlexanderMay 22, 1964 (1964-05-22)2641
15535"The Fear"Ted PostRod SerlingN/AMay 29, 1964 (1964-05-29)2633
15636"The Bewitchin' Pool"Joseph M. NewmanEarl Hamner, Jr.N/AJune 19, 1964 (1964-06-19)2619

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as Johnson Smith
  2. ↑ Originally scheduled for November 22, 1963, but delayed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

References