List of Twilight Zone (1985) episodes (2024)

Episode # and segmentTitleDirectorWriter(s)Original AirDateProduction Code1a"Shatterday"Wes_CravenHarlan Ellison/Alan BrennertSeptember27,1985A man (Bruce Willis) accidentally phones his own home and winds up talking to his alter ego.1b"A Little Peace and Quiet"Wes CravenJames CrockerSeptember27,1985In a modern remake of the classic episode, "A Kind of Stopwatch," a woman (Melinda Dillon) discovers a necklace that gives its owner the ability to freeze time.2a"Wordplay"Wes CravenRockne S. O'BannonOctober4,1985An overworked businessman (Robert Klein) suddenly finds himself left out while the rest of his world speaks in mangled slang.2b"Dreams For SaleJoe GannonOctober4,1985A woman (Meg Foster) in the future traps herself in an idyllic, computer-generated fantasy in her mind.2c"Chameleon"Wes CravenJames CrockerOctober4,1985A space shuttle returns from a mission and NASA discovers that something unusual has been picked up.3a"Healer"Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Michael BryantOctober11,1985A thief (Eric Bogosian) steals a stone from a museum that gives him the power to heal and tries to pass himself as a faith healer.3b"Children's Zoo"Robert DowneyChris HubbellandGerrit GrahamOctober11,1985A girl trades in her parents (Lorna Luft,Steven Keats) for new ones at a zoo.3c"Kentucky Rye"John HancockDelree Todd

Chip DuncanRichard Krzemien

October11,1985A drunk driver (Jeffrey DeMunn) comes to in front of a strange bar called "Kentucky Rye."4a"Little Boy Lost"Tommy Lee WallaceMichael CassuttOctober18,1985A young photojournalist (Season Hubley) spends time with a boy (Scott Grimes) who harbors a tragic secret.4b"Wish Bank"Rick FriedbergMichael CassuttOctober18,1985A woman finds a magic lamp at a garage sale that takes her to a bank/DMV-style office where wishes are processed and filed.4c"Nightcrawlers"William FriedkinRobert R. McCammon/Philip DeGuereOctober18,1985A drifter (Scott Paulin) who fought during the Vietnam War possesses the power of mind over matter and turns his flashbacks into reality.5a"If She Dies"John HancockDavid Bennett CarrenOctober25,1985A father (Tony Lo Bianco) who has a daughter in a coma is guided to purchase an old bed by a young girl's ghost.5b"Ye Gods"Peter MedakAnne CollinsOctober25,1985A man (David Dukes) who ignores Cupid's (Robert Morse) arrow finds himself untangling the love lives of the gods.6a"Examination Day"Paul LynchHenry Slesar/Philip DeGuereNovember1,1985A 12-year-old boy (David Mendenhall) must go for mandatory intelligence testing.6b"A Message From Charity"Paul LynchWilliam M. Lee/Alan BrennertNovember1,1985A teenage boy (Robert Duncan McNeill) with a fever finds himself in telepathic contact with a girl (Kerry Noonan) living in colonial New England.7a"Teacher's Aide"B.W.L. NortonSteven BarnesNovember8,1985A teacher (Adrienne Barbeau) at a gang-filled school is possessed by a mysteriousgargoyle.7b"Paladin of the Lost Hour"Gilbert Cates

(credited asAlan Smithee)

Harlan EllisonNovember8,1985Mr. Gaspar (Danny Kaye) is the protector of a magical timepiece, a pocket watch that holds The Last Hour.8a"Act Break"Ted FlickerHaskell BarkinNovember15,1985A playwright (James Coco) uses an ancient relic to make a single wish.8b"The Burning Man"J.D. FeigelsonRay Bradbury/J.D. FeigelsonNovember15,1985A woman (Piper Laurie) and her nephew pick up a hitchhiker who warns of danger ahead.8c"Dealer's Choice"Wes CravenDonald ToddNovember15,1985A group of friends (Barney Martin,Garrett Morris,M. Emmet Walsh, andMorgan Freeman) playing cards suspect that their guest (Dan Hedaya) is the Devil.9a"Dead Woman's Shoes"Peter MedakLynn BarkerNovember22,1985A shy woman (Helen Mirren) tries on a pair of high heels at a thrift store that make her assertive, self-confident—and send her on a murderous mission.9b"Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"Paul LynchWilliam F. Wu/Alan BrennertNovember22,1985An Asian man (Brian Tochi) and an old white woman search for a mysterious shop that holds the secret to gaining back their lost emotions.10a"The Shadow Man"Joe DanteRockne S. O'BannonNovember29,1985The Shadow Man (Jeff Calhoun), a mysterious entity made of darkness, defends a boy (Jonathan Ward) in exchange for being allowed to stay under his bed.10b"The Uncle Devil Show"David SteinbergDonald ToddNovember29,1985A boy learns strange magic tricks from a bizarre kids' show.10c"Opening Day"John MiliusGerrit Graham

Chris Hubbell

November29,1985A man (Jeffrey Jones) is targeted for murder on the opening day of duck hunting season by his wife and her lover.11a"The Beacon"Gerd OswaldMartin Pasko

Rebecca Parr

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February14,1986An actor (Larry Poindexter) gets a job on a popular radio show only to find that everything described on the show becomes real inside the studio.19a"The Leprechaun-Artist"Tommy Lee WallaceTommy Lee WallaceFebruary21,1986A vacationingleprechaunis forced to grant wishes to the three boys who captured him.19b"Dead Run"Paul TuckerGreg Bear

Alan Brennert

February21,1986A truck driver (Steve Railsback) accepts the job of delivering souls to Hell.20a"Profile in Silver"John HancockJ. Neil SchulmanMarch7,1986A history professor (Lane Smith) from the future is sent back to observe theassassination of President John F. Kennedy.20b"Button, Button"Peter MedakRichard MathesonMarch7,1986A stranger gives a down-and-out couple (Mare Winningham,Brad Davis) a box with a button on it. He states that if they press the button, they would receive a large sum of money but also that someone would die. (This story was remade into the 2009 film "The Box".)21a"Need to Know"Paul LynchMary SheldonMarch21,1986A government scientist/agent (William Petersen) sent to a small town to help investigate a bizarre outbreak of insanity which is spreading through the town.21b"Red Snow"Jeannot SzwarcMichael CassuttMarch21,1986AKGBcolonel (George Dzundza) is sent to a Siberian town to investigate the deaths of the local Communist Party officials.22a"Take My Life...Please!"Gus TrikonisGordon MitchellMarch28,1986A successful comedian (Tim Thomerson) who steals a routine from another comedian (Xander Berkeley) ends up paying a high price.22b"Devil's Alphabet"Ben BoltArthur GrayMarch28,1986A group of friends in Victorian England find themselves haunted by an oath they took as young men.22c"The Library"John HancockAnne CollinsMarch28,1986A woman (Frances Conroy) is hired to work in a private library and soon discovers that the books document the lives of everyone alive, updated instantly and in the smallest detail.23a"Shadow Play"Paul LynchJames Crocker/Charles BeaumontApril4,1986A man (Peter Coyote) is convinced that reality as we perceive it is dependent on his staying alive.23b"Grace Note"Peter MedakPatrice MessinaApril4,1986A young woman (Julia Migenes) gains a glimpse of her future.24a"A Day in Beaumont"Philip DeGuereDavid GerroldApril11,1986After witnessing the landing of a flying saucer, a young couple (Victor Garber, Stacy Nelson) find themselves in the midst of an alien invasion.24b"The Last Defender of Camelot"Jeannot SzwarcRoger Zelazny

George R.R. Martin

April11,1986In modern-day England, the last of King Arthur's knights (Richard Kiley) teams withMorgan le Fay(Jenny Agutter) to stop the return ofMerlin(Norman Lloyd).

Season Two episode were composed of one, two, or three segments.

Episode #TitleDirectorWriter(s)Original AirDateProduction Code25a"The Once and Future King"Jim McBrideBryce Maritano/George R.R. MartinSeptember27,1986An Elvis impersonator named Gary travels back in time and meets the real Elvis Presley.25b"A Saucer of Loneliness"John D. HancockDavid Gerrold/Theodore SturgeonSeptember27,1986A man finds a woman who earlier had encountered a mysterious saucer.26a"What Are Friends For?"Gus TrikonisJ. Michael StraczynskiOctober4,1986A child's imaginary friend turns out to be more than just his friend.26b"Aqua Vita"Paul TuckerJeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul ChitlikOctober4,1986A woman finds a method for eternal youth at a steep price.27a"The Storyteller"Paul LynchRockne S. O'BannonOctober11,1986A young woman finds that the secret to immortality resides in stories.27b"Nightsong"Bradford MayMichael ReavesOctober11,1986A DJ finds that when she plays a certain song, her deceased lover appears.28a"The After Hours"Bruce MalmuthRod Serling/Rockne S. O'BannonOctober18,1986A young woman is pursued by mysterious strangers.28b"Lost and Found"Gus TrikonisPhyllis Eisenstein/George R.R. MartinOctober18,1986A woman's possessions mysteriously vanish.28c"The World Next Door"Paul LynchLan O'KunOctober18,1986A door in the basement leads two people to enhance their lives.29"The Toys of Caliban"Thomas J. WrightTerry Matz/George R.R. MartinDecember4,1986A mentally challenged child has strange powers.30"The Convict's Piano"Thomas J. WrightPatrice Messina/James CrockerDecember11,1986A wrongfully-convicted convict discovers an old piano in his prison with special powers.31"The Road Less Traveled"Wes CravenGeorge R.R. MartinDecember18,1986A draft-dodger is haunted by the specter of a familiar-looking man in a wheelchair.32a"The Card"Bradford May

Michael Cassutt

February21,1987A woman with out-of-control spending habits finds her new credit card comes with unexpected penalties.32b"The Junction"Bill DukeVirginia AldridgeFebruary21,1987A modern-day miner has an argument with his wife and then goes off to work in the local mine. A collapse traps him, but he finds another survivor - a miner who claims to be from 1912. The two men figure out that somehow they have become connected through time.33a"Joy Ride"Gil BettmanCal WillinghamMay21,1987Four teens take a recently deceased man's classic car for a joyride. But the driver acts increasingly irrational during the ride...33b"Shelter Skelter"Martha CoolidgeRon CobbMay21,1987A survivalist and his friend find themselves cut off in his shelter after a nuclear bomb detonation.33c"Private Channel"

Peter Medak

Edward RedlichMay21,1987After accidentally dropping his portable stereo in an airplane lavatory, a young man discovers that it allows him to hear other people's thoughts.34a"Time and Teresa Golowitz"Shelley LevinsonAlan Brennert/Parke GodwinJuly10,1987A Broadway composer accepts an offer from the Prince of Darkness and returns to his high school years to see his crush again. It's not as pleasant as he expected and soon, he sees a classmate who met a tragic end that night. He uses the opportunity to prevent the classmate's suicide.34b"Voices in the Earth"Curtis HarringtonAlan BrennertJuly10,1987People return to a barren Earth to find that not everything had left when they thought it did.35a"Song of the Younger World"Noel BlackAnthony & Nancy LawrenceJuly17,1987In 1916 a girl and a young man from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent. He finds out and does not approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. Luckily, the girl has a secret plan to escape so she can be forever with the love of her life.35b"The Girl I Married"Philip DeGuereJ. M. DeMatteisJuly17,1987An attorney (James Whitmore Jr.) and his wife (Linda Kelsey) have successful careers. They feel something is lacking in their marriage. Soon, they encounter younger versions of their mates.

Season Three was made up of half-hour episodes that aired individually.

Episode #TitleDirectorWriter(s)Original AirDateProduction Code36"The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon"René BonnièreHaskell Barkin /J. Michael Straczynski24 September 1988An old man known as Uncle Edgar (Harry Morgan) is ordered by a mysterious voice to collect junk in his apartment to keep the world in balance.37"Extra Innings"Douglas JacksonTom Palmer1 October 1988Ex-baseball player Ed Hamler (Marc Singer), lame from an injury and forced to retire early, is given a baseball card from the early 1900s that transports Hamler to the past to be the player he used to be.38"he Crossing"Paul LynchRalph Phillips8 October 1988A stressed-out priest (Ted Shackelford) is haunted by the sight of a station wagon with a young girl inside that keeps crashing.39"The Hunters"Paul LynchPaul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch15 October 1988A young boy falls into an undiscovered cave near a housing project. An archeologist studies strange paintings on its walls and then bizarre things begin to happen. Cave items move around and animals are killed and brought into the cave.40"Dream Me a Life"Allan KingJ. Michael Straczynski22 October 1988A man in a retirement home is trapped in the dreams of a catatonic widow.41"Memories"Ryszard BugajskiBob Underwood29 October 1988A hypnotist who specializes in helping people relive their past lives tries to find her own history—and finds that everyone she ever helped hates their past lives.42"The Hellgramite Method"Gilbert M. ShiltonWilliam Selby5 November 1988An alcoholic goes through an extremely painful and potentially deadly cure for his drinking problem. He has to choose which is more important - the bottle or his life.43"Our Selena is Dying"Bruce PittmanJ. Michael Straczynski/Rod Serling12 November 1988A young woman and her dying mother switch bodies during a visit.44"The Call"Gilbert M. ShiltonJ. Michael Straczynski19 November 1988A lonely man accidentally phones the wrong number and finds an intriguing female to whom he grows attached. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and finds the phone in a museum next to the statue of a woman.45"The Trance"Randy BradshawJeff Stuart &J. Michael Straczynski26 November 1988A scam artist purports to channel the spirit of Delos, a former inhabitant of Atlantis. Together with a partner, he makes a living off of it. The day of his big break, he channels another spirit, one who could cause him to lose everything. Is it punishment or a lesson from the Twilight Zone?46"Acts of Terror"Brad TurnerJ. Michael Straczynski3 December 1988A battered wife living with her abusive husband finds the strength to leave him in the form of a Doberman pinscher statue.47"20/20 Vision"Jim PurdyRobert Walden10 December 1988Newly promoted bank loan officer Warren Cribbens (Michael Moriarty) cracks his eyeglasses and discovers he can see the future through them. Faced with seeing the future of the farmers whose farms he must foreclose on, Warren can't bring himself to foreclose. Right away he's torn between doing his job and standing up for the people he helps.48"There Was an Old Woman"Otta HanusTom J. Astle17 December 1988A writer of children's books (Colleen Dewhurst) autographs a book for a sick young fan. Later, she starts hearing the sound of children in her house.49"The Trunk"Steve DiMarcoPaul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch24 December 1988A young man (Bud Cort) at a motel discovers an empty trunk that grants any wishes. He uses it for popularity, but at a party he discovers who his true friends are.50"Appointment on Route 17"René BonnièreHaskell Barkin31 December 1988After receiving a heart transplant, a man (Paul Le Mat) finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner.51"The Cold Equations"Martin LavutAlan Brennert/Tom Godwin7 January 1989A rescue pilot on the frontiers of space is faced with unpleasant prospects when he finds an innocent stowaway on his ship.52"Stranger in Possum Meadows"Sturla GunnarssonPaul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch14 January 1989A young boy playing in a field meets an old man (Steve Kanaly) who is really an alien collecting specimens to bring back to his planet.53"Street of Shadows"Ryszard BugajskiMichael Reaves21 January 1989While taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood, an unemployed man (Charles Haid) living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation.54"Something in the Walls"Allan KroekerJ. Michael Straczynski28 January 1989A doctor (Damir Andrei) arrives at his new job in a sanitarium. He discovers the case of a woman (Deborah Raffin) who is terribly frightened of things that appear on her walls.55"A Game of Pool"Randy BradshawGeorge Clayton Johnson4 February 1989In a remake of an episode from the original series, a pool champion (Esai Morales) has defeated everyone at his local pool hall, except for the long dead legend, Fats Brown (Maury Chaykin), who returns from the afterlife to challenge him to a high-stakes game.56"The Wall"Atom EgoyanJ. Michael Straczynski25 February 1989A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. After sending through one team, the Army calls upon a career soldier (John Beck) to investigate, where he finds an idyllic planet. He has to decide whether to stay or go back to his old life.57"Room 2426"Ryszard BugajskiJeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik11 February 1989Martin Decker is confined to a special room for acts and thoughts against the state. They want the formula for a weapon he does not want to reveal. Escape for Martin comes from the mind.58"The Mind of Simon Foster"Douglas JacksonJ. Michael Straczynski18 February 1989In an impoverished future, Simon Foster (Bruce Weitz) goes to a pawnshop to sell some personal items to raise money for rent. The shop owner offers to buy some of his memories. In Simon Foster's life, what could possibly be valuable?59"Cat and Mouse"Eric TillChristy Marx4 March 1989A shy woman (Pamela Bellwood) finds that a cat is actually a cursed "Casanova." She falls for the man (Page Fletcher) but finds that her Prince Charming is actually a scoundrel.60"Many, Many Monkeys"Ryszard BugajskiWilliam Froug18 March 1989An epidemic breaks out and many people (Karen Valentine,Jackie Burroughs,Ken Pogue) are struck blind. Something more happens, however: People have become cold and heartless toward each other.61"Rendezvous in a Dark Place"René BonnièreJ. Michael Straczynski11 March 1989An old woman (Janet Leigh) with an obsession with death attends funerals for entertainment. One night when an injured thief breaks into her home, she lets him die and waits for Death to come and collect him.62"Special Service"Randy BradshawJ. Michael Straczynski8 April 1989A man (David Naughton) finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years.63"Love is Blind"Gilbert M. ShiltonCal Willingham25 March 1989A man (Ben Murphy) plotting to murder his wife's lover meets a blind singer who seems to know all about his plans.64"Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"Paul LynchHarlan Ellison1 April 1989A man (Wayne Robson) sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss he borrowed the track money from.65"Father and Son Game"Randy BradshawJeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik15 April 1989A 79-year-old man (Ed Marinaro) wants to keep on living so he transplants his brain into a younger body. His son (Eugene Robert Glazer), however, resents his father's continued life and tries to wrestle power from him.