List of Tales from the Darkside episodes
Season 1 (1984–85)

List of Tales from the Darkside episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (1984–85)
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No.	Title	Original air date

1	"The New Man"	September 30, 1984

Alan Coombs, a bad-tempered recovering alcoholic, meets a young man named Jerry who claims to be his son. Coombs insists that he's never seen or met Jerry before, but Jerry says otherwise.

2	"I'll Give You a Million"	October 7, 1984

An offer to buy a friend's soul goes a bit too far, especially when the seller returns to finalize the deal.

3	"Pain Killer"	October 14, 1984

A henpecked husband (Lou Jacobi) who suffers from excruciating backaches visits a doctor (Farley Granger) who prescribes a drastic cure.

4	"The Odds"	October 21, 1984

A bookie who never turns down a bet meets the luckiest man he may ever know (Tom Noonan), who is determined to break the bookie at any cost.

5	"Mookie and Pookie"	November 4, 1984

A teenage girl discovers that her recently deceased twin brother's spirit lives on in a computer, but no one will believe her.

6	"Slippage"	November 11, 1984

A man discovers that he is literally slipping from existence. Based on a short story by Michael Kube-McDowell, adapted by Mark Durand and guest-starring David Patrick Kelly.

7	"Inside the Closet"	November 21, 1984

A young woman takes up board in an elderly man's house and insists that there is something lurking inside of the small, locked closet in her bedroom.

8	"The Word Processor of the Gods"	November 25, 1984

A man discovers his new word processor, a gift from his deceased nephew, is more powerful than he could ever have imagined: everything he types into it becomes real.

9	"A Case of the Stubborns"	December 2, 1984

Grandpa refuses to believe that he is dead. Written by James Houghton, based on a short story by Robert Bloch and guest-starring Christian Slater as Jody, Brent Spiner as the Reverend and Eddie Bracken as Grandpa.

10	"Djinn, No Chaser"	January 13, 1985

A comedic story in which a couple finds a lamp which turns out to hold a genie, who is extremely annoyed at being trapped for thousands of years.

11	"All a Clone by the Telephone"	January 20, 1985

An answering machine with a will of its own helps out a television writer and gradually begins to take over his life.

12	"In the Cards"	January 27, 1985

Catherine is a tarot reader who attracts business by giving out only good predictions, but she soon finds herself stuck with a new deck of cards - one which makes terrible predictions come true.

13	"Anniversary Dinner"	February 3, 1985

An elderly couple take in a girl escaping from her boyfriend, just in time for their 25th anniversary dinner. Unfortunately, the couple plans on serving a very specific-and revolting-dish...

14	"Snip, Snip"	February 10, 1985

Confident that he is about to win the lottery, a man studying the black arts quits his job, only to find out that he has lost to a woman.

15	"Answer Me"	February 17, 1985

A ringing telephone with a life of its own bothers a woman in the room next door. Written by Michael McDowell.

16	"The Tear Collector"	February 24, 1985

A young woman who can't stop crying meets a man who collects tears. Written by Geoffrey Loftus and John Drimmer and guest-starring Jessica Harper and Victor Garber.

17	"Madness Room"	May 5, 1985

A wife and her friend plot to scare a rich man to death in the cursed "Madness Room." Written by Thomas Epperson and guest-starring Stuart Whitman.

18	"If the Shoes Fit..."	May 12, 1985

Politician Bo Gumbs checks into a hotel to prepare for a speech. After he tells the hotel wait staff that politics is all showmanship, they help him prepare for his best show ever.

19	"Levitation"	May 19, 1985

A teenager goads a once-famous magician into performing his greatest feat of levitation, with disastrous results. Based on a short story by Joseph Payne Brennan and adapted by David Gerrold.

20	"It All Comes Out in the Wash"	May 26, 1985

A laundromat offers to wash away the sins of its clients. Written by Harvey Jacobs.

21	"Bigalow's Last Smoke"	June 9, 1985

Mr. Bigalow wakes up in a replica of his apartment, overseen by an addiction counselor who will allow him to leave only if he quits smoking.

22	"Grandma's Last Wish"	June 16, 1985

An elderly woman makes one request of her unsympathetic family, who want to put her in a nursing home against her will.

23	"The False Prophet"	August 4, 1985

Cassie Pines, a superstitious woman, travels by bus to Texas on the advice of a psychic machine. Before she reaches her destination, however, she comes across another machine that warns her against continuing on her way.

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"Word Processor of the Gods" was an episode of the Tales from the Darkside TV series was broadcasted on November 25, 1984.

final_sentence: "Word Processor of the Gods" was an episode of the Tales from the Darkside TV series was broadcasted on November 25, 1984.