# The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) season 5

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. A color version of the opening was later used for Twilight Zone: The Movie.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Music by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 121 | 1 | "In Praise of Pip" | Joseph M. Newman | Rod Serling | Rene Garriguenc | September 27, 1963 (1963-09-27) | 2607 |
| A bookie (Jack Klugman) receives news that his son Pip (Billy Mumy) has been seriously wounded in combat. He soon gets the chance to not only see his son one last time but also to save him. ||||||||
| 122 | 2 | "Steel" | Don Weis | Richard Matheson | Van Cleave | October 4, 1963 (1963-10-04) | 2602 |
| In 1974, a boxing promoter (Lee Marvin) tries to get the most out of his broken-down robot boxer. ||||||||
| 123 | 3 | "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" | Richard Donner | Richard Matheson | N/A | October 11, 1963 (1963-10-11) | 2605 |
| A salesman (William Shatner) recovering from a nervous breakdown sees a creature on the wing of the airplane he is on, but no one believes him. Note: This was remade as Segment IV of Twilight Zone: The Movie, with George Miller directing. It is also the basis for "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", the second episode of the fourth Twilight Zone series. ||||||||
| 124 | 4 | "A Kind of a Stopwatch" | John Rich | Based on a story by : Michael D. Rosenthal Teleplay by : Rod Serling | Van Cleave | October 18, 1963 (1963-10-18) | 2609 |
| A talkative bore (Richard Erdman) acquires a stopwatch that halts time. ||||||||
| 125 | 5 | "The Last Night of a Jockey" | Joseph M. Newman | Rod Serling | N/A | October 25, 1963 (1963-10-25) | 2616 |
| A disgraced jockey (Mickey Rooney) is granted his wish to be "big." ||||||||
| 126 | 6 | "Living Doll" | Richard C. Sarafian | Charles Beaumont | Bernard Herrmann | November 1, 1963 (1963-11-01) | 2621 |
| A talking doll (voiced by June Foray) torments its owner's stepfather (Telly Savalas). ||||||||
| 127 | 7 | "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/A | November 8, 1963 (1963-11-08) | 2603 |
| In 1974, a former soldier (James Coburn) and his band of scavengers cause discord for a community of atomic war survivors who are being guided by an unseen cave dweller. ||||||||
| 128 | 8 | "Uncle Simon" | Don Siegel | Rod Serling | N/A | November 15, 1963 (1963-11-15) | 2604 |
| The long-suffering niece (Constance Ford) of a grumpy inventor (Cedric Hardwicke) finds no peace after his death. ||||||||
| 129 | 9 | "Probe 7, Over and Out" | Ted Post | Rod Serling | N/A | November 29, 1963 (1963-11-29) | 2622 |
| An astronaut (Richard Basehart) crash-lands on a distant planet and learns that his own planet has been destroyed by nuclear war. He soon discovers that he is not alone on this new world when he meets a humanoid alien survivor (Antoinette Bower) from a runaway planet. ||||||||
| 130 | 10 | "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Rod Serling | N/A | December 6, 1963 (1963-12-06) | 2606 |
| Three National Guardsmen (Ron Foster, Randy Boone, and Warren Oates) exploring the site of Custer's Last Stand wind up getting involved in the actual battle. ||||||||
| 131 | 11 | "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain" | Bernard Girard | Based on a story by : Lou Holz Teleplay by : Rod Serling | N/A | December 13, 1963 (1963-12-13) | 2614 |
| A man (Patrick O'Neal) married to a younger woman (Ruta Lee) takes an untested youth serum. ||||||||
| 132 | 12 | "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" | Roger Kay | Story by : George Clayton Johnson Teleplay by : Richard De Roy | Bernard Herrmann | December 20, 1963 (1963-12-20) | 2615 |
| An old man (Ed Wynn) believes he will die the moment his grandfather clock stops ticking. ||||||||
| 133 | 13 | "Ring-a-Ding Girl" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Earl Hamner, Jr. | N/A | December 27, 1963 (1963-12-27) | 2623 |
| A movie star (Maggie McNamara) receives a ring from her fan club that draws her back to her home town. ||||||||
| 134 | 14 | "You Drive" | John Brahm | Earl Hamner, Jr. | N/A | January 3, 1964 (1964-01-03) | 2625 |
| A hit-and-run driver (Edward Andrews) is haunted by his car after he runs into a paperboy (Michael Gorfain). ||||||||
| 135 | 15 | "The Long Morrow" | Robert Florey | Rod Serling | N/A | January 10, 1964 (1964-01-10) | 2624 |
| In 1987, an astronaut (Robert Lansing) falls in love with a woman (Mariette Hartley) before going on a 40-year mission into space. ||||||||
| 136 | 16 | "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" | Don Siegel | Based on a short story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Jerry McNeely | N/A | January 17, 1964 (1964-01-17) | 2612 |
| A suitor (Don Gordon) discovers he can trade his physical assets for those of others. ||||||||
| 137 | 17 | "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" | Abner Biberman | Charles Beaumont and John Tomerlin | N/A | January 24, 1964 (1964-01-24) | 2618 |
| In a future society, a young woman (Collin Wilcox) resists having the surgery that her society requires to make everyone beautiful and identical. ||||||||
| 138 | 18 | "Black Leather Jackets" | Joseph M. Newman | Earl Hamner, Jr. | Van Cleave | January 31, 1964 (1964-01-31) | 2628 |
| Three motorcycle-riding young men (Lee Kinsolving, Michael Forest and Tom Gilleran) are actually part of an alien invasion force. One of them falls for a local teenage girl (Shelley Fabares). ||||||||
| 139 | 19 | "Night Call" | Jacques Tourneur | Richard Matheson | N/A | February 7, 1964 (1964-02-07) | 2610 |
| An old woman (Gladys Cooper) keeps receiving frightening phone calls. Note: This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 22, 1963, but was delayed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is listed on Paramount+ with its intended air date between "Uncle Simon" and "Probe 7, Over and Out". ||||||||
| 140 | 20 | "From Agnes—With Love" | Richard Donner | Bernard C. Schoenfeld | Van Cleave | February 14, 1964 (1964-02-14) | 2629 |
| A computer programmer (Wally Cox) receives advice on his love life from a computer that is in love with him. ||||||||
| 141 | 21 | "Spur of the Moment" | Elliot Silverstein | Richard Matheson | Rene Garriguenc | February 21, 1964 (1964-02-21) | 2608 |
| In 1939, an engaged woman (Diana Hyland) is chased for some unknown reason by a woman in black on horseback. ||||||||
| 142 | 22 | "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" | Robert Enrico | From a story by : Ambrose Bierce Adapted by : Robert Enrico | Henri Lanoe | February 28, 1964 (1964-02-28) | N/A |
| A Confederate sympathizer (Roger Jacquet) is about to be hanged when the rope breaks, allowing him to escape and return home. Rather than an original production, this episode was an edited version of the award-winning French short film of the same name. ||||||||
| 143 | 23 | "Queen of the Nile" | John Brahm | Charles Beaumont | Lucien Moraweck | March 6, 1964 (1964-03-06) | 2626 |
| A columnist (Lee Philips) discovers the secret behind the apparent eternal youth of a film actress (Ann Blyth). ||||||||
| 144 | 24 | "What's in the Box" | Richard L. Bare | Martin M. Goldsmith | N/A | March 13, 1964 (1964-03-13) | 2635 |
| After the TV set is fixed by a strange TV repairman (Sterling Holloway), an unhappy couple's (William Demarest, Joan Blondell) TV set shows them hurting each other. ||||||||
| 145 | 25 | "The Masks" | Ida Lupino | Rod Serling | N/A | March 20, 1964 (1964-03-20) | 2601 |
| At Mardi Gras, a wealthy dying man (Robert Keith) orders his daughter (Virginia Gregg) and her family (Milton Selzer, Alan Sues and Brooke Hayward) to wear masks that show their true selves as part of a requirement to obtain his inheritance. ||||||||
| 146 | 26 | "I Am the Night—Color Me Black" | Abner Biberman | Rod Serling | N/A | March 27, 1964 (1964-03-27) | 2630 |
| A man (Terry Becker) is to be hanged at sunrise. On the appointed day, the sun fails to rise which starts the sheriff (Michael Constantine) and the rest of the civilians wondering why there is only darkness. ||||||||
| 147 | 27 | "Sounds and Silences" | Richard Donner | Rod Serling | N/A | April 3, 1964 (1964-04-03) | 2631 |
| A man (John McGiver) has an obsession with loud noises which causes his wife (Penny Singleton) to leave him. Then all of the sounds in his life go haywire. ||||||||
| 148 | 28 | "Caesar and Me" | Robert Butler | Adele T. Strassfield | Richard Shores | April 10, 1964 (1964-04-10) | 2636 |
| A struggling ventriloquist (Jackie Cooper) has a dummy who talks him into a life of crime. ||||||||
| 149 | 29 | "The Jeopardy Room" | Richard Donner | Rod Serling | N/A | April 17, 1964 (1964-04-17) | 2639 |
| A political defector (Martin Landau) is forced into a game of cat-and-mouse with a rather artistic and sadistic hitman (John Van Dreelan). ||||||||
| 150 | 30 | "Stopover in a Quiet Town" "Strangers in Town" | Ron Winston | Earl Hamner, Jr. | N/A | April 24, 1964 (1964-04-24) | 2611 |
| A married couple (Barry Nelson, Nancy Malone) wakes up after drinking too much at a party and find themselves in a strange town devoid of life – except for the distant laughter of a child. ||||||||
| 151 | 31 | "The Encounter" | Robert Butler | Martin M. Goldsmith | N/A | May 1, 1964 (1964-05-01) | 2640 |
| A samurai sword sparks a conflict between a World War II veteran (Neville Brand) and a Japanese-American (George Takei). ||||||||
| 152 | 32 | "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" | Ted Post | Based on a story by : Mike Korologos Teleplay by : Rod Serling | Tommy Morgan | May 8, 1964 (1964-05-08) | 2637 |
| In 1890, a strange traveling peddler (John Dehner) brings a dog back from the dead and offers to do the same for those in the town cemetery, making the townsfolk of Happiness, Arizona uneasy. ||||||||
| 153 | 33 | "The Brain Center at Whipple's" | Richard Donner | Rod Serling | N/A | May 15, 1964 (1964-05-15) | 2632 |
| A factory owner (Richard Deacon) decides to replace his human employees with machines. ||||||||
| 154 | 34 | "Come Wander with Me" | Richard Donner | Anthony Wilson | Jeff Alexander | May 22, 1964 (1964-05-22) | 2641 |
| A professional rockabilly singer (Gary Crosby) looks for an authentic song in the mountains, where he gets in trouble with the locals. ||||||||
| 155 | 35 | "The Fear" | Ted Post | Rod Serling | N/A | May 29, 1964 (1964-05-29) | 2633 |
| A state trooper (Peter Mark Richman) and a secluded woman (Hazel Court) experience strange incidents after the woman reports seeing lights in the sky. ||||||||
| 156 | 36 | "The Bewitchin' Pool" | Joseph M. Newman | Earl Hamner, Jr. | N/A | June 19, 1964 (1964-06-19) | 2619 |
| Two children (Mary Badham, Jeffrey Byron) escape from their bickering parents (Tod Andrews, Dee Hartford) by way of their swimming pool to a special place where the mysterious Aunt T (Georgia Simmons) lives. ||||||||