Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1963)

Overview

The fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 9:30–10:00 pm 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.

Cast

Rod Serling as Self - Host
Rod Serling

as Self - Host

Episodes

In Praise of Pip poster

In Praise of Pip 6.0

September 27, 1963

Max Phillips is an alcoholic bookie that regrets that he wasn't a better father to his son, Pip, critically wounded in …

Steel poster

Steel 6.4

October 4, 1963

A small-time promoter desperately in need of money takes the place of his broken-down robot in a prize fight where huma…

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet poster

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 8.1

October 11, 1963

No one can see the gremlin tearing apart an airplane's wing, except a newly released mental patient.

A Kind of a Stopwatch poster

A Kind of a Stopwatch 7.2

October 18, 1963

The world's biggest bore and most avid talker gets a magical stopwatch that can stop everything except him.

The Last Night of a Jockey poster

The Last Night of a Jockey 6.2

October 25, 1963

Barred from the track for life, crooked jockey Grady boozily expresses the wish to escape his sordid surroundings and b…

Living Doll poster

Living Doll 7.6

November 1, 1963

Erich is displeased when his wife buys an expensive doll for his step-daughter. He becomes even more displeased when t…

The Old Man in the Cave poster

The Old Man in the Cave 7.4

November 8, 1963

A mysterious guardian helps a tiny community survive after the Bomb destroys much of the Earth.

Uncle Simon poster

Uncle Simon 7.0

November 15, 1963

To inherit her insufferable Uncle's estate, a woman learns she must serve his latest invention, which is endowed with h…

Probe 7, Over and Out poster

Probe 7, Over and Out 7.0

November 29, 1963

The lone survivors of two annihilated worlds are stranded on a distant planet.

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms poster

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms 6.1

December 6, 1963

A modern day National Guard unit find themselves in the middle of Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain poster

A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain 6.1

December 13, 1963

Trying to keep up with his younger wife, Harmon convinces his brother to inject him with an experimental youth serum.

Ninety Years Without Slumbering poster

Ninety Years Without Slumbering 6.1

December 20, 1963

An old man fears that he will die if his grandfather clock stops running.

Ring-a-Ding Girl poster

Ring-a-Ding Girl 6.3

December 27, 1963

A fan-club gift draws a movie star back home, where she disrupts local plans for a town picnic by offering a one-woman …

You Drive poster

You Drive 7.6

January 3, 1964

Driving home one rainy evening, Oliver Pope accidentally hits a boy on a bicycle. Pope flees the scene, determined to h…

The Long Morrow poster

The Long Morrow 7.6

January 10, 1964

Before leaving on a decades long mission, astronaut Douglas Stansfield meets a woman and falls in love.

The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross poster

The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross 7.3

January 17, 1964

A man finds that he can trade characteristics with others.

Number 12 Looks Just Like You poster

Number 12 Looks Just Like You 7.8

January 24, 1964

In a future where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of 19 to make them identical to everyone else, one woma…

Black Leather Jackets poster

Black Leather Jackets 5.8

January 31, 1964

Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbors could never imagi…

Night Call poster

Night Call 6.8

February 7, 1964

An elderly, wheelchair-bound lady receives strange anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night.

From Agnes – With Love poster

From Agnes – With Love 6.4

February 14, 1964

A computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his lov…

Spur of the Moment poster

Spur of the Moment 6.2

February 21, 1964

After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decisio…

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge poster

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 7.9

February 28, 1964

As a Confederate spy is about to be hanged, the rope breaks and he falls to the water below. Finally free, he races for…

Queen of the Nile poster

Queen of the Nile 6.1

March 6, 1964

A columnist interviews a famous movie actress who has a secret to her eternal beauty.

What's in the Box poster

What's in the Box 7.0

March 13, 1964

A cheating husband sees his secret revealed and it's horrible consequences on his just-repaired TV set.

The Masks poster

The Masks 8.2

March 20, 1964

A wealthy dying man invites his family to a Mardi Gras party and insists that they wear masks specially made for them, …

I Am the Night - Color Me Black poster

I Am the Night - Color Me Black 6.6

March 27, 1964

On the day an unpopular idealist is to be executed for the killing of a racist bully, the townsfolk are shocked to see …

Sounds and Silences poster

Sounds and Silences 5.5

April 3, 1964

A man's wish to listen to loud noise backfires.

Caesar and Me poster

Caesar and Me 5.9

April 10, 1964

A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

The Jeopardy Room poster

The Jeopardy Room 7.1

April 17, 1964

A KGB agent plays games with a defector, whose life he's been ordered to take, by giving him three hours to find and de…

Stopover in a Quiet Town poster

Stopover in a Quiet Town 7.0

April 24, 1964

Bob and Millie wake up to find they are in a strange town. Everything appears to be props - trees, animals even cars.

The Encounter poster

The Encounter 6.7

May 1, 1964

A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago.

Mr. Garrity and the Graves poster

Mr. Garrity and the Graves 7.4

May 8, 1964

Jared Garrity arrives in the Old West town of Happiness, Arizona, proclaiming he can revive the dead.

The Brain Center at Whipple's poster

The Brain Center at Whipple's 6.3

May 15, 1964

A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

Come Wander with Me poster

Come Wander with Me 6.1

May 22, 1964

A singer searches for an authentic folk song.

The Fear poster

The Fear 6.8

May 29, 1964

Two people in a remote cabin find signs of an extraterrestrial.

The Bewitchin' Pool poster

The Bewitchin' Pool 6.1

June 19, 1964

Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool.