The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated with the series, written by Marius Constant for the second season onwards.

Season 1 Episode 1 - Where Is Everybody?

Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched... Air Date : 2nd-Oct-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 2 - One for the Angels

A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place. Air Date : 9th-Oct-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 3 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday

A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored. Air Date : 16th-Oct-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 4 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room. Air Date : 23rd-Oct-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 5 - Walking Distance

A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child. Air Date : 30th-Oct-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 6 - Escape Clause

A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility. Air Date : 6th-Nov-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 7 - The Lonely

In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation. Air Date : 13th-Nov-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 8 - Time Enough at Last

A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature. Air Date : 20th-Nov-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 9 - Perchance to Dream

A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die. Air Date : 27th-Nov-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 10 - Judgment Night

In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there. Air Date : 4th-Dec-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 11 - And When the Sky Was Opened

Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut. Air Date : 11th-Dec-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 12 - What You Need

A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most. Air Date : 25th-Dec-1959  Read More

Season 1 Episode 13 - The Four of Us Are Dying

In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters. Air Date : 1st-Jan-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 14 - Third from the Sun

With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship. Air Date : 8th-Jan-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 15 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air

Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation. Air Date : 15th-Jan-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 16 - The Hitch-Hiker

Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey. Air Date : 22nd-Jan-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 17 - The Fever

Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name. Air Date : 29th-Jan-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 18 - The Last Flight

A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959! Air Date : 5th-Feb-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 19 - The Purple Testament

Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle. Air Date : 12th-Feb-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 20 - Elegy

Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time. Air Date : 19th-Feb-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 21 - Mirror Image

In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity. Air Date : 26th-Feb-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 22 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood. Air Date : 4th-Mar-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 23 - A World of Difference

Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career. Air Date : 11th-Mar-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 24 - Long Live Walter Jameson

Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal. Air Date : 18th-Mar-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 25 - People Are Alike All Over

After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly. Air Date : 25th-Mar-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 26 - Execution

Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future. Air Date : 1st-Apr-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 27 - The Big Tall Wish

Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor. Air Date : 8th-Apr-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 28 - A Nice Place to Visit

After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for. Air Date : 15th-Apr-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 29 - Nightmare as a Child

Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day. Air Date : 29th-Apr-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 30 - A Stop at Willoughby

Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby. Air Date : 6th-May-1960  Read More

Season 1 Episode 31 - The Chaser

A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion. Air Date : 13th-May-1960  Read More