The Twilight Zone
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet
Air Date:27/09/1985
A man named Peter Jay Novins accidentally dials his home phone number, and it's answered by Peter Jay Novins. A harried housewife finds a medallion that gives her the power to freeze time.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Bruce Willis
Character: Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
Department: Acting
Name: Melinda Dillon
Character: (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Name: Dan Gilvezan
Character: Bartender (segment "Shatterday")
Department: Acting
Name: Greg Mullavey
Character: (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Name: Judith Barsi
Character: Bertie (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Name: Todd Allen
Character: (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Name: Joshua Harris
Character: (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Name: Willy Lavendel
Character: Drunk Man (segment "Shatterday")
Department: Acting
Name: Brendon Zub
Character: Gabe (segment "Shatterday")
Department: Acting
Name: Britanny Wilson
Character: (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
Department: Acting
Episode: 2
Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon
Air Date:04/10/1985
Salesman Bill Lowery wakes up one morning and discovers, to his horror, that people around him are slowly degenerating their talk into gibberish that he cannot understand. His ability to communicate is needed more than ever when his son becomes sick. Lowery manages to get his son the treatment he needs and discovers he must relearn everything from scratch. On an idyllic outdoor picnic with her husband and their twins a nameless woman becomes confused and disoriented when events begin to repeat themselves. A space shuttle returns from a mission and NASA discovers that something unusual has been picked up. They discover that they have a shape-changing alien in their holding tank that poses a danger to all.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robert Klein
Character: (segment "Wordplay")
Department: Acting
Name: Annie Potts
Character: (segment "Wordplay")
Department: Acting
Name: Russ Marin
Character: (segment "Wordplay")
Department: Acting
Name: Joseph Whipp
Character: (segment "Wordplay")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Downey Sr.
Character: (segment "Wordplay")
Department: Directing
Name: Terry O'Quinn
Character: Curt Lockridge (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: John Ashton
Character: Chief Brady Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Ben Piazza
Character: Dr. Vaughn Heilman (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Steve Bassett
Character: Gerald Tyson (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Lin Shaye
Character: Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Iona Morris
Character: Annie (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Alma Martinez
Character: Teresa Rojas (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Acting
Name: Chad Hayes
Character: Peter Iverson (segment "Chameleon")
Department: Writing
Name: Meg Foster
Character: (segment "Dreams for Sale")
Department: Acting
Episode: 3
Healer / Children's Zoo / Kentucky Rye
Air Date:11/10/1985
Cat burglar Jackie Thompson breaks into a museum to steal ancient artifacts and takes a rare gem that has strange healing powers - he is shot but the gem heals him. Taking on the name of Brother John, Jackie becomes a faith healer but soon becomes too greedy. Meanwhile an old Indian man, Duende, shows up and tells Jackie the relic must go back to where it belongs. Jackie starts to have second thoughts but his partner Harry leaves with the cash and his old bullet wound opens up and he begins dying again. A little girl's parents are always fighting and screaming at each other. She takes them to the Children's Zoo with a special invitation and she gets something very special, something her parents could not even imagine. Bob Spindler, a drunk driver, arrives at the "Kentucky Rye" bar where the customers are all victims of drunk drivers.
Crew
Name: Alan Brennert
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Chip Duncan
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: John D. Hancock
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Delree Todd
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Richard Krzemien
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Gerrit Graham
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Chris Hubbell
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Robert Downey Sr.
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Guest Stars
Name: Lorna Luft
Character: (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Scott Jaeck
Character: (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Vincent Gardenia
Character: (segment "Healer")
Department: Acting
Name: John DeMita
Character: (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Eric Bogosian
Character: (segment "Healer")
Department: Acting
Name: Wes Craven
Character: (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Directing
Name: Tim Russ
Character: Archer (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Jaclyn Bernstein
Character: (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Clarence Felder
Character: (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Arliss Howard
Character: (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Kerry Slattery
Character: Caged Woman #1 (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Sydney Walsh
Character: Melody (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Al Alu
Character: Caged Man #4 (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Sandy Brown Wyeth
Character: Caged Woman #2 (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Virginia Morris
Character: Caged Woman #4 (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Don Deforest Paul
Character: (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Costanzo
Character: Joe Rubello (segment "Healer")
Department: Acting
Name: JoaquÃn MartÃnez
Character: Duende (segment "Healer")
Department: Acting
Name: Steven Keats
Character: Martin Cunningham (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Pamela Brown
Character: Caged Woman #3 (segment "Children's Zoo")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeffrey DeMunn
Character: Bob Spindler (segment "Kentucky Rye")
Department: Acting
Name: Philip Bruns
Character: Bartender (segment 'Kentucky Rye')
Department: Acting
Episode: 4
Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers
Air Date:18/10/1985
A photographer torn between taking a plum overseas assignment and getting married, meets a strangely familiar little boy. Janice finds a magic lamp at a garage sale. Restrictions and lots of paperwork apply for her three wishes. A deputy trooper stops by a diner during a rainstorm where a Vietnam veteran's nightmares come to life.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Dee Wallace
Character: (segment "Wish Bank")
Department: Acting
Name: James Whitmore Jr.
Character: (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Department: Directing
Name: Scott Grimes
Character: (segment "Little Boy Lost")
Department: Acting
Name: Harvey Vernon
Character: (segment "Wish Bank")
Department: Acting
Name: Scott Paulin
Character: (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Department: Acting
Name: Season Hubley
Character: (segment "Little Boy Lost")
Department: Acting
Name: Julie Carmen
Character: (segment "Wish Bank")
Department: Acting
Name: Bobby Bass
Character: (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Department: Crew
Name: Diane Sommerfield
Character: (segment "Little Boy Lost")
Department: Acting
Name: Julie Payne
Character: (segment "Wish Bank")
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Land
Character: (segment "Wish Bank")
Department: Acting
Name: Sandy Martin
Character: (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Department: Acting
Name: Exene Cervenka
Character: Waitress (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Department: Acting
Episode: 5
If She Dies / Ye Gods
Air Date:25/10/1985
A year after his wife died a man is involved in a car accident that leaves his young daughter in a coma. On his way home the man has a vision. Cupid arrives in the modern world. A love spell for his target does not work as well as he hopes.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Carolyn Seymour
Character: (segment "Ye Gods")
Department: Acting
Name: Andrea Barber
Character: (segment "If She Dies")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Morse
Character: (segment "Ye Gods")
Department: Acting
Name: Jenny Lewis
Character: (segment "If She Dies")
Department: Acting
Name: David Dukes
Character: (segment "Ye Gods")
Department: Acting
Name: John Myhers
Character: (segment "Ye Gods")
Department: Acting
Name: Tony Lo Bianco
Character: (segment "If She Dies")
Department: Acting
Name: Nan Martin
Character: (segment "If She Dies")
Department: Acting
Episode: 6
Examination Day / A Message From Charity
Air Date:01/11/1985
In the far future, twelve-year-old Dickie must pass the government intelligence test. He is very nervous about the outcome of the test but eager to show how smart he is. At the end his parents get the news - Dickie "passed" the test...but the government kills anyone who is too intelligent. In 1985, a fever-stricken Peter Wood finds himself in telepathic contact with Charity Paine, a sick girl his age living in Puritan New England. The two rejoice in sharing their thoughts, and Peter gives Charity the chance to see things that she'd never experienced in her limit time and place. However, their new-found contact turns to horror when Peter's knowledge of the future endangers Charity's life. She inadvertently speaks of the future, causing the villagers to believe she is a witch.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robert Duncan McNeill
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Directing
Name: David Mendenhall
Character: (segment "Examination Day")
Department: Acting
Name: James Cromwell
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Acting
Name: Christopher Allport
Character: (segment "Examination Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Vanessa Brown
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Fox
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Acting
Name: Phil Proctor
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Acting
Name: Gerald Hiken
Character: (segment "A Message From Charity")
Department: Acting
Name: Kerry Noonan
Character: Charity Payne (segment "A Message from Charity")
Department: Acting
Episode: 7
Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour
Air Date:08/11/1985
A teacher on a violent and gang infested high school has trouble controlling her students. The building is warded by some mysterious gargoyles, which give some special powers to the teacher. A Vietnam Vet named Billy saves an old man named Gasper from a mugging at a cemetery. He discovers that this old man holds the future of time in his watch.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Glynn Turman
Character: (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Department: Acting
Name: Adrienne Barbeau
Character: (segment "Teacher's Aide")
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Reynolds
Character: (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Department: Acting
Name: Brian Robbins
Character: (segment "Teacher's Aide")
Department: Production
Name: Danny Kaye
Character: Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Department: Acting
Name: Josh Richman
Character: (segment "Teacher's Aide")
Department: Acting
Name: Al Christy
Character: (segment "Teacher's Aide")
Department: Acting
Name: Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Character: (segment "Teacher's Aide")
Department: Acting
Name: John Bryant
Character: Punk #1 (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Department: Acting
Episode: 8
Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice
Air Date:15/11/1985
A landlord hounds a playwright named Maury for his rent. When the playwright's partner dies of a heart attack, he wishes he could become the greatest playwright ever. Maury is transported back in time and meets Shakespeare. During a heat wave in the 1930's a mother and her son enjoy a drive in the country. They encounter a strange man who wants a ride. Four friends and a fifth's stand-in get together for a game of poker. The fifth man, Nick, has an uncanny knack for drawing three-of-a-kinds...in 6s. The men figure out that Nick is the Devil, come to claim one of them. The unlucky man offers to play the Devil a game of poker to get his soul free.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Bob Dishy
Character: (segment "Act Break")
Department: Acting
Name: Morgan Freeman
Character: Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Department: Acting
Name: Danny Cooksey
Character: (segment "The Burning Man")
Department: Acting
Name: James Coco
Character: (segment "Act Break")
Department: Acting
Name: Garrett Morris
Character: Jake (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Department: Acting
Name: Dan Hedaya
Character: Nick (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Department: Acting
Name: Barney Martin
Character: Marty (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Department: Acting
Name: André Gower
Character: (segment "The Burning Man")
Department: Acting
Name: M. Emmet Walsh
Character: Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Department: Acting
Name: Avery Schreiber
Character: Landlord (segment "Act Break")
Department: Acting
Name: Piper Laurie
Character: Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Roberts Blossom
Character: Man (segment "The Burning Man")
Department: Acting
Episode: 9
Dead Woman's Shoes / Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
Air Date:22/11/1985
Shy Maddie finds a pair of shoes and after trying them on, is possessed by the vengeful spirit of a rich murdered woman. David Wong searches for something he lost. He seeks the Lost and Found Emporium where he finds others looking for their lost items.
Crew
Name: Alan Brennert
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Paul Lynch
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Peter Medak
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Charles Beaumont
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Gary Blair
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Story Editor
Department: Writing
Name: Richard Luke Rothschild
Role: First Assistant Director
Department: Directing
Name: Lionel T. Portugal Sr.
Role: Key Grip
Department: Camera
Name: Gloria Montemayor
Role: Hairstylist
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Name: Robert Drasnin
Role: Music Supervisor
Department: Sound
Name: Philip DeGuere Jr.
Role: Executive Producer
Department: Production
Name: Harvey Frand
Role: Producer
Department: Production
Name: John B. Mansbridge
Role: Art Direction
Department: Art
Name: Robert L. Zilliox
Role: Set Decoration
Department: Art
Name: Jeremy Hoenack
Role: Sound Editor
Department: Sound
Name: Bradford May
Role: Director of Photography
Department: Camera
Name: Paul Chavez
Role: Second Assistant Director
Department: Directing
Name: Kam Cooney
Role: Special Effects Coordinator
Department: Crew
Name: Robert Takagi
Role: Music Editor
Department: Sound
Name: James Crocker
Role: Supervising Producer
Department: Production
Name: Craig Safan
Role: Music
Department: Sound
Name: Kelly Wimberly
Role: Second Assistant Director
Department: Directing
Name: Noel Rogers
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Paul Deason
Role: First Assistant Director
Department: Directing
Name: Dawn Easterling
Role: Second Assistant Director
Department: Directing
Name: Jim Zemansky
Role: Property Master
Department: Art
Name: Robert M. Moore
Role: Costume Supervisor
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Name: William F. Wu
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Harlan Ellison
Role: Creative Consultant
Department: Crew
Name: Ward Preston
Role: Art Direction
Department: Art
Name: Gary M. Zuckerbrod
Role: Casting
Department: Production
Name: Ken Swor
Role: Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Joseph Capshaw
Role: Chief Lighting Technician
Department: Lighting
Name: Lynn Barker
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Paul Wurtzel
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Orin Kennedy
Role: Location Manager
Department: Production
Name: Barry De Vorzon
Role: Music Consultant
Department: Sound
Name: Mickey Hart
Role: Sound Designer
Department: Sound
Name: Denis McCallion
Role: Location Manager
Department: Production
Name: Steven Zansberg
Role: Sound
Department: Sound
Name: Lowell Harris
Role: Production Sound Mixer
Department: Sound
Name: Bruno George
Role: Visual Effects Coordinator
Department: Visual Effects
Name: Jack Wilson
Role: Makeup Artist
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Name: Ken Swor
Role: Associate Producer
Department: Production
Guest Stars
Name: Helen Mirren
Character: Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Brian Tochi
Character: David Wong (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Pastorelli
Character: Man (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Stacy Keach, Sr.
Character: Elderly Man (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Name: Carol Bruce
Character: (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeffrey Tambor
Character: Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Theresa Saldana
Character: Inez (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Hardy Rawls
Character: Hyatt (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Leslie Bega
Character: Girl (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Nana Visitor
Character: Lori (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Tyra Ferrell
Character: Maid (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Pia Grønning
Character: Susan Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Sasha von Scherler
Character: Eileen (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Lance E. Nichols
Character: Cabbie (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Julie Dolan
Character: Girl (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Department: Acting
Name: Anna Maria Poon
Character: (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Jozefson
Character: Cashier (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Name: Marty Levy
Character: Customer (segment "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium")
Department: Acting
Episode: 10
The Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day
Air Date:29/11/1985
The smartest boy in school is a target for bullies. At home in bed after an attack, the boy meets the "Shadow Man" under his bed who offers him a solution. The "Shadow Man" is a serial killer, but tells the boy that it never kills the one underneath whose bed he lurks. In defiance of all the curfews, the boy goes out and taunts the killer to show his courage. As the other kids run, the boy stands confident as the "Shadow Man" approaches, only to be told, "I'm not the Shadow Man under your bed." Parents don't realize that the video their child watches demonstrates magic tricks like turning parents into lizards and giving dogs four eyes. A beautiful woman and her boyfriend plan to kill her husband on the first day of duck hunting season.
Crew
Name: Donald Todd
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: John Milius
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Joe Dante
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: David Steinberg
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Gary Blair
Role: Editor
Department: Editing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Story Editor
Department: Writing
Name: Craig Safan
Role: Original Music Composer
Department: Sound
Name: Gerrit Graham
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Chris Hubbell
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Wendy Phillips
Character: (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")
Department: Acting
Name: Amy O'Neill
Character: Blonde Girl (segment "The Shadow Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeffrey Jones
Character: Carl Wilkerson (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Murphy Dunne
Character: (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")
Department: Acting
Name: Joel Polis
Character: (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")
Department: Acting
Name: Marc Bentley
Character: (segment "The Shadow Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Frank McRae
Character: Sheriff (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Martin Kove
Character: Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Jonathan Ward
Character: Danny Hayes (segment "The Shadow Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Elan Oberon
Character: Sally (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Molly Morgan
Character: Kerri (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Shawn Donahue
Character: Joe Jr. (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Andrea Hall
Character: Beverly (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Nissman
Character: Ned (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Shelby Billington
Character: Girl at Party (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Gary Hollis
Character: Male Guest (segment "Opening Day")
Department: Acting
Name: Jason Presson
Character: Eric (segment "The Shadow Man")
Department: Acting
Episode: 11
The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
Air Date:06/12/1985
When Dr. Dennis Barrows's car breaks down, he goes to an unusual town where visitors are disliked and townspeople are terrified of lighthouse and where it might shine. The house where Barrows stays the night is shined upon by the lighthouse. It holds a sick child, one which he helps with his medicine. Angry with his adult life, a man, Gus Rosenthal, returns to his childhood stomping ground in Ohio and while digging up an old toy soldier finds himself transported back to when he was a boy.
Crew
Name: Alan Brennert
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Martin Pasko
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Gerd Oswald
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Don Carlos Dunaway
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Harlan Ellison
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Rebecca Parr Cioffi
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Charles Martin Smith
Character: Dr Dennis Barrows (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Barbara Tarbuck
Character: (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Biff Yeager
Character: Adult Jack Wheeldon (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Giovanni Ribisi
Character: Teddy (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Chris Hebert
Character: Young Gus (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Martin Landau
Character: William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Riegert
Character: Gus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Kehoe
Character: Lou Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Cheryl Anderson
Character: (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Scott Lincoln
Character: (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Hayley Taylor
Character: (segment "The Beacon")
Department: Acting
Name: Susan Wheeler Duff
Character: (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Name: Gary Karp
Character: Jack Wheeldon (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
Department: Acting
Episode: 12
Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton
Air Date:13/12/1985
Two scientists named Kevin and Daniel are experimenting with a holographic device. One day they are confronted with a fetus in their machine. Growing, it becomes a woman whose life story fascinates and allures Kevin. A frazzled mathematics professor accidentally summons a demon who will let him riddle to get free of the contract he accidentally invoked. The professor, Sam, has three questions to find a task the demon can't accomplish, or a question he can't answer, then challenge him after the questions are answered. The demon appears omnipotent, but Sam gives the demon a simple command: "Get lost." The demon is banished and Sam goes back to work.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Danica McKellar
Character: Nola (Age 10) (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Sherman Hemsley
Character: Sam (segment "I of Newton")
Department: Acting
Name: Ron Glass
Character: The Devil (segment "I of Newton")
Department: Acting
Name: Gary Cole
Character: Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Richard McGonagle
Character: Lester (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Kristoffer Tabori
Character: Kevin Drayton (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Anne Twomey
Character: Nola Granville (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Wendy Girard
Character: Carol Drayton (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Betsy Jane Licon
Character: Nola (Age 5) (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Katherine Wallach
Character: Susan (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Name: Nelson Welch
Character: Ruskin (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
Department: Acting
Episode: 13
Night of the Meek / But Can She Type? / The Star
Air Date:20/12/1985
A drunken storefront Santa is terminally depressed by the many children who go gift less and starving during Christmas. He is fired from his job at a department store when he shows up late, and subsequently finds a bag that he can pull any present anyone wants from it. An overworked, underpaid, and under appreciated secretary uses a Xerox machine and wakes up in a parallel reality where no one has heard of her. In this reality, however, secretaries are a revered, rare commodity. Onboard a spaceship an astrophysicist and a priest learn they have discovered a planet long dead and a transmitter emitting a signal for eons. They discover that the planet holds the last remains of a civilization, which died when their star went supernova.
Crew
Name: Alan Brennert
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Martin Pasko
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Gerd Oswald
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Rod Serling
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Martha Coolidge
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Ken Sagoes
Character: (segment "But Can She Type?")
Department: Acting
Name: Fritz Weaver
Character: (segment "The Star")
Department: Acting
Name: Jonathan Frakes
Character: Steve (segment "But Can She Type?")
Department: Acting
Name: Donald Moffat
Character: (segment "The Star")
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Mulligan
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Larenz Tate
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeannie Elias
Character: (segment "But Can She Type?")
Department: Acting
Name: William Atherton
Character: Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Pam Dawber
Character: (segment "But Can She Type?")
Department: Acting
Name: Deborah Harmon
Character: (segment "But Can She Type?")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeff Kober
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Benji Gregory
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Georgia Schmidt
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Bill Henderson
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Shelby Leverington
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Hugo Stanger
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Stout
Character: (segment "Night of the Meek")
Department: Acting
Episode: 14
Still Life / The Little People of Killany Woods / The Misfortune Cookie
Air Date:03/01/1986
Finding an old trunk, a couple realizes that it has a false bottom containing a 70-year-old film from the Amazon. An old Irishman has often been called a fool for his stories about Leprechauns. He catches the leader of "The Little People" and gets greedy. A young man has had his heart broken recently. At a Chinese restaurant, he reads a fortune about finding new love and it comes true. His life seems perfect until he becomes greedy with his good luck. He only wants to read the fortune cookies. The old Chinese owner advises him of the bad luck of not finishing his meal before reading his fortune.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Al Leong
Character: (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
Department: Acting
Name: Hamilton Camp
Character: (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods")
Department: Acting
Name: John Carradine
Character: (segment "Still Life")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Carradine
Character: (segment "Still Life")
Department: Acting
Name: Caroline Lagerfelt
Character: (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
Department: Acting
Name: Elliott Gould
Character: (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
Department: Acting
Name: Pat Crawford Brown
Character: (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods")
Department: Acting
Name: Hal Landon Jr.
Character: (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods")
Department: Acting
Name: Frederick Coffin
Character: (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Alldredge
Character: (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods")
Department: Acting
Episode: 15
Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes
Air Date:24/01/1986
A young boy becomes fascinated with the new neighbor next door. The neighbor, Mr. Bendictson, warns him that he cannot stay long, as he is a vampire! The boy is still intrigued, but soon finds out the truth. An alien ship arrives at the UN and the alien representative declares his disappointment at Earth's progress. The UN ambassadors plead for 24 hours to resolve their differences. In 24 hours the ambassadors manage to arrange world peace and nuclear disarmament. When the alien returns the ambassadors realize they have misunderstood him entirely. A young married couple discovers that their home is being remodeled by blue-clad workers who are workers of time that build and move objects from one time period to another.
Crew
Name: Alan Brennert
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Bill L. Norton
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Sheldon Larry
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Harlan Ellison
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Claudia Weill
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Robert Crais
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Guest Stars
Name: Adam Arkin
Character: (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Bellamy
Character: (segment "Monsters!")
Department: Acting
Name: Marianne Muellerleile
Character: (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Department: Acting
Name: Oliver Robins
Character: (segment "Monsters!")
Department: Acting
Name: Karen Austin
Character: (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Department: Acting
Name: Kathleen Lloyd
Character: (segment "Monsters!")
Department: Acting
Name: Adolph Caesar
Character: (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Department: Acting
Name: Bruce Solomon
Character: (segment "Monsters!")
Department: Acting
Name: John Glover
Character: Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Michael Goetz
Character: American Ambassador Fraser (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: Stefan Gierasch
Character: Russian Diplomat (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: Fran Bennett
Character: UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: José Angel Santana
Character: Aide (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: Gillian Eaton
Character: British Delegate (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Brestoff
Character: British Aide (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Department: Acting
Episode: 16
The Elevator / To See the Invisible Man / Tooth and Consequences
Air Date:31/01/1986
Two twenty-something brothers go to their father's laboratory to steal his fathers' growth serum research and sell for their own profit. They find a web-like material, which tastes great. They find large plants. Some plants have increased in size more than others. For the crime of emotional coldness, Mitchell Chaplin is condemned to social invisibility. For one year he will be branded with an irremovable brand that everyone knows means they must totally ignore him. At first, Chaplin is thrilled at the prospects. A depressed dentist, Myron Mandel, is visited by the Tooth Fairy, who grants him the wish to be incredibly popular and loved. The wish is granted in full force, and soon Mandel can't handle the endless stream of visitors singing his praises.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Kenneth Mars
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Prescott
Character: (segment "The Elevator")
Department: Acting
Name: Cotter Smith
Character: (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Mitzi McCall
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Douglas Emerson
Character: (segment "The Elevator")
Department: Acting
Name: Whit Hertford
Character: (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Stephen Geoffreys
Character: Will (segment "The Elevator")
Department: Acting
Name: Steve Peterson
Character: (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Name: David Birney
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Brandon Bluhm
Character: (segment "The Elevator")
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Hobbs
Character: (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Peggy Pope
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Gallagher
Character: (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Name: Teresa Ganzel
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Oliver Clark
Character: (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Department: Acting
Name: Terri Lynn Wood
Character: Crying Girl (segment "To See the Invisible Man")
Department: Acting
Episode: 17
Welcome to Winfield / Quarantine
Air Date:07/02/1986
The grim reaper arrives at a hospital to take possession of a dying man. The man's wife rescues him and takes him to the western town of Winfield where residents have been living for hundreds of years. Apparently, the reaper has failed to collect those living there. A man is awakened after several hundred years of cryogenic sleep. He finds a world where psychic powers abound. The people there want him to complete a mission that only he can accomplish.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Henry Gibson
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Tess Harper
Character: (segment "Quarantine")
Department: Acting
Name: Elisha Cook Jr.
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Dennis Fimple
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Scott Wilson
Character: (segment "Quarantine")
Department: Acting
Name: Gerrit Graham
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Larry Riley
Character: (segment "Quarantine")
Department: Acting
Name: Alan Fudge
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Claudia Bryar
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Name: Jon Caliri
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Department: Acting
Episode: 18
Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading
Air Date:14/02/1986
A young boy is left to care for his old, scary grandmother. He finally confronts his fears and steps up to her, finding that she has no pulse. Then Gramma reaches out and grabs him... A screenwriter is having writer's block when strange impish creatures start haunting him. Sadly, only he can see them. An actor arrives at a radio station to perform a radio play. An old voodoo stick is accidentally activated and the play becomes more real that anything anyone expected.
Crew
Name: Martin Pasko
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Peter Medak
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Stephen King
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Gus Trikonis
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Harlan Ellison
Role: Writer
Department: Writing
Name: Bradford May
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Guest Stars
Name: Joel Brooks
Character: (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Martin Balsam
Character: Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")
Department: Acting
Name: Dick Shawn
Character: (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Clive Revill
Character: Agent (segment "Personal Demons")
Department: Acting
Name: Barret Oliver
Character: (segment "Gramma")
Department: Acting
Name: Larry Poindexter
Character: Milo Trent (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Jerry Maren
Character: (segment "Personal Demons")
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Manza
Character: Sol (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Billy Curtis
Character: Creature (segment "Personal Demons")
Department: Acting
Name: Joshua Shelley
Character: (segment "Personal Demons")
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Pniewski
Character: Page (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Janet Carroll
Character: (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Kevin Scannell
Character: (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Darlanne Fluegel
Character: Mom (segment "Gramma")
Department: Acting
Name: Thomas Bellin
Character: Ed Winter (segment "Cold Reading")
Department: Acting
Name: Piper Laurie
Character: Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
Department: Acting
Episode: 19
The Leprechaun-Artist / Dead Run
Air Date:21/02/1986
Vacationing in the United States, an Irish leprechaun is caught by three boys. To be freed, he must grant them three wishes. An out-of-work trucker takes on a bizarre job upon the recommendation of a friend: deliveryman of souls to Hell. He soon begins to realize that Hell is essentially out of control, running on momentum, and that the current regime is way too harsh. Resolved, he decides to begin choosing which among the supposed "damned" should try to make their way to Heaven.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Danny Nucci
Character: (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")
Department: Acting
Name: Barry Corbin
Character: (segment "Dead Run")
Department: Acting
Name: Bradley Gregg
Character: (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")
Department: Acting
Name: Steve Railsback
Character: (segment "Dead Run")
Department: Acting
Name: John de Lancie
Character: (segment "Dead Run")
Department: Acting
Name: Cork Hubbert
Character: (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")
Department: Acting
Name: Brent Spiner
Character: (segment "Dead Run")
Department: Acting
Name: Marguerite DeLain
Character: J.P's Mom (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")
Department: Acting
Episode: 20
Profile in Silver / Button, Button
Air Date:07/03/1986
A researcher from the future, a descendent of President John F. Kennedy goes back in time to witness his ancestor's death, and inadvertently changes history by saving the President. The researcher accidentally gives away the fact that he is from the future, as Kennedy is "pursued" by a series of hurricanes. A mysterious man offers a couple a bizarre deal: if they will push a button on a box that will kill one person they don't know, they will get a million dollars. After some contemplation, the couple goes ahead and pushes the button. The man tells them that they will indeed get the money. And somewhere, sometime, another couple will get the same box, and the same offer...
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Andrew Robinson
Character: (segment "Profile in Silver")
Department: Acting
Name: Mare Winningham
Character: Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
Department: Acting
Name: Lane Smith
Character: (segment "Profile in Silver")
Department: Acting
Name: Brad Davis
Character: Arthur Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
Department: Acting
Name: Basil Hoffman
Character: Mr. Steward (segment "Button, Button")
Department: Acting
Name: Jerry Hardin
Character: (segment "Profile in Silver")
Department: Acting
Name: Barbara Baxley
Character: (segment "Profile in Silver")
Department: Acting
Name: Louis Giambalvo
Character: (segment "Profile in Silver")
Department: Acting
Episode: 21
Need to Know / Red Snow
Air Date:21/03/1986
On a little town people started going crazy. Edward Sayers is sent by the senator to investigate. He makes the usual tests but doesn't find anything. He traces it to one person with a very special secret... A KGB investigator is sent to Siberia to investigate the deaths of communist party officials. Later, he discovers that Stalin's exiles are alive and well. He also discovers dead people drained of blood.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: George Dzundza
Character: (segment "Red Snow")
Department: Acting
Name: Eldon Quick
Character: (segment "Need to Know")
Department: Acting
Name: Andrew Divoff
Character: (segment "Red Snow")
Department: Acting
Name: Ellen Albertini Dow
Character: (segment "Need to Know")
Department: Acting
Name: Victoria Tennant
Character: (segment "Red Snow")
Department: Acting
Name: William Petersen
Character: (segment "Need to Know")
Department: Acting
Name: Frances McDormand
Character: (segment "Need to Know")
Department: Acting
Name: Barry Miller
Character: (segment "Red Snow")
Department: Acting
Name: Clarence Brown
Character: (segment "Need to Know")
Department: Directing
Episode: 22
Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library
Air Date:28/03/1986
A mainstream comedian is killed by the one from whom he stole his work from. When he comes to, he is in one strange stage show, but there is something extremely wrong... A college group holds their "Devil's Alphabet" meeting every year. When one of them dies, all the rest expect foul play. Landing a new job at a private library a girl is warned never to look at the books. Taking a peek she learns that there's a book for everyone alive. When a neighbor pesters her, she rewrites his biography.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Frances Conroy
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Schenkkan
Character: (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Name: Xander Berkeley
Character: (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
Department: Acting
Name: Lori Petty
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Ethan Phillips
Character: (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Name: Tim Thomerson
Character: (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
Department: Acting
Name: Joe Santos
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Ray Buktenica
Character: (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
Department: Acting
Name: Jim Piddock
Character: (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Name: Jim McKrell
Character: (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
Department: Acting
Name: Hywel Bennett
Character: Grant (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Name: Uta Hagen
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Alan Blumenfeld
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Wayne Alexander
Character: (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Name: Candice Azzara
Character: (segment "The Library")
Department: Acting
Name: Ben Cross
Character: (segment "Devil's Alphabet")
Department: Acting
Episode: 23
Shadow Play / Grace Note
Air Date:04/04/1986
A condemned man, Adam Grant, insists that everything and everyone around him is a dream: one that he can't wake up from. He claims that every time he is executed, he fails to wake up and must relive the whole thing again. His attorney is originally skeptical, but Grant knows all of the "lines" and can predict things that will happen miles away. His attorney tries to get a stay of execution, but is just too late: Grant is "executed" and wakes up at his trial once more. The players have changed roles, but otherwise everything is the same as he must relive the same events over...and over...and over. An opera singer is having a hard time. Her sister is at the hospital dying. Her sick sister leaves a gift: a glimpse into the future when the singer is a world-famous star.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: William Schallert
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Sydney Penny
Character: (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Name: Peter Coyote
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Ruth Zakarian
Character: (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Name: Kay E. Kuter
Character: (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Name: Deborah May
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Earl Billings
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Julia Migenes
Character: (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Name: William Smith
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Toni Sawyer
Character: (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Name: Ramon Bieri
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Guy Boyd
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Hank Garrett
Character: (segment "Shadow Play")
Department: Acting
Name: Craig Schaefer
Character: Guard (segment "Grace Note")
Department: Acting
Episode: 24
A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot
Air Date:11/04/1986
In the 1950s a flying saucer crashes on Earth. The crash is seen by a couple. They run into town, but no one believes them. "The Last Defender of Camelot" takes place in 1986 in London and, eventually, Cornwall. An extension of the story by Sir Thomas Mallory, a mid-50's man is drawn toward Cornwall with a sense of urgency. He is jumped by 3 young men, who are thrown aside like playthings. The old man forces one of the younger ones to take him to the boss. The boss is a late-30's woman, who reveals herself as Morgana. Lancelot is quested by her to see Merlin, who is asleep in a cave in Cornwall. Lancelot finds Merlin awakened. Merlin has different plans to resurrect a new king. What does the world's oldest magician have up his sleeve? Who can save mankind? Perhaps the Last Defender of Camelot?
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Richard Kiley
Character: Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: Stacey Nelkin
Character: Faith Carlson (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting
Name: Jeff Morrow
Character: (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting
Name: John Agar
Character: (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Lloyd
Character: Merlin (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: Jenny Agutter
Character: Morgan Le Fay (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: John Cameron Mitchell
Character: Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: Anthony LaPaglia
Character: Punk #1 (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: Don Stark
Character: Punk #2 (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Acting
Name: George Marshall Ruge
Character: Crimson Knight (uncredited) (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Department: Crew
Name: Victor Garber
Character: Dr. Kevin Carlson (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting
Name: Kenneth Tobey
Character: Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting
Name: Warren Stevens
Character: Major Whitmore (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Department: Acting