The Twilight Zone

S01E03

Healer / Children's Zoo / Kentucky Rye

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.

• Directed by John D. Hancock, Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
• Written by Delree Todd, Richard Krzemien

S01E02

Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon

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.

• Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, Wes Craven
• Written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, James Crocker

S01E01

Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet

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.

• Directed by Wes Craven
• Written by James Crocker, Alan Brennert

S01E18

Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading

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.

• Directed by Gus Trikonis, Bradford May
• Written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, Stephen King

S01E04

Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers

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.

• Directed by William Friedkin, Rick Friedberg
• Written by Michael Cassutt, Philip DeGuere Jr.

S01E10

The Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day

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.

• Directed by John Milius, Joe Dante
• Written by Donald Todd, Rockne S. O'Bannon

S03E30

Father and Son Game

• Directed by Randy Bradshaw
• Written by Jeremy Bertrand Finch

S03E29

Special Service

• Directed by Randy Bradshaw
• Written by J. Michael Straczynski

S03E28

Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

• Directed by Paul Lynch
• Written by Harlan Ellison

S03E27

Love is Blind

• Directed by Gilbert M. Shilton

S03E26

Many, Many Monkeys

• Directed by Ryszard Bugajski
• Written by William Froug

S03E25

Rendezvous in a Dark Place

• Written by J. Michael Straczynski