List of The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) episodes

Peter Novins (Bruce Willis) accidentally dials his own phone number, which is answered by his alter ego.^[3]

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Frazzled housewife Penny (Melinda Dillon) discovers a necklace that gives its owner the ability to freeze and unfreeze time. Also stars Judith Barsi.^[4]

Overworked businessman Bill Lowery (Robert Klein) gradually enters a parallel universe where people speak garbled English. Also stars Annie Potts with a cameo by Robert Downey Sr.^[5]

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At a picnic, a woman (Meg Foster) sees the same events repeating over and over again.^[6]

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A group of NASA technicians encounter a strange alien life form. Stars Terry O'Quinn, John Ashton and Lin Shaye.^[7]

Cat burglar Jackie Thompson (Eric Bogosian) profits from the healing powers of an Indian artifact he stole. Also stars Vincent Gardenia.^[8]

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A girl brings her bickering parents (Lorna Luft, Steven Keats) to a mysterious attraction called the Children's Zoo.^[9]

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Alcoholic Bob Spindler (Jeffrey DeMunn) is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy a roadside inn called the Kentucky Rye for a very low price. Also stars Arliss Howard.^[10]

Photographer Carol Shelton (Season Hubley) spends time with a little boy named Kenny (Scott Grimes) who seems oddly familiar.^[11]

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Upon finding a genie's lamp at a garage sale, Janice Hamill (Dee Wallace-Stone) tries to cash in three wishes at a most unusual bank.^[12]

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A veteran (Scott Paulin) of the Vietnam War shares his nightmares with the patrons of an all-night diner. Also stars Exene Cervenka (of band "X"), Sandy Martin and James Whitmore Jr.^[13]

The ghost of a little girl convinces Paul Marano (Tony Lo Bianco)—whose daughter is in a coma—to buy a bed from an orphanage. Also stars Andrea Barber, Jenny Lewis and Nan Martin.^[14]

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Loveless yuppie Todd Ettinger (David Dukes) finds himself up against the ancient gods when he is struck by Cupid (Robert Morse)'s arrow.^[15]

In a dystopian future, 12-year-old Dickie Jordan (David Mendenhall) is summoned for a mandatory intelligence test after turning of age.

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Teenager Peter Wood (Robert Duncan McNeill) with a fever finds himself in telepathic contact with a girl named Charity (Kerry Noonan) living in colonial New England. Also stars James Cromwell.^[16]

A teacher (Adrienne Barbeau) at a gang-filled school is possessed by a mysterious gargoyle.

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Mr. Gaspar (Danny Kaye), the protector of a magical timepiece, spawns a friendship with Billy Kinetta (Glynn Turman)—the man who saved him from being mugged.

Struggling playwright Maury Winkler (James Coco) uses an ancient relic to make a single wish. Also stars Bob Dishy.

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A woman (Piper Laurie) and her nephew (Andre Gower) pick up a crazed hitchhiker (Roberts Blossom) who warns of supernatural evils ahead.

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A group of friends (Barney Martin, Garrett Morris, M. Emmet Walsh and Morgan Freeman) playing poker suspect that their new guest (Dan Hedaya) is the Devil.

In this version of "Dead Man's Shoes", shy thrift store employee Maddie Duncan (Helen Mirren) tries on a pair of high heels that make her assertive, self-confident—and vengeful. Also stars Jeffrey Tambor and Theresa Saldana.

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Cynical man David Wong (Brian Tochi) explores a supernatural warehouse called "The Lost and Found Emporium", where everything that is lost in the world ends up—even love and time.

The Shadow Man (Jeff Calhoun), a mysterious entity made of darkness, defends young highschooler Danny Hayes (Jonathan Ward) in exchange for being allowed to stay under his bed. Cameo by Amy O'Neill.

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A boy learns strange magic tricks from a bizarre kids' show, unbeknownst to his oblivious parents.

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Carl Wilkerson (Jeffrey Jones) is targeted for murder on the opening day of duck hunting season by his wife's lover—who is also his best friend. Also stars Martin Kove.

Young doctor Dennis Barrows (Charles Martin Smith) stumbles into a strange town where the citizens fear and worship a lighthouse. Also stars Martin Landau and Giovanni Ribisi.

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Gus Rosenthal (Peter Riegert) returns to his childhood home, and finds himself transported to his past. Also stars Jack Kehoe.

Two scientists (Kristoffer Tabori, Gary Cole) create a holographic projector, which shows something completely unexpected—the reincarnated soul of a young girl (Anne Twomey).

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A professor (Sherman Hemsley) attempting to solve a difficult math problem idly comments that he would "sell his soul" to get it right. A demon (Ron Glass) shows up to collect, resulting in a battle of wits.

In this remake of "The Night of the Meek", drunk, out-of-work department store Santa Henry Corwin (Richard Mulligan) finds a magic gift-giving bag and becomes a real-life Santa Claus. Also stars William Atherton.

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Overworked, underappreciated secretary Karen Billings (Pam Dawber) is sent by a malfunctioning Xerox machine into a parallel reality where secretaries are honored and revered. Cameo by Jonathan Frakes.

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On an interstellar journey, an astrophysicist (Donald Moffat) and a priest (Fritz Weaver) learn they have discovered a long-dead world that has been emitting a signal for eons.

Professional photographer Dan Arnold (Robert Carradine) discovers an old camera containing mysterious photos of a long-ago expedition. But developing the photos brings its subjects into the world. Also stars John Carradine.

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A story-telling town moocher (Hamilton Camp) has an encounter with "little people".

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Snobby food critic Harry Folger (Elliott Gould) receives fortune cookie messages that come true.

Young horror movie enthusiast Toby (Oliver Robins) finds that his new neighbor (Ralph Bellamy) is a vampire, who in turn shows him that everything he knows about vampires is wrong.

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An alien race that claims to have created mankind returns to judge them. Starring John Glover and Peter Michael Goetz.

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A married couple, the Wrights (Adam Arkin, Karen Austin), awakens behind the scenes of how time works. Also stars Adolph Caesar.

Two brothers (Stephen Geoffreys, Robert Prescott) searching for their father discover a factory full of giant animal bodies.

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In a future society, uncaring man Mitchell Chaplin (Cotter Smith) is sentenced to a year of social isolation.

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The Tooth Fairy (Kenneth Mars) gives dentist Myron Mandel (David Birney) what he wishes for.

Two people fleeing an agent of Death (Gerrit Graham) end up in an old west town that has avoided death for decades. Also stars Henry Gibson.

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Weapons designer Matthew Forman (Scott Wilson) is cryogenically frozen and awakened three centuries later, where he finds a post-war human race that has grown telepathic powers and rejected technology. Also stars Tess Harper.

Young Georgie (Barret Oliver) is afraid of his ailing grandmother. His mother leaves him alone to take care of her.

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Veteran television screenwriter Rockne S. O'Bannon (Martin Balsam) suffers from diminutive creatures that plague his daily life. Also stars Clive Revill.

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1940s voice actor Milo Trent (Larry Poindexter) gets a job on a popular radio show. The show's creator, Nelson Westbrook (Dick Shawn), involuntarily causes every sound described on that week's episode to become real inside the studio.

A vacationing leprechaun (Cork Hubbert) is forced to grant wishes, which come with unintended consequences, to the three boys who captured him.

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Truck driver Johnny Davis (Steve Railsback) accepts the job of delivering souls to Hell, and finds Hell is not what he expected. Also stars Barry Corbin and John de Lancie.

History professor Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald (Lane Smith) is sent back in time to observe the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but he botches the job in the worst possible way. Also stars Barbara Baxley.

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A mysterious stranger (Basil Hoffman) gives down-and-out couple Norma and Arthur Lewis (Mare Winningham, Brad Davis) a box with a button on it. He states that if they press the button, they will receive $200,000 and someone they do not know will die.

Government scientist Edward Sayers (William Petersen) is sent to a small town to investigate a bizarre outbreak of insanity. Also stars Frances McDormand.

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KGB Colonel Ilyanov (George Dzundza) is sent to a Siberian town to investigate the deaths of the local Communist Party officials. Also stars Victoria Tennant.

Comedian Billy Diamond (Tim Thomerson) must perform an act that will decide his fate in the afterlife. Also stars Ray Buktenica.

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The members of a poetry society find themselves haunted by an oath they took as young men. Features an ensemble cast.

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Writer Ellen Pendleton (Frances Conroy) is hired to work in a private library and where the books document the lives of everyone alive, updated instantly. Also stars Uta Hagen and Lori Petty.

A remake of the 1961 Twilight Zone episode. Sentenced to death, Adam Grant (Peter Coyote) desperately tries to convince his prosecutor that their reality is actually a recurring nightmare of his—and everyone will cease to exist once he is executed at midnight.

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Opera singer Rosemary Miletti (Julia Migenes) gains a glimpse of her future with a wish from her dying sister.

After witnessing the landing of a flying saucer, a young couple (Victor Garber, Stacey Nelkin) find themselves in the midst of an alien invasion.

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In modern-day England, the last of King Arthur's knights (Richard Kiley) teams with Morgan le Fay (Jenny Agutter) to stop the return of Merlin (Norman Lloyd). Also stars John Cameron Mitchell.

Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin (Jeff Yagher) travels back in time and meets the real Elvis Presley.

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Lonely waitress Margaret (Shelley Duvall) encounters a mysterious saucer with a message only for her. Also stars Nan Martin.

A child's (Fred Savage) imaginary friend (Lukas Haas) turns out to be his father's imaginary friend as well. Also stars Tom Skerritt.

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Christine (Mimi Kennedy), an aging news anchor, finds a method for youth at a steep price. Also stars Christopher McDonald.

Young teacher Dorothy Livingston (Glynnis O'Connor) finds that the secret to immortality resides in stories. Also stars David Faustino.

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DJ Andrea Fields (Lisa Eilbacher) must cope with the return of her lover after a five-year disappearance.

In this remake of the 1960 Twilight Zone episode, a woman (Terry Farrell) is trapped in a mall after hours with living mannequins. Also stars Ann Wedgeworth.

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A student's (Akosua Busia) possessions mysteriously vanish.

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A door in the basement leads to a parallel world, and both of a man's counterparts find the grass greener on the other side. Stars George Wendt, Bernadette Birkett and Jeffrey Tambor.

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Note: CBS Home Video split this installment into two half-hour shows, the first two stories in the first half and the last story in the second. As a result, "Lost and Found" is cut from eight minutes to just five. Starting with the next episode, CBS reduced the show to 30 minutes.

A mentally handicapped child (David Greenlee) has immense, dangerous powers which his parents struggle to prevent his misusing. Also stars Richard Mulligan and Anne Haney.

A wrongfully convicted prisoner (Joe Penny) discovers an old piano in his prison with special powers. Also stars Norman Fell.

A draft-dodger (Cliff DeYoung) is haunted by the specter of a familiar-looking man in a wheelchair.

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Note: CBS broadcasts two half-hour shows back-to-back as an hour for the rest of the season.

A woman (Susan Blakely) with out-of-control spending habits finds her new credit card comes with unexpected penalties. Also stars William Atherton.

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A miner (William Allen Young) who has been cheating on his wife is trapped by a cave-in with a miner from 1912 (Chris Mulkey).

Four teens (Rob Knepper, Brooke McCarter, Heidi Kozak and Tamara Mark) take a recently deceased man's classic car for a joyride. The driver (Knepper) acts increasingly irrationally during the ride.

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After accidentally dropping his portable stereo in an airplane lavatory, a young man (Scott Coffey) discovers that it allows him to hear other people's thoughts.

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A survivalist (Joe Mantegna) and his friend (Jon Gries) live in his shelter after a nuclear bomb detonation. Also stars Joan Allen and Danica McKellar.

A Broadway composer (Paul Sand) accepts an offer from the devil (Gene Barry) and returns to his high school years to see his crush again. While there he sees an opportunity to prevent a classmate's suicide. Also stars Grant Heslov and Wallace Langham.

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People return to a barren Earth to find that not everything had left when they thought it did. Stars Martin Balsam and Jenny Agutter.

In 1916, a girl (Jennifer Rubin) and a young man (Peter Kowanko) from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her disapproving father, the superintendent (Roberts Blossom). Also stars Paul Benedict.

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An attorney (James Whitmore Jr.) pines after the way his wife (Linda Kelsey) was in their younger years, only to encounter that younger woman in the present.

Edgar Witherspoon (Harry Morgan) is ordered by a mysterious voice to collect junk in his apartment to keep the world in balance. Also stars Cedric Smith.

Ex-baseball player Ed Hamner (Marc Singer), lame from an injury and forced to retire early, is given a baseball card from the early 1900s that transports Hamner into the life of that player.

A stressed-out priest (Ted Shackelford) is haunted by the sight of a station wagon with a woman inside that keeps crashing.

An archeologist (Louise Fletcher) studies prehistoric paintings in a newly discovered cave. The project takes a dark turn after the carcasses of livestock from nearby farms begin turning up near the cave. Also stars Michael Hogan.

A man (Eddie Albert) in a retirement home is trapped in the dreams of a catatonic widow. Also stars Frances Hyland.

A specialist in past life regression (Barbara Stock) enters an alternate reality where everyone already remembers all their past lives.

An alcoholic (Timothy Bottoms) goes through an extremely painful and potentially deadly cure for his drinking problem. Also stars Julie Khaner.

A young woman (Terri Garber) has her youth sucked out of her by her dying aunt.

A lonely man (William Sanderson) dials a wrong number and develops a close relationship with the woman on the other end. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and discovers she is a statue.

A scam artist (Peter Scolari) purports to channel the spirit of Delos, an inhabitant of Atlantis. He begins involuntarily channeling a real spirit, one with a habit of insulting people.

A battered wife (Melanie Mayron) finds the strength to fight her abusive husband by looking at a statuette of a Doberman Pinscher. Also stars Kenneth Welsh.

Bank loan officer Warren Cribbens (Michael Moriarty) cracks his eyeglasses and discovers he can see the future through them, showing that his efforts to help a farmer avoid foreclosure are doomed to fail.

A writer of children's books (Colleen Dewhurst) autographs a book for a sick young fan. Later, she starts hearing the sound of children in her house.

A motel proprietor (Bud Cort) discovers an empty trunk that grants wishes. He uses it for popularity, but at a party he discovers who his true friends are: no one.

After receiving a heart transplant, a man (Paul Le Mat) finds his personality has changed, incorporating a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner.

A cargo pilot (Terence Knox) on the frontiers of space finds an innocent stowaway on his ship, who the ship's fuel supply cannot support.

A young boy playing in a field meets a man (Steve Kanaly) who is really an alien collecting specimens to bring back to his planet.

While breaking into a house, an unemployed homeless man (Charles Haid) switches bodies with the house's owner. Also stars Lisa Jakub.

A doctor (Damir Andrei) at a sanitarium has a patient (Deborah Raffin) who is terribly frightened of patterns on clothing and furniture.

In this remake of the 1961 Twilight Zone episode, a pool player (Esai Morales) challenges the long-dead legend, Fats Brown (Maury Chaykin), who returns from the afterlife to give him a high-stakes game.

Scientist Martin Decker (Dean Stockwell) is confined and interrogated by government agents for the location of his notes. Escape for Martin comes from the mind.

To make ends meet, Simon Foster (Bruce Weitz) sells his memories to a pawn shop broker.

A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. The Army calls upon a career soldier (John Beck) to investigate. He finds an idyllic world, and seemingly no way to get back.

A shy woman (Pamela Bellwood) becomes the lover of a cursed Casanova (Page Fletcher) who turns into a cat during the daytime.

An old woman (Janet Leigh) with an obsession with death finds an injured thief in her home. When Death (Stephen McHattie) arrives to collect him, she tries to persuade him to take her instead.

An epidemic causes blindness. A nurse begins to believe that the disease is divine retribution. Stars Karen Valentine, Jackie Burroughs and Ken Pogue.

A man (Ben Murphy) plotting to murder his wife's lover meets a blind singer who knows all about his plan.

A man (Wayne Robson) sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss (Tony Franciosa) he borrowed the track money from.

A man (David Naughton) finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years.

Upon brain death, a 79-year-old man (Ed Marinaro) has his brain data transplanted into an experimental robot brain. His son (Eugene Robert Glazer) considers this an abomination and tries to have his father declared legally dead.