| 1 | 1 | "Shatterday" | Wes Craven | Based on the short story by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Alan Brennert | September 27, 1985(1985-09-27) |
| "A Little Peace and Quiet" | James Crocker |
| Peter Novins (Bruce Willis) accidentally dials his own phone number, which is answered by his alter ego.Frazzled housewife Penny (Melinda Dillon) discovers a necklace that gives its owner the ability to freeze and unfreeze time. Also stars Judith Barsi. |
| 2 | 2 | "Wordplay" | Wes Craven | Rockne S. O'Bannon | October 4, 1985(1985-10-04) |
| "Dreams for Sale" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Joe Gannon |
| "Chameleon" | Wes Craven | James Crocker |
| 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.At a picnic, a woman (Meg Foster) sees the same events repeating over and over again.A group of NASA technicians encounter a strange alien life form. Stars Terry O'Quinn, John Ashton and Lin Shaye. |
| 3 | 3 | "Healer" | Sigmund Neufeld | Alan Brennert | October 11, 1985(1985-10-11) |
| "Children's Zoo" | Robert Downey | Chris Hubbell & Gerrit Graham |
| "Kentucky Rye" | John Hancock | Richard Krzemien & Chip Duncan |
| Cat burglar Jackie Thompson (Eric Bogosian) profits from the healing powers of an Indian artifact he stole. Also stars Vincent Gardenia.A girl brings her bickering parents (Lorna Luft, Steven Keats) to a mysterious attraction called the Children's Zoo. Wes Craven appears in a cameo.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 and Tim Russ. |
| 4 | 4 | "Little Boy Lost" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Lynn Barker | October 18, 1985(1985-10-18) |
| "Wish Bank" | Rick Friedberg | Michael Cassutt |
| "Nightcrawlers" | William Friedkin | Based on the short story by : Robert R. McCammon Teleplay by : Philip DeGuere |
| Photographer Carol Shelton (Season Hubley) spends time with a little boy named Kenny (Scott Grimes) who seems oddly familiar.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.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. |
| 5 | 5 | "If She Dies" | John Hancock | David Bennett Carren | October 25, 1985(1985-10-25) |
| "Ye Gods" | Peter Medak | Anne Collins |
| 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.Loveless yuppie Todd Ettinger (David Dukes) finds himself up against the ancient gods when he is struck by Cupid (Robert Morse)'s arrow. Also stars Carolyn Seymour. |
| 6 | 6 | "Examination Day" | Paul Lynch | Based on the short story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : Philip DeGuere | November 1, 1985(1985-11-01) |
| "A Message from Charity" | Based on the short story by : William M. Lee Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| In a dystopian future, 12-year-old Dickie Jordan (David Mendenhall) is summoned for a mandatory intelligence test after turning of age.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. |
| 7 | 7 | "Teacher's Aide" | B. W. L. Norton | Steven Barnes | November 8, 1985(1985-11-08) |
| "Paladin of the Lost Hour" | Gilbert Cates | Based on the short story "Paladin" by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Harlan Ellison |
| A teacher (Adrienne Barbeau) at a gang-filled school is possessed by a mysterious gargoyle.Mr. Gaspar (Danny Kaye), the protector of a magical timepiece, forms a friendship with Billy Kinetta (Glynn Turman), the man who saved him from being mugged. |
| 8 | 8 | "Act Break" | Theodore J. Flicker | Haskell Barkin | November 15, 1985(1985-11-15) |
| "The Burning Man" | J. D. Feigelson | Based on the short story by : Ray Bradbury Teleplay by : J. D. Feigelson |
| "Dealer's Choice" | Wes Craven | Donald Todd |
| Struggling playwright Maury Winkler (James Coco) uses an ancient relic to make a single wish. Also stars Bob Dishy.A woman (Piper Laurie) and her nephew (Andre Gower) pick up a crazed hitchhiker (Roberts Blossom) who warns of supernatural evils ahead. With Danny Cooksey.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. |
| 9 | 9 | "Dead Woman's Shoes" | Peter Medak | Based on the story and teleplay by : Charles Beaumont Teleplay by : Lynn Barker | November 22, 1985(1985-11-22) |
| "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" | Paul Lynch | Based on the story by : William F. Wu Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| In a remake of the original Twilight Zone episode "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, with Robert Pastorelli, Tyra Ferrell and Nana Visitor in small roles.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. |
| 10 | 10 | "The Shadow Man" | Joe Dante | Rockne S. O'Bannon | November 29, 1985(1985-11-29) |
| "The Uncle Devil Show" | David Steinberg | Donald Todd |
| "Opening Day" | John Milius | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell |
| 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.A boy learns strange magic tricks from a bizarre kids' show, unbeknownst to his oblivious parents.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. |
| 11 | 11 | "The Beacon" | Gerd Oswald | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | December 6, 1985(1985-12-06) |
| "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" | Don Carlos Dunaway | From a short story by : Harlan Ellison Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| 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.Gus Rosenthal (Peter Riegert) returns to his childhood home, and finds himself transported to his past. Also stars Jack Kehoe. |
| 12 | 12 | "Her Pilgrim Soul" | Wes Craven | Alan Brennert | December 13, 1985(1985-12-13) |
| "I of Newton" | Kenneth Gilbert | Based on the short story by : Joe Haldeman Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| Two scientists (Kristoffer Tabori, Gary Cole) create a holographic projector, which shows something completely unexpected—the reincarnated soul of a young girl (Danica McKellar, then Anne Twomey).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. |
| 13 | 13 | "Night of the Meek" | Martha Coolidge | Based on the story and teleplay by : Rod Serling Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon | December 20, 1985(1985-12-20) |
| "But Can She Type?" | Shelley Levinson | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr |
| "The Star" | Gerd Oswald | Based on the short story by : Arthur C. Clarke Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| In this update of the original series episode "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, Jeff Kober, and Larenz Tate.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.In an adaptation of the 1956 short story, while 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—and how its demise affected human history. |
| 14 | 14 | "Still Life" | Peter Medak | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell | January 3, 1986(1986-01-03) |
| "The Little People of Killany Woods" | J. D. Feigelson | J. D. Feigelson |
| "The Misfortune Cookie" | Allan Arkush | Based on the short story by : Charles E. Fritch Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| 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.A story-telling town moocher (Hamilton Camp) has an encounter with "little people".Snobby food critic Harry Folger (Elliott Gould) receives fortune cookie messages that come true. |
| 15 | 15 | "Monsters!" | B. W. L. Norton | Robert Crais | January 24, 1986(1986-01-24) |
| "A Small Talent for War" | Claudia Weill | Carter Scholz & Alan Brennert |
| "A Matter of Minutes" | Sheldon Larry | Suggested by the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by : Theodore Sturgeon Teleplay by : Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| 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.An alien race that claims to have created mankind returns to judge them. Starring John Glover and Peter Michael Goetz.A married couple (Adam Arkin, Karen Austin) awakens outside the normal flow of time and gets a glimpse of how reality works. Also stars Adolph Caesar. |
| 16 | 16 | "The Elevator" | R. L. Thomas | Ray Bradbury | January 31, 1986(1986-01-31) |
| "To See the Invisible Man" | Noel Black | Based on the short story by : Robert Silverberg Teleplay by : Steven Barnes |
| "Tooth and Consequences" | Robert Downey Sr. | Haskell Barkin |
| Two brothers (Stephen Geoffreys, Robert Prescott) searching for their father discover a factory full of giant animal bodies.In a future society, uncaring man Mitchell Chaplin (Cotter Smith) is sentenced to a year of social isolation.The Tooth Fairy (Kenneth Mars) gives a dentist (David Birney) what he wishes for. |
| 17 | 17 | "Welcome to Winfield" | Bruce Bilson | Les Enloe | February 7, 1986(1986-02-07) |
| "Quarantine" | Martha Coolidge | Story by : Philip DeGuere and Steven Bochco Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| 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.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. |
| 18 | 18 | "Gramma" | Bradford May | Based on the short story by : Stephen King Teleplay by : Harlan Ellison | February 14, 1986(1986-02-14) |
| "Personal Demons" | Peter Medak | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| "Cold Reading" | Gus Trikonis | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr |
| Young Georgie (Barret Oliver) is afraid of his ailing grandmother. His mother (Darlanne Fluegel) leaves him alone to take care of her.Veteran television screenwriter Rockne S. O'Bannon (Martin Balsam) suffers from diminutive creatures that plague his daily life. Also stars Clive Revill.The producer of a 1940s radio show (Dick Shawn), a stickler for realistic sound effects, inadvertently causes the natural sources of the sounds to materialize in the studio. Also starring Larry Poindexter. |
| 19 | 19 | "The Leprechaun-Artist" | Tommy Lee Wallace | Story by : James Crocker Teleplay by : Tommy Lee Wallace | February 21, 1986(1986-02-21) |
| "Dead Run" | Paul Tucker | Based on the short story by : Greg Bear Teleplay by : Alan Brennert |
| A vacationing leprechaun (Cork Hubbert) is forced to grant wishes, which come with unintended consequences, to the three boys who captured him. With Danny Nucci.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, John de Lancie, and Brent Spiner. |
| 20 | 20 | "Profile in Silver" | John Hancock | J. Neil Schulman | March 7, 1986(1986-03-07) |
| "Button, Button" | Peter Medak | Based on the short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Richard Matheson |
| 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, Louis Giambalvo, and Jerry Hardin.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 says that if they press the button, they will receive $200,000 and someone they do not know will die. |
| 21 | 21 | "Need to Know" | Paul Lynch | Based on the short story by : Sidney Sheldon Teleplay by : Mary Sheldon | March 21, 1986(1986-03-21) |
| "Red Snow" | Jeannot Szwarc | Michael Cassutt |
| Government scientist Edward Sayers (William Petersen) is sent to a small town to investigate a bizarre outbreak of insanity. Also stars Frances McDormand.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. |
| 22 | 22 | "Take My Life...Please!" | Gus Trikonis | Gordon Mitchell | March 28, 1986(1986-03-28) |
| "Devil's Alphabet" | Ben Bolt | Based on the short story by : Arthur Gray Teleplay by : Robert Hunter |
| "The Library" | John Hancock | Anne Collins |
| Comedian Billy Diamond (Tim Thomerson) must perform an act that will decide his fate in the afterlife. Also stars Xander Berkeley and Ray Buktenica.The members of a poetry society find themselves haunted by an oath they took as young men. Features an ensemble cast including Ben Cross, Ethan Phillips, and Wayne Alexander.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. |
| 23 | 23 | "Shadow Play" | Paul Lynch | Based on the story and teleplay by : Charles Beaumont Teleplay by : James Crocker | April 4, 1986(1986-04-04) |
| "Grace Note" | Peter Medak | Patrice Messina |
| 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. Also stars William Schallert.Opera singer Rosemary Miletti (Julia Migenes) gains a glimpse of her future with a wish from her dying sister. |
| 24 | 24 | "A Day in Beaumont" | Philip DeGuere | David Gerrold | April 11, 1986(1986-04-11) |
| "The Last Defender of Camelot" | Jeannot Szwarc | Based on a story by : Roger Zelazny Teleplay by : George R. R. Martin |
| After witnessing the landing of a flying saucer, a young couple (Victor Garber, Stacey Nelkin) find themselves in the midst of an alien invasion.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. |