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TV-14
CBS
Jan 28, 1989

TV-14
CBS
Jan 28, 1989

The Twilight Zone (1985)

Summary This show is based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology show, The Twilight Zone. Redoing some episodes and doing new ones 20 years laters after the originals, these are made in color and in one-hour episodes. Most of the episodes contained two or three stories, and were broken up in half hour episodes for syndication. CBS cancelled the ...

Directed By: Allan Kroeker

Written By: Rod Serling, J. Michael Straczynski

TV-14
CBS
Jan 28, 1989

TV-14
CBS
Jan 28, 1989

The Twilight Zone (1985)

S3 • Episode 19

Something in the Walls

Air Date: Jan 28, 1989

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Summary This show is based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology show, The Twilight Zone. Redoing some episodes and doing new ones 20 years laters after the originals, these are made in color and in one-hour episodes. Most of the episodes contained two or three stories, and were broken up in half hour episodes for syndication. CBS cancelled the ...

Created By: Rod Serling

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Episode 1 • Sep 24, 1988

The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon

Episode 2 • Oct 1, 1988

To the chagrin of his wife Cindy, fading baseball star Ed Hamner sees an uncanny resemblance between himself and Monte Hanks, a fellow baseball player who has the same stats as Ed but lived 78 years ago.

Episode 3 • Oct 8, 1988

Mark Cassidy, a hard-working priest in need of a vacation, sees visions of a car that bursts into flame with a child inside.

Episode 4 • Oct 15, 1988

An archaeologist investigates newly-discovered cave paintings that prove to be more than they seem.

Episode 5 • Oct 22, 1988

Dream Me a Life

Retirement home resident Roger Simpson Leeds has nightmares of an unknown woman being stalked.

Episode 6 • Oct 29, 1988

A regression therapist wakes up in a world in which everyone can recall their past lives.

Episode 7 • Nov 5, 1988 • 22 m

The Hellgramite Method

An alcoholic agrees to a unique treatment, one that will stop him from drinking -- or kill him in the process.

Episode 8 • Nov 12, 1988

Our Selena Is Dying

A doctor becomes suspicious when a young woman mysteriously begins losing her youth to her dying aunt.

Episode 9 • Nov 19, 1988

A telephone number dialed in error could spell the end of loneliness for Norman Blane.

Episode 10 • Nov 26, 1988

A phony trance-channeler gets an unexpected message from the beyond.

Episode 11 • Dec 3, 1988

Louise Simonson receives a gift that may help her escape from the clutches of her abusive husband Jack.

Episode 12 • Dec 10, 1988

A pair of damaged glasses allows a loan officer at a rural bank to see into the future and consider the consequences of his actions.

Episode 13 • Dec 17, 1988

There Was an Old Woman

Hallie Parker is a renowned author of children's books feeling no longer needed, until she meets some of her fans.

Episode 14 • Dec 24, 1988 • 25 m

Down-on-his-luck hotel manager Willy Gardner finds a steamer trunk with magical powers.

Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1988 • 25 m

Appointment on Route 17

Heart transplant recipient Tom Bennett experiences a personality change when he is attracted to a diner waitress named Mary Jo, who is in mourning for her recently deceased lover.

Episode 16 • Jan 7, 1989 • 25 m

The Cold Equations

Marilyn Lee Cross may not survive after she stows away on board a spacecraft.

Episode 17 • Jan 14, 1989 • 25 m

Stranger in Possum Meadows

Young Danny Wilkins is playing in a field when he meets a scout who is collecting specimens of all sorts.

Episode 18 • Jan 21, 1989

Street of Shadows

Unemployed Steve Cranston lives with his family in a soon-to-be-closed homeless shelter. One night, he breaks into the home of wealthy Frederick Perry, who pulls a gun. The resulting struggle has a deep effect on several lives.

Episode 19 • Jan 28, 1989

Something in the Walls

Sanitarium patient Sharon Miles is convinced that she has seen some kind of creatures in the walls of her cell.

Episode 20 • Feb 4, 1989

Pool hustler Jesse Cardiff plays against all-time champion "Fats" Brown. The stakes? Only Jesse's life...

Episode 21 • Feb 11, 1989

Biochemist Martin Decker is imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured, but still refuses to reveal a secret formula to his captors. However, his new cell mate's knowledge of teleportation of living matter may provide him with an escape route.

Episode 22 • Feb 18, 1989

The Mind of Simon Foster

Downwardly mobile Simon Foster makes the mistake of selling his memories in order to survive.

Episode 23 • Feb 25, 1989

Washed-up military test pilot Major Alex McAndrews volunteers to travel through an energy portal to search for others who went through but haven't returned. Will he find the others? Can he find a way back?

Episode 24 • Mar 4, 1989

Lonely Andrea Moffatt finds a stray cat, who is actually Guillaume de Marchaux, a suave Frenchman who turns human at night but reverts to feline form during the day due to an old curse. Will he end her loneliness?

Episode 25 • Mar 11, 1989

Rendezvous in a Dark Place

Barbara LeMay is so obsessed with death that she frequently attends the funerals of complete strangers. She soon comes face to face with the Grim Reaper himself.

Episode 26 • Mar 18, 1989

Many, Many Monkeys

Registered nurse Claire Hendricks believes there's a deeper reason why blindness is spreading quickly through her community.

Episode 27 • Mar 25, 1989

Jealous husband Jack Haines takes his rage to a bar, where he meets a blind blues singer whose song tells an eerily familiar story.

Episode 28 • Apr 1, 1989

Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

Underworld kingpin Nino Lancaster battles an angry demon named Volkerps for the soul of unfortunate Arky Lochner.

Episode 29 • Apr 8, 1989

Special Service

John Selig discovers that his life is secretly being videotaped and is a huge hit on a cable television show.

Episode 30 • Apr 15, 1989

Father & Son Game

The 79-year-old Darius Stephens wants to go on living and has his consciousness transferred into a cyborg body. However, his son Michael disapproves.

Top Cast

Robin Ward

Narrator

Charles Aidman

Narrator, Narrator (segment "A Message from Charity"), Narrator (segment "Cold Reading")

Richard Mulligan

Ernie Ross, Henry Corwin (segment "Night of the Meek")

William Atherton

Brian Wolfe (segment "The Card"), Mr. Dundee (segment "Night of the Meek")

Julie Khaner

Frannie Judson, Mary-Ann Lindeby

Roberts Blossom

Man (segment "The Burning Man"), Mordecai Hawkline (segment "Song of the Younger World")

Heather Haase

Lianna Ames (segment "The Shadow Man"), Mary Ellen Cosgrove (segment "Time and Teresa Golowitz")

Ellen Albertini Dow

Mrs. Hotchkiss (segment "Need to Know"), Old Woman (segment "The Storyteller")

Burr Middleton

Policeman (segment "Joy Ride"), Richie's Dad (segment "The Leprechaun-Artist")

Chip Heller

Elton (segment "Welcome to Winfield"), Workman (segment "The After Hours")

Warren Van Evera

Boarder, Elderly Man

Adam Raber

Donnie Lowery (segment "Wordplay"), Jason Dobbs (segment "Shelter Skelter")

Nan Martin

First Nun (segment "If She Dies"), Margaret's Mother (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness")

Martin Balsam

Prof. Donald Knowles (segment "Voices in the Earth"), Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")

Jaclyn Bernstein

Debbie Cunningham (segment "Children's Zoo"), Megan McDowell

James Whitmore Jr.

Ira Richman (segment "The Girl I Married"), Sheriff Dennis Wells (segment "Nightcrawlers")

Clare Torao

Newscaster (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet"), Susan

Danica McKellar

Deidre Dobbs (segment "Shelter Skelter"), Nola - Age 10 (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")

Michael Alldredge

Mike Mulvaney (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods"), Schmidt (segment "The Junction")

Andrew Robinson

Mr. Williams (segment "Private Channel"), President John F. Kennedy (segment "Profile in Silver")

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