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S5 E22 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TV-PG

25m

Feb 27, 1964

A Confederate spy is spared death when the rope meant to hang him miraculously breaks. Or does it?

Season 5, 35 Episodes

In Praise Of Pip,

An alcoholic bookie regrets that he wasn't a better father to his son, Pip, critically wounded in South Vietnam. A visit to an amusement park gives them both a second chance.

Boxing robot "Battling Maxo" breaks down before the scheduled bout, forcing his manager to take its place.

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,

Mr. Wilson believes he sees a gremlin on the wing of the commercial aircraft he is taking back home... from the sanitarium, where he has been committed for six months after a mental breakdown during a similar flight.

A Kind of a Stopwatch,

Patrick Thomas McNulty, a long-winded and self-absorbed know-it-all, is given a fantastic device which brings literal meaning to the expression "stop the world; I want to get off."

The Last Night of a Jockey,

A dejected jockey wants to be tall.

Erich is displeased when his wife buys an expensive doll for his step-daughter. He becomes even more displeased when the doll tells him it doesn't like him!

The Old Man in the Cave,

A mysterious guardian helps a tiny community survive after the Bomb destroys much of the Earth.

Barbara accidentally causes her cruel Uncle Simon's death. His will stipulates that she must care for his latest invention - a robot. The robot begins to take on Uncle Simon's traits.

Probe 7, Over and Out,

The lone survivors of two annihilated worlds are stranded on a distant planet.

The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms,

Three National Guardsmen explore the site of Custer's Last Stand and encounter mysterious phenomenon that hint at the original battle occurring just out of sight.

A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain,

Trying to keep up with his younger wife, Harmon convinces his brother to inject him with an experimental youth serum.

Ninety Years Without Slumbering,

An old man fears that he will die if his grandfather clock stops running.

Ring-A-Ding Girl,

Bunny receives a ring from her fan club in her home town. In the ring she sees the faces of people from her hometown telling her she's needed there so she returns home.

Driving home one rainy evening, Oliver Pope accidentally hits a boy on a bicycle. Pope flees the scene, determined to hide his guilt, but his car has other ideas.

The Long Morrow,

Before leaving on his mission, an astronaut meets a woman. They fall in love...

The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross,

A man finds that he can trade anything he has, including youth and personality, with anybody else.

Number Twelve Looks Just Like You,

In a future where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of 19 to make them identical to everyone else, one woman desperately tries to hang onto her own identity.

Black Leather Jackets,

Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbors could never imagine just how dangerous these men really are.

Mysterious phone calls haunt a disabled woman.

From Agnes - With Love,

A computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his love life.

Spur of the Moment,

After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decision of her life.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,

A Confederate spy is spared death when the rope meant to hang him miraculously breaks. Or does it?

Queen of the Nile,

Columnist Jordan Herrick is startled to learn that a famous movie actress hasn't aged in years. Intrigued, he investigates... and soon learns a terrifying secret.

What's in the Box,

A cheating husband sees his secret revealed and its horrible consequences on his just-repaired TV set.

A dying man demands his family wear masks that he's given them at a Mardi Gras party.

I Am the Night - Color Me Black,

On the day an unpopular idealist is to be executed for the killing of a racist bully, the townsfolk are shocked to see the skies have turned pitch black.

Sounds and Silences,

A man's wish to listen to loud noise backfires.

A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

The Jeopardy Room,

Major Ivan Kuchenko is trapped inside a hotel room with Commissar Vassiloff, a hitman, and Boris, his assistant, in the room across the street. Vassiloff has planted a bomb in the room and Ivan must find it within three hours or be blown to bits.

Stopover in a Quiet Town (aka Strangers in Town),

Bob and Millie wake up to find they are in a strange town. Everything appears to be props - trees, animals even cars.

A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago.

Mr. Garrity and the Graves,

Jared Garrity arrives in the Old West town of Happiness, Arizona, proclaiming he can revive the dead.

The Brain Center at Whipple's,

A factory CEO replaces human workers with machines.

Come Wander with Me,

A singer's song becomes tragically real.

The Bewitchin' Pool,

Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool.

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The Twilight Zone

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TV-PG

5 Seasons

25m

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