Pre-series Pilot
Rod Serling wrote a teleplay intending for it to be the pilot episode of a new series called The Twilight Zone. Although it ended up airing on a different show, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, it is still considered the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone and has even been adapted as one of The Twilight Zone radio-show episodes.
| Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Time Element" | Allen Reisner | Rod Serling | November 24, 1958 (1958-11-24) |
| A man (William Bendix) visits a psychoanalyst, complaining about a recurring dream in which he imagines waking up in Honolulu just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which takes a major psychological toll. |
Read more about this topic: List Of The Twilight Zone Episodes
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“Whenever the weather licks the pilot instead of him lickin’ the weather, he’s finished. The first time makes the second time easier. And the first thing he knows, he’s in trouble when the weather is perfect.”
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