The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)

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|first_aired = {{Start date|1963|01|03}}
|last_aired = {{End date|1963|05|23}}
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The fourth season of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' aired Thursdays at 9:00–10:00 pm on [[CBS]] from January 3 to May 23, 1963.

This season broke with the previous seasons in presenting hour-long episodes instead of the earlier half-hour episodes. The opening sequence was revamped, and introduces the now-iconic floating door, smashed window, clock, eyeball, wooden doll, and the equation for [[Theory of relativity|Einstein's theory of relativity]]. [[Rod Serling]]'s narration was also changed from the earlier seasons as well:

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the ''Twilight Zone''."<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-twilight-zone/episodes/ TV.com episode list]</ref>

An intermission graphic based on this opening was used for the fourth and fifth seasons as well.<ref>"Visions from the Twilight Zone" by Arlen Schumer, {{ISBN|0877016828}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{see also|List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 103
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[In His Image]]
| DirectedBy = [[Perry Lafferty]]
| WrittenBy = [[Charles Beaumont]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|01|03}}
| ProdCode = 4851
| ShortSummary = A man ([[George Grizzard]]) is confused by a murderous impulse and a loss of his memory.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 104
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[The Thirty-Fathom Grave]]
| DirectedBy = Perry Lafferty
| WrittenBy = [[Rod Serling]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|01|10}}
| ProdCode = 4857
| ShortSummary = A strange tapping sound draws a ship to the site of a sunken World War II submarine.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 105
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Valley of the Shadow]]
| DirectedBy = Perry Lafferty
| WrittenBy = Charles Beaumont
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|01|17}}
| ProdCode = 4861
| ShortSummary = A newspaper [[Journalist|reporter]] ([[Ed Nelson]]) discovers a small town with incredibly advanced technology that they wish to keep secret.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 106
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[He's Alive]]
| DirectedBy = [[Stuart Rosenberg]]
| WrittenBy = Rod Serling
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|01|24}}
| ProdCode = 4856
| ShortSummary = The struggling leader of a small group of [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazis]] ([[Dennis Hopper]]) receives advice from a mysterious stranger ([[Curt Conway]]) about gaining followers.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 107
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[Mute (The Twilight Zone)|Mute]]
| DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg
| WrittenBy = [[Richard Matheson]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|01|31}}
| ProdCode = 4858
| ShortSummary = A mute telepathic girl ([[Ann Jillian]]) is the sole survivor of a fire that kills her parents.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 108
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Death Ship (The Twilight Zone)|Death Ship]]
| DirectedBy = [[Don Medford]]
| WrittenBy = Richard Matheson
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|02|07}}
| ProdCode = 4850
| ShortSummary = Three [[astronaut]]s ([[Jack Klugman]], [[Ross Martin]], and Fred Beir) discover exact duplicates of their spaceship and themselves on a distant planet.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 109
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = [[Jess-Belle]]
| DirectedBy = [[Buzz Kulik]]
| WrittenBy = [[Earl Hamner, Jr.]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|02|14}}
| ProdCode = 4855
| ShortSummary = A mountain girl ([[Anne Francis]]) enlists a [[Witchcraft|witch]] ([[Jeanette Nolan]]) to help her win back her lover ([[James Best]]).
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 110
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = [[Miniature (The Twilight Zone)|Miniature]]
| DirectedBy = [[Walter Grauman]]
| WrittenBy = Charles Beaumont
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|02|21}}
| ProdCode = 4862
| ShortSummary = A timid [[clerk]] ([[Robert Duvall]]) sees the figurines of a museum's 19th-century miniature dollhouse come to life.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 111
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = [[Printer's Devil]]
| DirectedBy = [[Ralph Senensky]]
| WrittenBy = Charles Beaumont
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|02|28}}
| ProdCode = 4864
| ShortSummary = A [[newspaperman]] ([[Robert Sterling]]) saves his failing periodical by hiring the mysterious Mr. Smith ([[Burgess Meredith]]), who reports disasters before they happen on his own [[Linotype machine]].
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 112
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = [[No Time Like the Past]]
| DirectedBy = Justus Addiss
| WrittenBy = Rod Serling
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|03|07}}
| ProdCode = 4853
| ShortSummary = A [[scientist]] ([[Dana Andrews]]) uses his time machine to go back in time to try and change history.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 113
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = [[The Parallel]]
| DirectedBy = Alan Crosland, Jr.
| WrittenBy = Rod Serling
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|03|14}}
| ProdCode = 4859
| ShortSummary = An astronaut ([[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]]) returns from a space flight to find things much changed during his absence.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 114
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = [[I Dream of Genie]]
| DirectedBy = [[Robert Gist]]
| WrittenBy = [[John Furia, Jr.]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|03|21}}
| ProdCode = 4860
| ShortSummary = An office worker ([[Howard Morris]]) acquires a lamp with a [[Jinn|genie]] ([[Jack Albertson]]) who offers him a wish.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 115
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = [[The New Exhibit]]
| DirectedBy = [[John Brahm]]
| WrittenBy = Charles Beaumont
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|04|04}}
| ProdCode = 4866
| ShortSummary = A [[wax museum]] [[curator]] ([[Martin Balsam]]) lovingly maintains wax figures of five infamous killers in his basement after the museum discards them. When he loses his job, his enemies are mysteriously murdered.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 116
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = [[Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]
| DirectedBy = [[David Lowell Rich]]
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Rod Serling|slabel=Based on the short story "Blind Alley" by|s=[[Malcolm Jameson]]}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|04|11}}
| ProdCode = 4867
| ShortSummary = An aging tycoon ([[Albert Salmi]]) exchanges his fortune for a trip to the past and a new beginning when he meets the mysterious Miss Devlin ([[Julie Newmar]]).
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 117
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = [[The Incredible World of Horace Ford]]
| DirectedBy = [[Abner Biberman]]
| WrittenBy = [[Reginald Rose]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|04|18}}
| ProdCode = 4854
| ShortSummary = A middle-aged toy designer ([[Pat Hingle]]) goes back to his childhood when he visits his old neighborhood.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 118
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = [[On Thursday We Leave for Home]]
| DirectedBy = Buzz Kulik
| WrittenBy = Rod Serling
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|05|02}}
| ProdCode = 4868
| ShortSummary = In 2021, a group of space pioneers prepare for a return trip to Earth upon having failed to establish a new society on a distant planet. The group's leader ([[James Whitmore]]) refuses to give up his authority.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 119
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = [[Passage on the Lady Anne]]
| DirectedBy = [[Lamont Johnson]]
| WrittenBy = Charles Beaumont
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|05|09}}
| ProdCode = 4869
| ShortSummary = To save their marriage, a couple ([[Lee Philips]], [[Joyce Van Patten]]) book a cruise on a ship whose other passengers are elderly.
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{{Episode list/sublist|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 4)
| EpisodeNumber = 120
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = [[The Bard (The Twilight Zone)|The Bard]]
| DirectedBy = [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]]
| WrittenBy = Rod Serling
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|05|23}}
| ProdCode = 4852
| ShortSummary = An aspiring [[Screenwriting|screenwriter]] ([[Jack Weston]]) conjures up the spirit of [[William Shakespeare]] ([[John Williams (actor)|John Williams]]) to help him in his television script.
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==References==
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