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The Twilight Zone: Season 4

18 episodes Premiered Jan 3, 1963 Updated Sep 20, 2026

The Twilight Zone Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes.

Previously on The Twilight Zone

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Twilight Zone Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

The Twilight Zone Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S4·E1 Mytharc

In His Image

Jan 3, 1963

A scientist tries to correct his imperfections by building a mechanical likeness of himself, which includes of all the finer qualities he is lacking.

S4·E2 Core

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

Jan 10, 1963

A US naval destroyer investigates a mysterious tapping sound coming from a sunken submarine.

S4·E3 Core

Valley of the Shadow

Jan 17, 1963

A reporter finds himself trapped in a small town where people can reverse time and do many other amazing things.

S4·E4 Core

He's Alive

Jan 24, 1963

Peter Vollmer, a small-time neo-Nazi leader, yearns for more power. Advised by a shadowy benefactor, Vollmer's following grows, as does his ego...

S4·E5 Core

Mute

Jan 31, 1963

A 12-year-old girl who lost her parents in a fire doesn't speak because she has grown up in a secret telepathic community. The couple who take her in, and her teacher, are determin

S4·E6 Core

Death Ship

Feb 7, 1963

A three-man spacecraft lands on a planet only to discover the wreckage of a spacecraft identical to their own. Two of the crew are convinced that they are dead, but the captain ref

S4·E7 Core

Jess-Belle

Feb 14, 1963

Jess-Belle enlists the aid of a local witch who casts a spell that makes Billy-Ben Turner fall in love with her.

S4·E8 Core

Miniature

Feb 21, 1963

A lonely man falls in love with a mini museum doll, which he believes is alive.

S4·E9 Core

Printer's Devil

Feb 28, 1963

A wily old man, hired by a bankrupt newspaper editor, has the knack of predicting headline stories and claims to be the Devil.

S4·E10 Core

No Time Like the Past

Mar 7, 1963

A man travels back in time to try to prevent some of history's catastrophes.

S4·E11 Core

The Parallel

Mar 14, 1963

An astronaut blacks out while orbiting the earth and ends up in a parallel universe.

S4·E12 Core

I Dream of Genie

Mar 21, 1963

A man considers several possibilities when offered one wish by a genie.

S4·E13 Core

The New Exhibit

Apr 4, 1963

The curator of a murderers' row in a soon-to-be-defunct wax museum persuades the owner to let him keep the figures for awhile. When his wife attempts to destroy them, a new murdero

S4·E14 Core

Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

Apr 11, 1963

A bored, wealthy businessman gets a chance to go back in time and start over, armed with all the knowledge he's acquired...an arsenal that's not as powerful as he thinks.

S4·E15 Core

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

Apr 18, 1963

Toy designer Horace Ford spends most of his time reminiscing about his idyllic childhood. But when he gets a chance to go back to those years he gets a bitter taste of reality.

S4·E16 Core

On Thursday We Leave for Home

May 2, 1963

The leader of an expedition on an asteroid tries to convince the others that Earth is not worth returning to.

S4·E17 Mytharc

Passage on the Lady Anne

May 9, 1963

A quarrelsome young couple find themselves taking a trip on the Lady Anne, an old passenger liner that is transporting a group of equally old passengers.

S4·E18 Mytharc

The Bard

May 23, 1963

An untalented would-be writer's career takes off when the ghost of William Shakespeare writes his script.