The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (The Definitive Edition)

I own the complete set of The Twilight Zone from Seasons 1 through 5. The sets for Seasons 2-5 have closed captions. They are a blessing because we are able to completely enjoy the programs which were part of our childhood years. Why isn't Season 1 captioned???? When can we expect Image or another company to pick up the ball and get that season captioned? I have no doubt that if this is done, many customers with hearing loss will surely want to get their hands on that set and watch the proceedings. The explanation for my rating is that a 5 is given to the quality of the Twilight Zone programs and a 0 for the lack of captioning which provides an overall rating of 3.

List and Description of Episodes and Special Features:

Season 1
Episode 1: 'Where is Everybody?'- Earl Holliman stars as a man on the edge of hysteria in a deserted town. Despite the emptiness, he has the strangest feeling hes being watched.
Episode 2: 'One for the Angels'- A Salesman cleverly eludes death. But if he lives a little girl must die in his place. Only the salesman greatest pitch can save her.
Episode 3: 'Mr. Denton on Doomsday'- A drunk of a gunslinger finds his fast draw abilities can be restored by drinking a magic potion.
Episode 4: 'The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine'- an aging former movie star lives and dreams in the past. She refuses to leave her screening room until she disapears.
Episode 5: 'Walking Distance'- Martin Sloan is plays a frazzled executive who learns that you can go home again after he steps back in time and meets his mom his dad and himself.
Episode 6: 'Escape Clause'- A hypocondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
Episode 7: 'The Lonely'- A convicted murderer incarcerated on a distant asteroid and is dying of lonliness.
Episode 8: 'Time Enough at Last'- A Bookworm yearns for more time to read, then a nuclear holocaust leaves him alone in the world with lots of time, plenty to read and an ironic twist.
Episode 9: 'Penchance to Dream'- A man whos terrified of falling asleep in fear he might die. His pursuer? A mysterious vixen he meets in his dreams.
Episode 10: 'Judgement Night'- 1942, a german wonders why he is on the deck of a British Steamship with no memory of how he got there and impending doom.
Episode 11: 'And When the Sky was Opened'- Col. Clegg Forbes 'Rip Taylor' and 2 astronauts return from their space flight. They soon discover that no one remembers them as if they never even existed.
Episode 12: 'What You Need'- Two bit thug thinks hes found the key to a better life in and old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what 'they need' most.
Episode 13: 'The Four of us are Dying'- Gifted with the ability to change his face Arch Hammer devises a plan to elevate himself. The plan works perfectly until he's caught with the wrong face at the wrong time.
Episode 14: 'Third from the Sun'- William Surka and a friend steal an experimental spaceship and go off to an unknown planet.
Episode 15: I shot an Arrow into the Air'- The worlds first manned space mission goes awry stranding the crew on an asteroid that is desolate and waterless. One man ruthlessly grasps for survival before a peculiar symbol reveals the groups true location.
Episode 16: 'The Hitchhiker'- Alone on a cross country trip Nan Adams 'Inger Stevens' has a blowout. Surviving the incident, she gets back on the road, only to see the same hitch-hiker everywhere she looks.
Episode 17: 'The Fever'- Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not happy when his wife wins a trip for 2 to Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name!
Episode 18: 'The Last Flight'- World War One flying ace 'Kenneth Haigh' flies through a mysterious cloud and lands at a modern U.S. Airbase in the year 1960.
Episode 19: 'The Purple Testament'- Lt. Fitzgerald 'William Reynolds' has found his own special wartime hell. Looking into the faces of his men prior to battle he has the ability to see whos about to die.
Episode 20: 'Elegy'- 3 astronauts land on a remote asteroid where everyone is frozen in place. The only who moves is the caretaker who reveals they are in an exclusive cemetary where the deceased's greatest wishes come true.
Episode 21: 'Mirror Image'- Millicent Barnes 'Vera Miles' spies her exact double at a bus station and becomes convinced the double is trying to take her place in this world. A fellow passenger thinks shes crazy..at first.
Episode 22: 'The monsters are due on Maple St'- Inexplicable events cause the residents of Maple Street to errupt into rioting. Residents suspect alien invasion.
Episode 23: 'A World Of Diffrence'- Arthur Curtis 'Howard Duff' thinks hes an average businessman living a normal life. Or is he an actor playing a businessman in an office thats really a set?
Episode 24:' Long live Walter Jameson'- Professor Walter Jameson 'Kevin McCarthy is a great history teacher who talks about the past as if he lives it. Little can his students imagine...
Episode 25: 'People are Alike all over'- Space expidition crashes on Mars. Passenger Sam Conrad is terrified when he encounters martians. To his relief they are human, extremely friendly, and apparently just like us.
Episode 26: 'Execution'- man in 1880 about to be hanged for shooting a man in the back. But his life is spared when a machine throws him into the future. If only he could escape fate as easily...
Episode 27: 'The Big Tall Wish'- Over the hill prizefighter gets a boost from a lil boy whos a big fan in a disillusioned world... an unswerving belief in magic.
Episode 28: 'A Nice Place to Visit'- After being shot to death a theif encounters white haired pip who gives him everything he wishes.
Episode 29: 'Nightmare as a Child'- A schoolteacher who has blocked out the details of her Mother's murder and encounters a strange little girl intent on making her recall the murderer's identity.
Episode 30: 'A stop at Willoughby'- Advertising exec cracks under pressure of his job dreaming about a peaceful town called Willoughby.
Episode 31: 'The Chaser'- Roger Shackleforth 'George Grizzard', desperate to win the affection of the beautiful Leila 'Patricia Berry', slips her a love potion. He is overjoyed that the potion works so well.. At First.
Episode 32: 'A Passage for Trumpet'- After commiting suicide an unsuccessful trumpet player is given a second chance at life.
Episode 33: 'Mr. Bevis'- A good natured, accident prone eccentric whos guardian angel gives him a chance at success.
Episode 34: 'The After Hours'- A woman, 'Anne Francis' discovers that the floor of a department store on which she bought a gold thimble dosent exist and that her saleslady is really a mannequin.
Episode 35: 'The Mighty Casey'- Baseball team with a robot player.
Episode 36: 'A World of His Own'- Keenan Wynn is Gregory West, A Noted playwright who discovers he can make anything appear or disappear by just describing it... like his irritable wife or even Rod Serling.


Bonus Features:
Original Pilot Version of 'Where is Everybody?' It is introduced by Rod Serling in a filmed sales pitch to the network sponsors.
Also features an alternative narration by Rod Serling. Audio commentary by producer William Self and Rod Serling discusses the episode at a 1975 lecture at Sherwood Oaks College
Netherlands Sales Pitch
Liars Club: An episode of the popular 1970's game show by Rod Sterling
Rare Rod Serling Blooper- never before seen outtake
The Twilight Zone Radio Drama: 'The Lonely starring Mike Starr
Original Twilight Zone Billboards and Photo Galleries
Emmy Awards: Clips from the Emmy Awards Ceremony featuring wins for The Twilight Zone in the writing and Cinematography categories.
The Twilight Zone Comic Book: An issue of the popular comic from 1963 - DVD-ROM Feature. (Adobe Acrobat required)


Special Features:
Stunning Brand New Transfers. Remastered from High Definition Transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks
Audio Commentaries by Earl Holliman, Martin Landau, Rod Taylor, Martin Milner, Kevin McCarthy and William Self
Vintage Audio Recollections with Burgess Meredith, Douglas Heyes, Richard L. Bare, Buck Houghton, Anne Francis and Richard Matheson
Rod Serling Audio Lectures from Sherwood Oaks College
Isolated Music Scores featuring the legendary Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith and more
Rod Serling Promo's for 'Next Weeks Show'
Original unaired Pilot version of 'Where is Everybody?' with Rod Serling's Network Pitch
Rare Rod Serling Blooper
Old time TV Commercials and More!

Overall, Excellent show and well worth the money. Highly Recommended to any fan.

I ordered the video for a Christmas present so haven't watched it. It arrived in record time so I was pleased.

My husband bought this DVD set for me CHRISTMAS 2005 through AMAZON, and we both simply enjoyed it. I absolutely love the TWILIGHT ZONE. I loved it so much, I purchased Seasons 2 and 3. Could watch these over and over again and would never tire of them. CLASSICS all the way.

The Product I was received was really good. I really enjoyed it. It was not damaged or anything. I would recommend this to anyone. I will do more business with Amazon.