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[[File:twilight-zone.jpg|frame|Your next stop... the Twilight Zone.]]
{{quote|''"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to Man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middleground between light and shadow, between science and superstition; and it lies between the pit of Man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call... [[Title Drop|the Twilight Zone]]."''|'''[[Rod Serling]]''', the first [[Opening Narration]]}}
One of television's most revered series, ''The Twilight Zone'' ([[CBS (company)|CBS]], 1959–64) stands as the role model for TV anthologies. Its trenchant sci-fi/fantasy parables explore humanity's hopes, despairs, prides, and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional drama cannot.
Creator [[Rod Serling]] wrote the majority of the scripts, and produced those of such now-legendary writers as [[Richard Matheson]] and Charles Beaumont. The series featured such soon-to-be-famous actors as Robert Redford, [[William Shatner]], Burt Reynolds, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Carol Burnett, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Peter Falk, [[Donald Pleasence]] and Bill Mumy, as well as such established stars as silent-film giant [[Buster Keaton]], Art Carney, Mickey Rooney, Ida Lupino, and John Carradine.
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* [[Immortality Immorality]]: "Love Live Walter Jameson", "Queen of the Nile".
* [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]]
* [[Instant Plastic Surgery]]: The episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" explains there is a process called The Transformation. It will make anyone beautiful from a limited set of body types and looks, and extend their lifespan. Marilyn, the protagonist who is "pretty" but not beautiful, shocks her family and the doctor wanting to operate her by saying that she doesn't want to look beautiful. She says that she wants to stay as herself, in mind and body. {{spoiler|Sadly, the doctor and nurses take the choice away from her, turning her into a vapid Barbie.}}
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: There were actually two of them. The first season featured a haunting, string-laden theme composed by [[Bernard Herrmann]]; this was replaced in Season 2 with a different and much more familiar theme (featuring the iconic high-pitched four-note guitar riff) composed by Marius Constant.
* [[Interactive Narrator]]: At the end of "A World of His Own", Rod Serling appears to give his closing speech, only to be interrupted and then erased by Gregory's [[Reality Warper]] powers (complete with a [[This Is Gonna Suck]] remark from Rod before he vanishes). This was actually his very first onscreen appearance: it proved so popular that it set the tradition of him appearing onscreen to give the episode narration.
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