The Silence (The Twilight Zone) The Silence (The Twilight Zone) "The Silence" is episode 61 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". The plot of this episode was based in part on Anton Chekhov's "The Bet". It originally aired on April 28, 1961 on CBS, and was the first of only four "Twilight Zone" episodes (the others being season three's "The Shelter", season two's "Dust" and season five's "The Jeopardy Room") to feature a story without any supernatural or science fiction elements. It does, however, contain one of the series' signature twist endings. Colonel Archie Taylor, a gruff aristocrat, has difficulty enjoying his
Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone) Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone) "Mirror Image" is episode 21 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on February 26, 1960 on CBS. A young woman named Millicent Barnes is waiting in a bus depot in Marathon, New York, for a bus to Cortland, "en route" to a new job. Looking at a wall clock she notices the bus is late. She walks up to the ticket counter to ask the ticket agent when the bus will arrive, and he gruffly complains that this is her third time asking. Millicent denies this. While speaking with