To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) "To Serve Man" is episode 89 of the anthology series "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)". It originally aired on March 2, 1962 on CBS. The episode was written by Rod Serling and Richard L. Bare and directed by Bare. The story is based on the 1950 short story "To Serve Man", written by Damon Knight. The title is a paraprosdokian using the verb "serve," which has dual meanings of "to assist" or "to provide as a meal." The episode is one of the few instances in the series wherein an actor breaks the
The Little People (The Twilight Zone) The Little People (The Twilight Zone) "The Little People" is episode 93 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on March 30, 1962 on CBS. Astronauts William Fletcher, the can-do captain, and Peter Craig, the malcontent co-pilot, set down in a canyon on an alien planet to repair their ship. While arguing, Fletcher asks Craig what he would want if he had things his way, and Craig responds that he'd like to be the one giving the orders. Shortly after, Craig hears a sound, though Fletcher does not. Craig goes scouting over a period of