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
Twilight is treated as a safeguard against encroachment upon either. For example, the twilight of Friday is reckoned as Sabbath eve, and that of Saturday as Sabbath day; and the same rule applies to festival days. Twilight Twilight on Earth is the illumination of the lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon. Twilight is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, illuminating the lower atmosphere so that Earth's surface is neither completely lit nor completely dark. The word "twilight" is also used to denote the periods of time when this illumination