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 Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone) The Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone) "The Hitch-Hiker" is episode sixteen of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on January 22, 1960 on CBS. It is based on Lucille Fletcher's "The Hitch-Hiker". It is considered by some to be among the series' greatest episodes. Nan Adams, 27, on a cross-country road trip from New York City to Los Angeles, gets a flat tire on U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania and has an accident. A mechanic puts a spare tire on her car, comments that he's surprised she survived the accident, saying "you shouldn't've called for a