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
Wordplay (The Twilight Zone) son is okay. That night, following a quiet but content meal with his wife, Bill sits down in his son's bedroom and picks up one of his ABC books and studies the basics of the language that he now needs to re-learn. Under the picture of a dog, the word reads "Wednesday." Wordplay (The Twilight Zone) "Wordplay" is the first segment of the second episode of the first season (1985–86) of the television series "The Twilight Zone". Bill Lowery is a salesman whose company has switched to a medical supply product line, which has caused him to stay up late