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
The Lonely (The Twilight Zone) camera crane while filming continued. Jack Warden would star in another episode of this season featuring a robot, "The Mighty Casey", also written by Rod Serling. In 2016, asteroid (469219) 2016 HO was discovered, whose closest approach is nine million miles from Earth. However, its estimated size of 130–330 feet would not produce the gravity or atmosphere shown in the episode. The Lonely (The Twilight Zone) "The Lonely" is episode seven of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on November 13, 1959 on CBS. In 2046, an inmate named Corry is sentenced to solitary confinement