Serling's promotional announcements were stripped from syndicated versions of season one, but restored (often only in audio form) on the Image Entertainment DVD releases. 'Where is Everybody?' is an exception, as it was the first episode. Note: Episode titles were not shown on screen, but were announced by Serling at the end of the preceding week's episode. Main article: The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1) It differs from the broadcast episode in only minor ways. The pilot episode for the series was called 'Where is Everybody?' The episode was reformatted when included in the series.

Although it ended up airing on a different show, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, it is considered the seed episode and has even been adapted as one of The Twilight Zone radio-show episodes.Ī man ( William Bendix) visits a psychoanalyst ( Martin Balsam), complaining about a recurring dream in which he imagines waking up in Honolulu just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which takes a major psychological toll. Rod Serling wrote a teleplay intending for it to be the pilot episode of a new series called The Twilight Zone.

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