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Apr 7, 1989

A man finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years

Full Episodes

Season 3, 28 episodes

The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon,

A woman tries to get her Uncle Edgar committed, believing that he is senile. The investigating doctor finds Edgar living in an apartment containing all kinds of junk.

22m Sep 23, 1988

Ex-baseball player Ed Hamler, lame from an injury and forced to retire early is given a 1909 baseball card of a player that looks exactly like him. The card is magical in that he becomes drawn into it and lives out the life of the player in the past.

22m Sep 30, 1988

A stressed-out priest repeatedly encounters a station wagon containing a young girl. The car keeps crashing and bursting into flames.

22m Oct 7, 1988

A young boy falls into an undiscovered cave near a housing project. An archeologist studies strange paintings on its walls and then bizarre things begin to happen. Cave items move around and animals are killed and brought into the cave.

22m Oct 14, 1988

Dream Me a Life,

A man in a retirement home dreams of a woman holding back a monster, and in real life realizes the woman is his cataleptic neighbor.

22m Oct 21, 1988

A hypnotist who specializes in helping people relive their past lives tries to find her own history. She hypnotizes herself and when she awakens, she learns that everyone can now remember their past lives. They also desperately want to forget them.

22m Oct 28, 1988

The Hellgramite Method,

An alcoholic goes through an extremely painful and potentially deadly cure for his drinking problem. He has to choose which is more important - the bottle or his life.

22m Nov 4, 1988

Our Selina is Dying,

A young woman, Debra, comes to live with her mysterious family, including the dying patriarch Selena. After Selena clutches Debra's hand firmly leaving an odd spot on it, Debra begins to age very fast while Selena rejuvenates.

22m Nov 11, 1988

A lonely man accidentally phones the wrong number and finds an intriguing female to whom he grows attached. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and finds the phone in a museum next to the statue of a woman.

22m Nov 18, 1988

A scam artist purports to channel the spirit of Delos, a former inhabitant of Atlantis. Together with a partner, he makes a living off of it.

22m Nov 25, 1988

Acts of Terror,

A woman terrorized by her abusive husband finds some small consolation in a statue of a dog given to her by her sympathetic sister

22m Dec 2, 1988

Twenty-Twenty Vision,

Newly promoted bank loan officer Warren Cribbens cracks his eyeglasses and discovers he can see the future through them. Faced with seeing the future of the farmers whose farms he must foreclose on, Warren can't bring himself to foreclose.

22m Dec 9, 1988

There Was an Old Woman,

A writer of children's books gives a book to a sick young fan. Later, she starts hearing the sound of children in her house.

22m Dec 16, 1988

A young man at a motel discovers an empty trunk that grants any wishes. He uses it for popularity, but at a party he discovers who his true friends are.

22m Dec 23, 1988

Appointment on route 17,

After finishing a heart transplant, a man finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner.

22m Dec 30, 1988

The Cold Equations,

A rescue pilot on the frontiers of space is faced with unpleasant prospects when he finds an innocent stowaway on his ship.

22m Jan 6, 1989

Stranger in Possum Meadows,

A young boy playing in a field meets an old man who is really an alien collecting specimens to bring back to his planet.

22m Jan 13, 1989

Street of Shadows,

While taking a walk in a wealthy neighborhood, an unemployed man living in a shelter experiences an unusual transformation

22m Jan 20, 1989

Something in the Walls,

A doctor arrives at his new job in a sanitarium. He discovers the case of a woman who is terribly frightened of things that appear on her walls.

22m Jan 27, 1989

Martin Decker is confined to a special room for acts and thoughts against the state. They want the formula for a weapon he does not want to reveal. Escape for Martin comes from the mind.

22m Feb 10, 1989

The Mind of Simon Foster,

In an impoverished future, Simon Foster goes to a pawnshop to sell some personal items to raise money for rent. The shop owner offers to buy some of his memories. In Simon Foster's life, what could be possibly be valuable?

22m Feb 17, 1989

A U.S. military experiment opens a portal to an unknown place. After sending through one team, the Army calls upon a career soldier to investigate, where he finds an idyllic planet. He has to decide whether to stay or go back to his old life.

22m Feb 24, 1989

A shy woman finds that a cat is actually a cursed "Casanova." She falls for the man but finds that her Prince Charming is actually a scoundrel.

22m Mar 3, 1989

Rendezvous in a Dark Place,

An old woman with an obsession with death attends funerals for entertainment. One night when an injured thief breaks into her home, she lets him die and waits for Death to come and collect him.

22m Mar 10, 1989

Many, Many Monkeys,

An epidemic breaks out and many people are struck blind. Something more happens, however: People have become cold and heartless toward each other

22m Mar 17, 1989

A man plotting to murder his wife's lover meets a blind singer who seems to know all about his plans.

22m Mar 24, 1989

Crazy as a Soup Sandwich,

A man sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss he borrowed the track money from

22m Mar 31, 1989

Special Service,

A man finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years

22m Apr 7, 1989