On November 11, 1960, "The Twilight Zone" aired the episode "Eye of the Beholder."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I'm sure this is regarded as one of the best episodes. It is certainly one of the most memorable.

Eye of the Beholder (The Twilight Zone, 1959)

Featured music: Bernard Herrmann
Original air date: November 11, 1960Guest appearances
Maxine Stuart
Donna Douglas
William D. Gordon
Jennifer Howard
Edson Stroll

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 2)

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"Eye of the Beholder" (also titled "The Private World of Darkness" when initially rebroadcast in the summer of 1962) is episode 42 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on November 11, 1960 on CBS.

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Opening narration

Suspended in time and space for a moment, your introduction to Miss Janet Tyler, who lives in a very private world of darkness. A universe whose dimensions are the size, thickness, length of the swath of bandages that cover her face. In a moment we will go back into this room, and also in a moment we will look under those bandages. Keeping in mind of course that we are not to be surprised by what we see, because this isn't just a hospital, and this patient 307 is not just a woman. This happens to be the Twilight Zone, and Miss Janet Tyler, with you, is about to enter it.

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Closing narration

Now the questions that come to mind: "Where is this place and when is it?" "What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm?" You want an answer? The answer is it doesn't make any difference, because the old saying happens to be true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence. On this planet or wherever there is human life – perhaps out amongst the stars – beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lesson to be learned in the Twilight Zone.

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The Twilight Zone (Classic): The Eye Of The Beholder - Your Own Kind
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[EYESORE 9001]

1. It's one of my favorites

I saw it in the first run, so I was almost 6. I think it pushed the limits of what I could handle. I did catch the message the screenplay was conveying, however, and in retrospect I was already familiar with the phrase about beauty & eye of beholder.

[Shermann]

2. Even when Twilight Zone was bad, it was still pretty good

I love "I Shot an Arrow into the Air". There were some overlooked clues that they weren't on an asteroid, like the 1g gravity. DOH!

[rso]

3. Twilight

Love the TZ, but this was the most predictable one in a series which relied largely on unpredictability and irony. You knew precisely what was happening when you could not see the faces until the very end. I’m looking forward to the yearly 48 hr. TZ marathon on the Sci Fi Channel during New Year.