Episode
The Twilight Zone: To Protect and Serve
Overview
A young cop falls madly in love with a prostitute, and he continues to protect her even when they are both killed.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2002-11-06
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
To Protect and Serve is Episode 14 in Season 1 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 2002-11-06. The runtime is 22 min.
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