Episode
The Twilight Zone: One Night at Mercy
Overview
A young doctor meets a suicide who claims to be Death incarnate. When Death insists he wants to stop his killing ways, the doctor is forced to contemplate what life would be like without death.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2002-09-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
One Night at Mercy is Episode 2 in Season 1 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 2002-09-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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