Episode
The Twilight Zone: The Obsolete Man
Overview
In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian is judged obsolete and sentenced to death.
Details
- Series
- The Twilight Zone
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 1961-06-02
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
The Obsolete Man is Episode 29 in Season 2 of The Twilight Zone. It aired on 1961-06-02. The runtime is 26 min.
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