On Thursday We Leave for Home

"On Thursday We Leave for Home"
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 16
Directed byBuzz Kulik
Written byRod Serling
Featured musicStock
Production code4868
Original air dateMay 2, 1963 (1963-05-02)
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"On Thursday We Leave for Home" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a struggling colony on a distant planet awaits the arrival of a ship that will take them back to Earth. The story centers on the resulting cross-cultural encounter and the enduring ties to one's home planet, chiefly as seen through the eyes of the colony's leader, William Benteen (played by James Whitmore).