Time Enough at Last

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"Time Enough at Last"
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 8
Directed by	John Brahm
Teleplay by	Rod Serling
Based on	"Time Enough at Last" by Lynn Venable
Featured music	Leith Stevens
Production code	173-3614
Original air date	November 20, 1959 (1959-11-20)
Guest appearances
Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis Jacqueline deWit as Helen Bemis Vaughn Taylor as Carsville
Episode chronology
← Previous "The Lonely" Next → "Perchance to Dream"
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1)
List of episodes

"Time Enough at Last" is the eighth episode of the American anthology series The Twilight Zone, first airing on November 20, 1959.^[1] The episode was adapted from a short story by Lynn Venable,^[2] which appeared in the January 1953 edition of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.^[3][4]

"Time Enough at Last" became one of the most famous episodes of the original Twilight Zone. It is "the story of a man who seeks salvation in the rubble of a ruined world."^[5] The man in question is Henry Bemis (/ˈbiːmɪs/), played by Burgess Meredith, who loves books but is surrounded by those who would prevent him from reading them. The episode follows Bemis through a post-apocalyptic world, touching on such social issues as anti-intellectualism, the dangers of reliance upon technology, and the distinction between solitude and loneliness.