Opening Day (The Twilight Zone)

"Opening Day"
The Twilight Zone episode
scene from Opening Day
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 10c
Directed by	John Milius
Written by	Gerrit Graham Chris Hubbell
Original air date	November 29, 1985
Guest appearance(s)
Gary Hollis: Guest Frank McRae: Sheriff Shelby Billington: Girl at Party Michael Nissman: Ned Shawn Donahue: Joe, Jr. Martin Kove: Joe Jeffrey Jones: Carl (as Jeff Jones) Molly Morgan: Kerry Elan Oberon: Sally
Episode chronology

"Opening Day" is the third and final segment of the tenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone.

Opening narration

“

The perfect crime is the one nobody realizes has been committed. Every day, we commit a dozen perfect crimes in our mind, and we never get punished, because those crimes never happen. That's the way it is in the real world. But murder, like a bad meal, has a way of repeating, especially when the bloody stroke is struck…in the Twilight Zone.

”

Plot

At a party given by themselves, a young socialite, Sally, and her wealthy husband, Carl give the appearances of a still-happy relationship, although a little hatred does seem to seep through in conversation. Sally runs into her apparent lover, Joe, and they talk of murdering Carl. Joe claims he may not be able to go through with it. Sally says he has to do it, especially tomorrow—opening day of duck season. They rejoin the party and Carl talks with Joe about the next day and how excited he is to get to go shooting with him.

The next day, just as planned, Carl and Joe go out shooting for duck. Carl talks of how much he appreciates Joe's friendship. No money, no greed, no games or hatred between them. Carl sees some ducks and begins shooting. He calls for Joe to shoot too, but Joe slams Carl in the head and knocks him into the lake. Joe repeatedly bashes Carl, until he doesn't come up anymore. Soon, the police are investigating and Joe comes up with a story that sounds fishy but is believed.

Joe goes back to Sally and Carl's house. Two kids come in calling Joe "daddy" and Sally treats him like she treated Carl. In fact, he starts acting like Carl, even during a party similar to the night before. Suddenly, Carl shows up in an outfit like Joe's and follows Sally into the kitchen, just like Joe did the night before. Joe apparently is reliving the night before and the morning after at the duck shoot in Carl's shoes. Joe, instead of being knocked into the lake, actually falls in. Carl truly tries to help him, but Joe panics and drowns. Carl goes to tell Sally what happened. She comforts Carl and looks up at the picture frame and smiles.

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The Twilight Zone (1985) episodes

Season 1	"Shatterday" "A Little Peace and Quiet" "Wordplay" "Dreams for Sale" "Chameleon" "Healer" "Children's Zoo" "Kentucky Rye" "Little Boy Lost" "Wish Bank" "Nightcrawlers" "If She Dies" "Ye Gods" "Examination Day" "A Message from Charity" "Teacher's Aide" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "Act Break" "The Burning Man" "Dealer's Choice" "Dead Woman's Shoes" "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" "The Shadow Man" "The Uncle Devil Show" "Opening Day" "The Beacon" "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" "Her Pilgrim Soul" "I of Newton" "Night of the Meek" "But Can She Type?" "The Star" "Still Life" "The Little People of Killany Woods" "The Misfortune Cookie" "Monsters!" "A Small Talent for War" "A Matter of Minutes" "The Elevator" "To See the Invisible Man" "Tooth and Consequences" "Welcome to Winfield" "Quarantine" "Gramma" "Personal Demons" "Cold Reading" "The Leprechaun-Artist" "Dead Run" "Profile in Silver" "Button, Button" "Need to Know" "Red Snow" "Take My Life...Please!" "Devil's Alphabet" "The Library" "Shadow Play" "Grace Note" "A Day in Beaumont" "The Last Defender of Camelot"

Season 2	"The Once and Future King" "A Saucer of Loneliness" "What Are Friends For?" "Aqua Vita" "The Storyteller" "Nightsong" "The After Hours" "Lost and Found" "The World Next Door" "The Toys of Caliban" "The Convict's Piano" "The Road Less Traveled" "The Card" "The Junction" "Joy Ride" "Shelter Skelter" "Private Channel" "Time and Teresa Golowitz" "Voices in the Earth" "Song of the Younger World" "The Girl I Married"

Season 3	"The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon" "Extra Innings" "The Crossing" "The Hunters" "Dream Me a Life" "Memories" "The Hellgramite Method" "Our Selena Is Dying" "The Call" "The Trance" "Acts of Terror" "20/20 Vision" "There Was an Old Woman" "The Trunk" "Appointment on Route 17" "The Cold Equations" "Stranger in Possum Meadows" "Street of Shadows" "Something in the Walls" "A Game of Pool" "Room 2426" "The Mind of Simon Foster" "The Wall" "Cat and Mouse" "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" "Many, Many Monkeys" "Love is Blind" "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" "Special Service" "Father and Son Game"

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Opening Day (The Twilight Zone)

Opening narration

Plot

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