Night Gallery
Death in the Family
TV Flash files “Death in the Family” as hour 22 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 2, episode 5, aired 1971-09-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 22 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 5 of 64 in season 2. It aired 1971-09-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Phantom of What Opera?” (S02E04). Next is “The Merciful” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Fleeing thief Doran hides in the funeral home of odd Mr Soames.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Death in the Family sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 22 of 98 — hour 5 of 64 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did Night Gallery S02E05 air?
Death in the Family aired 1971-09-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The 1969 pilot, including the Spielberg-directed 'Eyes,' is the lore on-ramp; then any series hour that uses a painting as the portal. Anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: paintings as cold opens, color horror, nastier punchlines. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit in the lore. Serling's anthology brand shifts into a darker decade — less civics lesson, more gallery-wall dread, host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.
The silhouette is a painting used as a cold open. *Gallery-wall dread, color horror, a host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.* Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: nastier punchlines, less civics lesson, anthology dread entering the 1970s doorway. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit — the segment Eyes — in the lore; the series ran 1970–1973. Serling hosts tales of horror and dark fantasy introduced through eerie gallery paintings, and wrote many segments,…
Filed against
- Rod Serling as Host
Rod Serling created and hosted The Twilight Zone — moral fables in a black suit, twist endings that taught America to fear its own reflection. Sponsor and censor battles are as legendary as the episodes. On TV Flash he is prestige…