Night Gallery
The Dark Boy
TV Flash files “The Dark Boy” as hour 47 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 2, episode 30, aired 1971-11-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E30: listed hour 47 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 30 of 64 in season 2. It aired 1971-11-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hell's Bells” (S02E29). Next is “Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something” (S02E31).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In 19th-century Montana, new village schoolteacher Judith Timm bonds with the specter of Joel Robb, a fourth grader who died in an accident years ago.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Dark Boy sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S02E30 is listed hour 47 of 98 — hour 30 of 64 in season 2, season 2 episode 30.
When did Night Gallery S02E30 air?
The Dark Boy aired 1971-11-24 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…