Night Gallery
The Messiah on Mott Street
TV Flash files “The Messiah on Mott Street” as a desk essential hour — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 2, episode 38, aired 1971-12-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E38: listed hour 55 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 38 of 64 in season 2. It aired 1971-12-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Quoth the Raven” (S02E37). Next is “The Painted Mirror” (S02E39).
Essential hour: “The Messiah on Mott Street”. The Messiah on Mott Street — mid-run title as Serling's holiday-adjacent gallery piece, less civics lesson, more varnish.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On Christmas Eve, a young Jewish boy goes out seeking the Messiah to save his dying grandfather.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Messiah on Mott Street sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S02E38 is listed hour 55 of 98 — hour 38 of 64 in season 2, season 2 episode 38.
When did Night Gallery S02E38 air?
The Messiah on Mott Street aired 1971-12-15 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…