Night Gallery
Little Girl Lost
TV Flash files “Little Girl Lost” as hour 78 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 2, episode 61, aired 1972-03-01, 15 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E61: listed hour 78 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 61 of 64 in season 2. It aired 1972-03-01 (15 min). The listed hour before it is “The Caterpillar” (S02E60). Next is “Satisfaction Guaranteed” (S02E62).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The government plays up to a genius' delusion that his dead daughter still lives so he can finish his experiments even though his mind is still clouded.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Little Girl Lost sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S02E61 is listed hour 78 of 98 — hour 61 of 64 in season 2, season 2 episode 61.
When did Night Gallery S02E61 air?
Little Girl Lost aired 1972-03-01 and is listed at 15 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…