Night Gallery
You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan
TV Flash files “You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan” as hour 86 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 3, episode 5, aired 1972-11-12, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 86 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 5 of 17 in season 3. It aired 1972-11-12 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Spectre in Tap-Shoes” (S03E04). Next is “Smile, Please” (S03E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bumbling inventor Henry Millikan wants to improve his reputation among his colleagues by bringing his loving wife Helena back from the dead - but she hasn't died yet.
Viewer FAQ
Where does You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 86 of 98 — hour 5 of 17 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did Night Gallery S03E05 air?
You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan aired 1972-11-12 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…