The Twilight Zone
The Brain Center at Whipple's
TV Flash files “The Brain Center at Whipple's” as hour 153 of 156 in the TV Flash guide — The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) on CBS, season 5, episode 33, aired 1964-05-15, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E33: listed hour 153 of 156 in the The Twilight Zone guide, hour 33 of 36 in season 5. It aired 1964-05-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mr. Garrity and the Graves” (S05E32). Next is “Come Wander with Me” (S05E34).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a heartless manufacturing CEO decides to completely automate his factory, he decides to ignore the pleas of those around him to not follow through with his plans. As a result, his board of directors decide to force Mr. Whipple to take an early retirement and replace him with a robot. As a result, he goes down to a nearby bar to lament his reversal of fortune, only to find the foreman he laid off drinking away the same sorrows.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Brain Center at Whipple's sit in the The Twilight Zone guide?
S05E33 is listed hour 153 of 156 — hour 33 of 36 in season 5, season 5 episode 33.
When did The Twilight Zone S05E33 air?
The Brain Center at Whipple's aired 1964-05-15 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with the empty-town opener, then the broken-glasses hour. Isolation first, stolen moral second; those two teach the anthology’s real instrument better than any twist ranking.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Serling used fantasy as a smuggled sermon when sponsors would not let a straight drama talk. Watch for isolation as craft, the twist as a bill coming due, and half-hours built to sit in the blood overnight — not to snack in a dump.
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Filed against
- Rod Serling as Host / Narrator
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