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The Twilight Zone: The Placebo Effect

A hypochondriac is able to manifest his thoughts into the real world, posing a danger to everyone when he reads about a lethal virus in a science fiction novel.


8/10 (1 Vote cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x35
Production Number: 134
Airdate: Wednesday April 02nd, 2003



Guest Stars
Sydney Tamiia PoitierSydney Tamiia Poitier
As Dr. Leslie Coburn
Jeffrey CombsJeffrey Combs
As Harry Raditch

Co-Guest Stars
Gina StockdaleGina Stockdale
As Dying Woman
Donna YamamotoDonna Yamamoto
As Receptionist

Uncredited
Paul BattenPaul Batten
As State Health Doctor
Main Cast

Recap

Doctor Leslie Coburn arrives at her medical office and deals with her first patient: a young girl receiving a shot. Leslie calms the girl down and distracts her long enough to get her flu shot. As she goes to her next apartment, a nervous man, Mr. Harry Raditch, runs in and demands to see Leslie. She agrees to see him and explains to her nurse Rhonda that he’s a hypochondriac...

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Episode Quotes
Dr. Leslie Coburn: Harry, Rhonda is new here, so try to be polite.
Harry Raditch: "Politeness is artificial good humor." Thomas Jefferson.

(Opening Narration)
Host: Dr. Leslie Coburn has always treated Harry with a placebo, an imaginary cure for his imaginary illnesses. But what will this young doctor do when her patient contracts a real disease? A disease found only in the Twilight Zone.

(Closing Narration)
Host: Dr. Leslie Coburn had a brilliant idea, using an imaginary cure for an imaginary illness. But like the virus itself, Harry took her cure to heart and he made it real. A testament to the amazing powers of the mind, in the Twilight Zone.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorRod Serling
Executive ProducerJohn Watson  |  Pen Densham  |  Ira Steven Behr
Co-Executive ProducerJohn Peter Kousakis
Supervising ProducerMichael Angeli
ProducerMoira Kirland Dekker  |  Kay Reindl  |  Erin Maher
Co-ProducerPatrice Allen  |  Anne Tabor
Consulting ProducerAshley Edward Miller  |  Forest Whitaker  |  Zack Stentz  |  James Crocker  |  Frederick Rappaport
Production DesignerRicardo Spinacé
EditorSondra Watanabe
CastingHolly Powell  |  Liz Melcher  |  Candice Elzinga  |  Bette Chadwick  |  Martina Smyth  |  Lisa Ratke  |  Helen Diament
First Assistant DirectorJack Hardy (1)
Second Assistant DirectorRoger Russell
MusicMark Snow  |  Marius Constant  |  Jonathan Davis (1)
Music EditorStuart Goetz
Music SupervisorMary Ramos  |  Michelle Kuznetsky Silverman
Costume DesignerDiane Widas
Key GripDavid J. Dawson
Camera OperatorNeil Seale
Set DecoratorMark Lane
Location ManagerMichael C. Young  |  Bill Burns (1)
Property MasterChristopher Cooper
Construction CoordinatorRoss Walshe
Production Sound MixerMichael Williamson (3)
Script SupervisorHelga Ungurait
Production CoordinatorJennifer Metcalf  |  Susan Crawford
Script CoordinatorKurt A. Langenhahn
Assistant EditorDana Shockley  |  Kelley Dixon  |  Jacqueline Bisbano
Post Production SupervisorAdam Mann  |  Ruth Hawryluk  |  Nancy Valle
Supervising Sound EditorMark Kamps
Re-Recording MixerCraig M. Otte  |  Gary Montgomery
GafferJeffrey Pentecost
OtherMatt Gore (Visual Effects Supervisor)  |  Simon Lacey (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Director of PhotographyRick Maguire
Stunt CoordinatorLou Bollo
Art DirectorBrentan Harron
Post Production CoordinatorStephanie Thompson
Production ManagementPatrice Allen
Key Makeup ArtistYvonne Weber
Production AccountantDebera Barager
Post Production EditorGary McFarland
Key HairstylistDanna Rutherford
Executive In Charge Of ProductionJayne Bieber
 

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