Forked Lightning

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One Step Beyond - S2 - E9

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Investigation of a double premonition: two strangers who knew death would find them at the end of the day.

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One Step Beyond: Season 2 - 39 Episode s

2x1 - Delusion
September 15, 1959
A man with a rare blood type is asked to save a young lady's life by donating blood. He refuses, claiming that each time he has given blood to someone in the past, he became psychically connected to them. After relenting and saving the young lady's life, he foresees her death and becomes obsessed with protecting her.
2x2 - Ordeal on Locust Street
September 22, 1959
A turn-of-the-century English family hides a dark secret: a son who was born part human and part aquatic creature. A discredited doctor attempts to use his controversial ""mind force"" (a powerful hypnotic technique) to physically transform the unfortunate young man.
2x3 - Brainwave
October 6, 1959
During WWII, a drunken pharmacist's mate must operate on the injured captain of his ship. The chief medical officer on a near-by ship assists the terrified young man perform the operation by providing instructions over the ship's radio. But at a crucial moment in the operation, the young man needs much more than this . . . and he receives it from an unearthly source . . .
2x4 - Doomsday
October 13, 1959
A Scottish earl executes his son's lover for being a suspected witch, and with her last words the doomed young women places a curse on the earl's family. Hundreds of years later, the current earl of the family lives in fear of this curse â€“ because every elder son in the past has been a victim of it . . . and his time is approaching . . .
2x5 - Night of the Kill
October 20, 1959
Under cover of darkness.
2x6 - The Inheritance
October 27, 1959
A wealthy but cruel woman torments her gigolo boyfriend and her timid maid. But a demoniacally possessed diamond necklace inflicts a horrible punishment on the women who try to wear it.
2x7 - The Open Window
November 3, 1959
On a hot summer night, a disillusioned artist sits by the open window of his New York apartment and witnesses an attempted suicide by a young woman in the adjacent building. He rushes next door to save her . . . but he finds the apartment empty! Later, when the exact same vision is repeated, he begins to doubt his sanity.
2x8 - Message from Clara
November 10, 1959
An English instructor teaching immigrants finds herself writing at the blackboard in a language she doesn't understand. It turns out to be a warning against one of her students.
2x9 - Forked Lightning
November 17, 1959
Investigation of a double premonition: two strangers who knew death would find them at the end of the day.
2x10 - Reunion
November 24, 1959
World War II fliers' gathering takes an unusual turn.
2x11 - Dead Ringer
December 1, 1959
A turn-of-the-century newlywed claims that her evil twin sister is responsible for a series of fires set in orphanages. When her husband has the claim investigated, he learns that his wife's sister died years ago -- in a fire at the orphanage where the sisters lived . . .
2x12 - The Stone Cutter
December 8, 1959
A tombstone carver has a very strange revelation.
2x13 - Father Image
December 15, 1959
Daniel Gardner's father has left him some property, including an old boarded-up burlesque house. No-one can understand why he never sold the place, until an accident causes Dan to go back in time and discover the reason.
2x14 - Make Me Not a Witch
December 22, 1959
A young girl living on a farm acquires the ability to read people's minds. Her gift proves instrumental in the rescue of two children.
2x15 - The Hand
December 29, 1959
""These five kings."" (D. Thomas)
2x16 - The Justice Tree
January 5, 1960
Matters of life and death.
2x17 - Earthquake
January 12, 1960
The bellhop who foretold The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.
2x18 - The Forests of the Night
January 19, 1960
A Chinese fortune leads to an Ovidian transformation.
2x19 - Call from Tomorrow
January 26, 1960
Don't call us, we'll call you.
2x20 - Who Are You?
February 2, 1960
""I'm nobody."" (Dickinson)
2x21 - The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln Story
February 9, 1960
""This dust was once the man."" (Whitman)
2x22 - The Lovers
February 16, 1960
Ghosts are smitten with a smooch.
2x23 - Vanishing Point
February 23, 1960
Mrs. Fred Graham entered her house one day and was never seen again. When her husband asks the police to help him find his missing wife, he's accused of murdering her.
2x24 - The Mask
March 1, 1960
""It seemed as if an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice."" Hawthorne, ""The Great Stone Face""
2x25 - The Haunting
March 8, 1960
The bridegroom kills the best man.
2x26 - The Explorer
March 15, 1960
An archaeological team becomes lost in the desert, but they encounter a young explorer who possesses life-saving knowledge of the region's ancient history. However, months later the leader of the expedition discovers that the young man he met in the dessert could not possibly be who he claimed to be . . . or could he?
2x27 - The Clown
March 22, 1960
A mute carnival clown witnesses the abusive relationship between a beautiful young lady and her cruel husband. After fleeing from her husband, the young lady seeks refuge in the clown's trailer. The husband burst in, commits an act of violence, and then flees â€“ only to find the spectral presence of the clown haunting his every step.
2x28 - I Saw You Tomorrow
April 5, 1960
""There is no new thing under the sun."" Proverbs
2x29 - Encounter
April 12, 1960
Without a plane, a pilot appears.
2x30 - The Peter Hurkos Story (1)
April 19, 1960
Peter Hurkos, a resistance fighter in Denmark during World War II, awakens from a coma and discovers that he not only has psychic powers, but that he can see the good or evil in someone simply by touching them. Soon he is using his powers to help track down a crazed killer.
2x31 - The Peter Hurkos Story (2)
April 26, 1960
Following his experiences Hurkos begins to work with parapsychologist Dr Lindsteom and the police and is credited with assisting in the capture of real-life serial killers. Hurkos himself finally appears on screen.
2x32 - Delia
May 3, 1960
While vacationing at a tropical resort, a cynical and unhappy young man meets a beautiful young lady who speaks cryptically about the many times they've met before. The two fall instantly in love -- but the next day he cannot find her . . . and the other resort guests claim he spent the evening alone.
2x33 - The Visitor
May 10, 1960
A man returns to his past.
2x34 - Gypsy
May 17, 1960
A prisoner's encounter with the supernatural is recounted.
2x35 - Contact
May 24, 1960
A hands-on approach.
2x36 - The Lonely Room
May 31, 1960
Young Henri Lamont, shy and desperate for a girlfriend, is staggered to find that when he goes into a certain room and looks out of the window he sees himself walking down the street with a beautiful young girl and decides to investigate how this could have come about.
2x37 - House of the Dead
June 7, 1960
A British army officer stationed in Hong Kong frantically searches for his missing Oriental wife before his scheduled return to the US. In desperation he seeks the help of an old Chinese man . . . who writes a cryptic message on paper and tells him to look for his wife in the ""House of the Dead"" . . .
2x38 - Goodbye Grandpa
June 14, 1960
An old railroad man keeps his promise.
2x39 - The Storm
June 21, 1960
no sooner out the hermit-dorm I found the calm that follows storm Beckett

2x1 - Delusion

2x2 - Ordeal on Locust Street

2x3 - Brainwave

2x4 - Doomsday

2x5 - Night of the Kill

2x6 - The Inheritance

2x7 - The Open Window

2x8 - Message from Clara

2x9 - Forked Lightning

2x10 - Reunion

2x11 - Dead Ringer

2x12 - The Stone Cutter

2x13 - Father Image

2x14 - Make Me Not a Witch

2x15 - The Hand

2x16 - The Justice Tree

2x17 - Earthquake

2x18 - The Forests of the Night

2x19 - Call from Tomorrow

2x20 - Who Are You?

2x21 - The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln Story

2x22 - The Lovers

2x23 - Vanishing Point

2x24 - The Mask

2x25 - The Haunting

2x26 - The Explorer

2x27 - The Clown

2x28 - I Saw You Tomorrow

2x29 - Encounter

2x30 - The Peter Hurkos Story (1)

2x31 - The Peter Hurkos Story (2)

2x32 - Delia

2x33 - The Visitor

2x34 - Gypsy

2x35 - Contact

2x36 - The Lonely Room

2x37 - House of the Dead

2x38 - Goodbye Grandpa

2x39 - The Storm

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S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3