Fecha de emisión en USA: Nov. 27, 1959
Guest Starring:
Richard Conte (Edward Hall),
John Larch (Dr. Rathmann), Suzanne Lloyd (Maya/Miss Thomas)
Sinopsis: Edward Hall lleva 87 horas despierto. Pese a su necesidad de dormir, Edward insiste en seguir despierto, ya que si cae dormido y sueña, sabe que morirá irremisiblemente.
Frases destacadas:
Opening Narration: Twelve o'clock noon. An ordinary scene, an ordinary city. Lunchtime for thousands of ordinary people. To most of them, this hour will be a rest, a pleasant break in the day's routine. To most, but not all. To Edward Hall, time is an enemy, and the hour to come is a matter of life and death.
Closing Narration: They say a dream takes only a second or so, and yet in that second a man can live a lifetime. He can suffer and die, and who's to say which is the greater reality: the one we know or the one in dreams, between heaven, the sky, the earth in the Twilight Zone.
Curiosidades:
- El título es una referencia a Hamlet, de William Shakespeare: "To sleep, perchance to dream..." ("Dormir, tal vez soñar...").
- Fue el primer episodio cuyo guión no fue escrito por
Rod Serling.