The Twilight Zone · SEASON 1
Profile in Silver / Button, Button
Episode 20 · 1986-03-07

- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Drama
- Mystery
Episode overview
A researcher from the future, a descendent of President John F. Kennedy goes back in time to witness his ancestor's death, and inadvertently changes history by saving the President. The researcher accidentally gives away the fact that he is from the future, as Kennedy is "pursued" by a series of hurricanes. A mysterious man offers a couple a bizarre deal: if they will push a button on a box that will kill one person they don't know, they will get a million dollars. After some contemplation, the couple goes ahead and pushes the button. The man tells them that they will indeed get the money. And somewhere, sometime, another couple will get the same box, and the same offer...
49 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet1985-09-27
2. Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon1985-10-04
3. Healer / Children's Zoo / Kentucky Rye1985-10-11
4. Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers1985-10-18
5. If She Dies / Ye Gods1985-10-25
6. Examination Day / A Message From Charity1985-11-01
7. Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour1985-11-08
8. Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice1985-11-15
9. Dead Woman's Shoes / Wong's Lost and Found Emporium1985-11-22
10. The Shadow Man / The Uncle Devil Show / Opening Day1985-11-29
11. The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty1985-12-06
12. Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton1985-12-13
13. Night of the Meek / But Can She Type? / The Star1985-12-20
14. Still Life / The Little People of Killany Woods / The Misfortune Cookie1986-01-03
15. Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes1986-01-24
16. The Elevator / To See the Invisible Man / Tooth and Consequences1986-01-31
17. Welcome to Winfield / Quarantine1986-02-07
18. Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading1986-02-14
19. The Leprechaun-Artist / Dead Run1986-02-21
20. Profile in Silver / Button, Button1986-03-07
21. Need to Know / Red Snow1986-03-21
22. Take My Life...Please! / Devil's Alphabet / The Library1986-03-28
23. Shadow Play / Grace Note1986-04-04
24. A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot1986-04-11