This date in “Twilight Zone” history

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An episode that ought to be on a lot of Top 10 lists first aired on Nov. 13, 1959. Titled “The Lonely,” it stars Jack Warden as James A. Corry, a convict being made to serve his sentence (he killed a man in self-defense) on a distant asteroid. He is alone.

A supply ship captain feels pity for Corry and secretly brings him a robot in the form of a human woman (Jean Marsh as Alicia, long before “Upstairs Downstairs”).

At first, Corry bitterly resents the android. But he soon grows attached to it/her.

Then comes the news that Corry is going to get to come home. One problem: There isn’t room for Alicia on the space ship.