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Long before Mannequin, Marsha White (played by none other than Anne Francis) gave us a peek behind the scenes in a department store where things came to life when the real people left.

In this case, one mannequin got to leave the store each month and live among the rest of us. Marsha had her turn this month, and when she returned to the store to purchase a golden thimble, she went to the 18th floor, which didn’t exist. This was only a problem when she tried to return her thimble, and that’s when the other mannequins reminded her that she wasn’t really a human – a fact she had apparently forgotten during her time on the outside.

James B.W. Bevis is a lovable loser, moving through a dozen jobs in the last 18 months, and being kicked out of another apartment because he can’t make the rent. But he makes boats for kids, plays ball with them in the street and slides down the banister when no one is looking. He also has a guardian angel looking out with him, who offers him a chance to trade in the day when he loses his job and his apartment. Who wouldn’t jump at the chance?

Unfortunately, keeping his job requires changing his eccentric suit, and losing the things that make his life worth living, so at the end of the day, he’d rather be without the trappings of a “regular” life than without the things that make his life regular, and that makes all the difference.

Jack Klugman stars as Joey Crown, a talented trumpet player who can’t seem to catch a break – mostly because he keeps diving to the bottom of a bottle. So one day he pawns his bugle and jumps in front of a truck. A short jaunt through limbo and a meeting with Gabriel later, he figures out that he was born to blow, so he returns to the land of the living, gets his trumpet back and starts to play again.

Who hasn’t been in love without feeling that love returned, only to wish that there was a way to make it happen? Roger feels that way about Leila, but she barely knows he exists – and she would probably rather he didn’t. So he visits Professor A. Daemon, purchases a love potion (just $1, guaranteed to work), and adds it to her champagne in a farewell drink.

Just a few moments later, she is putty in his hands, and he can only imagine what life would be without her. So he returns to the professor for some “glove cleaner” to rid himself of the love. The cost of this, alas, is a bit more ($1000), and the professor advises Roger to use it immediately or he will lose the strength to do it. Unfortunately Leila has a surprise – she has a baby on the way, and naturally Roger can’t do that to her, so it appears he has suffered the worst fate: He has had his wish come true.

One of the great episodes in the series, it shows a man on a train who dreams of getting off eighty years prior, in a town called Willoughby, in a better place, in a better time. Each time he rides the train, he gets a little closer to getting off, but just before he makes his decision he wakes before he can get off the train and he is jolted back to reality.

Finally he makes the decision and he ends up in Willoughby as he desired. In the final scene we see him declaring his love for Willoughby and the camera pans around as the police and the conductor talk about how he just fell into the snow, apparently of a heart attack or some other affliction. He got what he want – he has no more rat race.

Bolie Jackson is a boxer on the comeback trail, and it seems that young Henry is the only one who believes in him. Even as Bolie lies on the mat, about to be counted out, only Henry believes, and as he makes the wish, it comes true, but only if Bolie believes.

Bolie visits Henry to share his good fortune and that he can’t understand how things changed around from being on the mat to winning the match and Henry shares his wish. Since Bolie doesn’t believe, the fight ends up like it would have, with him on his back once again, and the wish of a young child dashed. You just have to believe.