Editing Doppelgänger (section)

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In the episode "[[Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)|Mirror Image]]" of the first series of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (originally aired 25 February 1960), a young woman repeatedly sees her double in a New York Bus Terminal. After she is taken off to an asylum, the episodes ends with a second character trying to catch his double.

In the 1985 reboot of the Twilight Zone, the first segment of the premiere episode was “[[Shatterday]]”, an adaptation of a short story of the same name by [[Harlan Ellison]].  The segment follows a man who finds that a double of himself has moved into his apartment and is taking over his life.

The plot of the "Firefall" episode of ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'' (originally aired 8 November 1974) revolves around the spirit of a deceased arsonist that becomes the doppelgänger of a renowned orchestra conductor. He starts killing off people close to the conductor (by [[spontaneous human combustion]]), with the ultimate goal of taking over the conductor's body.

The ''[[Hammer House of Horror]]'' episode "The Two Faces of Evil" (originally aired 29 November 1980), focuses on the part of the doppelgänger mythology where meeting yours is a harbinger of your imminent death.

In the season two finale of ''[[Twin Peaks]]''—"[[Beyond Life and Death]]" (originally aired 10 June 1991)—Special Agent [[Dale Cooper]] encounters a variety of doppelgängers in the Black Lodge, one of whom is a malevolent version of himself. Cooper's doppelgänger switches places with him at the conclusion of the episode, trapping the original in the Black Lodge.  A total of three different doppelgängers are dispatched from the mysterious Black Lodge to bedevil the forces of good in Showtime's 2017 series ''[[Twin Peaks: The Return]]''.

In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''{{'s}} season three episode "[[Doppelgangland]]" (originally aired 23 February 1999), Willow encounters her vampire double who was first introduced seven episodes previously (in "[[The Wish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|The Wish]]", originally aired 8 December 1998).  In the fifth-season episode "[[The Replacement (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|The Replacement]]" (10 October 2000), Xander discovers his own doppelgänger (portrayed by the actor's identical twin brother).

In the 2010s CW supernatural drama series, ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', actress [[Nina Dobrev]] portrayed the roles of several doppelgängers; Amara (the first doppelgänger), Tatia (the second), Katerina Petrova/Katherine Pierce (the third) and Elena Gilbert (the fourth).  The series mainly focused on the doppelgängers of the sweet & genuine Elena and the malevolent Katherine. In the same series, [[Paul Wesley]] portrays Stefan Salvatore and his doppelgängers Tom Avery and Silas.

Starting with the [[The Flash season 2|second season]] of ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', doppelgängers play a key role in the development of the series.  Doubles from various [[List of DC Multiverse worlds|earths]] in the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|multiverse]] are defined as such. The person with multiple counterparts who appeared in the series was [[Harrison Wells]].

In the Italian supernatural drama television series ''[[Curon]]'' (aired 2020), the lake of the titular town spawns murderous doppelgängers.