The Twilight Zone
Profile in Silver / Button, Button still
S01E2049 min· aired 3/7/1986

Profile in Silver / Button, Button

TMDb6.7
Nexus es683511TMDb ep 127240TVDb ep 76287

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...