Julia Wilson

 was a fictional character featured in the Twilight Zone television franchise. Played by actor William Shatner, he first appeared in the 1963 season five episode of the original Twilight Zone television series, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".

Biography
Julia Wilson was the wife of Bob Wilson. Her husband had spent six months in a mental health facility recovering from a nervous breakdown that had taken place on an ill-fated flight. When he was released, Julia and he boarded another flight bound for home. During the flight, she took a sleeping pill to help her get some rest, but Bob awakened her, claiming that he had "seen something" outside his window. He didn't elaborate on exactly what he had seen and Julia tried to go back to sleep. Later however, Bob awoke her again, claiming to have seen a strange "gremlin" on the wing of the airplane. Whenever somebody other than Bob looked out the window however, they saw nothing. Julia tried to placate Bob's emotions, but he knew that she was just humoring him. After several more such mysterious sightings, Julia tried to garner help from the plane's flight engineer. He too proved to be very patronizing, and Bob would have nothing to do with him. Julia finally convinced Bob to take some sleeping pills to get some rest, but he only pretended to take them. Julia went back to sleep and Bob got up out of his chair, determined to stop this gremlin before it could do any damage to the plane. He stole a security guard's revolver and opened the window. He fired several shots at his elusive adversary, but once again, Julia saw nothing. When the plane landed, Bob was taken into custody.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by director Richard Donner and writer Richard Matheson.


 * Writer Richard Matheson originally wanted to cast Patricia Breslin in the role of Bob's wife, Julia. Breslin played Pat Carter, the wife of Shatner's character from "Nick of Time". The role instead went to Christine White.