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- "Time Enough at Last" (season 1, episode 8) Serling frequently cited this as his favorite episode of the entire series, and there's no reason to disagree with him: It's the strongest example of many of The Twilight Zone's unique strengths.
- "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (season 1, episode 22) One of the most celebrated episodes of the series is a stunning display of Cold War paranoia.
- "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (season 5, episode 13) Perhaps the most iconic Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" follows a nervous passenger (William Shatner) who thinks he sees a grotesque monster on the wing of his airplane.
- "And When the Sky Was Opened" (season 1, episode 11) After crash-landing an experimental spacecraft, two men (Jim Hutton and Rod Taylor) struggle to recall their experiences when one of them remembers a third co-pilot who doesn't seem to exist.
- “To Serve Man” (Season 3, Episode 24) A seemingly benevolent alien civilization solves all of Earth’s problems. Then the visitors invite the grateful public to travel back with them to their home planet, brandishing the titular book as a combination bible and instruction manual.
- “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (Season 1, Episode 22) Cold War paranoia, space-age science fiction, the placid surface of American life peeled back to reveal the rot beneath — for many, this is the definitive Twilight Zoneepisode?
- “Eye of the Beholder” (Season 2, Episode 6) As in “Beauty is in …,” get it? If not, don’t worry—a character will literally say so at the close of the episode.
- “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (Season 5, Episode 3) It’s got a screenplay by horror godhead Richard Matheson, future Supermandirector Richard Donner behind the camera and soon-to-be Star Treklegend William Shatner in the passenger seat as a terrified airline traveler.
- 25 A Game of Pool
- 24 and When The Sky Was Opened
- 23 Mirror Image
- 22 The Midnight Sun
- 21 Little Girl Lost
- 20 Nightmare as A Child
- 19 The After Hours
- 18 A Stop at Willoughby
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Season 3, Episode 5
As with most of the best Twilight Zone episodes, "A Game of Pool" is carried by its leads, featuring two fantastic and legendary actors. The entire idea involves two men who set out to prove to be the best at something - in this case, playing pool. Jack Klugman (12 Angry Men) is Jesse Cardiff, one of the best players in the world, who feels that he will never be considered the best because he never had a chance to play the deceased Fats Brown. This brings Fats back from the afterlife to play...
Season 1, Episode 11
Alternate realities and reality-shifting events are practically the bread and butter of the best episodes of Twilight Zone. The episode titled, And When The Sky Was Opened is a prime example of the horror of such events as three astronauts return to Earth and stay in a hospital. Throughout the episode, the three astronauts vanish and are forgotten from existence. Each disappearance is represented through a newspaper that changes with each shift. There is no direct explanation for these events...
Season 1, Episode 21
The season one episode "Mirror Image" has a woman waiting for a bus at the bus stop (Psycho's Vera Miles). When she tires of the long wait, she asks the attendant when the bus will arrive, but she is told she already asked three times, which she knows is not true. When a woman cleaning the bus stop tells her that she just saw her in the bathroom, the woman looks into a mirror and sees her doppelganger sitting on a bench. This episode remains notable for one key trivia fact. Jordan Peele, who...
Season 3, Episode 10
Due to the Earth changing paths, it is getting closer and closer to the sun, leading to the heat gradually rising more and more. Immediately, the concept is something that feels somewhat realistic enough that can put anyone into a state of dread. It follows two women in an apartment building, essentially slowly succumbing to the heat. "The Midnight Sun" does a great job of making it seem so hot that it makes watching the episode feel uncomfortable. This is enhanced by commendable performances...
Season 3, Episode 26
"Little Girl Lost" has a legendary horror master behind the script. Richard Matheson (I Am Legend) wrote one of the best episodes of Twilight Zone in this story about parents who can hear their child but can't find them. When a married couple hears their daughter crying, they head into her room and can't find her there. No matter where they look, they can't find her or pinpoint where the crying is coming from. This episode received a parody in The Simpsons on a Treehouse of Horror episode and...
Season 1, Episode 29
When a school teacher finds a very serious little girl named Markie, the girl claims she knows her, but the teacher doesn't know where that would be from. Soon, a man shows up and says that he was a witness to her mother's death years before, but she had blocked that all from her memory. When she mentions the little girl, the man tells the woman her nickname as a child was Markie. The episode was a basic murder mystery and the twists and turns offered nothing new, but it remained a great epis...
Season 1, Episode 34
"The After Hours" did something that wasn't hard to do for a horror story. It brought mannequins into the picture. Decades after this episode aired, it is not hard to remember the mannequins in one of the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, and not feel a little uneasy around them. When a woman goes to a department store, she decides to buy a gold thimble and is taken to the ninth floor, where nothing is there but one counter with a salesperson and a gold thimble. This leads to the creative t...
Season 1, Episode 30
Where most of the best Twilight Zone episodes deal with the surreal and the horrific, "A Stop At Willoughby" is mostly just a depressing story about an unhappy man. Gart is treated miserably by both his boss and his wife, leading to him being transported to a seemingly perfect town called Willoughby in the 1800s. Gart becomes infatuated with Willoughby and continues to see it whenever he falls asleep on a train. It's easy to feel sympathetic for Gart, especially when it comes to the scenes wi...
A list of the best episodes of the classic horror anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on their creativity, themes, and impact. Each episode is summarized and ranked, with trivia and references to other media.
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- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Season 1, Episode 22) A sadly timeless allegory, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is a study of how swiftly and brutally we can descend into suspicion, scapegoating, and violence.
- Time Enough at Last (Season 1, Episode 8) "Time Enough at Last" centers on the mild-mannered Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith). The consummate bookworm, Henry reads whenever he can get the chance, which isn't very often.
- Eye of the Beholder (Season 2, Episode 6) "Eye of the Beholder" is one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" episodes ever and with just cause. Even if you guess the twist — or, for that matter, go in spoiled by decades of pop culture references — you're still left with a tour de force of an episode, one grounded in strong performances, clever direction, and thought-provoking themes.
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Season 5, Episode 3) Since "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is so iconic, it's easy to think that the original episode may have lost some of its power through overexposure.
Dec 26, 2023 · So, as New Year approaches, and you’re settling into your next cup of holiday spirits, check out our list of the 15 best episodes of The Twilight Zone. What are your favorites?
Mar 28, 2019 · If you’ve never seen an episode of the original series before, or simply want to revisit the best ones, now’s the time — all of them are on Hulu, and all but season four are on Netflix. But...
