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Title: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: LennG on June 08, 2024, 02:04:38 PM

I think this show would be on everyone's top 10 list of all-time favorite TV shows. We all have seen it and we all love many of the episodes. Here in NY, they do a Twilight Zone marathon a couple of times a year so it is always available.

Here is a list of what one person feels are the top 100 episodes. I thin k the top 10 are pretty spot on although we all have our personal favorites.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/the-best-twilight-zone-episode-of-all-time-based-on-data-plus-see-the-rest-of-the-top-100/ss-BB1mvXdl?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=33f2f260c5054fc480c85ea966f2ddba&ei=20#image=101
Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: Sem on June 08, 2024, 02:48:54 PM
No doubt one of my top 5 series of all time. I have the entire series on dvd.

Favorites? So many, here's a few of mine.

The Hitch-Hiker  S1 E16
To Serve Man  S3 E24
Stopover in a Quiet Town  S5 E30
Time Enough at Last  S1 E8
Night of the Meek  S2  E11
Shadow Play  S2 E26
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street  S1 E22
A Hundred Yards Over the Rim  S2 E23
I Shot an Arrow into the Air  S1 E15
Kick the Can  S3 E21
Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: ozzie on June 09, 2024, 09:21:32 AM
All Time great show! There are so many great episodes that I can't remember, but here are my tops....

1. Nothing in the Dark
2. Time enough at Last
3. The Invaders
4. Will the real Martian please stand up
5. The Hunt
Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: Bill Brown on June 09, 2024, 12:26:37 PM
Willoughby

The 7th is made up of phantoms

Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: LennG on June 09, 2024, 08:46:50 PM


Another list and again, can't disagree with any of them.

I guess my favorite episode was with Bill Shatner (he was in a few best episodes)
Nightmare at 20,000 ft
I'm not great with the names of all the episodes, but the one with Cloris Leachman as an old lady trying to fight off little men who landed on her roof. You had to know the spaceship was from the USA. I think it was The Invaders
Wasn't there also one where Art Carney played Santa Claus?
Also the one with the bomb shelter and the guy couldn't let his neighbors and friends into it.
Nightmare on Maple Street was so relevant when it was shown.

I always believed that when the episodes were written by Serling, they always seemed better than the others.
Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: Sem on June 09, 2024, 09:14:46 PM
It was The Invaders, but not Cloris Leachman. It was Agnes Moorehead.

Art Carney was Santa in Night of the Meek.

Like you, Len, I like the Serling written episodes.

He went to school in Binghamton, and credits one of his teachers, Helen Foley, for inspiring him to become a writer. In a first season episode titled "Nightmare as a Child" the lead actress plays a teacher named Helen Foley.
Title: Re: Top episodes of the Twilight Zone
Post by: LennG on June 10, 2024, 07:49:11 PM
Quote from: Sem on June 09, 2024, 09:14:46 PMIt was The Invaders, but not Cloris Leachman. It was Agnes Moorehead.

Art Carney was Santa in Night of the Meek.

Like you, Len, I like the Serling written episodes.

He went to school in Binghamton, and credits one of his teachers, Helen Foley, for inspiring him to become a writer. In a first season episode titled "Nightmare as a Child" the lead actress plays a teacher named Helen Foley.


Thanks Steve for the correction.