Twilight Zone Marathon - what's your favorite episode?

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There are too many great ones to pick a favorite. The two you have listed are near the top. I just caught the end credits to "Time Enough at Last" yesterday at my sister's house in Illinois and "To Serve Man" is on as I type.
 
Being of its time, and limited to pre CGI and a TV budget, some of the special effects were real cheesy, but the storylines and irony were the strong points, even by todays standards.
And the number of actors and actresses that appeared in the episodes and went on to big careers in TV and movies are note worthy.
Same for the original The Outer Limits, which I actually liked better.
 
I feel like everyone should watch The Monsters are Due on Maple Street and take notes. I actually prefer the cheesy effects with miniatures to some of the CGI effects of today when the animation is poorly done. The acting and stories were all top notch and still stand strong after all these years.
 
NateB said:
I feel like everyone should watch The Monsters are Due on Maple Street and take notes. I actually prefer the cheesy effects with miniatures to some of the CGI effects of today when the animation is poorly done. The acting and stories were all top notch and still stand strong after all these years.
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Many episodes played off cold war paranoia, but some delved into basic human weaknesses and compulsions....


 
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The episode where the US currency quarter was standing straight up not heads nor tails. I remember that scene from being a kid. That’s how screwed up Twilight Zone plays probability.
 
Completely out of character for the typical Twilight Zone show, since it was a French film adaptation of a short story by American author Ambrose Bierce.
The story, which is set during the Civil War, is famous for its irregular time sequence and twist ending.
Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is considered an early example of experimentation with stream of consciousness.
It was slow paced then, more so now, but the ending back then a was like a punch in the face.
 
There too many to list. I've always been partial to the episode with Donna Douglas, "Eye of the Beholder".

My L1 rocket was a Twilight Zone themed Loc Cyclotron. Special thanks to Mark at Stickershock for the vinyl wraps.


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Not sure is this was an expose on Orwellian thought control…(think happy thoughts) or a lesson in over indulging children...but rather disturbing….nonetheless.



redux on the Simpsons
 
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The Invaders with Agnes Morehead (also Endora, witch mother from Bewitched)
Nightmare at 20,000 feet (another with William Shattner)
22 (aka: "Room for one more, honey" - another airplane story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Two_(The_Twilight_Zone))

SPOILER ALERT: I found a DVD collection in the library a while back to show my kid some of my favorite episodes. The episodes all started out on a Chapter selection page, which had screen shots for each chapter marker. Rod Serling would turn in his grave if he saw this terrible reproduction of his work. The images on the chapter selection pages showed significant spoilers to the episodes. For example: the face of the doctor in The Eye of the Beholder, and the United States Air Force markings on the UFO/spaceship in The Invaders. Holy crap, what a way to totally destroy a man's work. How can you show the DVD to your kid for the first time, when the punch line or twist of the episode is shown on the screen before you can start the episode?
 
I watched To Serve Man tonight and have another dozen episodes set to record.
 
Season #2: In the Eye of the Beholder


I and my brothers (all under 10) were watching this episode and, when they reveled the faces of the doctors and nurses, we all went running out of the room!
 
MaxQ said:
Not sure is this was an expose on Orwellian thought control…(think happy thoughts) or a lesson in over indulging children...but rather disturbing….nonetheless.



redux on the Simpsons
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I am a fan, but there aren't too many episodes that can hold my attention for another viewing

Night of the Meek. Both the original with Art Carney, and the Richard Mulligan version from the 1985 series.

The Hunt -- I am not ashamed to admit that it draws tears every time I watch it. As does The Chaser (I am sentimental)

I remembered The Passerby from seeing it just once, decades ago. Watching it again it was not as well-executed as the version in my head. Still a favorite, though.

Two, The Lonely, and Elegy are also numbered among the well-remembered but probably don't need to watch again.

I will NOT watch Little Girl Lost. I don't even like to think about it.
 
Best episode ever, as far as I am concerned, strictly for its story and acting, is "In Praise of Pip," starring Jack Klugman. Can't watch it without crying. Maybe if I weren't a father ....
 
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I am a fan, but there aren't too many episodes that can hold my attention for another viewing

Night of the Meek. Both the original with Art Carney, and the Richard Mulligan version from the 1985 series.

The Hunt -- I am not ashamed to admit that it draws tears every time I watch it. As does The Chaser (I am sentimental)

I remembered The Passerby from seeing it just once, decades ago. Watching it again it was not as well-executed as the version in my head. Still a favorite, though.

Two, The Lonely, and Elegy are also numbered among the well-remembered but probably don't need to watch again.

I will NOT watch Little Girl Lost. I don't even like to think about it.
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And who can forget Talking Tina with Telly Sevalas, aka Kojak? Living Doll.

I think Child’s Play ripped that one off, I.e. Chucky.


And, will the real Martian please stand up with Ross Martin, Artemis from the old Wild Wild West tv show.
 
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