Top 20 Favorite Episodes


1. Shatterday
2. Dream Me A Life
3. Wordplay
4. Children's Zoo
5. Kentucky Rye
6. Nightcrawlers
7. Examination Day
8. The Shadow Man
9. The Burning Man
10. To See The Invisible Man
11. A Matter of Minutes
12. A Small Talent For War
13. Need To Know
14. The Card
15. Shelter Skelter
16. The Hellgrammite Method
17. Memories
18. The Cold Equations
19. The Mind of Simon Foster
20. Something in the Walls

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Damn, these are some great titles !

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I agree.Everytime I watch those are the ones I really enjoy. I think the pilot was well done. I think Van Dam did excellent as a man trying to find out about his twin. Another was the once and future King with Elvis.

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I think all these episodes would have been met with Mr. Serling's approval. What I especially liked about the '80s series was that some stories like "The Burning Man" were only ten minutes long. Had it been twice that length, the length the majority of the episodes of the original series were, I think it would have felt padded (not unlike, say, "The Invaders"), undermining the wonderful spell the story casts; it's a spell that makes one feel not unlike Donna Hayward of "Twin Peaks" fame: "It's like I'm having the most beautiful dream ... and the most terrible nightmare, all at once." A very underrated episode in a sadly overlooked series.

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People should take the time to go through this series; it's not nearly the fiasco it's sometimes made out to be.

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"Wordplay" was the best episode of the entire series.

"The Shadow Man" with Peter Coyote was better than the original and so was "The Night of the Meek".

"The Hellgrammite Method" is the only good episode of the 3rd season.

"Shelter Skelter" should be mandatory viewing these days...

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A Message from Charity - This is my single favorite episode in the entire TZ franchise. It's a beautiful and moving love story and coming of age tale with an interesting twist on both the telepathic link and the time travel genre. The ending moves me to tears every time I watch it.
The Helgrammite Method
The Toys of Caliban
I of Newton
The Star
The Card
Kentucky Rye
Dealer's Choice
To See the Invisible Man
The Cold Equations
Her Pilgrim Soul
Examination Day
Dead Run
The Shadow Man

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