FAVORITE TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE

dmargalotti · Dec 28, 2006

I hope SCI-FI Newtork will be running their Twilight Zone Marathon again on New Years Eve and Day. It's become a family tradition in my house.

My favorite espisode is "Time Enough At Last" with Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemish, a quite little man whose love of reading is shunned by his wife and his boss at the bank where he works. A classic TZ show!

What's your favorite episode?

Happy New Year!

Braves2005 · Dec 28, 2006

The Living Doll episode with Telly Savalas where Talking Tina talks to him and threatens to kill him(which ultimately it did when he fell down the stairs and was killed.)

oldiesfan6479 · Dec 28, 2006

It's a tie!

"Nightmare At 20,000 Feet" (aka Shatner vs. the Gremlin)
and
"The Odyssey Of Flight 33"

Ultimajock · Dec 28, 2006

..."Walking Distance" (which, as I understand it, was Serling's own favourite, too)...

anotherguyTN · Dec 28, 2006

Time Enough at Last
Terror at 20,000 Feet
The Odyssey of Flight 33
Eye of the Beholder
Night of the Meek

ricksegers · Dec 28, 2006

I think the title is "The Last Victim". It is set in the closing days of the War Between the States.

Rick

notalkallstatic · Dec 29, 2006

In no certain order...

Time Enough at Last, To Serve Man, Terror at 20,000 Feet, The Odyssey of Flight 33, Eye of the Beholder, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The Midnight Sun, Third from the Sun, Probe 7 Over and Out, The Howling Man, and Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?

rwells2265 · Dec 31, 2006

Favorite ep, hands down: "A Stop at Willoughby" Similar in feel to "Walking Distance" (another favorite).

Runners-up:
"Living Doll"
"Time Enough At Last" (B. Meredith never had a finer performance)
"Long Distance Call" (although very, VERY disturbing)
"A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain" (also disturbing; not so much in the script, but in thoughts provoked by the ending)
"Miniature" ... the one I have on tape is the colorized version, a rare (if not only) case where the "Turner-ized" doll house scenes actually enhance it.

One worth seeking out for novelty is "The Whole Truth" from season #2. Very un-TZ-ish, but amusing.

--Russell

anotherguyTN · Dec 31, 2006

I meant to mention To Serve Man and left it out. I noticed it isn't listed as being shown during the marathon though.

anotherguyTN · Dec 31, 2006

I'm watching the marathon right now on Sci-Fi, and they're showing uncut episodes during prime time as usual, including ads for other CBS shows or PSAs from the time, which is interesting. I just wish they would show the actual stasrt times in their schedule instead of just being an estimate to the closest half hour.

FilmCritic3K · Jan 1, 2007

Ever since I read The Twilight Zone Companion by Marc Scott Zicree ten years ago, I can't watch the show as a casual viewer anymore, as I know all the details about each and every episode.