Twilight Zone: Top 10 episodes

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Twilight Zone: Top 10 episodes

Post by knights68 » October 9th, 2009, 1:41 pm

TIME has an article about the top 10 Twilight Zone episodes.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packa ... 84,00.html

(And for those who made need an episode guide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Th ... e_episodes)

So what are your favorites?
Mine are (well honestly, I could watch most of 'em over and over again):
Nightmare at 20,000 feet
To Serve Man
The Last Flight
A Nice Place to Visit
Game of Pool
The Little People
Death Ship
Nick of Time
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Re: Twilight Zone: Top 10 episodes

Post by Rolvix » October 9th, 2009, 1:55 pm

I've never really watched the Twilight Zone...
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Re: Twilight Zone: Top 10 episodes

Post by Miles » October 9th, 2009, 2:03 pm

Cool thread knights68. CellR, you really owe it to yourself to look up some episodes and give it a shot. The Twilight Zone is, to me, a timeless show that still offers a lot of value.

Time Enough at Last is one of my favorites and I'm also a big fan "The Shelter"
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Re: Twilight Zone: Top 10 episodes

Post by CameronBornAndBred » October 9th, 2009, 2:12 pm

That's a good list. They left off a couple of my favorite episodes..(pretty hard to choose a top ten)

One is "Nothing in the Dark", starring Robert Redford as Death looking to guide an old woman who is of course fearful of him.

The other is "Night of the Meek", starring Art Carney as a down and out drunk who plays Santa at the local department store. He finds a special burlap sack that enables him to play Santa for real.

One of my school anthologies included "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" as an example of great American literature, which I think is true. Serling was an excellent writer, and amazingly prolific.
I'm also happy to see them include "It's a Good Life", which of course is as an iconic example as any. It's also the source of one of my favorite pictures...(used often in response to over yonder moderator tactics)

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