By Carl Slaughter: As ranked or discussed in the video essay Top 10 Best Twilight Zone episodes, by Watch Mojo.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Time Enough at Last
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Eye of the Beholder
To Serve Man
The Masks
The Hitch-hiker
It’s a Good Life
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
Living Doll
The Invaders
Walking Distance
The Howling Man
The Obsolete Man
Nick of Time
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When my baby came home from the 6th grade, fifteen years ago. She asked me if I had every heard of a TV show called The Twilight Zone. It was a rare rainy day here in California and her teacher showed, The Monsters are due on Mable Street. during play time.
A good list, but I’d put Five Characters In Search Of An Exit much higher, and replace The Hitchhiker with The Invaders. Agnes Moorehead was brilliant in that one.
I know it’s not part of Twilight Zone’s reputation, but I enjoy some of the sentimental episodes like The Changing of the Guard and I Sing the Body Electric. If it were filmed better, you could add The Night of the Meek. It works better as a short story.
The Brain Center at Whipple’s is still topical and it has an appearance by Robby the Robot.
Mm-Rod S was and still is one of my TV SF heroes. For me, amongst those B+W TZ eps listed, Eye Of TB and Time Enough AL jointly head up my list with The Inv coming up 3rd.
It’s A Good Life was always my favourite.
Pretty good list, but I’d add “The Invaders” too. Moorehead did an amazing job with a solo wordless script.
“It’s a Good Life” had a sequel on the new Twilight Zone, and used as many of the original cast as they could find. It found it good, but not as impacting as the original.