The Twilight Zone (maybe spoilers***)

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I love the original 1959-1964 Twilight Zone and to some extent the 80's version. Rod Serling is a genius, that's why he has/had the record for most Writing Emmy Awards. This thread should be for everything Zone related.

Firstly, my favourite episode is The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. The interaction of the neighbours and their frenzy says as much about the cold war in the 60s as it does about terrorism today. I think that's what's so great about the writing. Although it has an excellent sci-fi/fantasy theme, it essays serious issues.

I read the biography on Serling 'Television's Last Angry Man' last year, it was excellent. Anyone else got any comments on the Zone? Go nuts

I used to work 7p to 12m. When I would get off at Midnight, I would catch the nightly "Twilight Zone" marathon on cable. I also enjoyed Rod Serling's "Night Gallery", with my favorite episode being "The Big Surprise"....excellent stuff.

I love the old Twilight Zone episodes! Some friends of mine have a lot of them on DVD. I want to get the DVDs! Rod Sterling is the greatest!

I think every wionter vacation I watch about half the series on the SciFi channel while they do their new year's coutdown twilight zone marathon. Lots of good shows. I want to see the one with the girl who doesn't speak and is therefore psychic; I've only seen bits of it and read bits of the story it was based on.

I like the remakes for both the twilight zone and the outer limits. I never really got to watch the originals much. I did like tales of the unexpected (with the fiery dancy lady).

I remember loadsa episodes but I can't remember which show they came from.... perhaps you guys can...

1. A bloke slowly forgets how to read. Words start swapping around until everyone around him starts talking nonsense. In the end he has to pick up his 3 year olds learn to read book and start all over again.

2. A woman realises she has the power to pause time with her remote. Unfortunately right at the end she has to pause time forever because someone send a nuclear bomb to her town. It is just about to explode.

3. A woman helps this young boy, who takes her home with him. His family is reallly weird... and the mother is really frightened when she looks in the oven to see whats for dinner. His sister upsets him and her mouth disapears. Turns out this kid can do anything he wants (like god). He destroys everything to nothingness apart from him and the lady.

4. A girl gets this doll house and somehow they get trapped in it.

There are loads more - just ones that come to mind at the moment.

Hmm... I did my Top 50 episodes on the X-Files thread, so I might as well do it for Twilight Zone as well. Each episode listed is a classic in its own right and is a testament to the enduring legacy of the show.

Twilight Zone Top 50 Episodes List:

1. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
2. Time Enough at Last
3. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
4. The Invaders
5. The Howling Man
6. The Shelter
7. To Serve Man
8. Five Characters in Search of an Exit
9. Nick of Time
10. The Hitch-Hiker
11. The After Hours
12. The Eye of the Beholder
13. A Game of Pool
14. The Purple Testament
15. I Shot An Arrow In The Air
16. It’s a Good Life
17. The Encounter
18. People Are Alike All Over
19. The Masks
20. The Lonely
21. Deaths-Head Revisited
22. Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
23. Living Doll
24. Little Girl Lost
25. Shadow Play
26. The Fever
27. And When The Sky Was Opened
28. Mirror Image
29. What You Need
30. Twenty-Two
31. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
32. Third From The Sun
33. The Mighty Casey
34. You Drive
35. Night of the Meek
36. Steel
37. Long Live Walter Jameson
38. The Little People
39. Judgment Night
40. The Old Man In The Cave
41. King Nine Will Not Return
42. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
43. The Hunt
44. A Thing About Machines
45. A Kind of Stopwatch
46. Kick The Can
47. The Jungle
48. The Obsolete Man
49. The Silence
50. On Thursday We Leave for Home

I think The Grave is underrated, it's a clever twist on a classic.

Gah, I wish I could get a Region 4 copy of the Twilight Zone movie here. I'm thinking perhaps of ordering The 80's Twilight Zone boxsets and the movie from the US of A.