One of my favorite shows in television history is The Twilight Zone! The Twilight Zone “is an American science fiction horror anthology television” that ran from 1959-1964. It was my grandmother who first introduced me to the show, and after many re-watches of the classic series, here are my 10 favorite episodes.
- “The Masks” (Season 5, Episode 25)
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“Wealthy Jason Foster is dying and he invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party where they must wear the masks he specially had made for them or else be cut off from their inheritance.”
- “The Gift” (Season 3, Episode 32)
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“A man from the stars comes with a gift to a small Mexican village whose residents do not welcome this stranger.”
- “Eye of The beholder” (Season 2, Episode 6)
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“A young woman lying in a hospital bed, her head wrapped in bandages, awaits the outcome of a surgical procedure performed by the State in a last-ditch attempt to make her look ‘normal’.”
- “The Man in the bottle” (Season 2, Episode 2)
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“A luckless couple stumbles upon fortune when a genie materializes from a bottle in their antique shop. The genie grants them four wishes but warns them, prophetically, to be careful what you wish for.”
- “time enough at last” (season 1, Episode 8)
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“A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.”
- “The Midnight Sun” (Season 3, Episode 10)
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“When the Earth falls out of orbit, two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city.”
- “Number 12 looks just like you” (Season 5, Episode 17)
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“In a future society, everyone must undergo an operation at age 19 to become beautiful and conform to society. One young woman desperately wants to hold onto her own identity.”
- “It’s A good life” (Season 3, Episode 8)
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“On an isolated family farm, a young boy with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds his terrified family in thrall to his every juvenile wish.”
- “I Am The night – color me black” (Season 5, Episode 26)
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“The Sun doesn’t rise on a small town where an execution is scheduled to take place.”
- “The Bewitchin’ Pool” (Season 5, Episode 36)
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“Two children escape their bickering parents through a portal in the bottom of their swimming pool to a magical land watched over by a kind old woman the children call Aunt T.”