The Best Episodes Directed By Elliot Silverstein

Every TV Episode Directed by Elliot Silverstein Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Obsolete Man
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #1 - The Obsolete Man

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    S2:E29

    In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian is judged obsolete and sentenced to death.

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    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Trade-Ins

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    S3:E31

    An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.

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    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Passersby

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    S3:E4

    On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Spur of the Moment

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    S5:E21

    After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decision of her life.

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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Reluctant Vampire

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    S3:E5

    A vampire is working at a blood bank as a night watchman. However, when the blood seems to be running low the vampire returns to getting blood the old fashion way. When the owner arrives at the vampire's lair he tries to black mail him, but as fate as would have it, the vampire's sexy secretary shows up and knocks him into the vampire's coffin. Some vampire hunters mistake him for the vampire and he gets a wonderful juicy stake.

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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Surprise Party

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    S6:E9

    A young man kills his father to inherit an old burned down house. When he arrives, he gets a very unusual surprise. He discovers that there's a party there waiting for him and he is the guest of honor. When one the sexy dancer's boyfriends gets jealous, the man kills him and tries to burn the evidence. The guests stop him and he realizes it's the same place his father burned down years ago and history has a nasty way of repeating it self.

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    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Well Cooked Hams

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    S5:E6

    A frustrated magician comes across a true genius. He decides to kill him and steal his magic, but he finds himself in big trouble and it's going to be the last magic trick he will ever perform.

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  8. Background image for Curiosity Killed
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Curiosity Killed

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    S4:E12

    A man asks his friend to keep a youth potion away from his wife. When she suspects that they are trying to kill her, she kills them first and drinks the potion which she had switched. But she soon regrets it.

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Elliot Silverstein Ratings Summary

"The Obsolete Man" is the best rated episode directed by Elliot Silverstein. It scored 7.621/10 based on 29 votes. It was written by Rod Serling. It aired on 6/2/1961 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Trade-Ins".