The Best Episodes Directed By Elliot Silverstein
Every TV Episode Directed by Elliot Silverstein Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Elliot Silverstein Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Elliot Silverstein is "The Obsolete Man", rated 7.5/10 from 26 user votes. It was "written by Rod Serling". "The Obsolete Man" aired on 6/2/1961 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Trade-Ins".
7.5/10 26 votes#1 - The Obsolete Man
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 6/2/1961
In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian is judged obsolete and sentenced to death.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: Rod Serling
7.3/10 12 votes#2 - The Trade-Ins
Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 4/20/1962
An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: Rod Serling
6.6/10 14 votes#3 - The Passersby
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1961
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.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: Rod Serling
6.2/10 8 votes#4 - Spur of the Moment
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1964
After being chased on horseback by a terrifying, unidentified figure in black, Anne Henderson faces the biggest decision of her life.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: Richard Matheson
6.0/10 3 votes#5 - The Reluctant Vampire
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/1991
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.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 3 votes#6 - Surprise Party
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/28/1994
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.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: N/A
5.3/10 3 votes#7 - Well Cooked Hams
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1993
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.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: N/A
3.7/10 3 votes#8 - Curiosity Killed
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 9/16/1992
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.
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: N/A