The Best Episodes Directed By Wes Craven

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.3/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Wordplay / Dreams for Sale / Chameleon

   S1:E210/4/1985

   Salesman Bill Lowery wakes up one morning and discovers, to his horror, that people around him are slowly degenerating their talk into gibberish that he cannot understand. His ability to communicate is needed more than ever when his son becomes sick. Lowery manages to get his son the treatment he needs and discovers he must relearn everything from scratch. On an idyllic outdoor picnic with her husband and their twins a nameless woman becomes confused and disoriented when events begin to repeat themselves. A space shuttle returns from a mission and NASA discovers that something unusual has been picked up. They discover that they have a shape-changing alien in their holding tank that poses a danger to all.

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   6.2/10(13 votes)

   #2 - Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet

   S1:E19/27/1985

   A man named Peter Jay Novins accidentally dials his home phone number, and it's answered by Peter Jay Novins. A harried housewife finds a medallion that gives her the power to freeze time.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - The Road Less Traveled

   S2:E712/18/1986

   A man who dodges the Vietnam draft is haunted by visions of his other life as a soldier during the war.

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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Act Break / The Burning Man / Dealer's Choice

   S1:E811/15/1985

   A landlord hounds a playwright named Maury for his rent. When the playwright's partner dies of a heart attack, he wishes he could become the greatest playwright ever. Maury is transported back in time and meets Shakespeare. During a heat wave in the 1930's a mother and her son enjoy a drive in the country. They encounter a strange man who wants a ride. Four friends and a fifth's stand-in get together for a game of poker. The fifth man, Nick, has an uncanny knack for drawing three-of-a-kinds...in 6s. The men figure out that Nick is the Devil, come to claim one of them. The unlucky man offers to play the Devil a game of poker to get his soul free.

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   5.3/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Her Pilgrim Soul / I of Newton

   S1:E1212/13/1985

   Two scientists named Kevin and Daniel are experimenting with a holographic device. One day they are confronted with a fetus in their machine. Growing, it becomes a woman whose life story fascinates and allures Kevin. A frazzled mathematics professor accidentally summons a demon who will let him riddle to get free of the contract he accidentally invoked. The professor, Sam, has three questions to find a task the demon can't accomplish, or a question he can't answer, then challenge him after the questions are answered. The demon appears omnipotent, but Sam gives the demon a simple command: "Get lost." The demon is banished and Sam goes back to work.

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