6.2/10166 votes#1 - People Don't Do Such Things
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/1985
Trouble looms when married woman Gwen falls for a successful romantic novelist.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: Ross Thomas
6.6/10166 votes#2 - In the Cards
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1985
Madame Myra is a third-rate fortune teller who foresees a dim future for herself. And then she meets a stranger in town who shows her a way to do a whole lot better. What, though, is in it for him?
Director: John Peyser
Writer: Ross Thomas, A.A. Roberts
7.1/10208 votes#3 - Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1985
On a long drive through the desert, a couple get their car serviced and are handed an extortionate bill. But they plan on turning the tables.
Director: John Peyser
Writer: Luther Murdoch
6.5/10185 votes#4 - Scrimshaw
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1985
Brenda is a lonely drifter living in the island paradise of Key West. She has no friends and drinks a lot to forget her tragic past. Then she runs into Eric, a man she knew long ago in her college days, and suddenly life takes on new meaning.
Director: Dezsö Magyar
Writer: Bernard Eismann
The Best Episodes of Tales of the Unexpected Season 8
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A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"People Don't Do Such Things" is the best rated episode of "Tales of the Unexpected" season 8. It scored 6.2/10 based on 166 votes. Directed by Gordon Hessler and written by Ross Thomas, it aired on 3/30/1985. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "In the Cards".