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The Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4

Every episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4!

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Dwarf" is the best rated episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 196 votes. Directed by Costa Botes and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 7/7/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Miracle of Rare Device".

  • The Dwarf
    7.2/10196 votes

    #1 - The Dwarf

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1989

    A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

    Director: Costa Botes

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • A Miracle of Rare Device
    7.5/10174 votes

    #2 - A Miracle of Rare Device

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1989

    Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Lake
    5.6/10113 votes

    #3 - The Lake

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1989

    An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Wind
    6.1/10124 votes

    #4 - The Wind

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1989

    After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Pedestrian
    7.1/10152 votes

    #5 - The Pedestrian

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1989

    A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • A Sound of Thunder
    6.3/10116 votes

    #6 - A Sound of Thunder

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1989

    Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

    Director: Costa Botes

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
    5.9/10126 votes

    #7 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/1989

    When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Haunting of the New
    6.7/10129 votes

    #8 - The Haunting of the New

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/1989

    A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • To the Chicago Abyss
    5.0/10108 votes

    #9 - To the Chicago Abyss

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/1989

    In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • Hail and Farewell
    5.8/10112 votes

    #10 - Hail and Farewell

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/1989

    Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • The Veldt
    6.8/10145 votes

    #11 - The Veldt

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1989

    Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Ray Bradbury

  • Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
    6.3/10125 votes

    #12 - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1989

    A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ray Bradbury