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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!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 1 - The Dwarf
    7.2/10(216 votes)

    #1 - The Dwarf

    S4:E1

    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

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  2. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 2 - A Miracle of Rare Device
    7.6/10(191 votes)

    #2 - A Miracle of Rare Device

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  3. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 3 - The Lake
    5.6/10(121 votes)

    #3 - The Lake

    S4:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  4. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 4 - The Wind
    6.1/10(135 votes)

    #4 - The Wind

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  5. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 5 - The Pedestrian
    7.1/10(165 votes)

    #5 - The Pedestrian

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  6. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 6 - A Sound of Thunder
    6.3/10(122 votes)

    #6 - A Sound of Thunder

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Costa Botes
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  7. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 7 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
    5.8/10(135 votes)

    #7 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

    S4:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  8. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 8 - The Haunting of the New
    6.7/10(142 votes)

    #8 - The Haunting of the New

    S4:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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  9. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 9 - To the Chicago Abyss
    5.0/10(116 votes)

    #9 - To the Chicago Abyss

    S4:E9

    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

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  10. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 10 - Hail and Farewell
    5.5/10(119 votes)

    #10 - Hail and Farewell

    S4:E10

    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

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  11. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 11 - The Veldt
    6.8/10(155 votes)

    #11 - The Veldt

    S4:E11

    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

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  12. The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 4 Episode 12 - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
    6.3/10(135 votes)

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

    S4:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ray Bradbury

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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 216 votes. Directed by Costa Botes and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 7/7/1989. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Miracle of Rare Device".