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
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
5.6/10112 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
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
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
6.2/10115 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
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
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
5.1/10107 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
5.8/10111 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
6.8/10143 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
6.3/10123 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
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".