5.9/10116 votes#1 - Mars Is Heaven
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/1990
As the first successful mission to Mars touches down, the men stare through the mists of the Martian dawn and finds something strange: a small town straight out of the American Midwest, filled with their long-lost loved ones.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
6.3/10136 votes#2 - The Murderer
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/1990
Albert Brock loathes noise and prefers perfect silence. He goes around destroying the instruments of sound: radios, wrist watches, faxes, etc. His destruction of sound-infected environments at work and home lands him in a psychiatric institution.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
6.2/10124 votes#3 - Touched with Fire
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/1990
Two men who theorize that murder only happen in hot weather, try to stop one.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
5.7/10105 votes#4 - The Black Ferris
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/10/1990
Hank Walterson sneaks into the carnival at night and watches the owner, Mr. Cooger, ride the Ferris wheel backward until he becomes a young boy... who sets out to rob the local widow of her jewels.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
5.4/10108 votes#5 - Usher II
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/1990
When the government bans works of fiction, a millionaire rebels and builds a robot haunted house based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe... and plots revenge.
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writer: Ray Bradbury
5.8/10107 votes#6 - Touch of Petulance
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1990
A man encounters another claiming to be his future self.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
5.4/10106 votes#7 - And the Moon Be Still as Bright
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1990
Space explorers on a Martian expedition are faced with problems when one of their members becomes obsessed with the planet's former residents.
Director: Randy Bradshaw
Writer: Ray Bradbury
5.8/10103 votes#8 - The Toynbee Convector
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1990
A man time travels to the future and returns to show the people what they have to look forward to.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ray Bradbury
NaN/100 votes#9 - Exorcism
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1990
The charming Clara Goodwater has been the president of the town's Ladies Honeysuckle Harmony Lodge for as long as anyone can remember. Her nosy rival Elmira Brown is convinced Clara maintains her position through witchcraft and plans to exorcise her at the upcoming Lodge election.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#10 - The Day It Rained Forever
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1990
In a desert town, three old men wait for rain that never comes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#11 - The Long Years
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1990
A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a ship from Earth arrives to take them home, but the rescuers notice something odd.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#12 - Here There Be Tygers
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1990
Astronauts from Earth land on a remote planet and find a pastoral paradise, where all their wishes come true.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 5
Every episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Mars Is Heaven" is the best rated episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theater" season 5. It scored 5.9/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 7/20/1990. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Murderer".