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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 5.8/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Ray Bradbury, it aired on 7/20/1990. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Murderer".

  • Mars Is Heaven
    5.8/10117 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

  • The Murderer
    6.3/10137 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

  • Touched with Fire
    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

  • The Black Ferris
    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

  • Usher II
    5.4/10109 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

  • Touch of Petulance
    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

  • And the Moon Be Still as Bright
    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

  • The Toynbee Convector
    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

  • Exorcism
    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

  • The Day It Rained Forever
    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

  • The Long Years
    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

  • Here There Be Tygers
    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