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The Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 2

Every episode of The Twilight Zone Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 2!

The Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 2

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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  1. Background image for King Nine Will Not Return
    6.0/10(26 votes)

    #1 - King Nine Will Not Return

    S2:E1

    A WWII captain finds himself in the desert, next to his crashed plane, and desperately tries to find out what happened to the rest of his crew.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
  2. Background image for The Man in the Bottle
    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #2 - The Man in the Bottle

    S2:E2

    A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes.

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    Director:Don Medford
  3. Background image for Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

    S2:E3

    Ordered to commit a murder he doesn't want to perform, a smalltime hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he could have been--confident, strong...and determined to get out.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
  4. Background image for A Thing About Machines
    6.0/10(23 votes)

    #4 - A Thing About Machines

    S2:E4

    A writer feels that the machines in his house are conspiring against him.

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  5. Background image for The Howling Man
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #5 - The Howling Man

    S2:E5

    A man on a walking trip of post-World War I Europe gets caught in a storm. He comes across a remote monastery with a mysterious prisoner.

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  6. Background image for Eye of the Beholder
    8.5/10(41 votes)

    #6 - Eye of the Beholder

    S2:E6

    A young woman lying in a hospital bed awaits the outcome of an experimental treatment in an attempt to make her look normal.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
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  8. Background image for Nick of Time
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    #7 - Nick of Time

    S2:E7

    A superstitious newlywed becomes obsessed by a penny fortune-telling machine when he and his new wife are stranded with car trouble.

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  9. Background image for The Lateness of the Hour
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #8 - The Lateness of the Hour

    S2:E8

    Jana, the daughter of inventor Dr. Loren, struggles with her parents' reliance on lifelike robot servants, urging her father to dismantle them despite his attachment to his creations.

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    Director:Jack Smight
  10. Background image for The Trouble with Templeton
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    #9 - The Trouble with Templeton

    S2:E9

    Booth Templeton is an aging actor who longs for the old days when his wife was alive. Miraculously, he is given a sobering glimpse of the past he holds so dear.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
  11. Background image for A Most Unusual Camera
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #10 - A Most Unusual Camera

    S2:E10

    Chester Diedrich and his wife Paula, after burglarizing a curio shop, end up with a camera that takes pictures of events five minutes into the future.

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    Director:John Rich
  12. Background image for The Night of the Meek
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #11 - The Night of the Meek

    S2:E11

    A down-on-his-luck department store Santa Claus discovers a bottomless sack of toys.

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    Director:Jack Smight
  13. Background image for Dust
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Dust

    S2:E12

    After selling the rope for a hanging, a greedy peddler, tries to sell the condemned man's father a bag of "magic dust."

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
  14. Background image for Back There
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Back There

    S2:E13

    It's April 14, 1961. Peter Corrigan and friends are discussing time travel at their men's club. Corrigan suddenly becomes dizzy. When his head clears, he has moved back to April 14, 1865 - the date of Lincoln's assassination.

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  15. Background image for The Whole Truth
    5.7/10(19 votes)

    #14 - The Whole Truth

    S2:E14

    A peculiar Model A automobile compels a used car dealer to tell only the truth.

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    Director:James Sheldon
  16. Background image for The Invaders
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #15 - The Invaders

    S2:E15

    An old woman in an isolated farmhouse encounters tiny, hostile aliens.

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  17. Background image for A Penny For Your Thoughts
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #16 - A Penny For Your Thoughts

    S2:E16

    The lucky flip of a coin seems to give a mild-mannered bank clerk the power to read minds. But he soon learns that you can't believe everything you read.

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  18. Background image for Twenty Two
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Twenty Two

    S2:E17

    Miss Powell has a recurring nightmare about room 22 – a morgue.

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    Director:Jack Smight
  19. Background image for The Odyssey of Flight 33
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33

    S2:E18

    A commercial aircraft mysteriously travels back through time.

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    Director:Jus Addiss
  20. Background image for Mr. Dingle, the Strong
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong

    S2:E19

    Martians give Luther Dingle the strength of 300 men.

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    Director:John Brahm
  21. Background image for Static
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Static

    S2:E20

    Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone.

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  22. Background image for The Prime Mover
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #21 - The Prime Mover

    S2:E21

    Ace Larsen discovers his business partner has the ability to control objects with his mind. The pair head to Vegas to win big.

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  23. Background image for Long Distance Call
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Long Distance Call

    S2:E22

    A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.

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  24. Background image for A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #23 - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

    S2:E23

    In 1847 a western settler sets out to find medicine for his dying son - and stumbles into modern-day New Mexico.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
  25. Background image for The Rip Van Winkle Caper
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper

    S2:E24

    Thieves put themselves into suspended animation for 100 years after hiding a million dollars worth of gold bars.

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    Director:Jus Addiss
  26. Background image for The Silence
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #25 - The Silence

    S2:E25

    A talkative man takes an offer to keep silent for a year for $500,000.

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    Director:Boris Sagal

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"King Nine Will Not Return" is the best rated episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 2. It scored 6/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Buzz Kulik and written by Rod Serling, it aired on 9/30/1960. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Man in the Bottle".