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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!

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Network:CBS
Episodes
29
Avg. Rating
7.5
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.6
7.4
6.6

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"King Nine Will Not Return" is the best rated episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 2. It scored 6.6/10 based on 3207 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".

  • King Nine Will Not Return
    6.6/10(3,207)

    #1 - King Nine Will Not Return

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/30/1960

    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.

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Man in the Bottle
    7.4/10(3,366)

    #2 - The Man in the Bottle

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/7/1960

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
    6.6/10(3,028)

    #3 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/14/1960

    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.

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • A Thing About Machines
    6.4/10(2,989)

    #4 - A Thing About Machines

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/28/1960

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

    Director: David Orrick McDearmon

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Howling Man
    8.2/10(4,391)

    #5 - The Howling Man

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/4/1960

    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.

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Charles Beaumont

  • Eye of the Beholder
    9.1/10(6,680)

    #6 - Eye of the Beholder

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/11/1960

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

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Nick of Time
    8.3/10(4,401)

    #7 - Nick of Time

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/18/1960

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

    Director: Richard L. Bare

    Writer: Richard Matheson

  • The Lateness of the Hour
    7.1/10(3,057)

    #8 - The Lateness of the Hour

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 12/2/1960

    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.

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Trouble with Templeton
    7.1/10(2,908)

    #9 - The Trouble with Templeton

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/9/1960

    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.

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: E. Jack Neuman

  • A Most Unusual Camera
    7.5/10(3,344)

    #10 - A Most Unusual Camera

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/16/1960

    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.

    Director: John Rich

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Night of the Meek
    7.9/10(3,889)

    #11 - The Night of the Meek

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 12/23/1960

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

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Dust
    6.9/10(2,860)

    #12 - Dust

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 1/6/1961

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

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Back There
    7.5/10(3,061)

    #13 - Back There

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/13/1961

    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.

    Director: David Orrick McDearmon

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Whole Truth
    6.4/10(2,750)

    #14 - The Whole Truth

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 1/20/1961

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

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Invaders
    8.1/10(4,312)

    #15 - The Invaders

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/27/1961

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

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Richard Matheson

  • A Penny For Your Thoughts
    8.0/10(3,418)

    #16 - A Penny For Your Thoughts

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 2/3/1961

    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.

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: George Clayton Johnson

  • Twenty Two
    7.8/10(3,397)

    #17 - Twenty Two

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 2/10/1961

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

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Odyssey of Flight 33
    7.8/10(3,577)

    #18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 2/24/1961

    A commercial aircraft mysteriously travels back through time.

    Director: Jus Addiss

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Mr. Dingle, the Strong
    6.6/10(2,869)

    #19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 3/3/1961

    Martians give Luther Dingle the strength of 300 men.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Static
    6.7/10(2,702)

    #20 - Static

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 3/10/1961

    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.

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Charles Beaumont

  • The Prime Mover
    7.0/10(2,638)

    #21 - The Prime Mover

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 3/24/1961

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

    Director: Richard L. Bare

    Writer: Charles Beaumont, George Clayton Johnson

  • Long Distance Call
    7.5/10(3,165)

    #22 - Long Distance Call

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 3/31/1961

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

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: Charles Beaumont, Bill Idelson

  • A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
    8.1/10(3,465)

    #23 - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 4/7/1961

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

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Rip Van Winkle Caper
    7.6/10(2,977)

    #24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 4/21/1961

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

    Director: Jus Addiss

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • The Silence
    8.3/10(3,609)

    #25 - The Silence

    Season 2 Episode 25

    Aired 4/28/1961

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

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Rod Serling