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The Worst Episodes of The Twilight Zone

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The Worst Episodes of The Twilight Zone

A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.

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  1. Background image for Last Lap
    5.3/10(326 votes)

    #1 - Last Lap

    S1:E23

    A terminally ill young man and his best friend take a final ride in their souped-up racer that results in unexpected consequences for both.

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    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine
    5.7/10(396 votes)

    #2 - Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine

    S1:E10

    A bullied boy, Craig, deciphers a coded message that allows him to summon his comic book hero, Azoth the Avenger. This long-haired Conan-like barbarian beats up the bullies that plague Craig, but is defenseless against his abusive father. Azoth returns to whence he came but inspires Craig to take a stand against his father - intoning the same spell as before and sending his father...somewhere, leaving him and his mother in peace.

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    Director:Brad Turner
  3. Background image for To Protect and Serve
    5.7/10(338 votes)

    #3 - To Protect and Serve

    S1:E14

    A young cop falls madly in love with a prostitute, and he continues to protect her even when they are both killed.

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    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Tagged
    5.8/10(294 votes)

    #4 - Tagged

    S1:E28

    Marcus Fisher, a talented artist and street tagger, shoots a man painting over his spot at the insistence of his gang and the wall painting starts portraying the crime and filling in that he is the one who did the shooting.

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    Director:James Head
  5. Background image for Another Life
    5.9/10(314 votes)

    #5 - Another Life

    S1:E26

    Marvin Gardens, a rich and famous upcoming rap singer, begins to have visions of himself being interrogated by policemen in a shadowy room, and the visions begin to drive him crazy.

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  6. Background image for Dream Lover
    6.1/10(444 votes)

    #6 - Dream Lover

    S1:E4

    To help overcome his writer's block and make his life easier and more relaxed, an artist named Andrew wills his dream woman Sondra to life, but the lines between reality and fantasy quickly begin to blur. Sondra soon starts hitting on the cable guy and gaining a life of her own.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Harsh Mistress
    6.1/10(337 votes)

    #7 - Harsh Mistress

    S1:E12

    A struggling musician named Cory purchases a rather infamous guitar, which leads to him gaining vast international stardom and wealth, but both come with a surprising price tag.

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  9. Background image for Fair Warning
    6.1/10(329 votes)

    #8 - Fair Warning

    S1:E25

    Tina, a flower shop clerk, finds herself threatened by a seemingly-deranged man named George who mysteriously disappears after asking him to stop from killing her. When she finds him he has a perfect alibi and claims he doesn't know her. George keeps visiting her and no one ever sees him except Tina. Tina begins to question her sanity.

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  10. Background image for How Much Do You Love Your Kid?
    6.1/10(315 votes)

    #9 - How Much Do You Love Your Kid?

    S1:E33

    A woman's son is kidnapped and she becomes involved in a licensed reality TV show broadcasting her attempts to recover him.

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  11. Background image for Cold Fusion
    6.3/10(295 votes)

    #10 - Cold Fusion

    S1:E35

    When the base staff at an Alaskan research base lose contact with the outside world, the military send a team in to investigate the disappearance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Developing
    6.3/10(300 votes)

    #11 - Developing

    S1:E39

    A widow finds photos of their dream house improving with each picture she takes.

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  13. Background image for Evergreen
    6.4/10(595 votes)

    #12 - Evergreen

    S1:E1

    When rebellious teenager Jenna and her family move into an exclusive gated community that her parents hope will help them better control the troubled teen, Jenna soon discovers the dark truth behind how her new neighbors deal with discipline problems.

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  14. Background image for Found and Lost
    6.4/10(344 votes)

    #13 - Found and Lost

    S1:E21

    A successful businessman is given a second chance - to go back and be with his first love

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    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Eye of the Beholder
    6.4/10(394 votes)

    #14 - Eye of the Beholder

    S1:E38

    Meet Mrs. Janet Tyler. She was born abnormally ugly and has undergone many plastic surgeries to change her appearance. None of them worked. Now after one last attempt the bandages are coming off. But will the latest surgery succeed where the others failed?

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    Director:David Ellis
  16. Background image for Time Lapse
    6.5/10(376 votes)

    #15 - Time Lapse

    S1:E7

    After an unconscious high-security patient arrives in his ward, Doctor Zack Taylor finds himself suffering from blackouts. On each occasion he wakes up partway along a byzantine assassination plot to kill the President's daughter with a plastic gun. He gets to the target's location, pulls out his gun, and...shoots an assassin behind the girl...

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  17. Background image for Dead Man's Eyes
    6.5/10(386 votes)

    #16 - Dead Man's Eyes

    S1:E8

    A distraught widow and former rehab patient on the verge of a total mental collapse, heavily invested in finding her husband's killer, discovers that her murdered husband's eyeglasses reveal the last moments of his life and possibly the identity of his killer...

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    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Lineman
    6.5/10(374 votes)

    #17 - The Lineman

    S1:E11

    Tyler inherits the power to hear people's thoughts after a freak lightening storm. Eventually, he begins to abuse his new gift, using it as a means of acquiring vast wealth and personal gain. But then Tyler learns that his new power comes with a price. Believing Shannon wants a rich man, Tyler uses his ability to play the stock market, but is surprised at the consequences, especially when he tries to touch others' minds when they grow distant from him.

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  19. Background image for Sensuous Cindy
    6.5/10(344 votes)

    #18 - Sensuous Cindy

    S1:E16

    A man buys a "virtual girlfriend" online simply to satisfy his carnal needs, but ends up becoming somebody else's sex slave.

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  20. Background image for The Path
    6.5/10(336 votes)

    #19 - The Path

    S1:E24

    Ally, a young writer for a tabloid, meets a man who claims he sees others the path they are destined to follow. His predictions for her prove uncannily accurate and she soon becomes dependent on his predictions to guide her life. When he gets hit by a car and killed she finds herself without hope.

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  21. Background image for Burned
    6.5/10(295 votes)

    #20 - Burned

    S1:E43

    A crooked real estate mogul pays the price for having a building burned down to collect the insurance money.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Shades of Guilt
    6.6/10(501 votes)

    #21 - Shades of Guilt

    S1:E3

    Matt McGreevy is driving when a black man runs up to his car and begs for help. Matt drives away as a gang falls on the man and beat him to death. When he arrives home, Matt first bleeds from the cuts the dead man suffers, then his skin changes. By the time he gets back home he has transformed into the dead man, a college professor...

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  23. Background image for Homecoming
    6.6/10(291 votes)

    #22 - Homecoming

    S1:E41

    A teenager has a brief reunion with his father, returned from the war.

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  24. Background image for Hunted
    6.7/10(317 votes)

    #23 - Hunted

    S1:E17

    A cop pursues the last known criminal in Earth's future society. But as it turns out, the criminal is fighting on the same side of the cop, to rid the world of androids.

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  25. Background image for Future Trade
    6.7/10(401 votes)

    #24 - Future Trade

    S1:E20

    A man with a dead-end job and a dysfunctional family is lured into trading his future for that of a seemingly privileged man with his trophy wife.

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    Director:Bob Balaban
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Gabe's Story
    6.7/10(342 votes)

    #25 - Gabe's Story

    S1:E22

    A man suffering from consistent bad luck is given a surprising chance to change his destiny.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Dusty Kay

Worst Episodes Summary

"Last Lap" is the worst rated episode of "The Twilight Zone". It scored 5.3/10 based on 326 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/11/2002. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine".