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The Worst Episodes of The Twilight Zone

Every episode of The Twilight Zone ranked from worst to best. Explore 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.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Network:UPN

Worst Episodes Summary

"Last Lap" is the worst rated episode of "The Twilight Zone". It scored 5.3/10 based on 321 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by N/A, 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".

  • Last Lap
    5.3/10321 votes
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    #1 - Last Lap

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/11/2002

    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.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine
    5.7/10389 votes
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    #2 - Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2002

    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.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Hans Beimler

  • To Protect and Serve
    5.7/10331 votes
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    #3 - To Protect and Serve

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/6/2002

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

    Director: Joe Chappelle

    Writer: N/A

  • Tagged
    5.8/10288 votes
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    #4 - Tagged

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/12/2003

    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.

    Director: James Head

    Writer: Michael Angeli

  • Another Life
    5.9/10307 votes
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    #5 - Another Life

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/5/2003

    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.

    Director: Risa Bramon Garcia

    Writer: N/A

  • Dream Lover
    6.1/10435 votes
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    #6 - Dream Lover

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2002

    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.

    Director: Peter O'Fallon

    Writer: N/A

  • Harsh Mistress
    6.1/10330 votes
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    #7 - Harsh Mistress

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/30/2002

    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.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

  • Fair Warning
    6.1/10322 votes
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    #8 - Fair Warning

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/8/2003

    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.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

  • How Much Do You Love Your Kid?
    6.1/10307 votes
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    #9 - How Much Do You Love Your Kid?

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/26/2003

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

    Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Michael Angeli

  • Developing
    6.2/10293 votes
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    #10 - Developing

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 4/30/2003

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

    Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Moira Kirland

  • Cold Fusion
    6.3/10289 votes
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    #11 - Cold Fusion

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 4/2/2003

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Evergreen
    6.4/10588 votes
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    #12 - Evergreen

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2002

    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.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Jill E. Blotevogel

  • Found and Lost
    6.4/10336 votes
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    #13 - Found and Lost

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/27/2002

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

    Director: Vern Gillum

    Writer: N/A

  • Eye of the Beholder
    6.4/10384 votes
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    #14 - Eye of the Beholder

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/30/2003

    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?

    Director: David Ellis

    Writer: Rod Serling

  • Time Lapse
    6.5/10367 votes
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    #15 - Time Lapse

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2002

    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...

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: James Crocker

  • Dead Man's Eyes
    6.5/10378 votes
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    #16 - Dead Man's Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2002

    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...

    Director: Jerry Levine

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lineman
    6.5/10364 votes
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    #17 - The Lineman

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2002

    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.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Pen Densham

  • Sensuous Cindy
    6.5/10335 votes
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    #18 - Sensuous Cindy

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/13/2002

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

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: James Crocker

  • The Path
    6.5/10329 votes
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    #19 - The Path

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/8/2003

    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.

    Director: Jerry Levine

    Writer: James Crocker

  • Burned
    6.5/10290 votes
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    #20 - Burned

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 5/21/2003

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

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: N/A

  • Shades of Guilt
    6.6/10495 votes
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    #21 - Shades of Guilt

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2002

    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...

    Director: Perry Lang

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr

  • Homecoming
    6.6/10283 votes
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    #22 - Homecoming

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 5/7/2003

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

    Director: Risa Bramon Garcia

    Writer: Michael Angeli

  • Hunted
    6.7/10311 votes
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    #23 - Hunted

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/13/2002

    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.

    Director: Patrick R. Norris

    Writer: Christopher Mack

  • Future Trade
    6.7/10395 votes
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    #24 - Future Trade

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/27/2002

    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.

    Director: Bob Balaban

    Writer: N/A

  • Gabe's Story
    6.7/10335 votes
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    #25 - Gabe's Story

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/11/2002

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

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Dusty Kay