7.0/101 votes#1 - Firefall
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1974
A series of mysterious deaths plague the life of conductor Ryder Bond. In each case, the victim is incinerated by supernaturally hot flames. As Kolchak investigates, he finds out that an arsonist, Frankie Markoff, was a fan of Bond's, and was killed in a penny arcade. His funeral procession crossed Bond's car, allowing the spirit to become a ""doppelganger"" and try to take over Bond's life. Each victim was burned to death when they fell asleep, and if Bond goes to sleep the doppelganger will take him over for good. Fighting sleep himself, Kolchak must exhume Markoff's body and reunite it with his restless spirit before he too bursts into flame.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#2 - Primal Scream
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1975
In a oil company's laboratory, the air conditioning fails, and a primate creature attacks a scientist. The creature, and others like it, begin going on a rampage throughout Chicago. The oil company was experimenting with cell samples brought back from the Antarctic, which began growing when exposed to heat. Now these bizarre missing links are wrecking havoc. Despite the government cover-up, Kolchak investigates, and must track the creatures down to their lair beneath the old nuclear-research labs of the 50's.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#3 - Dry Run
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1959
An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#4 - Road Hog
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1959
When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#5 - The Day of the Bullet
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1960
When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood friend were profoundly affected by an event that began with their innocent admiration of an elegant car.
Director: Norman Lloyd
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Hero
Season 5 Episode 29 - Aired 5/1/1960
A wealthy entrepreneur is sure that the man he meets on a cruise ship is the same person he robbed and left for dead many years ago ... or is he?
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#7 - Cell 227
Season 5 Episode 34 - Aired 6/5/1960
A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly changes when he hurls himself at the jovial guard known as "Pops".
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
7.0/101 votes#8 - Deathmate
Season 6 Episode 27 - Aired 4/18/1961
A cash-strapped, treacherous couple set on being together no matter what the cost find that the price of love runs high when a private investigator comes onto the scene and discovers bigamy and murder are the perfect deathmate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
5.0/101 votes#9 - The Mice
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1964
A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Bill S. Ballinger
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"Firefall" is the best rated episode written by Bill S. Ballinger. It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Don Weis. It aired on 11/8/1974 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Primal Scream".