8.0/105 votes#1 - The Watchers
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1967
A hysterical hotel manager tells Vincent aliens are taking over his hotel.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
7.6/108 votes#2 - You Drive
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1964
Driving home one rainy evening, Oliver Pope accidentally hits a boy on a bicycle. Pope flees the scene, determined to hide his guilt, but his car has other ideas.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
7.2/1013 votes#3 - Stopover in a Quiet Town
Season 5 Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1964
Bob and Millie wake up to find they are in a strange town. Everything appears to be props - trees, animals even cars.
Director: Ron Winston
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
7.0/1010 votes#4 - A Piano in the House
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1962
Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.
Director: David Greene
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
6.4/1012 votes#5 - Jess-Belle
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1963
Jess-Belle enlists the aid of a local witch who casts a spell that makes Billy-Ben Turner fall in love with her.
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
6.3/1010 votes#6 - Ring-a-Ding Girl
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1963
A fan-club gift draws a movie star back home, where she disrupts local plans for a town picnic by offering a one-woman show.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
6.2/1012 votes#7 - The Hunt
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1962
On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
6.1/108 votes#8 - The Bewitchin' Pool
Season 5 Episode 36 - Aired 6/19/1964
Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool.
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
5.8/108 votes#9 - Black Leather Jackets
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1964
Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbors could never imagine just how dangerous these men really are.
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
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"The Watchers" is the best rated episode written by Earl Hamner, Jr.. It scored 8/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Jesse Hibbs. It aired on 9/19/1967 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "You Drive".