The Best Episodes Written By George Clayton Johnson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(28 votes)

   #1 - A Penny for Your Thoughts

   S2:E162/3/1961

   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.

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   7.8/10(27 votes)

   #2 - Nothing in the Dark

   S3:E161/5/1962

   A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."

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   Writer:George Clayton Johnson

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #3 - I'll Take Care of You

   S4:E233/15/1959

   A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.

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   7.1/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Kick the Can

   S3:E212/9/1962

   A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".

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   7.0/10(97 votes)

   #5 - The Man Trap

   S1:E19/8/1966

   Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy meets a former girlfriend when the enterprise brings supplies to a remote archaeological survey group. Still attractive to McCoy, the woman's current appearance hides a dark and deadly secret.

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   Writer:George Clayton Johnson

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   7.0/10(18 votes)

   #6 - A Game of Pool

   S3:E510/13/1961

   Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.

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   Writer:George Clayton Johnson

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   6.9/10(41 votes)

   #7 - The Four of Us are Dying

   S1:E131/1/1960

   In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.

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   Writer:George Clayton Johnson

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   6.6/10(34 votes)

   #8 - Execution

   S1:E264/1/1960

   Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.

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   6.6/10(23 votes)

   #9 - The Prime Mover

   S2:E213/24/1961

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

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    6.1/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Ninety Years Without Slumbering

    S5:E1212/20/1963

    An old man fears that he will die if his grandfather clock stops running.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - A Game of Pool

    S3:E202/4/1989

    Young Jesse has spent his entire life mastering pool, and wants to beat the best: the deceased Fats Brown. Summoned, Fats Brown appears to challenge him to a game of pool. The stakes: Jesse's life. After a tense match, Jesse fails to make a critical shot. Fats tells him that he will indeed "die": he'll die as the second-rate player he always is. Fats departs as Jesse vows to keep playing until he's good enough to beat Brown.

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    Writer:George Clayton Johnson

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