The Best Episodes Written By Harlan Ellison

#1 - A Matter of Minutes

Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/24/1986

A young married couple discovers that their home is being remodeled by blue-clad workers who are workers of time that build and move objects from one time period to another.

Director: Sheldon Larry

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#2 - Demon with a Glass Hand

Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1964

A man with a glass hand attempts to unravel the mystery of who he is.

Director: Byron Haskin

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#3 - Soldier

Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1964

Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.

Director: Gerd Oswald

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#4 - The City on the Edge of Forever

Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/6/1967

Kirk and Spock must travel into the past in order to correct a change that will alter history.

Director: Joseph Pevney

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#5 - Objects in Motion

Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 11/11/1998

Tessa Holloran, former Number One of the Mars resistance, arrives with a warning for Lise and Michael: an assassin has been hired to kill them. Meanwhile, G'Kar gets ready to leave, though not everybody is happy about it.

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#6 - A View from the Gallery

Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/1998

We see the action from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers as a race of savage aliens attacks the station.

Director: Janet Greek

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#7 - Memo from Purgatory

Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/1964

Jay Shaw is a young writer interested in writing a book on juvenile delinquency. He changes his identity and infiltrates a particularly violent gang named "The Barons". He manages to get the trust of Tiger the leader of the gang but trouble arises, when Filene, Tiger's girl friend, falls in love with him. Filene's love, however, is not the only source of tension. Other gang members grow jealous of Jay's growing power within the gang. When gang members break into his room and find his notes, they tell Tiger that Jay's an undercover cop. Jay is sentenced to death by Tiger and the gang. He manages to get away, but in the process Filene is killed. The murder is witnessed and Tiger and the rest of the gang are hauled off to jail.

Director: Joseph Pevney

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#8 - Episode 2

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/1966

Director: Byron Haskin

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#9 - A Case of the Stubborns

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1984

In the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that he's dead. The townspeople are up in arms, but the old man is too stubborn to admit he's dead, despite his rigor mortis, lack of appetite, and bad smell. His grandson Jody eventually goes to an old voodoo woman for a solution. Rather than magic, she provides him with a simple solution: pepper. Jody puts it in his grandpa's handkerchief. When the old man sneezes, his nose falls off, which finally convinces him to go lie down and give up life for good.

Director: Gerald Cotts

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#10 - Shatterday

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1985

A man named Peter Jay Novins accidentally dials his home phone number, and it's answered by Peter Jay Novins.

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#11 - Gramma

Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 2/14/1986

A young boy is left to care for his old, scary grandmother. He finally confronts his fears and steps up to her, finding that she has no pulse. Then Gramma reaches out and grabs him...

Director: Bradford May

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#12 - Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 4/2/1989

A man sells his soul to a demon for some racing tips. After being terrified by the demon he goes for help from the criminal boss he borrowed the track money from.

Director: Paul Lynch

Writer: Harlan Ellison

#13 - The Face of Helene Bournouw

Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1998

A reporter investigates a woman whose beauty literally drives men mad.

Director: Richard Ciupka

Writer: Harlan Ellison