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The Best Episodes Written By Harlan Ellison

Every TV Episode Written by Harlan Ellison Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Demon with a Glass Hand

    S2:E5

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

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  2. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Soldier

    S2:E1

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

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  3. 8.6/10(59 votes)

    #3 - The City on the Edge of Forever

    S1:E28

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

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  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Earth, Air, Fire and Water

    S1:E16

    Six artists move into an abandoned storefront where they find a trunk containing six colorful glass containers filled with powerful black magic. Their artworks begin to take on a whole new meaning until, one by one, the artists vanish.

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  5. 7.9/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Objects in Motion

    S5:E20

    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.

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  6. 7.1/10(9 votes)

    #6 - A View from the Gallery

    S5:E4

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

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  7. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Monsters! / A Small Talent for War / A Matter of Minutes

    S1:E15

    A young boy becomes fascinated with the new neighbor next door. The neighbor, Mr. Bendictson, warns him that he cannot stay long, as he is a vampire! The boy is still intrigued, but soon finds out the truth. An alien ship arrives at the UN and the alien representative declares his disappointment at Earth's progress. The UN ambassadors plead for 24 hours to resolve their differences. In 24 hours the ambassadors manage to arrange world peace and nuclear disarmament. When the alien returns the ambassadors realize they have misunderstood him entirely. 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.

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  8. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Memo from Purgatory

    S3:E10

    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.

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  9. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Hand

    S1:E2

    Episode 2: La Mano. In the future the Earth has been invaded by an extraterrestrial race called Kyben. Unable to cope with its technological and weapons superiority, the human race leaves the planet unleashing an epidemic that leaves the world uninhabitable. The last human being on Earth, an individual named Trent, is an amnesic man, without a past, who has an artificial crystal hand connected to his brain.

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  10. 6.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - A Case of the Stubborns

    S1:E9

    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.

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  11. 6.1/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Shatterday / A Little Peace and Quiet

    S1:E1

    A man named Peter Jay Novins accidentally dials his home phone number, and it's answered by Peter Jay Novins. A harried housewife finds a medallion that gives her the power to freeze time.

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    Director:Wes Craven
  12. 5.5/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Gramma / Personal Demons / Cold Reading

    S1:E18

    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... A screenwriter is having writer's block when strange impish creatures start haunting him. Sadly, only he can see them. An actor arrives at a radio station to perform a radio play. An old voodoo stick is accidentally activated and the play becomes more real that anything anyone expected.

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  13. 5.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Teacher's Aide / Paladin of the Lost Hour

    S1:E7

    A teacher on a violent and gang infested high school has trouble controlling her students. The building is warded by some mysterious gargoyles, which give some special powers to the teacher. A Vietnam Vet named Billy saves an old man named Gasper from a mugging at a cemetery. He discovers that this old man holds the future of time in his watch.

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  14. 5.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty

    S1:E11

    When Dr. Dennis Barrows's car breaks down, he goes to an unusual town where visitors are disliked and townspeople are terrified of lighthouse and where it might shine. The house where Barrows stays the night is shined upon by the lighthouse. It holds a sick child, one which he helps with his medicine. Angry with his adult life, a man, Gus Rosenthal, returns to his childhood stomping ground in Ohio and while digging up an old toy soldier finds himself transported back to when he was a boy.

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  15. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

    S3:E29

    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.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
  16. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Discarded

    S1:E4

    A group of people are sentenced to drift in space forever so they take one final chance at returning back to Earth.

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  17. 3.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Face of Helene Bournouw

    S1:E18

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

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  18. 3.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Footsteps

    S1:E22

    A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.

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Harlan Ellison Ratings Summary

"Demon with a Glass Hand" is the best rated episode written by Harlan Ellison. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Byron Haskin. It aired on 10/17/1964 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Soldier".