The Best Episodes Written By Henry Slesar

Every TV Episode Written by Henry Slesar Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Ma Parker

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    S2:E10

    Now in charge of the Gotham State Pen, Ma Parker and her jailhouse full of criminal cohorts use it as their base of operations. No one suspects jailed prisoners of the crimes, but a clue picked up by Batman and Robin may lead them right to Ma's whereabouts.

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  2. 7.7/10(10 votes)

    #2 - The Old Man in the Cave

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    S5:E7

    A mysterious guardian helps a tiny community survive after the Bomb destroys much of the Earth.

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  3. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - The Greatest Mother of Them All

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    S2:E9

    Ma Parker and her delinquent children are pulling off a crime wave in Gotham City. Batman and Robin round up the gang one by one, but when the arrests seem all too easy, the Dynamic Duo suspect something else more sinister may be up.

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  4. 7.4/10(9 votes)

    #4 - The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

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    S5:E16

    A man finds that he can trade characteristics with others.

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    Director:Don Siegel
  5. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #5 - I Saw the Whole Thing

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    S1:E4

    Michael Barnes is a mystery writer who is accused of causing a fatal car accident. Each eyewitness, however, proves to be unreliable when their testimony is shredded by Barnes who is acting as his own defense attorney. He is exonerated after he shows that each witness only saw what they wanted to see. Ultimately, however, it is revealed that he was not the driver. The driver was his pregnant wife. Barnes arranged to have himself accused because he knew that his wife would not be able to stand the strains of a trial.

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  6. 7.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Examination Day / A Message From Charity

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    S1:E6

    In the far future, twelve-year-old Dickie must pass the government intelligence test. He is very nervous about the outcome of the test but eager to show how smart he is. At the end his parents get the news - Dickie "passed" the test...but the government kills anyone who is too intelligent. In 1985, a fever-stricken Peter Wood finds himself in telepathic contact with Charity Paine, a sick girl his age living in Puritan New England. The two rejoice in sharing their thoughts, and Peter gives Charity the chance to see things that she'd never experienced in her limit time and place. However, their new-found contact turns to horror when Peter's knowledge of the future endangers Charity's life. She inadvertently speaks of the future, causing the villagers to believe she is a witch.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
  7. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Morning After

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    S4:E14

    Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.

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  8. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Right Price

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    S4:E22

    A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.

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  9. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Forty Detectives Later

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    S5:E28

    The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes that the case is more complex than he had realized.

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  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Insomnia

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    S5:E30

    Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a menacing veteran still holding a grudge for his sister's death.

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    Director:John Brahm
  11. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - One Grave Too Many

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    S5:E32

    Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets the decision when he sees that the lifted wallet contains more than just cash.

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  12. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Pen Pal

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    S6:E6

    Love letters from a pen pal bring an escaped convict to a country cottage in search of the woman he plans to make his bride. With the police closing in, is more than his heart trapped?

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    Director:John Brahm
  13. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Money

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    S6:E9

    To win the hand of his beautiful girlfriend, a bookie-turned-import agent eyes the main chance with a deceitful ploy. In so doing, he finds himself earning more than the highest prize.

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  14. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Man With Two Faces

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    S6:E11

    The theft of a woman's purse is the start of a tale of profit and loss which strikes close to home when the identity of the culprit is sought through a series of conflicting photographs.

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  15. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - A Crime for Mothers

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    S6:E16

    When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
  16. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Last Escape

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    S6:E17

    An escapologist with a daring new act, a deceitful wife with a passion for music and the musician performing it, and a last escape worthy of Houdini himself, make cheating death a circus act to bend anyone's sanity.

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    Director:Paul Henreid
  17. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Horse Player

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    S6:E22

    On a wing and a prayer, a gambler with a mission thinks he has a hotline to God in praying for a string of successful winners. Convincing a naive minister to play the odds with the parish funds, could this be the race which beats the horse player?

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  18. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - A Woman's Help

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    S6:E24

    When you're handsome and attractive, the ladies will always pay you the sort of attention you want. For Arnold Bourdon, there's only one problem: how to get rid of his shrewish but wealthy wife. Perhaps her new companion and nurse hold the key.

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  19. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Servant Problem

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    S6:E34

    Good staff are hard to come by and, once found, are as priceless as one's own wife when it comes to their talent in the kitchen. At least, for handsome and distinguished Kerwin Drake, this is certainly the case when the arrival of his dowdy down-at-heel wife is a mere hors d'ouevres for the murderous meal that follows.

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  20. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Coming Home

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    S6:E35

    When an armed robber is released from prison, beaten down by the system and wanting to retreat to his long-lost family life, his homecoming makes for a shocking revelation.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
  21. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Hatbox

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    S7:E1

    When caught cheating on a test, Perry Hatch visits his college Professor to plead his case before a letter is sent to his parents. But upon witnessing the Professor disposing of a brand new ladies hat box, Perry thinks he may be onto something sinister.

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  22. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Cop for a Day

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    S7:E4

    Two bank robbers, Phil and Davey, are forced to act when it is revealed a woman was an eye-witness to their crime. Phil devises a clever plan to dress up as a policeman to gain entry to her secure location, but will his plan go without a hitch?

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    Director:Paul Henreid
  23. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Operation Safecrack

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    S5:E3

    In an attempt to prove their safes are impregnable, a company challenges ex-safebreaker Sam to crack one for a cash prize. But are his skills sharp enough?

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    Director:Alan Gibson
  24. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Final Vow

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    S1:E6

    Sister Pamela suffers a crisis of conscience just as she is about to take her final vows. Is her belief real or is she just hiding from the rest of the world? The sisters in the convent give her time to think everything over by letting her pick up a valuable statue from a reformed gangster. As she is returning, however, the statue is stolen by a young criminal named Jimmy Bresson. In order to get the statue back she leaves the convent and hunts Jimmy down. She arranges to have a date with him to get into his apartment. Unfortunately, she discovers that he has pawned the statue. She takes the pawn ticket and heads for the pawn shop. As she is about to get it back, Jimmy catches her. Jimmy and the dishonest pawn shop owner want to kill Pamela, but they want to have the statue appraised first. They call an appraiser, but it turns out to be the man who originally offered the statue to the convent. He tells them that the statue is worthless and convinces them to let Pamela go. Having confr

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
  25. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - House Guest

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    S1:E8

    John and Sally Mitchell offer a stranger named Ray Roscoe a place to stay after Roscoe saves the life of their son Tony. When Roscoe turns out to be a womanizing freeloader, they begin to believe that they made a terrible mistake. One night Roscoe wrecks their car and hits on a camper's wife. Angry, John punches him and knocks him to the ground. John is shocked, however, when the camper examines Roscoe's body and declares that Roscoe is dead. The camper suggests that they bury the body in the woods and forget the whole thing. John agrees and lets the camper deal with the body. Later, John is disturbed to discover that the woods are going to be excavated as a part of a new highway construction. Since he doesn't know exactly where the body is, he calls the camper and tells him that they must move the corpse. The camper agrees, but demands $20,000. He tells John that he will go to the police if he does not pay the money.

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.

Henry Slesar Ratings Summary

"Ma Parker" is the best rated episode written by Henry Slesar. It scored 8/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by Oscar Rudolph. It aired on 10/6/1966 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Old Man in the Cave".