The BEST episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 1
Every episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 1!
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
#1 - The Town Where No One Got Off
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/1986
A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively leaves a train to explore a small town.
#2 - The Screaming Woman
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/1986
A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming woman buried in the forest near her house.
#3 - The Playground
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/1985
When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.
#4 - The Crowd
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/1985
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.
#5 - Banshee
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1986
An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.
#6 - Marionettes, Inc.
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/21/1985
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.