The BEST episodes of The Twilight Zone (1985) season 2

Every episode of The Twilight Zone (1985) season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Twilight Zone (1985) season 2!

This show is based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology show, The Twilight Zone. Redoing some episodes and doing new ones 20 years laters after the originals, these are made in color and in one-hour episodes. Most of the episodes contained two or three stories, and were broken up in half hour episodes for syndication. CBS cancelled the show in its second season, but it was picked up by a Canadian producer and aired in syndication in a half-hour format. The show contains mostly ironic or special situations with a twist at the end, which show the human nature, coupled with science fiction, horror or fantasy. Some of the show's writers are well known: Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Sidney Sheldon and J. Michael Straczynski. The opening and closing music was done by The Grateful Dead.

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Aqua Vita
star
8.30
101 votes

#1 - Aqua Vita

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1986

A woman finds a method for eternal youth at a steep price.

Directors: Paul Tucker
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Shelter Skelter
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8.07
85 votes

#2 - Shelter Skelter

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/21/1987

A survivalist traps himself in his bomb shelter when a nuclear blast finally comes.

Directors: Martha Coolidge
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A Saucer of Loneliness
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7.99
105 votes

#3 - A Saucer of Loneliness

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1986

A quiet waitress sees a glowing UFO, which gives her a message that everyone wants to know. She refuses to reveal exactly what the message is.

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The Once and Future King
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7.98
109 votes

#4 - The Once and Future King

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986

An Elvis impersonator is transported to the 1950s where he meets the real Elvis who thinks that the impersonator is his long dead brother.

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The Card
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7.94
70 votes

#5 - The Card

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1987

A woman with out-of-control spending habits finds her new credit card comes with unexpected penalties.

Directors: Bradford May
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What Are Friends For?
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7.82
136 votes

#6 - What Are Friends For?

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1986

A lonely boy finds a strange friendship in the woods around his home.

Directors: Gus Trikonis
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The Toys of Caliban
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7.80
99 votes

#7 - The Toys of Caliban

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1986

A mentally challenged child has strange powers.

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Private Channel
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7.68
65 votes

#8 - Private Channel

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/21/1987

On board an airplane, a lightning storm transforms a boy's walkman into a telepathic tuning device that informs him that the man sitting next to him is carrying a bomb.

Directors: Peter Medak
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The World Next Door
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7.60
70 votes

#9 - The World Next Door

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/18/1986

Would-be inventor Barney Schlessinger is bored with his life until he meets another inventor in a parallel world who is far more successful than he is.

Directors: Paul Lynch
Writer: Lan O'Kun
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The Junction
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7.57
53 votes

#10 - The Junction

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/1987

A modern-day miner has an argument with his wife and then goes off to work in the local mine. A collapse traps him, but he finds another survivor - a miner who claims to be from 1912. The two men figure out that somehow they have become connected through time.

Directors: Bill Duke
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Nightsong
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7.55
89 votes

#11 - Nightsong

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1986

A young DJ working the graveyard shift at a radio station rediscovers a record album by her boyfriend who disappeared five years ago. When he suddenly appears again, she is surprised and upset.

Directors: Bradford May
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The Storyteller
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7.52
126 votes

#12 - The Storyteller

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1986

A young woman finds that the secret to immortality resides in storie

Directors: Paul Lynch
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Time and Teresa Golowitz
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7.38
87 votes

#13 - Time and Teresa Golowitz

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/10/1987

A Broadway composer accepts an offer from the Prince of Darkness and returns to his high school years to see his crush again. It's not as pleasant as he expected and soon, he sees a classmate who met a tragic end that night..

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The After Hours
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7.36
113 votes

#14 - The After Hours

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1986

A Woman goes to a mall for a doll, but encounters strange things after the closing hours...

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The Convict's Piano
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7.15
61 votes

#15 - The Convict's Piano

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1986

A man in prison who insists that he is innocent of a crime discovers a piano that transports him to the old days of gangsters.

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Lost and Found
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6.97
70 votes

#16 - Lost and Found

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/1986

A young college student has been losing personal items for some time. The mystery is resolved when she finds two time-travelers in her closet.

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Voices in the Earth
star
6.87
62 votes

#17 - Voices in the Earth

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/10/1987

In the far future. an expedition returns to a desolate barren Earth where a scientist begins to see the ghosts of those who died years ago.

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The Road Less Traveled
star
6.83
60 votes

#18 - The Road Less Traveled

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1986

A man who dodges the Vietnam draft is haunted by visions of his other life as a soldier during the war.

Directors: Wes Craven
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Joy Ride
star
6.78
59 votes

#19 - Joy Ride

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/21/1987

Two teenage boys and their girlfriends steal a recently deceased man's classic car. While they are on a joyride, they accidentally kill a policeman.

Directors: Gil Bettman
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Song of the Younger World
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6.74
54 votes

#20 - Song of the Younger World

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/17/1987

In 1916 a girl and a young man from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent. He finds out and does not approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. Luckily, the girl has a secret plan to escape so she can be forever with the love of her life.

Directors: Noel Black
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The Girl I Married
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6.61
54 votes

#21 - The Girl I Married

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/17/1987

An attorney and his wife have successful careers. They feel something is lacking in their marriage. Soon, they encounter younger versions of their mates.

Directors: Philip DeGuere
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