The BEST episodes of The Twilight Zone (2002) season 1
Every episode of The Twilight Zone (2002) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Twilight Zone (2002) season 1!
You're travelling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound... but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are only that of the imagination... you're entering... the Twilight Zone... What began in 1959 with the great Rod Serling continues into the 21st century with a new host, Forest Whitaker, on a new network and told with completely new stories. Although there are minor similarities to older episodes of TZ, and a remake or two tossed in, these are still new ideas, told with a fresh and modern approach and delivered in that same chilling yet romantic style that still manages to captivate, compel and enchant us all... The show aired on UPN for one season (44 episodes) and it aired double pack episodes every week.
#1 - Evergreen
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2002
When rebellious teenager Jenna and her family move into an exclusive gated community that her parents hope will help them better control the troubled teen, Jenna soon discovers the dark truth behind how her new neighbors deal with discipline problems.
#2 - Homecoming
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 5/7/2003
A teenager has a brief reunion with his father, returned from the war.
#3 - Cold Fusion
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/2/2003
When the base staff at an Alaskan research base lose contact with the outside world, the military send a team in to investigate the disappearance.
#4 - The Pharaoh's Curse
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/23/2003
A young magician becomes the protege of an elderly conjurer to learn the secret of an impossible escape - The Pharaoh's Curse.
#5 - Tagged
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/12/2003
Marcus Fisher, a talented artist and street tagger, shoots a man painting over his spot at the insistence of his gang and the wall painting starts portraying the crime and filling in that he is the one who did the shooting.
#6 - Another Life
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/5/2003
Marvin Gardens, a rich and famous upcoming rap singer, begins to have visions of himself being interrogated by policemen in a shadowy room, and the visions begin to drive him crazy.
#7 - Fair Warning
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/8/2003
Tina, a flower shop clerk, finds herself threatened by a seemingly-deranged man named George who mysteriously disappears after asking him to stop from killing her. When she finds him he has a perfect alibi and claims he doesn't know her. George keeps visiting her and no one ever sees him except Tina. Tina begins to question her sanity.
#8 - The Path
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/8/2003
Ally, a young writer for a tabloid, meets a man who claims he sees others the path they are destined to follow. His predictions for her prove uncannily accurate and she soon becomes dependent on his predictions to guide her life. When he gets hit by a car and killed she finds herself without hope.
#9 - Gabe's Story
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/11/2002
A man suffering from consistent bad luck is given a surprising chance to change his destiny.
#10 - Mr. Motivation
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/20/2002
A sinister toy doll encourages a timid man to stand up to his boss and take control of his life.
#11 - Chosen
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/2002
A man is annoyed by two tenacious people he believes to be evangelists and refuses to listen to their claims that the day is Armageddon, but as it transpires the day is Armageddon, and the ""evangelists"" are Angels in need of help...
#12 - Into the Light
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/12/2003
A teacher on her last few days of teaching high school suddenly starts seeing lights on peoples faces just before they die. When she starts seeing it on most of her students faces, she decides to find out what will happen.
#13 - Last Lap
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/11/2002
A terminally ill young man and his best friend take a final ride in their souped-up racer that results in unexpected consequences for both.
#14 - Upgrade
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/30/2002
Annie fantasizes about her ideal family, a far cry from the dysfunctional group of people she sees everyday. But when her fantasies seemingly become reality, she is horrored to discover she is next on the replacement list.
#15 - Rewind
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/5/2003
Jonah, a gambler, never can beat ""the house"" no matter how hard he tries. But then he gets an interesting device that enables him to go back in time up to 5 minutes, and that means he has big chances for his gambling.
#16 - It's Still a Good Life
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 2/19/2003
In this sequel to the original TZs ""It's a Good Life,"" an adult Anthony Fremont continues to terrorize the town of Peaksville.
#17 - The Monsters Are On Maple Street
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 2/19/2003
In this remake of the original TZ's ""The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,"" a neighborhood is terrorized by mysterious power outages and begin to turn on each other.
#18 - Memphis
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 2/26/2003
A dying man is transported back to the South in 1968 on the day of Martin Luther King's assassination and tries to stop the killing.
#19 - How Much Do You Love Your Kid?
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 2/26/2003
A woman's son is kidnapped and she becomes involved in a licensed reality TV show broadcasting her attempts to recover him.
#20 - The Placebo Effect
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/2/2003
A hypochondriac with the power to manifest his beliefs into reality poses a danger to the entire world.
#21 - The Collection
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/23/2003
A babysitter must deal with a girl who has a collection of dolls that come to life.
#22 - Eye of the Beholder
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 4/30/2003
Meet Mrs. Janet Tyler. She was born abnormally ugly and has undergone many plastic surgeries to change her appearence. None of them worked. Now after one last attempt the bandages are coming off. But will the latest surgery succeed where the others failed?
#23 - Developing
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/30/2003
A widow finds photos of their dream house improving with each picture she takes.
#24 - The Executions of Grady Finch
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 5/7/2003
A prisoner, Grady Finch, who insists on his innocence discovers that he can't be killed. He survives multiple execution attempts and his attorney eventually manages to get him released. Finch is elated, but as he emerges he confesses to his attorney that he was really guilty...and then he is finally killed as a statue of Nemesis, the Goddess of Vengeance, falls on top of him.
#25 - Sunrise
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 5/21/2003
Several college students are thrust into a virtual nightmare when they discover an Aztec artifact that causes the sun to vanish and the only solution is a human sacrifice.