The WORST episodes of The Twilight Zone (2002)
Every episode of The Twilight Zone (2002) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Twilight Zone (2002)!
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 - Sensuous Cindy
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/13/2002
A man, who's fiancée wants to wait wait until after they're married to have sex, is convinced to try a virtual reality game, Sensuous Cindy. It's not really cheating if it's with a virtual girl, right?
#2 - To Protect and Serve
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/6/2002
A young cop falls madly in love with a prostitute, and he continues to protect her even when they are both killed.
#3 - Burned
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 5/21/2003
A crooked real estate mogul pays the price for having a building burned down to collect the insurance money.
#4 - Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2002
A bullied boy, Craig, deciphers a coded message that allows him to summon his comic book hero, Azoth the Avenger. This long-haired Conan-like barbarian beats up the bullies that plague Craig, but is defenseless against his abusive father. Azoth returns to whence he came but inspires Craig to take a stand against his father - intoning the same spell as before and sending his father...somewhere, leaving him and his mother in peace.
#5 - Harsh Mistress
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/30/2002
A struggling musician named Cory purchases a rather infamous guitar, which leads to him gaining vast international stardom and wealth, but both come with surprising price tag.
#6 - 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.
#8 - Dead Man's Eyes
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2002
A distraught widow and former rehab patient on the verge of a total mental collapse, heavily invested in finding her husband's killer, discovers that her murdered husband's eyeglasses reveal the last moments of his life and possibly the identity of his killer...
#9 - The Lineman (1)
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2002
Tyler inherits the power to hear people's thoughts after a freak lightening storm. Eventually, he begins to abuse his new gift, using it as a means of acquiring vast wealth and personal gain. But then Tyler learns that his new power comes with a price.
#10 - Developing
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/30/2003
A widow finds photos of their dream house improving with each picture she takes.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Found and Lost
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/27/2002
A successful businessman is given a second chance - to go back and be with his first love
#13 - 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.
#14 - Dream Lover
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2002
To help overcome his writer's block and make his life easier and more relaxed, an artist named Andrew wills his dream woman Sondra to life, but the lines between reality and fantasy quickly begin to blur. Sondra soon starts hitting on the cable guy and gaining a life of her own.
#15 - Time Lapse
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2002
After an unconscious high-security patient arrives in his ward, Doctor Zack Taylor finds himself suffering from blackouts. On each occasion he wakes up partway along a byzantine assassination plot to kill the President's daughter with a plastic gun. He gets to the target's location, pulls out his gun, and...shoots an assassin behind the girl...
#16 - 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?
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.