The BEST episodes of The Twilight Zone season 2

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

The Twilight Zone was a popular American anthology series. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."

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The Eye of the Beholder
star
8.22
558 votes

#1 - The Eye of the Beholder

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1960

A young woman undergoes ""experimental treatments"" in an attempt to make her appear ""normal"".

Directors: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Rod Serling
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Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
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8.21
417 votes

#2 - Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/26/1961

State troopers follow tracks from an unidentified flying object to a diner where they try to determine which of the seven bus passengers stranded inside is really a Martian.

Writer: Rod Serling
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Nick of Time
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8.02
521 votes

#3 - Nick of Time

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1960

A superstitious newlywed becomes obsessed by a penny fortune-telling machine when he and his new wife are stranded with car trouble.

Directors: Richard L. Bare
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The Silence
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7.91
363 votes

#4 - The Silence

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/28/1961

An aristocratic club member bets that a talkative acquaintance cannot stay silent for an entire year.

Directors: Boris Sagal
Writer: Rod Serling
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The Obsolete Man
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7.88
401 votes

#5 - The Obsolete Man

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 6/2/1961

In a future state where religion and books have been banned, a librarian (Burgess Meridith) is judged obsolete by the Chancellor (Fritz Weaver) and sentenced to death.

Writer: Rod Serling
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The Lateness of the Hour
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7.86
440 votes

#6 - The Lateness of the Hour

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1960

Dr. Loren enjoys the faultless robot servants he has invented. His daughter, however, feels imprisoned by them--and soon learns how right she is.

Directors: Jack Smight
Writer: Rod Serling
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
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7.66
284 votes

#7 - A Penny for Your Thoughts

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1961

The lucky flip of a coin seems to give a mild-mannered bank clerk the power to read minds. But he soon learns that you can't believe everything you read.

Directors: James Sheldon
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The Rip Van Winkle Caper
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7.64
321 votes

#8 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/21/1961

Thieves put themselves into suspended animation for 100 years after hiding a million dollars worth of gold bars.

Directors: Justus Addiss
Writer: Rod Serling
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A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
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7.61
376 votes

#9 - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/7/1961

In 1847 a western settler sets out to find medicine for his dying son - and stumbles into modern-day New Mexico.

Directors: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Rod Serling
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The Invaders
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7.58
400 votes

#10 - The Invaders

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1961

An old woman in an isolated farmhouse encounters tiny, hostile aliens.

Directors: Douglas Heyes
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Dust
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7.54
344 votes

#11 - Dust

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1961

After selling the rope for a hanging, a conscienceless peddler tries to sell the condemned man's father a bag of "magic dust".

Directors: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Rod Serling
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Back There
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7.51
344 votes

#12 - Back There

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1961

It's April 14, 1961. Peter Corrigan and friends are discussing time travel at their men's club, Corrigan suddenly becomes dizzy. When his head clears, he has somehow traveled back to April 14, 1865 - the date of Lincoln's assassination. Knowing what is about to happen, he tries to warn everyone at Ford's Theater before it's too late.

Writer: Rod Serling
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The Howling Man
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7.38
419 votes

#13 - The Howling Man

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1960

A man, on a walking trip of Europe, gets caught in a storm. He finds remote monastery that contains a prisoner.

Directors: Douglas Heyes
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A Most Unusual Camera
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7.37
320 votes

#14 - A Most Unusual Camera

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1960

Chester Diedrich and his wife Paula, after burglarizing a curio shop, end up with a camera that takes pictures of events five minutes into the future.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Rod Serling
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The Odyssey of Flight 33
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7.32
379 votes

#15 - The Odyssey of Flight 33

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1961

A commercial aircraft mysteriously travels back through time.

Directors: Justus Addiss
Writer: Rod Serling
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The Man in the Bottle
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7.31
448 votes

#16 - The Man in the Bottle

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1960

A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes.

Directors: Don Medford
Writer: Rod Serling
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Shadow Play
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7.28
331 votes

#17 - Shadow Play

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/5/1961

Trapped in a recurring nightmare, Adam Grant tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to death that the whole scenario is not real.

Directors: John Brahm
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The Prime Mover
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7.16
323 votes

#18 - The Prime Mover

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1961

Ace Larsen discovers his business partner (Buddy Ebsen) has the ability to control objects with his mind. The pair head to Vegas to win big.

Directors: Richard L. Bare
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The Night of the Meek
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7.14
304 votes

#19 - The Night of the Meek

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/1960

A down-on-his-luck department store Santa Claus discovers a bottomless sack of toys.

Directors: Jack Smight
Writer: Rod Serling
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The Mind and the Matter
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7.13
324 votes

#20 - The Mind and the Matter

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/12/1961

A book on the power of thought enables an irritable worker (Shelley Berman) to re-create the world exactly as he wants it. But what he wants and what he gets are two different things!

Directors: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Rod Serling
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Long Distance Call
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7.06
291 votes

#21 - Long Distance Call

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1961

A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.

Directors: James Sheldon
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Mr. Dingle, the Strong
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7.03
416 votes

#22 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1961

Martians give Luther Dingle the strength of 300 men.

Directors: John Brahm
Writer: Rod Serling
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Twenty Two
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6.94
293 votes

#23 - Twenty Two

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1961

Miss Powell has a recurring nightmare about room 22 in a morgue.

Directors: Jack Smight
Writer: Rod Serling
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Static
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6.93
332 votes

#24 - Static

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1961

Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone.

Directors: Buzz Kulik
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The Trouble with Templeton
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6.92
325 votes

#25 - The Trouble with Templeton

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1960

Booth Templeton is an aging actor who longs for the old days when his wife was alive. Miraculously, he is given a sobering glimpse of the past he holds so dear.

Directors: Buzz Kulik
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