The BEST episodes written by Alan Brennert

The Trouble with Harry
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8.56
115 votes

#1 - The Trouble with Harry

Odyssey 5 - Season 1 - Episode 13

The Odyssey 5 team forms an alliance with a friendly geeky sentient, who calls himself Harry Mudd and has a great lust for life, to stop a powerful insane female sentient, who plans to destroy Earth.

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The Unquiet Earth
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8.22
9 votes

#2 - The Unquiet Earth

China Beach - Season 3 - Episode 1

McMurphy and K.C. are kidnapped by the Viet Cong and taken underground into a warren of tunnels, where their captors expect McMurphy to operate on their wounded leader.

The Girl with a Gift for Disaster
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8.17
14 votes

#3 - The Girl with a Gift for Disaster

Wonder Woman - Season 3 - Episode 19

A plan to steal priceless historical documents centers around a woman who 'attracts disaster'.

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Her Pilgrim Soul
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8.04
101 votes

#4 - Her Pilgrim Soul

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 28

Two scientists create a holographic projector that has a woman appear in the display.

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Forbidden Love / The Other Man - Mr. Roarke
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8.00
1 votes

#5 - Forbidden Love / The Other Man - Mr. Roarke

Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 1

In "The Other Man - Mr. Roarke" a woman in her forties wishes to find romance. And in "Forbidden Love" a woman brings her boyfriend to the Island hoping to get him to propose to her after a three-year relationship.

Where the Boys Are
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7.83
12 votes

#6 - Where the Boys Are

China Beach - Season 2 - Episode 11

As McMurphy's enforced R&R continues with the help of an 18-year-old medic, Boonie tries to recreate a combination spring beach frolic and senior prom. KC warns Boonie that Wayloo Marie has learned part of his story. A chopper pilot shows Frankie that joys of flying.

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Quarantine
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7.77
96 votes

#7 - Quarantine

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 43

An ill weapons designer is cryogenically frozen and awakened three centuries later..

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Skateboard Wiz
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7.63
19 votes

#8 - Skateboard Wiz

Wonder Woman - Season 3 - Episode 8

Diana's god-daughter, a teenage skateboard whiz, is used by a mobster for extortion and blackmail purposes.

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A Message from Charity
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7.58
130 votes

#9 - A Message from Charity

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 15

A teenage boy with a fever finds himself in telepathic contact with a girl living in colonial New England.

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The Refuge
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7.53
167 votes

#10 - The Refuge

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 2 - Episode 11

""What is reality?"" is the question before Raymond Bava after he collapses during a blizzard and awakens in a private refuge run by Sanford Valle. Valle's companions include his son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Justine, and Gina Beaumont. Ray, drawn to the gentle Gina, recoils from the callous corruption displayed by the all-controlling Valle and the other inhabitants. Then, following a moment of violence, Ray begins to doubt reality when all the characters, including Gina, reverse roles and personalities. When he is suddenly freed from Valle's control, Ray finds he has been locked in a cryogenic-induced nightmare, but one he must return to fulfill his love for Gina.

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The Star
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7.51
101 votes

#11 - The Star

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 32

Onboard a spaceship an astrophysicist and a priest learn they have discovered a planet long dead and a transmitter emitting a signal for eons.

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Sanctuary
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7.49
2477 votes

#12 - Sanctuary

Stargate Atlantis - Season 1 - Episode 14

The team finds a paradise world that would make an ideal sanctuary for those fleeing from the Wraith, but the local inhabitants believe their goddess will not permit it.

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The Plot to Kill a City (2)
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7.43
152 votes

#13 - The Plot to Kill a City (2)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Cosmic Whiz Kid
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7.40
163 votes

#14 - Cosmic Whiz Kid

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Season 1 - Episode 11

Hieronymous Fox, an 11-year-old child genius from the 20th Century is kidnapped for ransom by the sinister Roderick Zale. The boy is the President of the planet Genesia and his bodyguard fears that he will be killed because they cannot meet the ransom demand. Buck, Wilma, and the bodyguard then make separate attempts to rescue the boy.

Time and Teresa Golowitz
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7.39
84 votes

#15 - Time and Teresa Golowitz

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 2 - Episode 18

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 Second Soul
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7.39
233 votes

#16 - The Second Soul

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 1 - Episode 4

Man's first encounter with beings from another planet -- the N'Tal -- appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist must decide whether the N'Tal are friend or foe.

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The Cold Equations
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7.37
62 votes

#17 - The Cold Equations

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 3 - Episode 16

A shuttle pilot on the outer fringes of space finds a stowaway on board his ship. Because of the extra weight, he does not have enough fuel for his journey and faces a dilemma forcing him to consider jettisoning her into space.

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The Plot to Kill a City (1)
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7.35
184 votes

#18 - The Plot to Kill a City (1)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Season 1 - Episode 6

After a Defense Directorate agent kills a member of a group of interstellar assassins, they plot to take their revenge on the city of New Chicago. Buck masquerades as an assassin and joins the group, but is soon uncovered. He must now, not only escape from the assassins, but also stop them from detonating New Chicago's matter/antimatter energy plant.

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A Small Talent for War
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7.34
75 votes

#19 - A Small Talent for War

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 37

An alien race that claimed to have invented mankind returns to judge them.

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Cold Station 12 (2)
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7.34
2030 votes

#20 - Cold Station 12 (2)

Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 4 - Episode 5

Arik Soong leads his band of Augments to a medical facility where hundreds of genetically enhanced embryos are still stored, intending to retrieve them and bring them to life.

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Dead Run
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7.34
67 votes

#21 - Dead Run

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 48

An out-of-work trucker takes on a bizarre job upon the recommendation of a friend: deliveryman of souls to Hell.

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Dark Matters
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7.26
219 votes

#22 - Dark Matters

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 1 - Episode 11

Dropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultimately trusting his own decisions.

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I of Newton
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7.24
45 votes

#23 - I of Newton

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 29

A professor attempting to solve a difficult math problem finds himself matching wits with a demon.

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One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty
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7.23
76 votes

#24 - One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 27

A man who returns to his childhood home is transported to his past.

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Healer
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7.19
167 votes

#25 - Healer

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 6

A thief steals a stone from a museum that gives him the power to heal and tries to pass himself as a faith healer.

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In the Blood
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7.17
41 votes

#26 - In the Blood

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 7 - Episode 11

An exploratory mission into space passes through a quantum hole torn into the very fabric of the universe and enters another continuum, a trans-space just beneath its surface.

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Wong's Lost and Found Emporium
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7.17
130 votes

#27 - Wong's Lost and Found Emporium

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 22

David Wong searches for something he lost. He seeks the Lost and Found Emporium where he finds others looking for their lost items.

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Daedalus
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7.03
1944 votes

#28 - Daedalus

Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 4 - Episode 10

The inventor of the transporter, Emory Erickson, comes aboard Enterprise for a risky experiment.

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Disco Devil
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7.00
25 votes

#29 - Disco Devil

Wonder Woman - Season 3 - Episode 5

Wonder Woman must stop a disco that lures government engineers, and then taps their minds, stealing national secrets.

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A Dream of Jennifer
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6.94
105 votes

#30 - A Dream of Jennifer

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Season 1 - Episode 20

Buck is haunted by the appearance of a young woman who bears a striking resemblance to Jennifer, a woman who Buck left behind when he was propelled into the 25th Century. He follows her and soon discovers that she was made to look like Jennifer in order to lure Buck into a trap set by an alien who wants Buck to stop a space freighter from delivering weapons to a planet his people hope to conquer.

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Voices in the Earth
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6.87
59 votes

#31 - Voices in the Earth

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 2 - Episode 19

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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Heart's Desire
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6.86
158 votes

#32 - Heart's Desire

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 3 - Episode 8

A mysterious alien descends upon the town of Heart's Desire and offers to share his extraordinary powers with four outlaws - Jake Miller, his brother Ben and their partners in crime, Frank and J.D. Kelton. Taking on the human form of his first victim, a mild-mannered preacher, the alien follows the quartet to the Miller's hometown and gives both sets of brothers strange new powers that make them virtually invincible. As the Keltons kick off a crime spree by destroying all opposition with blasts of pure energy, Jake struggles with his divided loyalties, between love for his family and his childhood sweetheart Miriam -- and the terrible question: who is this mysterious stranger and why has he given the outlaws such deadly powers?

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P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead
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6.67
3 votes

#33 - P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead

L.A. Law - Season 6 - Episode 17

Becker's shrink drops dead; the Brackmans use Alexander to call one another's bluff; Kelsey fires Ned after he makes a pass at her; McKenzie chastises DePalma for how he participated in the sting operation, but comes to the young attorney's aid when a member of the bench exacts his own punishment for DePalma's role in exposing Kelton; during Susan Bloom's wedding, Alexander and Sam get into trouble, and Gwen and Kittredge get closer; Kelsey is taken into custody when she protests the I.N.S. arrest of Matthew's new nanny; Becker tries to regain Roxanne's trust.

Falling Star
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6.52
132 votes

#34 - Falling Star

The Outer Limits (1995) - Season 2 - Episode 19

Pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide. With her once meteoric career at a standstill and her husband cheating on her, she sees no hope. Then she encounters Rachael, an ardent fan from the future. Rachael is a time traveler -- and an uninvited tourist in Melissa's body. She persuades Melissa to give life a second chance, but in the process, she changes history. Now, authorities from the future want Melissa dead and will resort to anything -- including murder -- to preserve their version of the past.

Shatterday
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6.36
283 votes

#35 - Shatterday

The Twilight Zone (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 1

A man accidentally phones his own home and winds up talking to his alter ego

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Since I Fell For You
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6.33
2 votes

#36 - Since I Fell For You

L.A. Law - Season 5 - Episode 22

An AIDS-stricken attorney fights an insurance company's refusal to pay for an experimental treatment; Kelsey's admission concerning a murder case could jeopardize her standing with the bar; and a new partner is named.

Great Balls Afire
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6.25
3 votes

#37 - Great Balls Afire

L.A. Law - Season 6 - Episode 15

A Jewish philanthropist halts funding for a medical researcher who is using data from Nazi experiments; the Markowitzes anticipate the worst from a girl claiming to be Stuart's daughter; Becker's fidelity is put to the test by Julie.

Amazon Hot Wax
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6.24
16 votes

#38 - Amazon Hot Wax

Wonder Woman - Season 3 - Episode 16

Going undercover to stop extortionists in the record industry gives Diana (and Lynda Carter) a chance to show off her vocal abilities.

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The Devil Stick / Touch and Go
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6.00
2 votes

#39 - The Devil Stick / Touch and Go

Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 18

In "The Devil Stick" Carl Peters' fantasy is to find his lost love, Hallie Miller, turns out to be a witch's curse. And in "Touch and Go" Tattoo fulfills a promise to Susan Henderson, the woman who saved his life years ago - help her find her dream man. With the aid of a magical ring she finds her true love in Carter Ransome.

From Here to Paternity
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5.80
3 votes

#40 - From Here to Paternity

L.A. Law - Season 6 - Episode 16

The partners disagree about Van Owen's defending a celebrity baseball player on rape charges; DePalma becomes embroiled in a sting operation on a corrupt judge; Markowitz offers Sarah a job at the firm despite Kelsey's reservations, then tries too hard to win her affections; Roxanne moves out after Rayburn deceives her about Becker's fidelity.

There Goes the Judge
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5.75
3 votes

#41 - There Goes the Judge

L.A. Law - Season 5 - Episode 20

An eccentric judge loses his grip on reality; Rollins gets caught up in his own agenda while defending a black motorist charged with evading the police; Becker grapples with his demons.

Dances with Sharks
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5.50
3 votes

#42 - Dances with Sharks

L.A. Law - Season 5 - Episode 13

A jog in a white neighborhood lands Rollins in jail as a rape suspect; C.J.'s client goes before a Navajo tribal court to get her son back from his father; Brackman moves to sue a tabloid.

Silence of the Lambskins
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5.00
1 votes

#43 - Silence of the Lambskins

L.A. Law - Season 6 - Episode 19

Mullaney works with a feisty young prosecutor when he takes an out-of-town assignment as the lead prosecutor in the case of a missing woman presumed murdered by her co-worker during a theft from the bank where they both worked; Markowitz represents a condom manufacturer whose flag-emblazoned wares were seized by Customs under federal obscenity laws; Becker's representation of a woman with Alzheimer's whose daughter is vying for conservatorship rights with her mother's much-younger new husband gets torpedoed by Frank Kittredge when he leaks Gwen's pillow talk about the case to the woman's daughter, with whom he's also having an affair; Zoey wonders about the future of their relationship when Jonathan considers whether to accept the offer of a short-term appointment to the city council that could lead to a long-term future in politics.

Say Goodnight, Gracie
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5.00
1 votes

#44 - Say Goodnight, Gracie

L.A. Law - Season 6 - Episode 22

Jonathan dumps Zoey; the Brackmans decide to reconcile and remarry; Victor Sifuentes returns to reclaim Van Owens' hand; Zoey's decision to advance her career by perjuring herself on the stand has tragic consequences when her testimony tips the scales in the case of a former inmate who sues the federal prison system after he contracts AIDS from a prison rape; Roxanne learns a hard lesson about Becker's selfishness and lack of responsibility when they discover that one of his former lovers is dying from AIDS.