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The Worst Episodes of The Twilight Zone

Every episode of The Twilight Zone ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Twilight Zone!

Worst episode
S1E23 Last Lap
5.3351 votes
Best episode
S1E34 The Placebo Effect
7.5436 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.6avg
Binge time
15h 55m
43 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 23 - Last Lap
    5.3/10(351 votes)

    S1:E23

    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.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 10 - Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine
    5.7/10(428 votes)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Hans Beimler

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  3. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 14 - To Protect and Serve
    5.7/10(368 votes)

    S1:E14

    A young cop falls madly in love with a prostitute, and he continues to protect her even when they are both killed.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 28 - Tagged
    5.8/10(320 votes)

    S1:E28

    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.

    Director:James Head
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  5. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 26 - Another Life
    5.9/10(344 votes)

    S1:E26

    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.

    Director:Risa Bramon Garcia
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 4 - Dream Lover
    6.1/10(481 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 12 - Harsh Mistress
    6.1/10(370 votes)

    S1:E12

    A struggling musician named Cory purchases a rather infamous guitar, which leads to him gaining vast international stardom and wealth, but both come with a surprising price tag.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  8. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 25 - Fair Warning
    6.1/10(355 votes)

    S1:E25

    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.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  9. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 33 - How Much Do You Love Your Kid?
    6.1/10(346 votes)

    S1:E33

    A woman's son is kidnapped and she becomes involved in a licensed reality TV show broadcasting her attempts to recover him.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  10. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 39 - Developing
    6.3/10(324 votes)

    S1:E39

    A widow finds photos of their dream house improving with each picture she takes.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Moira Kirland

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  11. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 35 - Cold Fusion
    6.3/10(321 votes)

    S1:E35

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 1 - Evergreen
    6.4/10(659 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Jill E. Blotevogel

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  13. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 21 - Found and Lost
    6.4/10(373 votes)

    S1:E21

    A successful businessman is given a second chance - to go back and be with his first love

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 3 - Shades of Guilt
    6.5/10(549 votes)

    S1:E3

    Matt McGreevy is driving when a black man runs up to his car and begs for help. Matt drives away as a gang falls on the man and beat him to death. When he arrives home, Matt first bleeds from the cuts the dead man suffers, then his skin changes. By the time he gets back home he has transformed into the dead man, a college professor...

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  15. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 8 - Dead Man's Eyes
    6.5/10(421 votes)

    S1:E8

    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...

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 38 - Eye of the Beholder
    6.5/10(412 votes)

    S1:E38

    Meet Mrs. Janet Tyler. She was born abnormally ugly and has undergone many plastic surgeries to change her appearance. None of them worked. Now after one last attempt the bandages are coming off. But will the latest surgery succeed where the others failed?

    Director:David Ellis
    Writer:Rod Serling

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  17. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 7 - Time Lapse
    6.5/10(411 votes)

    S1:E7

    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...

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:James Crocker

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  18. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 11 - The Lineman
    6.5/10(403 votes)

    S1:E11

    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. Believing Shannon wants a rich man, Tyler uses his ability to play the stock market, but is surprised at the consequences, especially when he tries to touch others' minds when they grow distant from him.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Pen Densham

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  19. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 24 - The Path
    6.5/10(365 votes)

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:James Crocker

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  20. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 43 - Burned
    6.5/10(325 votes)

    S1:E43

    A crooked real estate mogul pays the price for having a building burned down to collect the insurance money.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 41 - Homecoming
    6.6/10(313 votes)

    S1:E41

    A teenager has a brief reunion with his father, returned from the war.

    Director:Risa Bramon Garcia
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  22. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 17 - Hunted
    6.6/10(348 votes)

    S1:E17

    A cop pursues the last known criminal in Earth's future society. But as it turns out, the criminal is fighting on the same side of the cop, to rid the world of androids.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Christopher Mack

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  23. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 16 - Sensuous Cindy
    6.6/10(378 votes)

    S1:E16

    A man buys a "virtual girlfriend" online simply to satisfy his carnal needs, but ends up becoming somebody else's sex slave.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:James Crocker

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  24. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 27 - Rewind
    6.7/10(339 votes)

    S1:E27

    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.

    Director:Kevin Bray
    Writer:James Crocker

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  25. The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 22 - Gabe's Story
    6.7/10(371 votes)

    S1:E22

    A man suffering from consistent bad luck is given a surprising chance to change his destiny.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Dusty Kay

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Last Lap" is the worst rated episode of The Twilight Zone. It scored 5.3/10 from 351 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Unknown, it aired on December 11, 2002. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Azoth the Avenger is a Friend of Mine".

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