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Best Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater
Great Wide World Over There
S6 Ep22
7.8
29th Oct 1992
Cora Gibbs is an illiterate woman living on an isolated farm with her much older husband. When her educated nephew Benjy visits for the summer, she sees her opportunity to connect with the "great wide world over there" by sending and receiving mail.
The Lonely One
S6 Ep9
7.4
10th Jul 1992
After discovering the body of the latest victim of the serial killer known as The Lonely One, Lavinia persuades her friends to go to the movies to take their minds off the tragedy. The result is a long, scary midnight walk home for the increasingly terrified Lavinia.
The Martian
S6 Ep8
7.4
21st Feb 1992
A Martian welcomes grieving parents who move to Mars.
And the Moon Be Still as Bright
S5 Ep7
7.3
19th Oct 1990
Space explorers on a Martian expedition are faced with problems when one of their members becomes obsessed with the planet's former residents.
The Long Years
S5 Ep11
7.1
16th Nov 1990
A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a ship from Earth arrives to take them home, but the rescuers notice something odd.
The Concrete Mixer
S6 Ep5
7.1
31st Jan 1992
A Martian's reluctance to attack Earth stems from what he read in his alien comic books.
Fee Fie Foe Fum
S6 Ep21
7.0
28th Oct 1992
A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the new garbage disposal that he bought for her.
Let's Play Poison
S6 Ep7
7.0
14th Feb 1992
After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same to him.
The Earthmen
S6 Ep1
7.0
3rd Jan 1992
A crew of a spaceship return to Mars after a 20-year absence to discover a scientist and his family unaffected by their stay.
The Coffin
S3 Ep9
7.0
7th May 1988
An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
The Man Upstairs
S3 Ep5
7.0
5th Mar 1988
An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
Banshee
S2 Ep3
7.0
22nd Feb 1986
An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.
The Town Where No One Got Off
S2 Ep1
7.0
22nd Feb 1986
A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively leaves a train to explore a small town.
The Crowd
S1 Ep3
7.0
2nd Jul 1985
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.
The Murderer
S5 Ep2
6.9
27th Jul 1990
Albert Brock loathes noise and prefers perfect silence. He goes around destroying the instruments of sound: radios, wrist watches, faxes, etc. His destruction of sound-infected environments at work and home lands him in a psychiatric institution.
The Toynbee Convector
S5 Ep8
6.9
26th Oct 1990
A man time travels to the future and returns to show the people what they have to look forward to.
The Emissary
S3 Ep3
6.9
13th Feb 1988
A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
Marionettes, Inc.
S1 Ep1
6.8
21st May 1985
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.
The Dead Man
S6 Ep15
6.8
26th Sep 1992
A lonely middle-aged woman moves to a small town to take a job as a manicurist and finds she is strangely drawn to local eccentric Odd Martin--who claims to be dead.
Skeleton
S3 Ep2
6.8
6th Feb 1988
A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
Worst Episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater
Downwind from Gettysburg
S6 Ep18
4.7
17th Oct 1992
Walter Bayes has devoted his life to creating a robot duplicate of Abraham Lincoln to inspire the American people to recommit themselves to the nation's ideals. On the night of its unveiling, however, a maniac named Booth plots to assassinate the Presidential automaton.
The Wind
S4 Ep4
5.0
28th Jul 1989
After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.
The Anthem Sprinters
S6 Ep12
5.2
21st Aug 1992
An American author on a visit to Dublin stops by a pub where he is caught up in the excitement over a local sporting event known as "anthem sprinting." In this challenge runners compete to see who can get out of the theater fastest during the pause between the end of the film and the start of the Irish national anthem and this time the stakes are the American's first edition of Joyce versus the pub's Sean O'Casey autographed playbill.
The Tombstone
S6 Ep23
5.4
30th Oct 1992
A bickering couple checks into the last available room in a small hotel only to discover that the previous occupant left a tombstone in the room. No one gets any sleep as the wife is now convinced the room is haunted.
The Small Assassin
S3 Ep6
5.5
9th Apr 1988
A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
Silent Towns
S6 Ep17
5.6
10th Oct 1992
A technician accidentally stranded on Mars by a sudden evacuation searches desperately for another human being on the desolate world. When he finds an equally lonely woman, she is not what he was expecting.
Sun and Shadow
S6 Ep16
5.6
3rd Oct 1992
An American film crew arrives in a Mexican village to shoot a TV commercial; Ricardo, a townsman, interferes with the filming because he resents his life being treated as a colorful prop by these arrogant interlopers.
Touched with Fire
S5 Ep3
5.6
3rd Aug 1990
Two men who theorize that murder only happen in hot weather, try to stop one.
The Black Ferris
S5 Ep4
5.7
10th Aug 1990
Hank Walterson sneaks into the carnival at night and watches the owner, Mr. Cooger, ride the Ferris wheel backward until he becomes a young boy... who sets out to rob the local widow of her jewels.
The Handler
S6 Ep20
5.7
27th Oct 1992
A small town mortician takes a perverse delight in exacting postmortem revenge against his enemies, until his day of reckoning arrives.
The Jar
S6 Ep3
5.8
17th Jan 1992
A farmer impresses the townsfolk with a mysterious jar bought from a traveling carnival sideshow.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
S3 Ep10
5.9
14th May 1988
A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.
Tomorrow's Child
S6 Ep11
5.9
14th Aug 1992
An experimental childbirth procedure results in a couple's baby being born into another dimension. The child's non-human appearance puts a lot of strain on the new parents and threatens to send the wife into madness.
Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
S4 Ep12
5.9
17th Nov 1989
A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.
The Long Rain
S6 Ep14
5.9
19th Sep 1992
When an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the four survivors try to reach the Sundome that has been erected on the planet and provides the only shelter. But exhaustion hits and predatory plants await.
The Haunting of the New
S4 Ep8
5.9
15th Sep 1989
A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.
The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
S4 Ep7
5.9
18th Aug 1989
When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.
Exorcism
S5 Ep9
6.0
2nd Nov 1990
The charming Clara Goodwater has been the president of the town's Ladies Honeysuckle Harmony Lodge for as long as anyone can remember. Her nosy rival Elmira Brown is convinced Clara maintains her position through witchcraft and plans to exorcise her at the upcoming Lodge election.
By the Numbers
S6 Ep13
6.0
11th Sep 1992
The manager of a hotel pool drills his young son with military precision, leading to tragedy.
Gotcha!
S3 Ep4
6.1
20th Feb 1988
A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
The Ray Bradbury Theater Episode Guide
Marionettes, Inc.
S1 Ep1
6.8
21st May 1985
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper and on a lunch bill. He tracks down source of the messages and meets a man who offers to sell him a robot replica of himself.
The Playground
S1 Ep2
6.6
4th Jun 1985
When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed when he sees a bully from his youth.
The Crowd
S1 Ep3
7.0
2nd Jul 1985
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees another car crash and notices that again the same crowd quickly gathers. He begins to investigate a series of accidents and news footage reveals that the same crowd arrives at every scene. What's more, Joe notices that the faces in the crowd match photographs of people at the city morgue.
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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The best rated episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater are:
Great Wide World Over There S6E22 rated 7.8
The Lonely One S6E9 rated 7.4
The Martian S6E8 rated 7.4
And the Moon Be Still as Bright S5E7 rated 7.3
The Long Years S5E11 rated 7.1
The Concrete Mixer S6E5 rated 7.1
Fee Fie Foe Fum S6E21 rated 7.0
Let's Play Poison S6E7 rated 7.0
The Earthmen S6E1 rated 7.0
The Coffin S3E9 rated 7.0
The lowest rated episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater are:
Downwind from Gettysburg S6E18 rated 4.7
The Wind S4E4 rated 5.0
The Anthem Sprinters S6E12 rated 5.2
The Tombstone S6E23 rated 5.4
The Small Assassin S3E6 rated 5.5
Silent Towns S6E17 rated 5.6
Sun and Shadow S6E16 rated 5.6
Touched with Fire S5E3 rated 5.6
The Black Ferris S5E4 rated 5.7
The Handler S6E20 rated 5.7
The first episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater aired on May 21, 1985.
The last episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater aired on October 30, 1992.
There are 65 episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater.
