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The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Marionettes, Inc.
30 mins
A suburban drone sees no escape from his dull job, nor from his upbeat wife's constant attention and advice. He's a computer salesman, and suddenly every computer he logs onto immediately blares his most detailed personal information, plus a cryptic ad for the mysterious Marionettes, Inc. Now he has to take action, so he contacts them and his life immediately changes for the better but only for a little while.
Episode 2
The Playground
28 mins
Charles Underhill lives in the suburb with his young son Steve, but he does not allow Steve to play in the nearby playground with other children. Charles has a childhood trauma with the bully Ralph and his friends, and he frequently sees Ralph's ghost challenging him, until the day he decides to go to the playground with Steve and face the wounds of his past.
Episode 3
The Crowd
27 mins
After leaving a party late night, Joe Spelliner drives high speed through the empty streets and has a car accident. A couple of seconds later, he is surrounded by a crowd until an ambulance arrives with the paramedic at 2:00 AM. Twenty-four hours later he is discharged by the hospital and he is intrigued from where that crowd arrived. He meets his friend and colleague Morgan to celebrate and they witness another car accident. In twenty-one seconds, the victim is surrounded by a crowd and Joe recognizes many of the persons from his own accident. Joe asks Morgan to retrieve surveillance tapes of car accidents and he discloses that the same persons are present in the other accidents; further, all of them are victims of car accidents. Morgan asks Joe to forget the discovery, but the reluctant friend wishes to investigate further with tragic consequences.
Episode 4
The Town Where No One Got Off
30 mins
While traveling by train, the aspirant writer Cogswell is challenged by an old salesman to get off the train and settle in a small town to lead a boring life. Cogswell asks the conductor to stop the train and arrives in a quiet town. He wanders through the town and finds hostile dwellers; further, he notes that an old man is following him. The man tells Cogswell that he has been waiting for twenty years for a stranger to commit the perfect crime. Cogswell replies that he has had the same feeling.
Episode 5
The Screaming Woman
Sat, Feb 22, 198628 mins
Heather Leary lives in the suburb and loves to read Tales from the Crypt. While walking through the woods near her house, she hears a woman screaming. Since she can't see anyone in the vicinity, she concludes that the scream is coming from below underground. She tells all about it to her skeptical parents but they believe it's just her vivid imagination. Heather sneaks out of her room in the middle of the night to find an ally and solve the mystery by herself..
Episode 6
Banshee
28 mins
An American visiting a remote Irish manor hears an eerie moan from the grounds. Braving the dark night, the man sees a beautiful woman flitting across the moor. When he returns to the house, his host, an inveterate practical joker, informs him the woman is really a banshee and dares him to confront her.
