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Best First Episode to Watch to Get Someone Into the Series

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    cind5 — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 06:17 PM)

    TIME ENOUGH AT LAST
    It was the 1st one I ever saw and that got me hooked.
    Spenser with an "S", like the poet.

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      sevenlilxenos — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 06:47 PM)

      It's A Good Life
      The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
      Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up

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        dini0519 — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 07:24 PM)

        Agree with your list. All 3 have good ensemble acting. Two more that would really get someone's attention: And When the Sky was Opened, and Long Live Walter Jamison. Or maybe it's just because those are favorites of mine.
        Dini

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          telegonus — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 12:45 AM)

          I agree.
          Where Is Everybody?
          may well have been my first, or close enough. One question: what's the age of the person you're trying turn onto the
          Zone
          ? Teenagers have different tastes from young adults, middle aged folks from younger ones, pre-teens have (yes) minds of their own (the
          TZ
          was
          very
          popular with kids under thirteen).
          Okay, for a Millenial, probably the ones that have a more primal resonance than a topical one:
          The Hitch-Hiker, Elegy
          and
          Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
          for sheer supernatural and sci-fi horror and fun. For a lighter touch:
          Hocus-Pocus And Frisby, Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?
          , maybe
          A Game Of Pool
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            kr-1959 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 08:17 PM)

            I agree with your reasoning, but I wouldn't choose that one just because I think it starts to drag a little in the middle.

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              thereffman — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 03:31 PM)

              Lots of good ones already mentioned.
              Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
              The Hunt
              Walking Distance
              Mirror Image
              A Nice Place to Visit
              It's a Good Life
              To Serve Man

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                kr-1959 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 08:20 PM)

                I'll go with 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street'. Its a solid episode - not one of the weirder ones, it gives a good representation of what the show is about, and finally the underlying theme is just as relevant now as it was then.

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                  arussell23 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 09:08 AM)

                  Agreed. We watched it in my English class back in 7th grade, and it got me interested in the series.

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                    DoctorJuliaHoffman — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 02:39 PM)

                    "The After Hours".
                    "The Hitch-Hiker".
                    "Night Call".
                    "Nightmare as a Child".
                    "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?".

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                      w22nuschler — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 07:45 PM)

                      Obsolete Man because it deals with a man's faith in God that makes him able to beat the enemy.

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                        Julie_De — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 12:37 AM)

                        Without a doubt, have them watch -To Serve Man- Then -Time enough at last-

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                          fleurfairy — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 11:49 AM)

                          Definitely start with the first episode "Where is Everybody?" It's compelling, creepy, and has a great twist.

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                            MsMelbaToast — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 02:26 AM)

                            The first on I watched, and it. really caught my interest was "Eye of the Beholder." I watched and was like, "What exactly is underneath those bandages?" Kept me hooked all the way through to the ending, and I just continued watching the Sci-Fy 4th of July marathon all the way through. Huge fan ever since. 🙂

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                              PussyCrusher_Principal — 9 years ago(November 09, 2016 05:16 PM)

                              The After Hours, without a doubt.

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