"The Silence" definitely had a great twist that really makes you think. "A Stop at Willoughby" had a good one when you see the hearse at the end. "To Serve Man" is another classic twist.

Third from the Sun & I Shot an Arrow into the Air

She'd already been living a miserable existence for decades because of the car accident - she didn't need to be "punished" any more.
I completely agree. The performances in this episode are first rate, but the story is really unsatisfying.

Never say never

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I think I might have read that on Wikipedia. Or maybe it was here, I don't know. But I agree, that would have been much more terrifying.

Thanks, Kr! I actually read on this board the Night Call ep was changed from the short story. In the original, it's not her long dead boyfriend on the phone, but an unknown menacing caller. He then says "I'll be right over." That would have been utterly chilling. Have you heard that? Wonder why they changed it.

Great choice!

I love all these. The one that really did it for me was Night Call. "Miss Keane, it's a fallen wire. At the cemetery." Eeek. One of my favorite eps, she's all alone, seems to live out in the middle of nowhere. Very effective creep factor.

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The Silence.

I always loved Roddy McDowell. There was always something very touching and vulnerable in his performances. Being a closeted gay male at a time when society condemned such a lifestyle must have been incredibly difficult. He was a beloved person and had an enormous group of friends. He was a wonderful confidante. I remember once reading that someone asked him to write a book about all the secrets he had on his friends. He replied something to the effect, "Well if I did that, then I wouldn't have any friends, would I?"

Never say never

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A lot of great ones have been mentioned. I personally love "Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up", "The Invaders", and "Eye of the Beholder".
But unquestionably the greatest Twilight Zone twist ending is that of the episode "A World of His Own", where we find out who really controls the Twilight Zone!

There are so many episodes with great twists, but the two that really stand out for me is one that several others have pointed out: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up." The other (which no one else has cited) is, "The Long Morrow", in which a time-travelling astronaut returns to earth with a very unique twist. Both are real classics.

Mr. Garrity and the Graves. I love John Dehner and his character has so much fun. Making the town believe ghe can bring back the dead, and then it really happens in the end. Great ending.

Amazing that this topic was up over a month before someone came up with that type of response!

Mojito with a twist of lime.

Vodka martini with a twist of lemon.
Damn, I'm good.

One of my favourite episodes. I really like the narration in that.
'You scramble up rock hills and feel the hot sand under your feet and every now and then, take a look over your shoulder at a giant sun suspended in a dead and motionless sky, like an unblinking eye that probes at the back of your head like a prolonged accusation'

I think the ending is great. Its the rest of the episode I don't like. It - pardon the pun - fell a little flat for me.

"I Shot An Arrow Into The Air." Hands down best TZ twist ever, even if it sort of defies logic that mission control wouldn't be looking on the ground for a crashed rocket
In my opinion, that twist was the inspiration for the controversial ending to Frank Darabont's 2007 Stephen King adaptation "The Mist" which gave moviegoers a brutally ironic
deus ex machina
similar in tone to that particular TZ episode. A gotcha ending that people either loved (like me) or hated.

"One batch, two batchPenny and dime."

I thought the twist was good in that but the episode quite contrived. The Franchot Tone character was supposed to be skint, so I'm wandering how much it would have cost to build the room. It doesn't look cheap. Apart from that I enjoyed the execution of the episode.
I like the twist in Judgement Night.I found when Lanzer came to the realisation of the situation to be quite impactful.