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#1
S1E6 7.8
Examination Day/A Message from Charity

In the far future, twelve-year-old Dickie must pass the government intelligence test. He is very nervous about the outcome of the test but eager to show how smart he is. At the end his parents get the news - Dickie "passed" the test...but the government kills anyone who is too intelligent. In 1985, a fever-stricken Peter Wood finds himself in telepathic contact with Charity Paine, a sick girl his age living in Puritan New England. The two rejoice in sharing their thoughts, and Peter gives Charity the chance to see things that she'd never experienced in her limit time and place. However, their new-found contact turns to horror when Peter's knowledge of the future endangers Charity's life. She inadvertently speaks of the future, causing the villagers to believe she is a witch.

#2
S1E20 7.7
Profile in Silver/Button, Button

A researcher from the future, a descendent of President John F. Kennedy goes back in time to witness his ancestor's death, and inadvertently changes history by saving the President. The researcher accidentally gives away the fact that he is from the future, as Kennedy is "pursued" by a series of hurricanes. A mysterious man offers a couple a bizarre deal: if they will push a button on a box that will kill one person they don't know, they will get a million dollars. After some contemplation, the couple goes ahead and pushes the button. The man tells them that they will indeed get the money. And somewhere, sometime, another couple will get the same box, and the same offer...

#3
S2E5 7.6
The Toys of Caliban

An elderly husband and wife live in terror of their son, a boy who has the power to summon anything he can conceive. They are forced to limit what he sees and reads, since anything he summons has to come from...somewhere. When he becomes sick from eating too much summoned food, they take him to a hospital and attract the attention of a social worker, who doesn't know of the boy's power and is shocked at the parents' harsh treatment. The boy inadvertently kills his mother when he sees a picture of a heart in a magazine, and "summons" it out of her chest. Later, as the social worker comes calling, the boy demonstrates his power by summoning his missing mother...who has been two weeks in the grave. As the worker summons the police, the boy's father has him summon an explosion, killing them both rather than have his son fall into the hands of the government.

#4 Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet S1E1 7.5
#5 Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton S1E12 7.5
#6 Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes S1E15 7.4
#7 The Card/The Junction S2E8 7.3
#8 Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon S1E2 7.2
#9 The Hellgramite Method S3E7 7.2
#10 Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers S1E4 7.1

▼ Lowlights

#65 S3E3 The Crossing 5.4

A stressed-out priest repeatedly encounters a station wagon containing a young girl. The car keeps crashing and bursting into flames.

#64 Crazy as a Soup Sandwich S3E28 5.5
#63 Song of the Younger World/The Girl I Married S2E11 5.5
#62 The Hunters S3E4 5.7
#61 Appointment on Route 17 S3E15 5.8

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