The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Season 4

Air Date

July 7, 1989

Episodes

12 episodes

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Season 4

Episodes

The Dwarf

1. The Dwarf

July 7, 1989
24 min

A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

A Miracle of Rare Device

2. A Miracle of Rare Device

July 14, 1989
24 min

Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

The Lake

3. The Lake

July 21, 1989
24 min

An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

The Wind

4. The Wind

July 28, 1989
24 min

After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

The Pedestrian

5. The Pedestrian

August 4, 1989
24 min

A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

A Sound of Thunder

6. A Sound of Thunder

August 11, 1989
24 min

Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

7. The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

August 18, 1989
24 min

When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.

The Haunting of the New

8. The Haunting of the New

September 15, 1989
24 min

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.

To the Chicago Abyss

9. To the Chicago Abyss

September 22, 1989
24 min

In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.

Hail and Farewell

10. Hail and Farewell

September 29, 1989
24 min

Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.

The Veldt

11. The Veldt

November 10, 1989
24 min

Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.

Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!

12. Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!

November 17, 1989
24 min

A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.