Our second entry in the strange and ghoulish machinations of the mind is something we like to call Night Gallery: Season 2. With the tremendous success of the first season, Night Gallery was promoted to a weekly show with a full 22 episodes; and it proved to be its undoing. To help fill out the episodes producer Jack Laird decide to include a dozen 2-3 minute shorts, which became infamous for their slapstick-ish broad comedy and changed the tone of the series. Still, there are a number of impressive stories, including “The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes,” “Death in the Family,” “The Diary,” “Hell’s Bells,” “The Caterpillar,” and “Little Girl Lost.” And the list of guest stars is first rate; Clint Howard, Leslie Nielsen, Vincent Price, David Carradine, Orson Welles, Patty Duke, Edward G. Robinson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sandra Dee, Sondra Locke, and Bill Bixby. However, there’s a steep decline in the quality of Night Gallery’s second season, and while it has its moments, it’s strayed from Rod Serling’s original vision.
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There are a lot of hit or miss segments in Season 2, but most of my personal favorite Night Gallery stories happen to come from it. While I could attribute that to the sheer number of segments, I don't think that's why. Instead, I'll credit the all-out experimentation and the variety of choices made by the directors in Season 2.