The Twilight Zone

Season 3

37 episodes

  1. 1. Two

    26m · Sep 15, 1961

    A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.

  2. 2. The Arrival

    26m · Sep 22, 1961

    A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing.

  3. 3. The Shelter

    26m · Sep 29, 1961

    When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.

  4. 4. The Passersby

    26m · Oct 6, 1961

    On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.

  5. 5. A Game of Pool

    26m · Oct 13, 1961

    Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.

  6. 6. The Mirror

    26m · Oct 20, 1961

    After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.

  7. 7. The Grave

    26m · Oct 27, 1961

    Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is challenged to visit the grave of Sykes, despite the curse.

  8. 8. It's a Good Life

    26m · Nov 3, 1961

    On an isolated family farm in Peakesville, Ohio, young Anthony Fremont, who has vast mental powers but lacks emotional development, holds his terrified family and neighbors in thrall to his every juvenile wish.

  9. 9. Deaths-Head Revisited

    26m · Nov 10, 1961

    A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.

  10. 10. The Midnight Sun

    26m · Nov 17, 1961

    The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.

  11. 11. Still Valley

    26m · Nov 24, 1961

    Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.

  12. 12. The Jungle

    26m · Dec 1, 1961

    Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.

  13. 13. Once Upon a Time

    26m · Dec 15, 1961

    Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962.

  14. 14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit

    26m · Dec 22, 1961

    A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.

  15. 15. A Quality of Mercy

    26m · Dec 29, 1961

    A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying to stop his superior from leading a charge against American forces.

  16. 16. Nothing in the Dark

    26m · Jan 5, 1962

    A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."

  17. 17. One More Pallbearer

    26m · Jan 12, 1962

    Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.

  18. 18. Dead Man's Shoes

    26m · Jan 19, 1962

    A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.

  19. 19. The Hunt

    26m · Jan 26, 1962

    On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.

  20. 20. Showdown with Rance McGrew

    26m · Feb 2, 1962

    The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.

  21. 21. Kick the Can

    26m · Feb 9, 1962

    A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".

  22. 22. A Piano in the House

    26m · Feb 16, 1962

    Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.

  23. 23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

    26m · Feb 23, 1962

    Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...

  24. 24. To Serve Man

    26m · Mar 2, 1962

    An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A team of linguists sets out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."

  25. 25. The Fugitive

    26m · Mar 9, 1962

    Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.

  26. 26. Little Girl Lost

    26m · Mar 16, 1962

    Awakened by the cries of their daughter Bettina, Chris and Ruth Miller enter her room to find that she has vanished, even though they still hear her crying for help. Chris' physicist friend Bill thinks she moved into another dimension.

  27. 27. Person or Persons Unknown

    26m · Mar 23, 1962

    David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.

  28. 28. The Little People

    26m · Mar 30, 1962

    An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

  29. 29. Four O'Clock

    26m · Apr 6, 1962

    Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.

  30. 30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

    26m · Apr 13, 1962

    A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.

  31. 31. The Trade-Ins

    26m · Apr 20, 1962

    An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.

  32. 32. The Gift

    26m · Apr 27, 1962

    An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fears and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.

  33. 33. The Dummy

    26m · May 4, 1962

    A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy: plans that Willie doesn't support!

  34. 34. Young Man's Fancy

    26m · May 11, 1962

    When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.

  35. 35. I Sing the Body Electric

    26m · May 18, 1962

    A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

  36. 36. Cavender is Coming

    25m · May 25, 1962

    Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.

  37. 37. The Changing of the Guard

    25m · Jun 1, 1962

    An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve and is reminded by former students that he has, indeed, made an effect on the lives of his students over the years.