The Twilight Zone - Season 3

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Two

1 - Two

Air Date: September 15, 1961

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

The Arrival

2 - The Arrival

Air Date: September 22, 1961

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

The Shelter

3 - The Shelter

Air Date: September 29, 1961

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

The Passersby

4 - The Passersby

Air Date: October 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.

A Game of Pool

5 - A Game of Pool

Air Date: October 13, 1961

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

The Mirror

6 - The Mirror

Air Date: October 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.

The Grave

7 - The Grave

Air Date: October 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.

It's a Good Life

8 - It's a Good Life

Air Date: November 3, 1961

Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.

Deaths-Head Revisited

9 - Deaths-Head Revisited

Air Date: November 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.

The Midnight Sun

10 - The Midnight Sun

Air Date: November 17, 1961

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

Still Valley

11 - Still Valley

Air Date: November 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.

The Jungle

12 - The Jungle

Air Date: December 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.

Once Upon a Time

13 - Once Upon a Time

Air Date: December 15, 1961

Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down!

Five Characters in Search of an Exit

14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit

Air Date: December 22, 1961

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

A Quality of Mercy

15 - A Quality of Mercy

Air Date: December 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.

Nothing in the Dark

16 - Nothing in the Dark

Air Date: January 5, 1962

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

One More Pallbearer

17 - One More Pallbearer

Air Date: January 12, 1962

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

Dead Man's Shoes

18 - Dead Man's Shoes

Air Date: January 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.

The Hunt

19 - The Hunt

Air Date: January 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.

Showdown with Rance McGrew

20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew

Air Date: February 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.

Kick the Can

21 - Kick the Can

Air Date: February 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".

A Piano in the House

22 - A Piano in the House

Air Date: February 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.

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

23 - The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

Air Date: February 23, 1962

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

To Serve Man

24 - To Serve Man

Air Date: March 2, 1962

The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man.

The Fugitive

25 - The Fugitive

Air Date: March 9, 1962

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

Little Girl Lost

26 - Little Girl Lost

Air Date: March 16, 1962

A six-year-old girl rolls under her bed and vanishes into a fourth dimension. Her parents and a neighbor struggle to free her before the hole between the dimensions closes forever.

Person or Persons Unknown

27 - Person or Persons Unknown

Air Date: March 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.

The Little People

28 - The Little People

Air Date: March 30, 1962

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

Four O'Clock

29 - Four O'Clock

Air Date: April 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.

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

30 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

Air Date: April 13, 1962

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

The Trade-Ins

31 - The Trade-Ins

Air Date: April 20, 1962

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

The Gift

32 - The Gift

Air Date: April 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.

The Dummy

33 - The Dummy

Air Date: 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!

Young Man's Fancy

34 - Young Man's Fancy

Air Date: 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.

I Sing the Body Electric

35 - I Sing the Body Electric

Air Date: May 18, 1962

A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

Cavender is Coming

36 - Cavender is Coming

Air Date: May 25, 1962

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

The Changing of the Guard

37 - The Changing of the Guard

Air Date: June 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.