The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone Season 3

TV Show"You are about to enter another dimension."

Season 3 Plot

The third season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from September 15, 1961 to June 1, 1962. There are 37 episodes. Continuing with Marius Constant's theme music, a different set of graphics was used for the opening, consisting of a rotating cone with concentric circles suggesting a spiral, receding into a star field. Rod Serling's narration from the second season was used, with the verse "That's the signpost up ahead" taken out: "You're traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop—The Twilight Zone." Some subtle changes in the opening's acoustics were made beginning with Person or Persons Unknown.

The Twilight Zone Season 3 aired on September 15th, 1961.

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Season 3 Episodes

72

1. Two

September 15th, 196126 min

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

69

2. The Arrival

September 22nd, 196126 min

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

83

3. The Shelter

September 29th, 196126 min

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

66

4. The Passersby

October 6th, 196126 min

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.

71

5. A Game of Pool

October 13th, 196126 min

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

63

6. The Mirror

October 20th, 196126 min

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.

67

7. The Grave

October 27th, 196126 min

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.

80

8. It's a Good Life

November 3rd, 196126 min

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.

69

9. Deaths-Head Revisited

November 10th, 196126 min

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

77

10. The Midnight Sun

November 17th, 196126 min

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

58

11. Still Valley

November 24th, 196126 min

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

66

12. The Jungle

December 1st, 196126 min

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.

71

13. Once Upon a Time

December 15th, 196126 min

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

78

14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit

December 22nd, 196126 min

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

72

15. A Quality of Mercy

December 29th, 196126 min

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.

77

16. Nothing in the Dark

January 5th, 196226 min

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

69

17. One More Pallbearer

January 12th, 196226 min

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

67

18. Dead Man's Shoes

January 19th, 196226 min

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.

62

19. The Hunt

January 26th, 196226 min

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.

66

20. Showdown with Rance McGrew

February 2nd, 196226 min

Actor Rance McGrew makes TV Westerns for a living, but he's a lousy actor and a worse cowboy. Despite that, each week he "wins" against the bad guys. Finally the bad guys have enough and send Jesse James to Earth to teach McGrew a lesson.

69

21. Kick the Can

February 9th, 196226 min

The senior residents of Sunnyvale decide that the secret to youth is acting young, and in particular playing a childhood game called "kick-the-can."

70

22. A Piano in the House

February 16th, 196226 min

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.

64

23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

February 23rd, 196226 min

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

85

24. To Serve Man

March 2nd, 196226 min

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

62

25. The Fugitive

March 9th, 196226 min

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

71

26. Little Girl Lost

March 16th, 196226 min

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.

73

27. Person or Persons Unknown

March 23rd, 196226 min

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

72

28. The Little People

March 30th, 196226 min

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

56

29. Four O'Clock

April 6th, 196226 min

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

68

30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

April 13th, 196226 min

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

73

31. The Trade-Ins

April 20th, 196226 min

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

62

32. The Gift

April 27th, 196226 min

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.

68

33. The Dummy

May 4th, 196226 min

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!

54

34. Young Man's Fancy

May 11th, 196226 min

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

72

35. I Sing the Body Electric

May 18th, 196226 min

A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

59

36. Cavender is Coming

May 25th, 196225 min

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

67

37. The Changing of the Guard

June 1st, 196225 min

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.

All Seasons

Season 5

Season 5

Sep 27, 1963
Season 4

Season 4

Jan 3, 1963
Season 3

Season 3

Sep 15, 1961
Season 2

Season 2

Sep 30, 1960
Season 1

Season 1

Oct 2, 1959
Specials

Specials

Nov 24, 1958