Season 3

1961 · 37 episodes · 16h 0m in all · 7.0/10

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.

1. Two
15 Sept 1961 · 26 min · 7.0/10
A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.
2. The Arrival
22 Sept 1961 · 26 min · 7.0/10
A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing.
3. The Shelter
29 Sept 1961 · 26 min · 8.4/10
When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.
4. The Passersby
6 Oct 1961 · 26 min · 6.7/10
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. A Game of Pool
13 Oct 1961 · 26 min · 7.0/10
Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.
6. The Mirror
20 Oct 1961 · 26 min · 6.3/10
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. The Grave
27 Oct 1961 · 26 min · 6.8/10
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. It's a Good Life
3 Nov 1961 · 26 min · 8.2/10
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. Deaths-Head Revisited
10 Nov 1961 · 26 min · 7.0/10
A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.
10. The Midnight Sun
17 Nov 1961 · 26 min · 7.9/10
The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.
11. Still Valley
24 Nov 1961 · 26 min · 6.1/10
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. The Jungle
1 Dec 1961 · 26 min · 6.6/10
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. Once Upon a Time
15 Dec 1961 · 26 min · 7.2/10
Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962.
14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit
22 Dec 1961 · 26 min · 7.9/10
A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.
15. A Quality of Mercy
29 Dec 1961 · 26 min · 7.1/10
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. Nothing in the Dark
5 Jan 1962 · 26 min · 7.8/10
A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."
17. One More Pallbearer
12 Jan 1962 · 26 min · 6.6/10
Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.
18. Dead Man's Shoes
19 Jan 1962 · 26 min · 6.7/10
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. The Hunt
26 Jan 1962 · 26 min · 6.8/10
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. Showdown with Rance McGrew
2 Feb 1962 · 26 min · 6.7/10
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. Kick the Can
9 Feb 1962 · 26 min · 7.1/10
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. A Piano in the House
16 Feb 1962 · 26 min · 7.1/10
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. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
23 Feb 1962 · 26 min · 6.7/10
Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...
24. To Serve Man
2 Mar 1962 · 26 min · 8.5/10
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. The Fugitive
9 Mar 1962 · 26 min · 6.7/10
Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.
26. Little Girl Lost
16 Mar 1962 · 26 min · 7.1/10
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. Person or Persons Unknown
23 Mar 1962 · 26 min · 7.5/10
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. The Little People
30 Mar 1962 · 26 min · 7.3/10
An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.
29. Four O'Clock
6 Apr 1962 · 26 min · 5.9/10
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. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
13 Apr 1962 · 26 min · 6.9/10
A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.
31. The Trade-Ins
20 Apr 1962 · 26 min · 6.9/10
An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.
32. The Gift
27 Apr 1962 · 26 min · 6.2/10
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. The Dummy
4 May 1962 · 26 min · 6.9/10
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. Young Man's Fancy
11 May 1962 · 26 min · 5.9/10
When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.
35. I Sing the Body Electric
18 May 1962 · 26 min · 6.7/10
A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.
36. Cavender is Coming
25 May 1962 · 25 min · 6.3/10
Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.
37. The Changing of the Guard
1 Jun 1962 · 25 min · 6.9/10
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.