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Season 3 – The Twilight Zone

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"The Twilight Zone" was the brainchild of Emmy Award-winner Rod Serling, who served as host and wrote over 80 episodes of the original show's 150-plus episode run. It's a strange mix of horror, science-fiction, drama, comedy and superstition. Serling introduced each episode, and many of the black and white hours concluded with a surprise ending. Actors such as Burt Reynolds, Roddy McDowell and Robert Redford made appearances in some of the more well-known stories.
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The Twilight Zone — Season 3

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Critics Consensus

The Twilight Zone's third season manages to overturn an uneven structure with some superb writing that borders on profound and some of the finest half hours in the series' history.

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Emily St. James AV Club May 2, 2018
B
Rod Serling... had his sentimental streak, but what made that sentimental streak as effective as it was had to do with the way he deployed it only a handful of times per season. Go to Full Review Zack Handlen AV Club May 2, 2018
A
It's excellent writing... I'm impressed at how much feeling Serling is able to jam into his dialogue; at his best, he pushes past overripe and into something profound. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand May 6, 2023
... highlighted by the brilliant “It’s a Good Life,” adapted by Rod Serling from the harrowing Jerome Bixby story... and “To Serve Man,” adapted by Rod Serling from the Damon Knight story and featuring one of the most famous twists of all time. Go to Full Review Bri Lockhart The Young Folks May 9, 2018
"To Serve Man" features what is probably one of The Twilight Zone's most famous twists in pop culture history-and with good reason. Go to Full Review Scott Beggs Film School Rejects May 9, 2018
Season 3... represents a kind of maturity in the writing... and in the kind of actors that they can hire to guest star. Go to Full Review Darren Orf Paste Magazine May 9, 2018
Like watching 24 minutes of people on pins and needles. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Team B. @TeamBambu Oct 9, 2025 Buster Keaton. Old and not very funny like he used to be. See more Aug 24, 2018 One of the best series ever, and one of the best horror stories (though it's not too scary). Very good scenes with special effects. Highly recommend. See more Read all reviews
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Joseph Schildkraut

Alfred Becker

Larry Gates

Dr. Bill Stockton

Vaughn Taylor

Teague

Ben Wright

Doctor

Charles Bronson

The Man

Rod Serling

Host

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 15, 1961 Two A man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery) -- the sole survivors of a devastating global war -- meet in the shambles of a city destroyed six years prior. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 22, 1961 The Arrival An airline official tests his theory that a newly arrived but totally empty plane is imaginary-with startling results. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 1961 The Shelter A group of neighbors turns into a hostile mob when they try to invade one family's bomb shelter, believing a UFO attack is imminent. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 15, 2013 The Passersby A crippled Civil War soldier comes to realize that he and the people around him are not walking away from battle. They are dead. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 4, 2013 A Game of Pool A man's ambition to be the best pool shark on Chicago's Randolph Street carries a high cost. With Jonathan Winters, Jack Klugman. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 26, 2013 The Mirror A victorious revolutionary is shown a mirror in the presidential office that is reputed to show the watcher his own assassins. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 27, 1961 The Grave A hired gunman defies a western outlaw's warning that if he ever came near his grave he'd reach up and snatch away his life. Details Episode 8 Aired Jul 4, 2013 It's a Good Life A six-year-old boy holds a town in terror with his powers to change or destroy anyone or anything at will. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 10, 1961 Death's Head Revisited At the Dachau concentration camp, a former Nazi is tried by a phantom jury of his tortured victims. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 17, 1961 The Midnight Sun The Earth falls out of its orbit and starts moving toward the sun. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 24, 1961 Still Valley Confederate scout Paradine is given a book of magic which will help the Confederacy win the Civil War. Details Episode 12 Aired Aug 9, 2013 The Jungle A prospector, threatened with death by a native conjuror for violating African land, feels himself stalked in the deserted streets of Manhattan by some giant jungle beast. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 15, 1961 Once Upon a Time A janitor mischievously puts on a helmet which really is a time machine. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 22, 1961 Five Characters in Search of an Exit Five people - a ballet dancer, a major, a clown, a tramp and a bagpipe player - trapped in a featureless enclosure with no idea how they got there attempt to escape. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 29, 1961 A Quality of Mercy During a battle, a fanatical and racist World War II soldier mysteriously experiences the situation in the body of a Japanese counterpart. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 5, 1962 Nothing in the Dark An aged recluse hides in her home fearing the arrival of death. With Robert Redford. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 12, 1962 One More Pallbearer A wealthy man devises an elaborate hoax to force three people to apologize for humiliating him earlier in his life. Details Episode 18 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Dead Man's Shoes A down-and-out man steals the fancy shoes from the body of a murdered gangster and finds himself living in the dead man's footsteps. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 26, 1962 The Hunt An old man goes raccoon hunting with his beloved dog, a hunt from which neither return. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 2, 1962 Showdown With Rance McGrew An insufferable cowboy star comes face to face with the real Jesse James. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 9, 1962 Kick the Can An old man thinks children's games can restore youth. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 16, 1962 A Piano in the House A strange piano allows the listener's hidden character to be suddenly revealed. Details Episode 23 Aired Aug 17, 2013 The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank When a young man steps out of his coffin at his own funeral the townsfolk grow to suspect that the devil has assumed the man's body. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 2, 1962 To Serve Man Apparently benign alien emissaries show mankind how to end the misery of war, plague and famine. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 9, 1962 The Fugitive Old Ben has the strange power to change himself into anything, or anyone, he wants. Details Episode 26 Aired Jul 4, 2013 Little Girl Lost A couple is awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of their six-year-old daughter who has fallen through a mysterious door into another dimension. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 23, 1962 Person or Persons Unknown A man awakens one morning to find that no one recognizes him, not even his mother. Details Episode 28 Aired Mar 30, 1962 The Little People A space traveler terrorizes the tiny inhabitants of a space station into accepting him as their God, but when another spaceship arrives the tyrannical man discovers everything is relative. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 6, 1962 Four O'Clock An obsessed Oliver Crangle (Theodore Bikel) tells an FBI agent that a drastic transformation will take place on all the evil people in the world. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 13, 1962 Hocus Pocus & Frisby Mr. Frisby impresses quite a few people with his vivid imagination. Details Episode 31 Aired Jul 29, 2013 The Trade-Ins Unable to afford a personality transplant for both himself and his wife, a pain-wracked old man has his mind placed in a new youthful body at his wife's insistence. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 27, 1962 The Gift A man named Williams accidentally crashes his aircraft near a small Mexican village. Details Episode 33 Aired Jul 4, 2013 The Dummy A ventriloquist becomes convinced that his dummy has a will and a life of its own. Details Episode 34 Aired May 11, 1962 Young Man's Fancy Newlywed Alex Walker returns to his home and yearns for the days of his childhood. Details Episode 35 Aired May 18, 1962 I Sing the Body Electric A widower rents an android grandmother to take care of his three children. Details Episode 36 Aired May 25, 1962 Cavender Is Coming An angel (Jesse White) can earn his wings by helping a down-on-her-luck woman (Carol Burnett). Details Episode 37 Aired Jun 1, 1967 The Changing of the Guard Professor Fowler, a well-liked teacher at a boys school, is asked by the trustees to end his teaching career. Details

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The Twilight Zone — Season 3

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Season Info

Director
Lamont Johnson, Montgomery Pittman, James Sheldon, William F. Claxton, Richard L. Bare, Elliot Silverstein, Don Medford, John Brahm, Christian Nyby, Paul Stewart, Robert Ellis Miller, A.E. Houghton, Boris Sagal
Screenwriter
Rod Serling, George Clayton Johnson, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Montgomery Pittman, Earl Hamner Jr.
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 15, 1961
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