The Twilight Zone

Season 3

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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.

Where to Watch Season 3

37 Episodes

Two
E1
TwoIn a futuristic world a man and a woman, from opposing sides in a devastating war, meet in a deserted city. They don't share a common language and she is quite wary of her opponent, though he doesn't appear aggressive in any way. When she attempts to kill him, he goes off on his own. It's obvious that society and civilization has been destroyed and she begins to reconsider.
The Arrival
E2
The ArrivalA plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing!
The Shelter
E3
The ShelterA dinner party for Bill Stockton's birthday is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear attack. As the neighbors scramble to prepare, they turn against the Stockton's, the only family that installed a bomb shelter.
The Passersby
E4
The PassersbyOn 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
E5
A Game of PoolFrustrated pool champion Jesse Cardiff has beaten everyone except for the deceased James Howard "Fats" Brown. Jesse can only curse his name. But guess who just walked into the pool room on Randolph Street?
The Mirror
E6
The MirrorAfter 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
E7
The GraveAfter being hired to track down outlaw Pinto Sykes but failing, Old West lawman Conny Miller is challenged by the townsmen who killed Sykes to visit Sykes' freshly dug grave and prove how courageous he is.
It's a Good Life
E8
It's a Good LifeOn 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.
Deaths-Head Revisited
E9
Deaths-Head RevisitedFormer German SS Captain Gunther Lutze returns to Dachau concentration camp and begins reminiscing about the power he enjoyed there during "the good old days", until he finds himself on trial by the ghosts of those who died at his hands.
The Midnight Sun
E10
The Midnight SunThe Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising eminent destruction.
Still Valley
E11
Still ValleyConfederacy 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
E12
The JungleEngineer Alan Richards who has recently come home to New York City from his company's controversial hydroelectric project in Africa is plagued by both superstitions and the dire warnings of a native witch doctor.
Once Upon a Time
E13
Once Upon a TimeIn 1890, janitor Woodrow Mulligan uses his employers' invention to transport himself to the future. He imagines an Eden but finds a polluted, busy world that he doesn't find at all attractive. He meets Rollo who is also disgusted with the world he lives imagining life in the 1890s as idyllic. When Woodrow goes back to his own time Rollo goes with him but he is soon bored without any of the conveniences of modern life.
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
E14
Five Characters in Search of an ExitAn Army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.
A Quality of Mercy
E15
A Quality of MercyA 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
E16
Nothing in the DarkElderly urban dweller Wanda Dunn has fought with Death a thousand times and always won. Now she is afraid to let wounded policeman Harold Beldon in her tenement's door for fear that he is Death incarnate. Is he?
One More Pallbearer
E17
One More PallbearerPaul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.
Dead Man's Shoes
E18
Dead Man's ShoesHomeless Nathan Edward Bledsoe steals expensive shoes off of dead gangster Dane's abandoned body, steps into Dane's life, and plans third-party revenge on Dane's killer, his traitorous former business partner Daggett.
The Hunt
E19
The HuntOn 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
E20
Showdown with Rance McGrewOverbearing Western TV series star Rance McGrew is transported back in time to the real Wild West and comes face-to-face with the real Jesse James, who is not happy about how he and his fellow outlaws are being portrayed on Rance's show.
Kick the Can
E21
Kick the CanCharles Whitley living in the Sunnyvale Rest Home thinks he's found the secret of youth in playing child's games and exhorts his fellow seniors into joining in. His friend Ben Conroy and facility superintendent Cox want this stopped.
A Piano in the House
E22
A Piano in the HouseSadistic theatre critic Fitzgerald Fortune buys a gift for his wife Esther's birthday: a player piano that has the power to reveal the souls of all who hear it play. He then uses it to provide "entertainment" for her birthday party.
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
E23
The Last Rites of Jeff MyrtlebankYoung Southerner Jefferson Myrtlebank wakes up during his own funeral and wants to know what is going on. The townsfolk are glad to see him back, but they begin to wonder if he's a man - or something else.
To Serve Man
E24
To Serve ManAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. Linguists Michael Chambers, Patricia Brody, and their team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."
The Fugitive
E25
The FugitiveYoung lame Jenny and the other neighborhood kids don't realize that their kind playmate Old Ben is really an intergalactic fugitive hiding out - until two serious men come looking for him and asking questions that test their friendship.
Little Girl Lost
E26
Little Girl LostAwakened 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.
Person or Persons Unknown
E27
Person or Persons UnknownDavid 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
E28
The Little PeopleAfter crash landing on a seemingly desolate planet, astronauts Bill Fletcher and Peter Craig find a society of very small beings. While Fletcher repairs the spaceship, Craig becomes a megalomaniac and decides to rule their society.
Four O'Clock
E29
Four O'ClockObsessed Oliver Crangle wants to expose vice in the world, investigating people that he sees as evil, and then attempting to ruin their lives. His plan is to punish them all by an unspecified means at 4:00 this afternoon.
Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
E30
Hocus-Pocus and FrisbyRural gas station/general store proprietor Somerset Frisby, who's given to telling tall tales about himself, is abducted by visiting aliens who mistakenly believe him to be one of Earth's leading intellectuals.
The Trade-Ins
E31
The Trade-InsElderly long-married John and Marie Holt visit the New Life Corporation to shop for a pair of younger replacement bodies. But then John resorts to desperate measures in order to cover the immense cost of this purchase.
The Gift
E32
The GiftAn 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
E33
The DummyVentriloquist Jerry Etherson is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He locks Willie in a trunk and makes plans for a new act with a new dummy. Too bad he didn't clear those plans with Willie first.
Young Man's Fancy
E34
Young Man's FancyWhen 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
E35
I Sing the Body ElectricRecent widower George Rogers, needing loving care for his three young children, orders a cybernetic "grandmother". While two of his children accept her, one of his daughters fiercely rejects her, with near tragic consequences.
Cavender is Coming
E36
Cavender is ComingInept apprentice guardian angel Harmon Cavender is chastised by his superior and given a final chance to earn his wings by helping an unconventional big city woman, the young, socially awkward Agnes Grep.
The Changing of the Guard
E37
The Changing of the GuardAn 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.