Season 3 poster

Season 3

(1961)

Overview

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 dime…

Cast

Rod Serling as Self - Host
Rod Serling

as Self - Host

Episodes

Two poster

Two 7.2

September 15, 1961

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

The Arrival poster

The Arrival 6.9

September 22, 1961

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

The Shelter poster

The Shelter 8.3

September 29, 1961

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

The Passersby poster

The Passersby 6.6

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 re…

A Game of Pool poster

A Game of Pool 7.1

October 13, 1961

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

The Mirror poster

The Mirror 6.3

October 20, 1961

After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees…

The Grave poster

The Grave 6.7

October 27, 1961

Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is c…

It's a Good Life poster

It's a Good Life 8.0

November 3, 1961

Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which i…

Deaths-Head Revisited poster

Deaths-Head Revisited 6.9

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 poster

The Midnight Sun 7.7

November 17, 1961

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

Still Valley poster

Still Valley 5.8

November 24, 1961

Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraf…

The Jungle poster

The Jungle 6.6

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 poster

Once Upon a Time 7.2

December 15, 1961

Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 196…

Five Characters in Search of an Exit poster

Five Characters in Search of an Exit 7.8

December 22, 1961

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

A Quality of Mercy poster

A Quality of Mercy 7.2

December 29, 1961

A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying …

Nothing in the Dark poster

Nothing in the Dark 7.7

January 5, 1962

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

One More Pallbearer poster

One More Pallbearer 6.9

January 12, 1962

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

Dead Man's Shoes poster

Dead Man's Shoes 6.7

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 remai…

The Hunt poster

The Hunt 6.2

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 o…

Showdown with Rance McGrew poster

Showdown with Rance McGrew 6.6

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…

Kick the Can poster

Kick the Can 6.9

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 Piano in the House poster

A Piano in the House 7.0

February 16, 1962

Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays mak…

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank poster

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank 6.4

February 23, 1962

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

To Serve Man poster

To Serve Man 8.5

March 2, 1962

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

The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive 6.2

March 9, 1962

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

Little Girl Lost poster

Little Girl Lost 7.1

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 fr…

Person or Persons Unknown poster

Person or Persons Unknown 7.3

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 hi…

The Little People poster

The Little People 7.2

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 poster

Four O'Clock 5.6

April 6, 1962

Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world a…

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby poster

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby 6.8

April 13, 1962

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

The Trade-Ins poster

The Trade-Ins 7.3

April 20, 1962

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

The Gift poster

The Gift 6.2

April 27, 1962

An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fears and animosity, but he befriends a…

The Dummy poster

The Dummy 6.8

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:…

Young Man's Fancy poster

Young Man's Fancy 5.4

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 poster

I Sing the Body Electric 7.2

May 18, 1962

A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

Cavender is Coming poster

Cavender is Coming 5.9

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 poster

The Changing of the Guard 6.7

June 1, 1962

An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve an…