The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 3)

*The Twilight Zone*
The Twilight Zone
Season 3
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	37
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 15, 1961 –; June 1, 1962
Season chronology
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	List of episodes

The third season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm (EST) 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."^[1] Some subtle changes in the opening's acoustics were made beginning with "Little Girl Lost".

Episodes[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
66	1	"Two"	Montgomery Pittman	Montgomery Pittman	September 15, 1961 (1961-09-15)	4802
Two soldiers, a man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery), are the only inhabitants of a deserted city, and both are soldiers from opposing sides.
67	2	"The Arrival"	Boris Sagal	Rod Serling	September 22, 1961 (1961-09-22)	4814
An FAA inspector (Harold J. Stone) and members of the airport staff (Noah Keen, Fredd Wayne, Robert Karnes, and Bing Russell) investigate a plane that arrives without a single person onboard – and each sees it differently.
68	3	"The Shelter"	Lamont Johnson	Rod Serling	September 29, 1961 (1961-09-29)	4803
An alert is issued for an imminent nuclear attack, prompting neighbors to unite against the physician (Larry Gates) whose bomb shelter has room enough only for his family.
69	4	"The Passersby"	Elliot Silverstein	Rod Serling	October 6, 1961 (1961-10-06)	4817
At the end of the Civil War, wounded soldiers pass by the house of a woman (Joanne Linville).
70	5	"A Game of Pool"	Buzz Kulik	George Clayton Johnson	October 13, 1961 (1961-10-13)	4815
A legendary pool player (Jonathan Winters) returns from the dead to meet the challenge of a pool shark (Jack Klugman) with the shark's life at stake.
71	6	"The Mirror"	Don Medford	Rod Serling	October 20, 1961 (1961-10-20)	4819
In Central America, a mirror allows a dictator (Peter Falk) to see the faces of his enemies.
72	7	"The Grave"	Montgomery Pittman	Montgomery Pittman	October 27, 1961 (1961-10-27)	3656
A hired killer (Lee Marvin) is challenged to visit the grave of the outlaw (Dick Geary) who died swearing vengeance against him.
73	8	"It's a Good Life"	James Sheldon	Based on a short story by : Jerome Bixby Teleplay by : Rod Serling	November 3, 1961 (1961-11-03)	4801
A six-year-old boy (Bill Mumy) terrorizes the residents of Peaksville, Ohio, with special powers that control reality. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #31 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.^[2] Note: A remake, directed by Joe Dante, was Segment III of Twilight Zone: The Movie. A sequel, "It's Still A Good Life" also starring Mumy, was broadcast on February 19, 2003 as part of the 2002 revival series.
74	9	"Deaths-Head Revisited"	Don Medford	Rod Serling	November 10, 1961 (1961-11-10)	4804
A former SS Captain (Oscar Beregi, Jr.) visits the now-deserted concentration camp he commanded where he is tried for his crimes by the ghosts of his prisoners.
75	10	"The Midnight Sun"	Anton Leader	Rod Serling	November 17, 1961 (1961-11-17)	4818
A landlady (Betty Garde) and her tenant (Lois Nettleton) struggle to survive when the Earth changes its orbit and begins moving toward the sun.
76	11	"Still Valley"	James Sheldon	Based on a short story by : Manly Wade Wellman Teleplay by : Rod Serling	November 24, 1961 (1961-11-24)	4808
During the Civil War, a Confederate scout (Gary Merrill) enters a town to find Yankee soldiers frozen in place.
77	12	"The Jungle"	William F. Claxton	Charles Beaumont	December 1, 1961 (1961-12-01)	4806
An engineer (John Dehner) building a dam in Africa is cursed by natives who object to his plans.
78	13	"Once Upon a Time"	Norman Z. McLeod	Richard Matheson	December 15, 1961 (1961-12-15)	4820
A janitor (Buster Keaton) travels from 1890 to 1962, courtesy of a time helmet built by a scientist (Milton Parsons).
79	14	"Five Characters in Search of an Exit"	Lamont Johnson	Based on a short story by : Marvin Petal Teleplay by : Rod Serling	December 22, 1961 (1961-12-22)	4805
An Army major (William Windom), a clown (Murray Matheson), a hobo (Paul Wexler), a ballerina (Susan Harrison) and a bagpiper (Clark Allen) find themselves in a cylinder with no memory of how they got there.
80	15	"A Quality of Mercy"	Buzz Kulik	Based on an idea by : Sam Rolfe Teleplay by : Rod Serling	December 29, 1961 (1961-12-29)	4809
During World War II, a U.S. lieutenant (Dean Stockwell) gets a unique opportunity to see the conflict from the Japanese point of view.
81	16	"Nothing in the Dark"	Lamont Johnson	George Clayton Johnson	January 5, 1962 (1962-01-05)	3652
An elderly recluse (Gladys Cooper) facing imminent eviction refuses to allow anyone into her apartment, fearing that any visitor might be Death incarnate; her resolve is tested when a young police officer (Robert Redford) is seriously wounded outside her door.
82	17	"One More Pallbearer"	Lamont Johnson	Rod Serling	January 12, 1962 (1962-01-12)	4823
Staging a fake nuclear war, a millionaire (Joseph Wiseman) offers shelter to three people (Katherine Squire, Trevor Bardette, Gage Clark) he believes wronged him in the past if they will only beg his forgiveness.
83	18	"Dead Man's Shoes"	Montgomery Pittman	Charles Beaumont	January 19, 1962 (1962-01-19)	4824
A homeless man (Warren Stevens) literally walks into another life when he steals the shoes from a corpse.
84	19	"The Hunt"	Harold Schuster	Earl Hamner, Jr.	January 26, 1962 (1962-01-26)	4810
A mountain man (Arthur Hunnicutt) goes hunting for raccoons with his dog. When he returns, he comes to realize that something is much changed.
85	20	"Showdown with Rance McGrew"	Christian Nyby	Based on an idea by : Frederic Louis Fox Teleplay by : Rod Serling	February 2, 1962 (1962-02-02)	4812
The egotistic star (Larry Blyden) of a western TV series comes face to face with the real Jesse James (Arch Johnson).
86	21	"Kick the Can"	Lamont Johnson	George Clayton Johnson	February 9, 1962 (1962-02-09)	4821
The dispirited residents of a nursing home are urged by one of their number to believe that they can recapture their youth by playing a children's game. Note: Steven Spielberg remade this as Segment II of Twilight Zone: The Movie, showing the nursing-home residents being offered a second chance at youth by their new arrival, Mr. Bloom (Scatman Crothers).
87	22	"A Piano in the House"	David Greene	Earl Hamner, Jr.	February 16, 1962 (1962-02-16)	4825
A cynical theater critic (Barry Morse) takes advantage of a player piano that reveals people's hidden selves.
88	23	"The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank"	Montgomery Pittman	Montgomery Pittman	February 23, 1962 (1962-02-23)	4811
When a "dead" man (James Best) sits up in the coffin at his funeral during the mid-1920s, the townsfolk become suspicious whether it's really him, especially when he doesn't behave the way he used to.
89	24	"To Serve Man"	Richard L. Bare	Based on a short story by : Damon Knight Teleplay by : Rod Serling	March 2, 1962 (1962-03-02)	4807
Representatives of a 9 ft. tall alien race (Richard Kiel) come to Earth and offer mankind cures for all earthly ills. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #11 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.^[2]
90	25	"The Fugitive"	Richard L. Bare	Charles Beaumont	March 9, 1962 (1962-03-09)	4816
A fugitive (J. Pat O'Malley) from another world befriends a handicapped girl (Susan Gordon).
91	26	"Little Girl Lost"	Paul Stewart	Richard Matheson	March 16, 1962 (1962-03-16)	4828
When a little girl (Tracy Stratford) disappears from her bedroom without a trace, her parents (Robert Sampson, Sarah Marshall) call their physicist friend (Charles Aidman) to help investigate her disappearance.
92	27	"Person or Persons Unknown"	John Brahm	Charles Beaumont	March 23, 1962 (1962-03-23)	4829
A man (Richard Long) discovers that all traces of his identity have been erased when no one, including his own wife, recognizes him.
93	28	"The Little People"	William F. Claxton	Rod Serling	March 30, 1962 (1962-03-30)	4822
When two astronauts (Claude Akins, Joe Maross) land on a distant planet, one of them becomes a "God" to a race of tiny people.
94	29	"Four O'Clock"	Lamont Johnson	Based on a short story by : Price Day Teleplay by : Rod Serling	April 6, 1962 (1962-04-06)	4832
A fanatical one-man moral crusader (Theodore Bikel) decides to shrink those he deems evil to a height of two feet at four o'clock.
95	30	"Hocus-Pocus and Frisby"	Lamont Johnson	Based on a story by : Frederic Louis Fox Teleplay by : Rod Serling	April 13, 1962 (1962-04-13)	4833
A teller of tall tales (Andy Devine) attracts unwanted attention from aliens.
96	31	"The Trade-Ins"	Elliot Silverstein	Rod Serling	April 20, 1962 (1962-04-20)	4831
An elderly couple (Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Platt) want new young bodies for the two of them, but can pay for only one.
97	32	"The Gift"	Allen H. Miner	Rod Serling	April 27, 1962 (1962-04-27)	4830
A visitor from outer space (Geoffrey Horne) tries to present a gift to a Mexican village that greets him only with suspicion.
98	33	"The Dummy"	Abner Biberman	Based on a story by : Lee Polk Teleplay by : Rod Serling	May 4, 1962 (1962-05-04)	4834
A ventriloquist (Cliff Robertson) believes his dummy is alive ... and is beginning to take over not just the act.
99	34	"Young Man's Fancy"	John Brahm	Richard Matheson	May 11, 1962 (1962-05-11)	4813
A newlywed husband (Alex Nicol) refuses to give up his childhood home.
100	35	"I Sing the Body Electric"	William F. Claxton and James Sheldon	Ray Bradbury	May 18, 1962 (1962-05-18)	4826
A widower (David White) buys a robot grandmother (Josephine Hutchinson) to care for his children.
101	36	"Cavender Is Coming"	Christian Nyby	Rod Serling	May 25, 1962 (1962-05-25)	4827
A clumsy theater worker (Carol Burnett) meets her equally bumbling guardian angel (Jesse White).
102	37	"The Changing of the Guard"	Robert Ellis Miller	Rod Serling	June 1, 1962 (1962-06-01)	4835
A professor (Donald Pleasence) who is forced into retirement contemplates suicide, but changes his mind when the ghosts of his former students that were killed in the war persuade him of his worth.

References[]

^ TV.com episode list
^ ^a ^b "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.

[1] TV.com episode list

[Guide-2] "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.

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v t The Twilight Zone (1959) episodes
Season 1	"Where Is Everybody?" "One for the Angels" "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" "Walking Distance" "Escape Clause" "The Lonely" "Time Enough at Last" "Perchance to Dream" "Judgment Night" "And When the Sky Was Opened" "What You Need" "The Four of Us Are Dying" "Third from the Sun" "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" "The Hitch-Hiker" "The Fever" "The Last Flight" "The Purple Testament" "Elegy" "Mirror Image" "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" "A World of Difference" "Long Live Walter Jameson" "People Are Alike All Over" "Execution" "The Big Tall Wish" "A Nice Place to Visit" "Nightmare as a Child" "A Stop at Willoughby" "The Chaser" "A Passage for Trumpet" "Mr. Bevis" "The After Hours" "The Mighty Casey" "A World of His Own"
Season 2	"King Nine Will Not Return" "The Man in the Bottle" "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" "A Thing About Machines" "The Howling Man" "Eye of the Beholder" "Nick of Time" "The Lateness of the Hour" "The Trouble with Templeton" "A Most Unusual Camera" "The Night of the Meek" "Dust" "Back There" "The Whole Truth" "The Invaders" "A Penny for Your Thoughts" "Twenty Two" "The Odyssey of Flight 33" "Mr. Dingle, the Strong" "Static" "The Prime Mover" "Long Distance Call" "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" "The Silence" "Shadow Play" "The Mind and the Matter" "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" "The Obsolete Man"
Season 3	"Two" "The Arrival" "The Shelter" "The Passersby" "A Game of Pool" "The Mirror" "The Grave" "It's a Good Life" "Deaths-Head Revisited" "The Midnight Sun" "Still Valley" "The Jungle" "Once Upon a Time" "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" "A Quality of Mercy" "Nothing in the Dark" "One More Pallbearer" "Dead Man's Shoes" "The Hunt" "Showdown with Rance McGrew" "Kick the Can" "A Piano in the House" "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" "To Serve Man" "The Fugitive" "Little Girl Lost" "Person or Persons Unknown" "The Little People" "Four O'Clock" "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" "The Trade-Ins" "The Gift" "The Dummy" "Young Man's Fancy" "I Sing the Body Electric" "Cavender Is Coming" "The Changing of the Guard"
Season 4	"In His Image" "The Thirty-Fathom Grave" "Valley of the Shadow" "He's Alive" "Mute" "Death Ship" "Jess-Belle" "Miniature" "Printer's Devil" "No Time Like the Past" "The Parallel" "I Dream of Genie" "The New Exhibit" "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" "On Thursday We Leave for Home" "Passage on the Lady Anne" "The Bard"
Season 5	"In Praise of Pip" "Steel" "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" "A Kind of a Stopwatch" "The Last Night of a Jockey" "Living Doll" "The Old Man in the Cave" "Uncle Simon" "Probe 7, Over and Out" "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain" "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" "Ring-a-Ding Girl" "You Drive" "The Long Morrow" "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" "Black Leather Jackets" "Night Call" "From Agnes—With Love" "Spur of the Moment" "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" "Queen of the Nile" "What's in the Box" "The Masks" "I Am the Night—Color Me Black" "Sounds and Silences" "Caesar and Me" "The Jeopardy Room" "Stopover in a Quiet Town" "The Encounter" "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" "The Brain Center at Whipple's" "Come Wander with Me" "The Fear" "The Bewitchin' Pool"