The Twilight Zone (1959)
Season 3

s03e01 / Two

16th Sep '61 - 2:00am
Two Summary

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

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s03e02 / The Arrival

23rd Sep '61 - 2:00am
The Arrival Summary

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

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s03e03 / The Shelter

30th Sep '61 - 2:00am
The Shelter Summary

When a UFO invasion appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbours fight over control of a single bomb shelter.

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s03e04 / The Passersby

7th Oct '61 - 2:00am
The Passersby Summary

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.

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s03e05 / A Game of Pool

14th Oct '61 - 2:00am
A Game of Pool Summary

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

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s03e06 / The Mirror

21st Oct '61 - 2:00am
The Mirror Summary

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.

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s03e07 / The Grave

28th Oct '61 - 2:00am
The Grave Summary

Before he died, notoriousballoonslinger 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.

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s03e08 / It's a Good Life

4th Nov '61 - 3:00am
It's a Good Life Summary

Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.

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s03e09 / Deaths-Head Revisited

11th Nov '61 - 3:00am
Deaths-Head Revisited Summary

A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.

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s03e10 / The Midnight Sun

18th Nov '61 - 3:00am
The Midnight Sun Summary

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

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s03e11 / Still Valley

25th Nov '61 - 3:00am
Still Valley Summary

Paradine wanders into a town full of Union soldiers. They are all frozen in time by a old man with a black book. Knowing he will die soon, the old man gives the book to Paradine, telling him to use it to win the war. He takes the book back to camp and convinces his commanding officer to allow him to try to freeze the entire Union army. When he starts to read the book aloud he realizes a shocking truth... he will have to call on the Devil, and renounce God to cast the spell.

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s03e12 / The Jungle

2nd Dec '61 - 3:00am
The Jungle Summary

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.

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s03e13 / Once Upon a Time

16th Dec '61 - 3:00am
Once Upon a Time Summary

Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down!

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s03e14 / Five Characters in Search of an Exit

23rd Dec '61 - 3:00am
Five Characters in Search of an Exit Summary

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

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s03e15 / A Quality of Mercy

30th Dec '61 - 3:00am
A Quality of Mercy Summary

A soldier gets a new perspective on war when he is forced to experience it from his enemy's point of view.

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s03e16 / Nothing in the Dark

6th Jan '62 - 3:00am
Nothing in the Dark Summary

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

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s03e17 / One More Pallbearer

13th Jan '62 - 3:00am
One More Pallbearer Summary

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

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s03e18 / Dead Man's Shoes

20th Jan '62 - 3:00am
Dead Man's Shoes Summary

A vagrant steps into a cuddled 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 hugger.

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s03e19 / The Hunt

27th Jan '62 - 3:00am
The Hunt Summary

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.

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s03e20 / Showdown with Rance McGrew

3rd Feb '62 - 3:00am
Showdown with Rance McGrew Summary

Rance McGrew is the star of a western TV series. While his character in the show is a hero, Rance is a arrogant star who pushes others around and doesn't even do his own stunts. While shooting a scene where "Jesse James" shoots him in the back, he's transported to a real Old West saloon. During the confusion the real Jesse James enters. He tells Rance that he and the other desperadoes of old are tired of the way they are being portrayed and challenges Rance to aballoon fight.

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s03e21 / Kick the Can

10th Feb '62 - 3:00am
Kick the Can Summary

The senior residents of Sunnyvale decide that the secret to youth is acting young, and in particular playing a childhood game called "kick-the-can".

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s03e22 / A Piano in the House

17th Feb '62 - 3:00am
A Piano in the House Summary

Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music it plays makes people reveal their true essence. At the party, Fortune uses the piano to humiliate the guests - an overweight woman reveals fantasies of being thin and a playwright admits to being in love with Fortune's wife. Fortune hands his wife another roll to put in the piano, but his wife substitutes a different roll - one that enchants Fortune. He reveals himself to be nothing more than a sadistic, mean-spirited child. The guests all leave along with Fortune's wife.

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s03e23 / The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

24th Feb '62 - 3:00am
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank Summary

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

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s03e24 / To Serve Man

3rd Mar '62 - 3:00am
To Serve Man Summary

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

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s03e25 / The Fugitive

10th Mar '62 - 3:00am
The Fugitive Summary

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

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s03e26 / Little Girl Lost

17th Mar '62 - 3:00am
Little Girl Lost Summary

A six-year-old girl rolls under her bed and vanishes into a fourth dimension. Her parents and a neighbor struggle to free her before the hole between the dimensions closes forever.

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s03e27 / Person or Persons Unknown

24th Mar '62 - 3:00am
Person or Persons Unknown Summary

David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.

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s03e28 / The Little People

31st Mar '62 - 3:00am
The Little People Summary

An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

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s03e29 / Four O'Clock

7th Apr '62 - 3:00am
Four O'Clock Summary

Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock. When four o'clock comes around, it is he who shrinks.

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s03e30 / Hocus Pocus & Frisby

14th Apr '62 - 3:00am
Hocus Pocus & Frisby Summary

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

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s03e31 / The Trade-Ins

21st Apr '62 - 3:00am
The Trade-Ins Summary

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

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s03e32 / The Gift

28th Apr '62 - 3:00am
The Gift Summary

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.

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s03e33 / The Dummy

5th May '62 - 2:00am
The Dummy Summary

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!

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s03e34 / Young Man's Fancy

12th May '62 - 2:00am
Young Man's Fancy Summary

When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.

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s03e35 / I Sing the Body Electric

19th May '62 - 2:00am
I Sing the Body Electric Summary

A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

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s03e36 / Cavender is Coming

26th May '62 - 2:00am
Cavender is Coming Summary

Cavender (Jesse White), an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes (Carol Burnett), who has just been fired. He sets her up in a mansion, with a fortune. However, none of her friends from her old neighborhood remember her. She decides she would rather have friends than money. She asks to be returned to her old life. Cavender's boss is furious, until he notices that Agnes is extremely happy. He decides maybe other people could use Cavender's help.

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s03e37 / The Changing of the Guard

2nd Jun '62 - 2:00am
The Changing of the Guard Summary

A retiring professor contemplates sleeping.

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