The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an anthology series where each episode delivers a standalone story mixing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror. Many episodes end with dark, unexpected turns that leave you thinking long after.
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Season 3
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E1
Two
A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.
Sep 15, 1961 · 25m -
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E2
The Arrival
A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing.
Sep 22, 1961 · 25m -
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E3
The Shelter
When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.
Sep 29, 1961 · 25m -
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E4
The Passersby
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.
Oct 6, 1961 · 25m -
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E5
A Game of Pool
Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.
Oct 13, 1961 · 25m -
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E6
The Mirror
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.
Oct 20, 1961 · 25m -
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E7
The Grave
Before he died, notorious gunslinger 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.
Oct 27, 1961 · 25m -
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E8
It's a Good Life
On 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.
Nov 3, 1961 · 25m -
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E9
Deaths-Head Revisited
A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.
Nov 10, 1961 · 25m -
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E10
The Midnight Sun
The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.
Nov 17, 1961 · 25m -
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E11
Still Valley
Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.
Nov 24, 1961 · 25m -
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E12
The Jungle
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.
Dec 1, 1961 · 25m -
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E13
Once Upon a Time
Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962.
Dec 15, 1961 · 25m -
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E14
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.
Dec 22, 1961 · 25m -
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E15
A Quality of Mercy
A 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.
Dec 29, 1961 · 25m -
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E16
Nothing in the Dark
A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."
Jan 5, 1962 · 25m -
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E17
One More Pallbearer
Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.
Jan 12, 1962 · 25m -
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E18
Dead Man's Shoes
A vagrant steps into a murdered 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 killer.
Jan 19, 1962 · 25m -
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E19
The Hunt
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.
Jan 26, 1962 · 25m -
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E20
Showdown with Rance McGrew
The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.
Feb 2, 1962 · 25m -
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E21
Kick the Can
A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".
Feb 9, 1962 · 25m -
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E22
A Piano in the House
Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.
Feb 16, 1962 · 25m -
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E23
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...
Feb 23, 1962 · 25m -
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E24
To Serve Man
An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A team of linguists sets out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."
Mar 2, 1962 · 25m -
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E25
The Fugitive
Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.
Mar 9, 1962 · 25m -
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E26
Little Girl Lost
Awakened 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.
Mar 16, 1962 · 25m -
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E27
Person or Persons Unknown
David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.
Mar 23, 1962 · 25m -
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E28
The Little People
An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.
Mar 30, 1962 · 25m -
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E29
Four O'Clock
Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.
Apr 6, 1962 · 25m -
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E30
Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.
Apr 13, 1962 · 25m -
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E31
The Trade-Ins
An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.
Apr 20, 1962 · 25m -
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E32
The Gift
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.
Apr 27, 1962 · 25m -
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E33
The Dummy
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!
May 4, 1962 · 25m -
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E34
Young Man's Fancy
When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.
May 11, 1962 · 25m -
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E35
I Sing the Body Electric
A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.
May 18, 1962 · 25m -
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E36
Cavender is Coming
Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.
May 25, 1962 · 25m -
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E37
The Changing of the Guard
An 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.
Jun 1, 1962 · 25m