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Premiered

Friday, September 15, 1961

Ended: Friday, June 1, 1962

When does The Twilight Zone Season 3 come out?

The Twilight Zone Season 3 premiered Friday, September 15, 1961 on CBS and ended Friday, June 1, 1962. The season has 37 episodes.

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.

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The Twilight Zone Season 3 release schedule

The Twilight Zone Season 3 episode release dates
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1. Two

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

Friday · 65 years ago

2. The Arrival

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

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3. The Shelter

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

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4. 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.

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5. A Game of Pool

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

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6. 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.

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7. 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.

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8. 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.

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9. 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.

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10. The Midnight Sun

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

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11. 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.

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12. 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.

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13. Once Upon a Time

Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962.

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14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit

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

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15. 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.

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16. Nothing in the Dark

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

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17. One More Pallbearer

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

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18. 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.

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19. 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.

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20. 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.

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21. 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".

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22. 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.

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23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

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

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24. 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."

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25. The Fugitive

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

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26. 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.

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27. 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.

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28. The Little People

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

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29. 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.

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30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

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

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31. The Trade-Ins

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

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32. 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.

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33. 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!

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34. 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.

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35. I Sing the Body Electric

A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.

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36. Cavender is Coming

Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.

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37. The Changing of the Guard Finale

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.

Friday · 64 years ago

The Twilight Zone Season 3 guest stars

  • Vito Scotti

    Vito Scotti

    Peddler

  • Claude Akins

    Claude Akins

    Steve Brand

  • David White

    David White

    George Rogers

  • Vaughn Taylor

    Vaughn Taylor

    Salesman

  • Henry Corden

    Henry Corden

    Sanchez

  • Sherry Jackson

    Sherry Jackson

    Comfort Gatewood

  • Peter Falk

    Peter Falk

    Ramos Clementine

  • Warren Stevens

    Warren Stevens

  • Emily McLaughlin

    Emily McLaughlin

    Doris Richards

  • Veronica Cartwright

    Veronica Cartwright

    Anne Rogers

  • Michael Pataki

    Michael Pataki

    Jeep Driver (uncredited)

  • Betty Harford

    Clerk

  • Elizabeth Montgomery

    Elizabeth Montgomery

    Woman

  • Arthur Hunnicutt

    Arthur Hunnicutt

    Hyder Simpson

  • Barry Morse

    Barry Morse

    Fitzgerald Fortune

  • Frank Sutton

    Frank Sutton

    Frank

The Twilight Zone Season 3 FAQ

When does The Twilight Zone Season 3 come out?

The Twilight Zone Season 3 premiered Friday, September 15, 1961 on CBS.

How many episodes are in The Twilight Zone Season 3?

The Twilight Zone Season 3 has 37 episodes.

Are new episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 3 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the The Twilight Zone Season 3 finale?

The The Twilight Zone Season 3 finale (Episode 37) aired Friday, June 1, 1962.

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