Season 3

Episode Guide

Two

S3 E1
Sep 15, 1961
Two lone survivors of a nuclear holocaust must start the world anew - a difficult prospect since they are from opposing sides in the war!

The Arrival

S3 E2
Sep 22, 1961
A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing! When a veteran FAA investigator is called upon to solve the mystery his own past provides the answer.

The Shelter

S3 E3
Sep 29, 1961
When a UFO invasion appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors are reduced to selfish, conniving animals and they fight over one family's bomb shelter.

The Passerby

S3 E4
Oct 6, 1961
On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a house. He and the owner, a recent widow, soon realize that all who pass are dead, including them!

A Game of Pool

S3 E5
Oct 13, 1961
Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.

The Mirror

S3 E6
Oct 20, 1961
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.

The Grave

S3 E7
Oct 27, 1961
Before he died, notorious bad man Pinto Sykes puts a cruse on hired-gun Conny Miller. If Miller ever sets foot on his grave, he will kill him - a threat Sykes carries out!

It's a Good Life

S3 E8
Nov 3, 1961
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.

Deaths-Head Revisited

S3 E9
Nov 10, 1961
A former Nazi SS captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to re-live the good old days - until his long dead victims appear to deliver overdue justice.

The Midnight Sun

S3 E10
Nov 17, 1961
The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.

Still Valley

S3 E11
Nov 24, 1961
A Confederate soldier gets the chance to win the Civil War for the South. But to do that, he must call on a very dubious ally.

The Jungle

S3 E12
Dec 1, 1961
Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's witch doctor puts a curse on him.

Once Upon a Time

S3 E13
Dec 15, 1961
Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time traveling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down.

Five Characters in Search of an Exit

S3 E14
Dec 22, 1961
A clown, a hobo, a ballet dancer, a bagpipe player and an army major are trapped together in an enormous cylinder. They don't know who they are or how they got there. But when the major tries to escape, they finally learn the truth.

A Quality of Mercy

S3 E15
Dec 29, 1961
A soldier gets a new perspective on war when he is forced to experience it from the enemy's point of view.

Nothing in the Dark

S3 E16
Jan 5, 1962
An old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won. But now she finds herself afraid to let a wounded policeman in her door for fear he is Mr. Death. Is he?

One More Pallbearer

S3 E17
Jan 12, 1962
Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.

Dead Man's Shoes

S3 E18
Jan 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 remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.

The Hunt

S3 E19
Jan 26, 1962
An old hillbilly and his hound dog find themselves walking on an unfamiliar path and meet a gatekeeper, who tells them they're at the entrance to heaven. One problem: dogs are not allowed...

Showdown With Rance McGrew

S3 E20
Feb 2, 1962
Actor Rance McGrew makes TV Westerns for a living, but he's a lousy actor and a worse cowboy. Despite that, each week he "wins" against the bad guys. Finally the bad guys have enough and send Jesse James to Earth to teach McGrew a lesson.

Kick the Can

S3 E21
Feb 9, 1962
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."

A Piano in the House

S3 E22
Feb 16, 1962
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.

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

S3 E23
Feb 23, 1962
Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...

To Serve Man

S3 E24
Mar 2, 1962
The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man.

The Fugitive

S3 E25
Mar 9, 1962
Old Ben is a fugitive from outer space with a heart of gold. He risks it all to help a crippled little girl - without fear that alien pursuers from his home planet will find them out!

Little Girl Lost

S3 E26
Mar 16, 1962
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.

Person or Persons Unknown

S3 E27
Mar 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 him.

The Little People

S3 E28
Mar 30, 1962
An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

Four O'Clock

S3 E29
Apr 6, 1962
Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.

Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

S3 E30
Apr 13, 1962
Andy Devine is Frisby, a loud-mouthed braggart whose boasts attract the attention of aliens. Perhaps he should have read the story about the boy who cried wolf before embarking on his greatest adventure...

The Trade-Ins

S3 E31
Apr 20, 1962
An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.

The Gift

S3 E32
Apr 27, 1962
An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fear and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.

The Dummy

S3 E33
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: plans that Willie doesn't support!

Young Man's Fancy

S3 E34
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

S3 E35
May 18, 1962
Ann must learn to understand and accept that her new grandmother can be tender, loving, thoughtful and caring. Even if she is a robot.

Cavender Is Coming

S3 E36
May 25, 1962
Carol Burnett stars as Agnes Grep in this tale of a klutzy usherette "rescued" from poverty by a guardian angel. This charming episode was considered as a pilot for a new TV show.

The Changing of the Guard

S3 E37
Jun 1, 1962
Donald Pleasance is Professor Ellis Fowler forced to retire after 51 years of teaching. Feeling his life has been worthless, Fowler is startled by the ghostly appearance of former students.