6.9/10412 votes#1 - The Return of the Sorcerer
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1972
A sorcerer hires a translator to divine the meaning of an ancient Arabic manuscript that has some grisly connection with his twin brother's death.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Halsted Welles
7.1/10309 votes#2 - The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1972
A photographer hires a mysterious model whose eyes burn with a seductive, yet frightening, glow.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Robert M. Young
6.1/10261 votes#3 - Rare Objects
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1972
A gangster marked for death engages a specialist who guarantees him sanctuary, but at a precipitous cost.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Rod Serling
7.0/10287 votes#4 - Spectre in Tap-Shoes
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1972
After witnessing her twin sister's suicide, a young woman begins to see and hear evidence of her continuing presence.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
6.5/10285 votes#5 - You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan / Smile Please
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1972
A bungling inventor and his forgetful wife pool their ineptitude for an experiment in immortality. A vignette about a woman who tries to photograph a vampire.
Director: John Badham, Jack Laird
Writer: Jack Laird, Rod Serling
6.8/10264 votes#6 - The Other Way Out
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1972
Lured to a secluded house, a murderer is made to pay for his crimes by a cold and calculating avenger.
Director: Gene R. Kearney
Writer: Gene R. Kearney
6.5/10258 votes#7 - Fright Night
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1972
Unseen terrors await a young couple who inherit a farmhouse.
Director: Jeff Corey
Writer: Robert M. Young
7.3/10291 votes#8 - Finnegan's Flight
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/1972
A prisoner for life yearning for freedom submits to a cellmate's experiments in mind over matter, with tragic results.
Director: Gene R. Kearney
Writer: Rod Serling
6.5/10247 votes#9 - She'll Be Company for You
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/24/1972
After his invalid wife dies, a relieved widower finds himself under the watchful eye of a strangely menacing cat.
Director: Gerald Perry Finnerman
Writer: David Rayfiel
5.8/10275 votes#10 - The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/1973
The new heavyweight champion of the world discovers that he has one more unscheduled bout before he can claim his title.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Robert M. Young
6.7/10265 votes#11 - Something in the Woodwork
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1973
A lonely alcoholic plots revenge against her ex-husband by calling on a reluctant ghost she finds in her attic.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: Rod Serling
7.0/10263 votes#12 - Death on a Barge
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/4/1973
A dockside merchant ignores the warnings of his friends when he falls desperately in love with a wraith-like young woman.
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Writer: Halsted Welles
6.1/10310 votes#13 - Whisper
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/1973
A young wife in a remote country house finds herself in thrall to strange and insistent voices of the dead.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: David Rayfiel
6.0/10241 votes#14 - The Doll of Death
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/20/1973
A spurned plantation owner in the British West Indies enlists the power of voodoo to avenge himself against a romantic rival.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Jack Guss
5.2/10233 votes#15 - Hatred unto Death / How to Cure the Common Vampire
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/27/1973
Blood memories surface when an anthropologist responds in kind to a captive gorilla's primeval hatred. Two men debate the best way to kill vampires.
Director: Jack Laird, Gerald Perry Finnerman
Writer: Jack Laird, Halsted Welles
The Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 3
Every episode of Night Gallery Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Night Gallery Season 3!
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as...
Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Return of the Sorcerer" is the best rated episode of "Night Gallery" season 3. It scored 6.9/10 based on 412 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Halsted Welles, it aired on 9/24/1972. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes".