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The Best Episodes of One Step Beyond

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The Best Episodes of One Step Beyond

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January...

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  1. Background image for If You See Sally
    8.1/10(96 votes)

    #1 - If You See Sally

    S3:E5

    Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Confession
    7.9/10(77 votes)

    #2 - The Confession

    S3:E27

    The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Signal Received
    7.8/10(87 votes)

    #3 - Signal Received

    S3:E26

    On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty.""

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Emergency Only
    7.7/10(372 votes)

    #4 - Emergency Only

    S1:E3

    A set of circumstances outside the norm.

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  5. Background image for The Death Waltz
    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #5 - The Death Waltz

    S3:E3

    The Merry Widow?

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Tiger
    7.6/10(70 votes)

    #6 - The Tiger

    S3:E34

    A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.

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  8. Background image for The Navigator
    7.5/10(258 votes)

    #7 - The Navigator

    S1:E13

    The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.

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  9. Background image for The Visitor
    7.5/10(191 votes)

    #8 - The Visitor

    S2:E33

    A man returns to his past.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Executioner
    7.5/10(133 votes)

    #9 - The Executioner

    S3:E15

    A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln Story
    7.4/10(95 votes)

    #10 - The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln Story

    S2:E21

    In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln has a dream in which he foresees his own death. His wife Mary has a similarly fatalistic vision but other, ordinary Americans who have never met Lincoln, also experience psychic phenomena. The next evening the president goes to Ford's Theatre where his killer is waiting.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Promise
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    #11 - The Promise

    S3:E10

    But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Frost

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Stranger
    7.4/10(62 votes)

    #12 - The Stranger

    S3:E22

    In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Prisoner
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    #13 - The Prisoner

    S3:E29

    The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Eye Witness
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    #14 - Eye Witness

    S3:E36

    A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Return of Mitchell Campion
    7.3/10(277 votes)

    #15 - The Return of Mitchell Campion

    S1:E12

    A man is known by everyone on a Caribbean island he has never visited before. Soon he too remembers, but he was in the hospital at the time of the supposed visit...

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Make Me Not a Witch
    7.3/10(164 votes)

    #16 - Make Me Not a Witch

    S2:E14

    A young girl living on a farm acquires the ability to read people's minds. Her gift proves instrumental in the rescue of two children.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Vanishing Point
    7.3/10(151 votes)

    #17 - Vanishing Point

    S2:E23

    Mrs. Fred Graham entered her house one day and was never seen again. When her husband asks the police to help him find his missing wife, he's accused of murdering her.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Peter Hurkos Story (1)
    7.3/10(105 votes)

    #18 - The Peter Hurkos Story (1)

    S2:E30

    Peter Hurkos, a resistance fighter in Denmark during World War II, awakens from a coma and discovers that he not only has psychic powers, but that he can see the good or evil in someone simply by touching them. Soon he is using his powers to help track down a crazed killer.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Trap
    7.3/10(147 votes)

    #19 - The Trap

    S3:E8

    Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is astounded to discover that he has stumbled upon what seems to be a parallel universe--one in which he also exists. but in not quite the same way he does in this one.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Tonight at 12:17
    7.3/10(112 votes)

    #20 - Tonight at 12:17

    S3:E11

    An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Sacred Mushroom
    7.3/10(90 votes)

    #21 - The Sacred Mushroom

    S3:E18

    Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Brainwave
    7.2/10(176 votes)

    #22 - Brainwave

    S2:E3

    During WWII, a drunken pharmacist's mate must operate on the injured captain of his ship. The chief medical officer on a near-by ship assists the terrified young man perform the operation by providing instructions over the ship's radio. But at a crucial moment in the operation, the young man needs much more than this . . . and he receives it from an unearthly source . . .

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  24. Background image for Reunion
    7.2/10(143 votes)

    #23 - Reunion

    S2:E10

    World War II fliers' gathering takes an unusual turn.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Father Image
    7.2/10(86 votes)

    #24 - Father Image

    S2:E13

    Daniel Gardner's father has left him some property, including an old boarded-up burlesque house. No-one can understand why he never sold the place, until an accident causes Dan to go back in time and discover the reason.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Peter Hurkos Story (2)
    7.2/10(108 votes)

    #25 - The Peter Hurkos Story (2)

    S2:E31

    Following his experiences Hurkos begins to work with parapsychologist Dr Lindsteom and the police and is credited with assisting in the capture of real-life serial killers. Hurkos himself finally appears on screen.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"If You See Sally" is the best rated episode of "One Step Beyond". It scored 8.1/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Confession".