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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(99 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 Navigator
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for The Captain's Guests
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Captain's Guests

    S1:E19

    The Captain and Mr. & Mrs. Courtney.

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  4. Background image for The Confession
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    #4 - The Confession

    S3:E27

    The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Signal Received
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    #5 - Signal Received

    S3:E26

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

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Death Waltz
    7.7/10(112 votes)

    #6 - The Death Waltz

    S3:E3

    The Merry Widow?

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Tiger
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #7 - The Tiger

    S3:E34

    A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.

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  9. Background image for The Executioner
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. Background image for The Stranger
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for The Prisoner
    7.4/10(71 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. Background image for The Trap
    7.3/10(148 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. Background image for The Promise
    7.3/10(77 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. Background image for Tonight at 12:17
    7.3/10(113 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. Background image for The Sacred Mushroom
    7.3/10(93 votes)

    #14 - 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
  16. Background image for Eye Witness
    7.3/10(66 votes)

    #15 - Eye Witness

    S3:E36

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

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Tidal Wave
    7.2/10(136 votes)

    #16 - Tidal Wave

    S3:E1

    As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate the doomed area. Nothing can save the poor young women – accept perhaps the strange and illusive phenomenon known as . . . telepathy.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Justice
    7.2/10(98 votes)

    #17 - Justice

    S3:E23

    Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Moment of Hate
    7.1/10(130 votes)

    #18 - Moment of Hate

    S3:E6

    A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.

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  20. Background image for The Voice
    7.1/10(81 votes)

    #19 - The Voice

    S3:E9

    Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. Keats

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Last Round
    7.1/10(131 votes)

    #20 - The Last Round

    S3:E16

    A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Sorcerer
    7.1/10(99 votes)

    #21 - The Sorcerer

    S3:E31

    An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Burning Girl
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Burning Girl

    S1:E16

    Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.

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  24. Background image for Where Are They?
    7.0/10(152 votes)

    #23 - Where Are They?

    S3:E12

    Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Face
    7.0/10(65 votes)

    #24 - The Face

    S3:E24

    Persistence of evil vision.

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Avengers
    7.0/10(64 votes)

    #25 - The Avengers

    S3:E28

    How the past determines the future.

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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 99 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/1960. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Navigator".