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The Best Episodes of One Step Beyond Season 1

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Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 3 - Emergency Only
    7.7/10(416 votes)

    S1:E3

    Having had his fortune told at a party, a skeptical man's disbelief turns to fear as events begin to unfold exactly as the psychic had predicted.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Collier Young

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  2. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 13 - The Navigator
    7.5/10(301 votes)

    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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  3. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 12 - The Return of Mitchell Campion
    7.2/10(308 votes)

    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...

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 1 - The Bride Possessed
    7.1/10(467 votes)

    S1:E1

    Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding woman with no accent who denies even knowing him.

    Director:John Newland
    Writers:Lawrence B. Marcus, Merwin Gerard

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  5. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 2 - Night of April 14th
    7.1/10(450 votes)

    S1:E2

    A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Collier Young

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  6. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 4 - The Dark Room
    7.1/10(399 votes)

    S1:E4

    A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to a head when she has a brush with the supernatural that could well mean her death.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  7. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 6 - Epilogue
    7.1/10(326 votes)

    S1:E6

    A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in the supernatural, when his son is trapped in a cave-in.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  8. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 17 - The Haunted U-Boat
    7.1/10(278 votes)

    S1:E17

    While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound caused by someone . . . or something . . . on board the submarine.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  9. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 20 - Echo
    7.1/10(262 votes)

    S1:E20

    A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Merwin Gerard

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  10. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 9 - The Dead Part of the House
    7.0/10(331 votes)

    S1:E9

    A young girl moves into a new house with her father and aunt, and before long, she makes friends with the ghosts of three girls who reside in an upstairs nursery -- though the adults assume that her new "friends" are her three new dolls.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  11. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 10 - The Vision
    7.0/10(313 votes)

    S1:E10

    On a WWI battlefield, a group of French soldiers each experience something which causes them to drop their weapons and walk away from the fight.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  12. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 11 - The Devil's Laughter
    7.0/10(287 votes)

    S1:E11

    The condemned man's not for hanging.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Alfred Brenner

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  13. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 16 - The Burning Girl
    7.0/10(265 votes)

    S1:E16

    Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Catherine Turney

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  14. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 18 - The Image of Death
    7.0/10(238 votes)

    S1:E18

    After killing his wife, an adulterous noble becomes increasingly haunted by a stain on the wall which seems to be the image of his dead wife's face.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  15. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 14 - The Secret
    6.9/10(279 votes)

    S1:E14

    Is she, or is she not, unfaithful?

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Michael Plant

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  16. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 5 - Twelve Hours to Live
    6.7/10(296 votes)

    S1:E5

    Following an argument, a wife begins having visions of her husband in terrible danger.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Merwin Gerard

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  17. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 7 - The Dream
    6.6/10(275 votes)

    S1:E7

    In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:John Dunkel

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  18. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 22 - The Riddle
    6.6/10(236 votes)

    S1:E22

    An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  19. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 15 - The Aerialist
    6.5/10(268 votes)

    S1:E15

    An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  20. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 19 - The Captain's Guests
    6.5/10(251 votes)

    S1:E19

    A sadistic sea captain from the 19th century haunts a home and poisons the lives of a married couple after taking possession of the husband's mind.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  21. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 21 - Front Runner
    6.5/10(230 votes)

    S1:E21

    A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  22. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 8 - Premonition
    6.4/10(279 votes)

    S1:E8

    A woman is haunted by the fear of her own demise after witnessing a premonition of her death at the hands of a chandelier in her home.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Paul David

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Emergency Only" is the best rated episode of "One Step Beyond" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 416 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by Collier Young, it aired on 2/3/1959. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Navigator".