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The Best Episodes of One Step Beyond Season 3

Every episode of One Step Beyond Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One Step Beyond Season 3!

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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Tidal Wave" is the best rated episode of "One Step Beyond" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 129 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by N/A, it aired on 8/30/1960. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Anniversary of a Murder".

  • Tidal Wave
    7.2/10129 votes

    #1 - Tidal Wave

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/1960

    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.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Anniversary of a Murder
    6.8/10118 votes

    #2 - Anniversary of a Murder

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1960

    In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his mistress are driving home one night when they accidentally cause the death of young bicyclists on a lonely road. They desperately try to cover up the tragedy . . . but the dead man has other ideas . . .

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death Waltz
    7.7/10108 votes

    #3 - The Death Waltz

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1960

    The Merry Widow?

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return
    6.9/1062 votes

    #4 - The Return

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1960

    These were the swift to harry...

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • If You See Sally
    8.1/1090 votes

    #5 - If You See Sally

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1960

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Moment of Hate
    7.1/10121 votes

    #6 - Moment of Hate

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1960

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • To Know the End
    6.6/10130 votes

    #7 - To Know the End

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1960

    ...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Lawrence B. Marcus

  • The Trap
    7.3/10145 votes

    #8 - The Trap

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1960

    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.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Voice
    7.2/1078 votes

    #9 - The Voice

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1960

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Promise
    7.4/1073 votes

    #10 - The Promise

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1960

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Tonight at 12:17
    7.3/10110 votes

    #11 - Tonight at 12:17

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1960

    An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Where Are They?
    7.0/10145 votes

    #12 - Where Are They?

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1960

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Legacy of Love
    6.7/10129 votes

    #13 - Legacy of Love

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1960

    A romance of past and present.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Rendezvous
    6.9/1086 votes

    #14 - Rendezvous

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1960

    A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will return to her. Soon afterwards she is walking alone through a park when a would-be mugger approaches her, but he is scared off by the sudden appearance of what looks to be some sort of spirit.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Executioner
    7.5/10129 votes

    #15 - The Executioner

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1961

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Round
    7.1/10125 votes

    #16 - The Last Round

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1961

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Man's Tale
    6.8/10120 votes

    #17 - Dead Man's Tale

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1961

    A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sacred Mushroom
    7.2/1087 votes

    #18 - The Sacred Mushroom

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1961

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gift
    6.2/1086 votes

    #19 - The Gift

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/1961

    Neither shadow of turning.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Person Unknown
    6.5/10108 votes

    #20 - Person Unknown

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1961

    In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam the halls. When a murder is discovered later that night, he must prove that he not only didn't commit the murder, but that it was in fact committed by the ghostly warrior.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of Decision
    6.2/10110 votes

    #21 - Night of Decision

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1961

    General Washington doubts, but is saved.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stranger
    7.4/1062 votes

    #22 - The Stranger

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1961

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • Justice
    7.2/1095 votes

    #23 - Justice

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1961

    Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Face
    7.0/1063 votes

    #24 - The Face

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1961

    Persistence of evil vision.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Room Upstairs
    6.7/1065 votes

    #25 - The Room Upstairs

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1961

    A Londoner hears a child crying for help.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A