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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!

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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 1959 to July 1961.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 1 - Tidal Wave
    7.3/10(150 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 2 - Anniversary of a Murder
    6.9/10(136 votes)

    #2 - Anniversary of a Murder

    S3:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 3 - The Death Waltz
    7.5/10(122 votes)

    #3 - The Death Waltz

    S3:E3

    The Merry Widow?

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 4 - The Return
    6.9/10(80 votes)

    #4 - The Return

    S3:E4

    These were the swift to harry...

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 5 - If You See Sally
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #5 - If You See Sally

    S3:E5

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 6 - Moment of Hate
    7.1/10(139 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  7. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 7 - To Know the End
    6.6/10(142 votes)

    #7 - To Know the End

    S3:E7

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Lawrence B. Marcus

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  8. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 8 - The Trap
    7.2/10(159 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 9 - The Voice
    7.1/10(88 votes)

    #9 - The Voice

    S3:E9

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 10 - The Promise
    7.3/10(86 votes)

    #10 - The Promise

    S3:E10

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 11 - Tonight at 12:17
    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #11 - Tonight at 12:17

    S3:E11

    An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 12 - Where Are They?
    7.0/10(163 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 13 - Legacy of Love
    6.7/10(141 votes)

    #13 - Legacy of Love

    S3:E13

    A romance of past and present.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 14 - Rendezvous
    6.8/10(97 votes)

    #14 - Rendezvous

    S3:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 15 - The Executioner
    7.5/10(143 votes)

    #15 - The Executioner

    S3:E15

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 16 - The Last Round
    7.2/10(144 votes)

    #16 - The Last Round

    S3:E16

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 17 - Dead Man's Tale
    6.8/10(134 votes)

    #17 - Dead Man's Tale

    S3:E17

    A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 18 - The Sacred Mushroom
    7.2/10(103 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 19 - The Gift
    6.2/10(103 votes)

    #19 - The Gift

    S3:E19

    Neither shadow of turning.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 20 - Person Unknown
    6.4/10(123 votes)

    #20 - Person Unknown

    S3:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 21 - Night of Decision
    6.0/10(121 votes)

    #21 - Night of Decision

    S3:E21

    General Washington doubts, but is saved.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 22 - The Stranger
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    #22 - The Stranger

    S3:E22

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 23 - Justice
    7.1/10(107 votes)

    #23 - Justice

    S3:E23

    Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 24 - The Face
    6.9/10(72 votes)

    #24 - The Face

    S3:E24

    Persistence of evil vision.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 25 - The Room Upstairs
    6.7/10(77 votes)

    #25 - The Room Upstairs

    S3:E25

    A Londoner hears a child crying for help.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Tidal Wave" is the best rated episode of "One Step Beyond" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/30/1960. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Anniversary of a Murder".