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The Worst Episodes of One Step Beyond

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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 Worst Episode
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    One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 1 - The Bride Possessed
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    #1 - The Bride Possessed

    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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  2. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 6 - Epilogue
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    #2 - Epilogue

    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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  3. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 7 - The Dream
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    #3 - The Dream

    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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  4. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 17 - The Haunted U-Boat
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    #4 - The Haunted U-Boat

    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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  5. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 22 - The Riddle
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    #5 - The Riddle

    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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  6. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 2 - Ordeal on Locust Street
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    #6 - Ordeal on Locust Street

    S2:E2

    A turn-of-the-century English family hides a dark secret: a son who was born part human and part aquatic creature. A discredited doctor attempts to use his controversial ""mind force"" (a powerful hypnotic technique) to physically transform the unfortunate young man.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 33 - The Visitor
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    #7 - The Visitor

    S2:E33

    A man returns to his past.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 26 - Signal Received
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    #8 - Signal Received

    S3:E26

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 27 - The Confession
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    #9 - The Confession

    S3:E27

    The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 33 - Midnight
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    #10 - Midnight

    S3:E33

    While walking across a fog-covered London Bridge one night, a struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful woman he meets there. Howewver, she isn't quite what she seems to be, and he stands a good chance of succumbing--literally--to her charms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 1 - Delusion
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Delusion

    S2:E1

    A man with a rare blood type is asked to save a young lady's life by donating blood. He refuses, claiming that each time he has given blood to someone in the past, he became psychically connected to them. After relenting and saving the young lady's life, he foresees her death and becomes obsessed with protecting her.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 28 - The Avengers
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Avengers

    S3:E28

    How the past determines the future.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 29 - The Prisoner
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Prisoner

    S3:E29

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 21 - The Day the World Wept - The Lincoln Story
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 30 - Blood Flower
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Blood Flower

    S3:E30

    Flores, flores para los muertos.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 31 - The Sorcerer
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Sorcerer

    S3:E31

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 21 - Front Runner
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Front Runner

    S1:E21

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  18. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 3 - Brainwave
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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 . . .

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  19. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 5 - Night of the Kill
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Night of the Kill

    S2:E5

    Under cover of darkness.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 13 - Father Image
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 37 - House of the Dead
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - House of the Dead

    S2:E37

    A British army officer stationed in Hong Kong frantically searches for his missing Oriental wife before his scheduled return to the US. In desperation he seeks the help of an old Chinese man . . . who writes a cryptic message on paper and tells him to look for his wife in the ""House of the Dead"" . . .

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 1 - Tidal Wave
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 3 - The Death Waltz
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Death Waltz

    S3:E3

    The Merry Widow?

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 21 - Night of Decision
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Night of Decision

    S3:E21

    General Washington doubts, but is saved.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 32 - The Villa
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Villa

    S3:E32

    A room with a view.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Bride Possessed" is the worst rated episode of "One Step Beyond". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John Newland and written by Lawrence B. Marcus, Merwin Gerard, it aired on 1/20/1959. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Epilogue".