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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 3 Episode 33 - Midnight
    5.6/10(90 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 22 - The Lovers
    5.9/10(132 votes)

    #2 - The Lovers

    S2:E22

    Ghosts are smitten with a smooch.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Joseph Petracca

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  3. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 39 - The Storm
    6.0/10(120 votes)

    #3 - The Storm

    S2:E39

    no sooner out the hermit-dorm I found the calm that follows storm Beckett

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 21 - Night of Decision
    6.0/10(120 votes)

    #4 - Night of Decision

    S3:E21

    General Washington doubts, but is saved.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 30 - Blood Flower
    6.0/10(59 votes)

    #5 - Blood Flower

    S3:E30

    Flores, flores para los muertos.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 2 - Ordeal on Locust Street
    6.1/10(204 votes)

    #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 6 - The Inheritance
    6.1/10(174 votes)

    #7 - The Inheritance

    S2:E6

    A wealthy but cruel woman torments her gigolo boyfriend and her timid maid. But a demoniacally possessed diamond necklace inflicts a horrible punishment on the women who try to wear it.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 19 - Call from Tomorrow
    6.2/10(129 votes)

    #8 - Call from Tomorrow

    S2:E19

    Don't call us, we'll call you.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 35 - Contact
    6.2/10(102 votes)

    #9 - Contact

    S2:E35

    A hands-on approach.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 19 - The Gift
    6.2/10(102 votes)

    #10 - The Gift

    S3:E19

    Neither shadow of turning.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 9 - Forked Lightning
    6.3/10(169 votes)

    #11 - Forked Lightning

    S2:E9

    Investigation of a double premonition: two strangers who knew death would find them at the end of the day.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 8 - Premonition
    6.4/10(259 votes)

    #12 - Premonition

    S1:E8

    Forewarned is forearmed.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Paul David

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  13. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 4 - Doomsday
    6.4/10(192 votes)

    #13 - Doomsday

    S2:E4

    A Scottish earl executes his son's lover for being a suspected witch, and with her last words the doomed young women places a curse on the earl's family. Hundreds of years later, the current earl of the family lives in fear of this curse – because every elder son in the past has been a victim of it . . . and his time is approaching . . .

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 37 - House of the Dead
    6.4/10(129 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. One Step Beyond Season 3 Episode 20 - Person Unknown
    6.4/10(122 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 15 - The Aerialist
    6.5/10(255 votes)

    #16 - The Aerialist

    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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  17. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 18 - The Forests of the Night
    6.5/10(132 votes)

    #17 - The Forests of the Night

    S2:E18

    A Chinese fortune leads to an Ovidian transformation.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 32 - Delia
    6.5/10(150 votes)

    #18 - Delia

    S2:E32

    While vacationing at a tropical resort, a cynical and unhappy young man meets a beautiful young lady who speaks cryptically about the many times they've met before. The two fall instantly in love -- but the next day he cannot find her . . . and the other resort guests claim he spent the evening alone.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 36 - The Lonely Room
    6.5/10(71 votes)

    #19 - The Lonely Room

    S2:E36

    Young Henri Lamont, shy and desperate for a girlfriend, is staggered to find that when he goes into a certain room and looks out of the window he sees himself walking down the street with a beautiful young girl and decides to investigate how this could have come about.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 7 - The Dream
    6.6/10(263 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 19 - The Captain's Guests
    6.6/10(239 votes)

    #21 - The Captain's Guests

    S1:E19

    The Captain and Mr. & Mrs. Courtney.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  22. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 21 - Front Runner
    6.6/10(218 votes)

    #22 - Front Runner

    S1:E21

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

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Don Mankiewicz

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  23. One Step Beyond Season 1 Episode 22 - The Riddle
    6.6/10(222 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 1 - Delusion
    6.6/10(223 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. One Step Beyond Season 2 Episode 5 - Night of the Kill
    6.6/10(108 votes)

    #25 - Night of the Kill

    S2:E5

    Under cover of darkness.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Midnight" is the worst rated episode of "One Step Beyond". It scored 5.6/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/13/1961. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Lovers".