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The Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 3

Every episode of The Twilight Zone Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 1 - Two
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Two

    S3:E1

    A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.

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  2. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 2 - The Arrival
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #2 - The Arrival

    S3:E2

    A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing!

    Director:Boris Sagal

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  3. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 3 - The Shelter
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #3 - The Shelter

    S3:E3

    When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.

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  4. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 4 - The Passersby
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Passersby

    S3:E4

    On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.

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  5. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 5 - A Game of Pool
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #5 - A Game of Pool

    S3:E5

    Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.

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  6. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 6 - The Mirror
    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #6 - The Mirror

    S3:E6

    After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.

    Director:Don Medford

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  8. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 7 - The Grave
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #7 - The Grave

    S3:E7

    Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is challenged to visit the grave of Sykes, despite the curse.

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  9. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 8 - It's a Good Life
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #8 - It's a Good Life

    S3:E8

    Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.

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  10. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 9 - Deaths-Head Revisited
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Deaths-Head Revisited

    S3:E9

    A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.

    Director:Don Medford

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  11. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 10 - The Midnight Sun
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #10 - The Midnight Sun

    S3:E10

    The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction.

    Director:Anton Leader

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  12. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 11 - Still Valley
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Still Valley

    S3:E11

    Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.

    Director:James Sheldon

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  13. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 12 - The Jungle
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #12 - The Jungle

    S3:E12

    Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.

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  14. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 13 - Once Upon a Time
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Once Upon a Time

    S3:E13

    Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down!

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  15. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit

    S3:E14

    A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.

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  16. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 15 - A Quality of Mercy
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #15 - A Quality of Mercy

    S3:E15

    A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying to stop his superior from leading a charge against American forces.

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  17. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 16 - Nothing in the Dark
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Nothing in the Dark

    S3:E16

    A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."

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  18. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 17 - One More Pallbearer
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #17 - One More Pallbearer

    S3:E17

    Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.

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  19. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 18 - Dead Man's Shoes
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Dead Man's Shoes

    S3:E18

    A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.

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  20. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 19 - The Hunt
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The Hunt

    S3:E19

    On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.

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  21. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew

    S3:E20

    The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.

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  22. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 21 - Kick the Can
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Kick the Can

    S3:E21

    A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".

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  23. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 22 - A Piano in the House
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #22 - A Piano in the House

    S3:E22

    Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.

    Director:David Greene
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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  24. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 23 - The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #23 - The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

    S3:E23

    Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...

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  25. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 24 - To Serve Man
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    #24 - To Serve Man

    S3:E24

    The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man.

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  26. The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 25 - The Fugitive
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #25 - The Fugitive

    S3:E25

    Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Two" is the best rated episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Montgomery Pittman and written by Montgomery Pittman, it aired on 9/15/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Arrival".