The Twilight Zone

The Best Episodes of The Twilight Zone Season 3

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Network:CBS

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

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Episodes
37
Avg. Rating
7.5
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.5
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  1. 9.0/10(5.6k votes)

    #1 - To Serve Man

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    S3:E24

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

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  2. 8.6/10(3.9k votes)

    #2 - The Shelter

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    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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  3. 8.6/10(4.9k votes)

    #3 - It's a Good Life

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    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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  4. 8.5/10(4.2k votes)

    #4 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit

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    S3:E14

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

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  5. 8.4/10(4.2k votes)

    #5 - The Midnight Sun

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    S3:E10

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

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    Director:Anton Leader
  6. 8.3/10(3.7k votes)

    #6 - Nothing in the Dark

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    S3:E16

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

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  8. 8.2/10(3.0k votes)

    #7 - The Changing of the Guard

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    S3:E37

    An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve and is reminded by former students that he has, indeed, made an effect on the lives of his students over the years.

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  9. 8.1/10(3.4k votes)

    #8 - Deaths-Head Revisited

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    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.

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    Director:Don Medford
  10. 8.0/10(3.2k votes)

    #9 - Little Girl Lost

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    S3:E26

    A six-year-old girl rolls under her bed and vanishes into a fourth dimension. Her parents and a neighbor struggle to free her before the hole between the dimensions closes forever.

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  11. 7.9/10(3.2k votes)

    #10 - The Hunt

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    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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  12. 7.9/10(2.9k votes)

    #11 - The Little People

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    S3:E28

    An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.

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  13. 7.8/10(3.3k votes)

    #12 - A Game of Pool

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    S3:E5

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

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  14. 7.8/10(2.7k votes)

    #13 - Person or Persons Unknown

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    S3:E27

    David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.

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  15. 7.7/10(2.8k votes)

    #14 - The Dummy

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    S3:E33

    A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy: plans that Willie doesn't support!

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  16. 7.6/10(2.6k votes)

    #15 - The Trade-Ins

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    S3:E31

    An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.

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  17. 7.5/10(3.6k votes)

    #16 - Two

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    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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  18. 7.5/10(2.9k votes)

    #17 - The Passersby

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    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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  19. 7.5/10(2.9k votes)

    #18 - Kick the Can

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    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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  20. 7.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #19 - A Piano in the House

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    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.

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    Director:David Greene
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.
  21. 7.5/10(2.7k votes)

    #20 - The Fugitive

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    S3:E25

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

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  22. 7.4/10(3.0k votes)

    #21 - The Grave

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    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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  23. 7.4/10(2.5k votes)

    #22 - Dead Man's Shoes

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    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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  24. 7.4/10(2.6k votes)

    #23 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

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    S3:E30

    A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.

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  25. 7.3/10(2.6k votes)

    #24 - One More Pallbearer

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    S3:E17

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

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  26. 7.2/10(2.9k votes)

    #25 - The Arrival

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    S3:E2

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

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    Director:Boris Sagal

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"To Serve Man" is the best rated episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 3. It scored 9/10 based on 5632 votes. Directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Rod Serling, Damon Knight, it aired on 3/2/1962. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Shelter".