Original Twilight Zone Episode Guide



Season Three

11. Still Valley

Airdate: 24 Nov 1961
Main Cast: Gary Merrill, Vaughn Taylor, Ben Cooper
Writer: Rod Serling

Still Valley - Twilight Zone

A Confederate officer is offered a deal with Satan to help his troops.



12. The Jungle

Airdate: 1 Dec 1961
Main Cast: John Dehner, Emily McLaughlin
Writer: Charles Beaumont

The Jungle - Twilight Zone

Alan Richard's company is building a dam in Africa. He tells his board members that the local witch doctors have put a curse on the project. The board members scoff, but they find that they all have superstitious items about them.



13. Once Upon a Time

Airdate: 15 Dec 1961
Main Cast: Buster Keaton, Stanley Adams
Writer: Richard Matheson

Once Upon A Time - Twilight Zone

A janitor, Woodrow Mulligan, uses a time helmet developed by his boss to move forward in time seventy-two years.



14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit

Airdate: 22 Dec 1961
Main Cast: William Windom, Murray Matheson, Susan Harrison, Kelton Garwood, Clark Allen
Writer: Rod Serling

Five Characters In Search Of An Exit - Twilight Zone

Five characters, a ballet dancer, a hobo, a clown, a bagpiper, and an army Major, find themselves trapped inside a cylindrical object with no memory of how they got there.



15. A Quality of Mercy

Airdate: 29 Dec 1961
Main Cast: Dean Stockwood, Albert Salmi
Writer: Sam Rolfe/Rod Serling

A Quality Of Mercy - Twilight Zone

In World War II a young Lieutenant orders his troops to mount a suicidal attack on a group of weary Japanese soldiers. Sergeant Causarano tries to change his mind but the Lieutenant will have none of it. Suddenly the Lieutenant is transported back in time three years earlier as a Lieutenant in the Japanese army and gets a different perspective.



16. Nothing in the Dark

Airdate: 5 Jan 1962
Main Cast: Robert Redford, Gladys Cooper
Writer: George Johnson

Nothing In The Dark - Twilight Zone

Wanda Dunn, an elderly woman, is afraid to venture outside her dreary basement apartment because she thinks "Mr. Death" is lying in wait.



17. One More Pallbearer

Airdate: 12 Jan 1962
Main Cast: Joseph Wiseman
Writer: Rod Serling

One More pallbearer - Twilight Zone

Paul Radin invites three people to meet him at his self-built bomb shelter. They are people that Radin feels have wronged him in the past. He fakes a nuclear war and tries to get each person to apologise for their past actions.



18. Dead Man's Shoes

Airdate: 19 Jan 1962
Main Cast: Warren Stevens, Richard Devon
Writer: Charles Beaumont/OCee Ritch

Deads Man Shoes - Twilight Zone

Street bum Nate Bledscoe takes a pair of good shoes from a body dumped in the alley. The body happens to be that of a gangster who was the target of a mob hit. The shoes give Nate the personality of the victim, and he continues where he left off.



19. The Hunt

Airdate: 26 Jan 1962
Main Cast: Arthur Hunnicut, Jeanette Nolan
Writer: Earl Hammer

The Hunt - Twilight Zone

Hyder Simpson goes hunting with his dog Rip. He comes to find that he has died.