Original Twilight Zone Episode Guide



Season Three

1. Two

Airdate: 15 Sep 1961
Main Cast: Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Montgomery
Writer: Montgomery Pittman

Two - Twilight Zone

A man and a woman, two survivors of an apocalyptic war, encounter each other. They both recognise that the uniforms they are wearing are of opposing sides.



2. The Arrival

Airdate: 22 Sep 1961
Main Cast: Harold J. Stone, Noah Keen, Fredd Wayne, Bing Russell
Writer: Rod Serling

The Arrival - Twilight Zone

Flight 107 lands with no passengers or crew. A man from the FAA, Sheckly, investigates. He believes the plane is just an illusion, and sets out to prove it.



3. The Shelter

Airdate: 29 Sep 1961
Main Cast: Larry Gates, Jack Albertson, Sandy Kenyon, Joseph Bernard
Writer: Rod Serling

The Shelter - Twilight Zone

During a party the radio announces that UFOs have been spotted and that everyone should hide in their shelters. When there are too few shelters to go around, friendships are tested to the limit.



4. The Passerby

Airdate: 6 Oct 1961
Main Cast: James Gregory, Joanne Linville
Writer: Rod Serling

The Passerby - Twilight Zone

A Confederate soldier stops at a woman's house after the end of the civil war. While there they both watch soldiers, Union, and Confederate pass by.



5. A Game Of Pool

Airdate: 13 Oct 1961
Main Cast: Jack Klugman, Jonathan Winters
Writer: George Johnson

A Game Of Pool - Twilight Zone

Jesse Cardiff wants to prove that he is the best pool player ever, even better than the late Fats Brown. Just then, Fats appears and makes him a challenge.



6. The Mirror

Airdate: 20 Oct 1961
Main Cast: Peter Falk
Writer: Rod Serling

The Mirror - Twilight Zone

When Clemente becomes the new dictator after a coup, he is told by the deposed one that the mirror he has in his office will reveal the faces of his enemies. Clemente soon becomes overtaken by paranoia.



7. The Grave

Airdate: 27 Oct 1961
Main Cast: Lee Marvin, James Best, Lee Van Cleef
Writer: Montgomery Pittman

The Grave - Twilight Zone

Before Sykes died he vowed that if the hired-gun Conny Miller ever got near to his grave, he would reach up and grab him. Miller accepts a bet to go to sykes' grave and plunge a dagger into it.



8. It's A Good Life

Airdate: 3 Nov 1961
Main Cast: Billy Mumy, John Larch, Cloris Leachman
Writer: Jerome Bixby/Rod Serling

Its A Good Life - Twilight Zone

In a small hamlet in Peaksville, Ohio, lives Anthony Fremont, a six year old boy with amazing powers. He uses his abilities to control anything he wishes, even the inhabitants themselves, who live in fear of him.



9. Deaths-Head Revisited

Airdate: 10 Nov 1961
Main Cast: Oscar Beregi Jr, Joseph Schildkraut
Writer: Rod Serling

Deaths Head Revisited - Twilight Zone

Former S.S. Captain Gunther Lutze walks through an old concentration camp. He meets Becker, who he mistakes for a caretaker. Becker is actually a ghost of one of the camp's former inhabitants, and he and other ghosts who haunt the camp put Lutze on trial.



10. The Midnight Sun

Airdate: 17 Nov 1961
Main Cast: Lois Nettleton, Betty garde, Tom Reese
Writer: Rod Serling

The Midnight Sun - Twilight Zone

The Earth is heading closer and closer to the sun causing the temperature to rise inexorably. Two women remain closeted in their apartments, and outside people are frantically searching for water to quench their unbearable thirsts.