Season Three
20. Showdown with Rance McGrew
Airdate: 2 Feb 1962Main Cast: Larry Blyden, Arch Johnson
Writer: Rod Serling
Television cowboy Rance McGrew is about to film a scene where he gets shot in the back by Jesse James. Just then, the real Jesse James walks into the saloon and explains that he and other outlaws are not happy with the way they are being depicted on his show. He challenges McGrew to a showdown.
21. Kick the Can
Airdate: 9 Feb 1962Main Cast: Ernest Truex, Barry Truex, Russell Collins
Writer: George Johnson
Charles Whitley, the resident of an old peoples' home, believes that the secret to youth is acting young. Other residents think he has gone mad.
22. A Piano in the House
Airdate: 16 Feb 1962Main Cast: Barry Morse, Joan Hackett, Muriel Landers
Writer: Earl Hamner
Fitzgerald Fortune, a drama critic, purchases a new piano at a curio shop for his wife. He finds that the piano causes people to reveal their true emotions.
23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
Airdate: 23 Feb 1962Main Cast: James Best
Writer: Montgomery Pittman
The members of a small town are amazed when Jeff Myrtlebank comes to life at his own funeral. The town's doctor states that it must be a rare medical condition, but the townspeople believe he is possessed by demons. Jeff seems to be the same person, but he has become a hard worker and proficient fist-fighter.
24. To Serve Man
Airdate: 2 Mar 1962Main Cast: Lloyd Bochner, Richard Kiel, Susan Cummings
Writer: Damon Knight/Rod Serling
The Kanamits arrive on Earth and seem to be full of good intentions, helping man in all sorts of ways. They leave a book. After scientist have decoded the title as "To Serve Man", they frantically try to decode the rest of the book.
25. The Fugitive
Airdate: 9 Mar 1962Main Cast: J. Pat O' Malley, Susan Gordon
Writer: Charles Beaumont
An alien fugitive from a distant planet becomes friendly with a group of children.
26. Little Girl Lost
Airdate: 16 Mar 1962Main Cast: Robert Sampson, Sarah Marshall, Tracy Stratford, Charles Aidman
Writer: Richard Matheson
Tina Miller disappears when she rolls under the bed. The dog runs after her, and he too disappears. Her father calls in a physicist friend to help.
27. Person or Persons Unknown
Airdate: 16 Mar 1962Main Cast: Richard Long, Frank Silvera
Writer: Charles Beaumont
David Gurney awakes to find that nobody knows who he is and that all evidence of his existence has mysteriously disappeared. He is put into an asylum, but then escapes to search for some proof that he existed.
28. The Little People
Airdate: 30 Mar 1962Main Cast: Joe Maross, Claude Akins
Writer: Rod Serling
Two astronauts, Peter Craig and William Fletcher, set down on an alien planet to make repairs to their ship. Craig stumbles on an alien civilization no bigger than insects. He starts to terrorise the people by stamping on some of their buildings and proclaims himself a god.