Season 3 (original series)

This article is written from the Real world point of view

For the third season from the second series, see Season 3 (1985).

Main article: The Twilight Zone (original series)

Season 3
Series:	The Twilight Zone
No. of Episodes:	37
Premiere Date:	TBA
Finale Date:	TBA
Other Seasons
Previous:	Season 2
Next:	Season 4

The is an overview of the third season of the original The Twilight Zone TV series which ran from 1961-1962, airing 37 episodes.

Notable guest-stars

Notable guest-stars from the season included: Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Klugman, Jonathan Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Marvin, Bill Mumy, Buster Keaton. Dean Stockwell, Robert Redford, Arthur Hunnicutt, James Best, Richard Kiel, Andy Devine, Cliff Robertson, David White and Donald Pleasence.

Notable episodes

• "The Shelter" dealt directly with contemporary fears of nuclear war at a time when the Cuban Missile Crisis was in the headlines.
• "The Mirror" features a thinly veiled caricature of Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
• "The Grave" had a plot influenced by an urban legend or folk tale.
• "Death's Head Revisited" addressed the Eichmann trial that took place in 1961, with a Twilight Zone twist.
• Three of the season's episodes, "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "A Quality of Mercy" would later inspire segments from Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Memorable quotes

Main article: List of memorable quotes from the first series

Episode List

1. "Two" (September 15, 1961)
2. "The Arrival" (September 22, 1961)
3. "The Shelter" (September 29, 1961)
4. "The Passersby" (October 6, 1961)
5. "A Game of Pool" (October 13, 1961)
6. "The Mirror" (October 20, 1961)
7. "The Grave" (October 27, 1961)
8. "It's a Good Life" (November 3, 1961)
9. "Death's Head Revisited" (November 10, 1961)
10. "The Midnight Sun" (November 17, 1961)
11. "Still Valley" (November 24, 1961)
12. "The Jungle" (December 1, 1961)
13. "Once Upon a Time" (December 15, 1961)
14. "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" (December 22, 1961)
15. "A Quality of Mercy" (December 29, 1961)
16. "Nothing in the Dark" (January 5, 1962)
17. "One More Pallbearer" (January 12, 1962)
18. "Dead Man's Shoes" (January 19, 1962)
19. "The Hunt" (January 26, 1962)
20. "Showdown with Rance McGrew" (February 2, 1962)
21. "Kick the Can" (February 9, 1962)
22. "A Piano in the House" (February 16, 1962)
23. "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" (February 23, 1962)
24. "To Serve Man" (March 2, 1962)
25. "The Fugitive" (March 9, 1962)
26. "Little Girl Lost" (March 16, 1962)
27. "Person or Persons Unknown" (March 23, 1962)
28. "The Little People" (March 30, 1962)
29. "Four O'Clock" (April 6, 1962)
30. "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (April 13, 1962)
31. "The Trade-Ins" (April 20, 1962)
32. "The Gift" (April 27, 1962)
33. "The Dummy" (May 4, 1962)
34. "Young Man's Fancy" (May 11, 1962)
35. "I Sing the Body Electric" (May 18, 1962)
36. "Cavender is Coming" (May 25, 1962)
37. "The Changing of the Guard" (June 1, 1962)

See also

• Season 1 (original series)
• Season 2 (original series)
• Season 4 (original series)
• Season 5 (original series)