Season 3

One Step BeyondSeason 3

1960
36 Episodes

Episodes

Tidal Wave
S03E01
5.0

Tidal Wave

As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate the doomed area. Nothing can save the poor young women – accept perhaps the strange and illusive phenomenon known as . . . telepathy.

30 Aug 1960
Anniversary of a Murder
S03E02
6.0

Anniversary of a Murder

In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his mistress are driving home one night when they accidentally cause the death of young bicyclists on a lonely road. They desperately try to cover up the tragedy . . . but the dead man has other ideas . . .

27 Sept 1960
The Death Waltz
S03E03
5.0

The Death Waltz

The Merry Widow?

04 Oct 1960
The Return
S03E04
6.0

The Return

These were the swift to harry...

11 Oct 1960
If You See Sally
S03E05
7.0

If You See Sally

Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.

18 Oct 1960
Moment of Hate
S03E06
6.0

Moment of Hate

A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.

25 Oct 1960
To Know the End
S03E07
6.0

To Know the End

...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.

01 Nov 1960
The Trap
S03E08
6.0

The Trap

Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is astounded to discover that he has stumbled upon what seems to be a parallel universe--one in which he also exists. but in not quite the same way he does in this one.

15 Nov 1960
The Voice
S03E09
7.0

The Voice

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. Keats

22 Nov 1960
The Promise
S03E10
6.5

The Promise

But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Frost

29 Nov 1960
Tonight at 12:17
S03E11
7.0

Tonight at 12:17

An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.

06 Dec 1960
Where Are They?
S03E12
6.0

Where Are They?

Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.

13 Dec 1960
Legacy of Love
S03E13
6.0

Legacy of Love

A romance of past and present.

20 Dec 1960
Rendezvous
S03E14
6.0

Rendezvous

A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will return to her. Soon afterwards she is walking alone through a park when a would-be mugger approaches her, but he is scared off by the sudden appearance of what looks to be some sort of spirit.

27 Dec 1960
The Executioner
S03E15
6.0

The Executioner

A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.

03 Jan 1961
The Last Round
S03E16
6.0

The Last Round

A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.

10 Jan 1961
Dead Man's Tale
S03E17
6.0

Dead Man's Tale

A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.

17 Jan 1961
The Sacred Mushroom
S03E18
7.0

The Sacred Mushroom

Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.

24 Jan 1961
The Gift
S03E19
6.0

The Gift

Neither shadow of turning.

31 Jan 1961
Person Unknown
S03E20
7.0

Person Unknown

In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam the halls. When a murder is discovered later that night, he must prove that he not only didn't commit the murder, but that it was in fact committed by the ghostly warrior.

07 Feb 1961
Night of Decision
S03E21
5.0

Night of Decision

General Washington doubts, but is saved.

21 Feb 1961
The Stranger
S03E22
6.0

The Stranger

In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.

28 Feb 1961
Justice
S03E23
6.0

Justice

Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.

07 Mar 1961
The Face
S03E24
6.0

The Face

Persistence of evil vision.

14 Mar 1961
The Room Upstairs
S03E25
6.0

The Room Upstairs

A Londoner hears a child crying for help.

21 Mar 1961
Signal Received
S03E26

Signal Received

On HMS Hood, ""England expects every man will do his duty.""

04 Apr 1961
The Confession
S03E27

The Confession

The prosecution rests badly after an innocent man gets it.

11 Apr 1961
The Avengers
S03E28
3.0

The Avengers

How the past determines the future.

25 Apr 1961
The Prisoner
S03E29
3.0

The Prisoner

The survivor of a concentration camp receives a visit from a German officer who is dead.

02 May 1961
Blood Flower
S03E30
4.0

Blood Flower

Flores, flores para los muertos.

16 May 1961
The Sorcerer
S03E31
4.0

The Sorcerer

An army officer is acquitted of a murder he insists he committed.

23 May 1961
The Villa
S03E32
5.0

The Villa

A room with a view.

06 Jun 1961
Midnight
S03E33

Midnight

While walking across a fog-covered London Bridge one night, a struggling writer falls in love with a beautiful woman he meets there. Howewver, she isn't quite what she seems to be, and he stands a good chance of succumbing--literally--to her charms.

13 Jun 1961
The Tiger
S03E34
7.0

The Tiger

A stringent governess finds her charge cultivating an imaginary pet.

20 Jun 1961
Nightmare
S03E35
6.0

Nightmare

Paul Roland keeps painting the image of a woman from his nightmares to the dismay of his fiancee. Six days before their wedding he is compelled to drive with her to Cornwall for a vacation, at the encouragement of his friend Geoffrey, with him stopping abruptly at the door of one cottage within which a woman dwells, one who has grieved the loss of her own fiance lost in the World War of '16, two days before their wedding was to have been. Apparently, Paul is his reincarnation since he was born when her fiance died as Paul instantly understands when he spies his likeness in that photograph on the mantle, the engagement picture. Now closure seems to happen for them all.

27 Jun 1961
Eye Witness
S03E36
6.0

Eye Witness

A reportorial account of a distant disaster. Assez vu, assez connu.

04 Jul 1961