The BEST episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 3

Every episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater season 3!

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

Last Updated: 9/10/2024Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
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The Veldt
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8.70
33 votes

#1 - The Veldt

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1989

Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.

Directors: Brad Turner
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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Hail and Farewell
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8.39
36 votes

#2 - Hail and Farewell

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/1989

Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving before anyone finds out. As he is ready to leave his latest home, he tells his "parents" the story of his life, and of all the people he met in the way.

Directors: Alan Kroeker
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Lake
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8.12
49 votes

#3 - The Lake

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1989

An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.

Directors: Pat Robins
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Dwarf
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8.04
50 votes

#4 - The Dwarf

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1989

A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman decides to have some fun at the man's expense.

Directors: Costa Botes
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
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7.84
32 votes

#5 - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1989

A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.

Directors: David Brandes
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Pedestrian
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7.83
35 votes

#6 - The Pedestrian

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1989

A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.

Directors: Alin Bollinger
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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A Sound of Thunder
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7.46
37 votes

#7 - A Sound of Thunder

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1989

Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.

Directors: Costa Botes
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
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6.86
35 votes

#8 - The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/1989

When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.

Directors: David Copeland
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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A Miracle of Rare Device
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6.32
47 votes

#9 - A Miracle of Rare Device

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1989

Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them down.

Directors: Roger Tompkins
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Wind
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6.08
37 votes

#10 - The Wind

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1989

After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.

Directors: Grahame McLean
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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The Haunting of the New
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6.03
36 votes

#11 - The Haunting of the New

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/1989

A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide if it wants him.

Directors: Roger Tompkins
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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To the Chicago Abyss
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4.65
37 votes

#12 - To the Chicago Abyss

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/1989

In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.

Directors: Randy Bradshaw
Writer: Ray Bradbury
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