Tales from the Darkside: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tales from the Darkside Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Circus
Sep 28, 1986 · 22 min
A skeptical journalist travels on assignment to a sideshow. Seated in a small theatre, he is greeted by a perverse caretaker/M.C. who promises (in seemingly generic fashion) to un
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
Oct 5, 1986 · 22 min
A young girl develops a talent for seeing the fate of those about to die and develops the habit of saying "Goodbye" to them when she does, and her family grows increasingly upset a
The Bitterest Pill
Oct 12, 1986 · 22 min
A boy treated poorly by his parents gets the upper hand when an eccentric uncle shows up and tries to convince the parents to finance him to develop his newest invention - a pill t
Florence Bravo
Oct 19, 1986 · 22 min
The ghost of a feminist torments the woman who buys her home.
The Geezenstacks
Oct 26, 1986 · 22 min
A little girl, Audrey, discovers she can control her family by manipulating her doll family, the Geezenstacks, within her dollhouse.
Black Widows
Nov 2, 1986 · 22 min
Audrey Webster is concerned about her reclusive mother, but when she pursues the matter discovers exactly why her mother stays away from others, and what awaits Audrey on her own u
Heretic
Nov 9, 1986 · 22 min
A rich art collector buys a stolen painting from a thief. The painting portrays a man before the Spanish Inquisition. The collector, Harte, is soon visited by a mysterious man who
A Serpent's Tooth
Nov 16, 1986 · 22 min
A kibbitzing mother, Pearl, warns her unlistening family but her warnings start to come true.
Baker's Dozen
Nov 23, 1986 · 22 min
Ruby Cuzzins, a New Orleans baker, sells "magic" cookies and gives unscrupulous Henry adman a sample of her wares. Convinced, Henry tries to get her to go into business with him bu
Deliver Us from Goodness
Nov 30, 1986 · 22 min
Valeria is a saint - literally - and finds it more then she can bear. She seeks out a way to fall from Grace but is unable to do so no matter how hard she tries.
Seasons of Belief
Dec 29, 1986 · 22 min
On Christmas Eve, a couple decide to preoccupy their restless children by telling them a fable concerning a massive, winged creature called "The Grither". The children initially ba
Miss May Dusa
Jan 18, 1987 · 22 min
A robber accidentally brings a mannequin to life - its gaze turns him into a statue. The now-living mannequin flees into the night, unaware of her powers or the harm she can bring.
The Milkman Cometh
Jan 25, 1987 · 22 min
A man, Garry, hears from his neighbor a bizarre tale of how the unseen neighborhood milkman grants wishes to anyone who leaves their request in the empty bottles to be picked up. G
My Ghostwriter: The Vampire
Feb 1, 1987 · 22 min
Hack writer Peter, writing worse and worse vampire stories, buys a coffin for inspiration and finds it occupied by Count Draco. Peter manages to protect himself, and the two strike
My Own Place
Feb 8, 1987 · 22 min
Laura, a desperate woman, tries to get an apartment by herself but is forced to take in Ram, an immigrant from Calcutta. When Ram dies partly due to her involvement, Laura finds th
Red Leader
Feb 15, 1987 · 22 min
A crooked tycoon makes a deal with the Devil in return for power and wealth.
Everybody Needs a Little Love
Feb 22, 1987 · 22 min
Robert, a lonely divorced man, fixated on a mannequin, but the question soon becomes - is the mannequin alive?
Auld Acquaintances
Mar 1, 1987 · 22 min
Two long-lived witches, Elizabeth and Mary, vie once more over an amulet in the modern day that they agreed to share hundreds of years ago.
The Social Climber
Mar 8, 1987 · 22 min
A shoemaker's apprentice discovers a strange power when he finds he can step into other peoples' lives simply by putting on their shoes.
The Swap
May 3, 1987 · 22 min
Anna Belle's plot to murder her husband to gain his money backfires with unpleasant results.
Let the Games Begin
May 10, 1987 · 22 min
When Harry Carson has a heart attack, an angel and a devil fight for who will get his soul and it's up to Harry to make the right choice.
The Enormous Radio
May 17, 1987 · 22 min
Irene and Jim discover that a new radio they buy lets them overhear the neighbors, but Irene soon turns paranoid as she wonders whether they can hear her.