The Ray Bradbury Theater: 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 The Ray Bradbury Theater 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 Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
Jan 23, 1988
A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.
Skeleton
Feb 6, 1988
A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
The Emissary
Feb 13, 1988
A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
Gotcha!
Feb 20, 1988
A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
The Man Upstairs
Mar 5, 1988
An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
Punishment Without Crime
Apr 16, 1988
A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.
On the Orient, North
Apr 30, 1988
A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.
The Coffin
May 7, 1988
An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
May 14, 1988
A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of all.
There Was an Old Woman
May 21, 1988
Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.
And So Died Riabouchinska
May 28, 1988
A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness: Fabian's dummy. Riab