The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Season 3

Air Date

January 23, 1988

Episodes

12 episodes

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Season 3

Episodes

The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

1. The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

January 23, 1988
26 min

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

2. Skeleton

6.0
February 6, 1988
26 min

A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.

The Emissary

3. The Emissary

February 13, 1988
26 min

A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.

Gotcha!

4. Gotcha!

February 20, 1988
26 min

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

5. The Man Upstairs

March 5, 1988
26 min

An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.

The Small Assassin

6. The Small Assassin

8.0
April 9, 1988
26 min

A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.

Punishment Without Crime

7. Punishment Without Crime

April 16, 1988
26 min

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

8. On the Orient, North

April 30, 1988
26 min

A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.

The Coffin

9. The Coffin

8.0
May 7, 1988
26 min

An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.

Tyrannosaurus Rex

10. Tyrannosaurus Rex

May 14, 1988
26 min

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

11. There Was an Old Woman

May 21, 1988
26 min

Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.

And So Died Riabouchinska

12. And So Died Riabouchinska

May 28, 1988
24 min

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. Riabouchinska, who has a mind of her own.