Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
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Template:Infobox TTW season two "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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Details
Episode number: 39
Season: 2
Production code:
Original airdate: October 14, 1960
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Douglas Heyes
Music: original score by Jerry Goldsmith
Cast
Synopsis
A nervous, two-bit, small-time gangster named Jackie (Joe Mantell) is ordered to kill a man for the first time. Unsure whether he can go through with it, he discovers his better self in the mirror. After grappling with his life and the decisions he has made through a conversation with his mirror image, the better half wins out and doesn't kill the man he is supposed to kill. Jackie's better mirror image switches places with his old self and sets out to try and make a better life for himself.
Trivia
- Similarly, the episode The Last Night of a Jockey featured a man grappling with his identity and also took place entirely in one room.
Themes
Redemption, self-respect and a second chance are things that the main character thinks can't have - but things that his better half convinces him are something he can seek out and attain.
External links
- TV Tome episode page (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-237/epid-12650/)
References
Back to: The Twilight Zone, Episode List, Season 2