Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)
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Template:Infobox TTW season two "Nick of Time" is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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Details
Episode number: 43
Season: 2
Production code:3643
Original airdate: November 18, 1960
Writer: Richard Matheson
Director: Richard L. Bare
Music: stock
Cast
Don Carter:William Shatner
Pat Carter:Patricia Breslin
Counter Man: Guy Wilkerson
Synopsis
When their car breaks down, honeymooners Don and Pat Carter find themselves stranded in a small town in Ohio. To pass the time, they go to a café to have lunch, but Don quickly becomes obsessed with a fortune-telling device at their booth that seems to be truly prescient. Thanks to his determined wife, he is able to break free of the machine, but another couple proves not so lucky.
Themes
Matheson's warning not to use superstitious beliefs and mystical concepts as substitutes for self-confidence. An opposing theme is offered in "The Old Man in the Cave."
Critical Response
- "I thought the two performances were marvelous. They played together so well. And the direction was nice. I thought it worked beautifully."
- —Richard Matheson, quoted in The Twilight Zone Companion
References
- Zicree, Marc Scott. The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition).
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