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Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone) - Definition
Related Words: Alpenglow, Aurora, Crepuscular, Dark, Decay, Declination, Diminution
The Twilight Zone original series
season two
Fall 1960 – Summer 1961
List of The Twilight Zone episodes
Episodes:
  1. King Nine Will Not Return
  2. The Man in the Bottle
  3. Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
  4. A Thing About Machines
  5. The Howling Man
  6. The Eye of the Beholder
  7. Nick of Time
  8. The Lateness of the Hour
  9. The Trouble With Templeton
  10. A Most Unusual Camera
  11. Night of the Meek
  12. Dust
  13. Back There
  14. The Whole Truth
  15. The Invaders
  16. A Penny for Your Thoughts
  17. Twenty-Two
  18. The Odyssey of Flight 33
  19. Mr. Dingle, the Strong
  20. Static
  21. The Prime Mover
  22. Long Distance Call
  23. A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
  24. The Rip Van Winkle Caper
  25. The Silence
  26. Shadow Play
  27. The Mind and the Matter
  28. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
  29. The Obsolete Man

Nick of Time is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.

Contents
1 Details
2 Cast
3 Synopsis
4 Themes
5 Critical Response
6 References

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

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

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 cafe 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 to not 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."

References

  • Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)

Back to: The Twilight Zone, Episode List, Season 2

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