Nick Of Time - Twilight-Tober Zone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2021
- "Nick of Time" is The Twilight Zone at its minimalist best. Nearly the whole episode takes place in a little diner's booth focusing on the interaction between the two main characters. Join Walter as he discusses this episode in the Twilight-Tober Zone.
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"Nick of Time" is episode 43 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on November 18, 1960 on CBS.
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What did everyone think of Nick of Time?
It just goes to show that you don't need a huge quantity of cast members or a flashy premise to make a memorable episode. Plus, it's wonderful to see Captain Kirk's first foray into the Twilight Zone!
The fortune telling spits out: "You belong in outer space."
Shatner: Will...I...gointospace?
From the machine's POV. "Here come another set of rubes. I will use my mystic power to enslave them, and then all their pennies shall be mine! HAHAHA"
Pat's character is a definite relief after the nagging wives we see in episodes like "Time Enough at Last" and "A Stop at Willoughby." Here, at least, the woman isn't to blame for the man's frustrations; instead, he's better off once he listens to her. Good take.
To me, "Nick of Time" is a story about great transitionary periods in one's life. The two leads are newlyweds starting a new life. The husband is afraid to leave the security of what he perceives to be a predictable and sure thing, but the only way to truly move from the past into the present and future is by letting the past be the past. In a way, it has a parallel to "Walking Distance", only instead of being about a person who goes back to the past, it is about a person who needs to leave it.
I wonder what they would have done if the fortune had read: "Out Of Cards. Please Contact Distributor To Restock."
I actually prefer this episode to "Nightmare". William Shatner exudes a natural charm here and one could see him as a leading man. Patricia Breslin was one of TZ's most well-rounded women: strong, loving, supportive, smart!
I agree that the message for this one is very good and that our lovely couple have excellent chemistry. in a book I have about twilight episodes where they discuss the meanings behind them and things, it suggested that the reason why the younger couple is able to escape the fortune teller is BECAUSE they're young and are able to go with the idea of being a team and being there for each other whereas the older couple who are more stuck in an old fashioned dynamic where they don't listen to each other, etc. get stuck since they aren't a team.
This is a very interesting episode for the simple fact is you’re not even sure if there was actually a supernatural element to it at all.
Matheson is one of my favorite writers. Every thing he writes is amazing
Love this episode! Best of luck to Shatner today as he goes to space!
Plot twist:
A true underlooked classic. To tell the truth, when William Shatner's character Don Carter and the wife left, and the enslaved couple return to the fortune telling machine, I thought they were Don and Pat in the future. Don't know why. But immediately Rod Serling's closing narration confirmed them as other characters. That's what I originally got out of it. But nevertheless, Shatner has rarely disappointed me in his on screen appearances. Sure, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier may be messy, as Doug pointed out in his NC review of it, but Shatner had great vision for that film. Shatner also did great voice over, for example in Futurama and more recently Batman vs Two-Face, where he voiced the titular villain. After seeing this, I'm honestly curious what you'd think of Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, that is if the show gets that far. Live Long and Prosper, William Shatner! 🖖🏻
Damn this was a good series. Best anthology show ever in my opinion.
To me, the fortune telling machine is accurate in all its predictions but it's truly up to the ones asking it to take it as it is. To me, they made the right choice in continuing their honeymoon. Because if they didn't leave , that promotion would been all for nothing and so will their trip to New York.
This was the very first episode I ever saw with my dad when sci-fi channel first started airing twilight zone. I literally was on punishment but my dad wanted to watch his favorite show with me. I was like 5 or 6.
This was one of the first Twilight Zone episodes I ever saw and it really stuck with me. The atmosphere of it, the increasing desperation from Shatner's character and his wife's pleas for him to see reason were very well done, and the ending with the couple who are clearly trapped in town by their own devotion to the machine and its answers combined for a story that kind of reminded me a bit of some of the better episodes of 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' All in all, a very good episode, and a personal favorite of mine.
This was 1 of 2 episodes Shatner appeared in. The other was the famous Nightmare At 20000 Feet, which was directed by Richard Donner who went on to make The Omen, Superman, The Goonies, and Lethal Weapon