Nick of Time
- Episode aired Nov 18, 1960
- TV-PG
- 25m
A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune-telling machine in a local diner.
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- TriviaRichard Matheson was so impressed with Patricia Breslin's portrayal of the William Shatner character's wife, that he lobbied for her to be given a similar role in Shatner's second (and last) "TZ" outing, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963). This did not happen.
- GoofsJust after the 3 o'clock car incident, Don returns to the diner. As he sits at the counter his wristwatch reads ten minutes to two. Then, when He moves to the booth his watch says 9:20 while the diner clock says 3:15.
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Pat Carter: It doesn't matter whether it can foretell the future. What matters is whether you believe more in luck and in fortune than you do in yourself. You can decide your own life. You have a mind, a wonderful mind. Don't destroy it trying to justify that cheap penny fortune machine to yourself. We can have a wonderful life together... if we make it wonderful ourselves. I don't want to know what's going to happen. I want us to make it happen together.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: Nick Of Time (2021)
- SoundtracksAmerican Patrol
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Written by Frank White Meacham
Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
Recorded April 2, 1942
On a more serious note, this is an excellent essay in freewill vs destiny; having faith in yourself vs having faith in something outside of yourself. Maybe you just need to have someone who believes in you. Even when... especially when... you may not believe in yourself. Most of us don't have an "easy" life. It does help when there is someone to have our back. Don, in this case, would have been lost without Pat pulling him back from the brink.
As the episode progresses, it's interesting to see the change between them. Initially, Don and Pat are holding hands, or arms around each other... but as Don's superstition kicks into high gear, the connection fades. When they get back to "their" table in the diner, they are now sitting on opposite sides. Pat loves her husband, no doubt in my mind... but she fights for him logically, not trying to belittle him or emasculate him. I say this as someone who will listen and respond to logical, thought out arguments, but hates ad hominem attacks. She doesn't stop loving him at the first sign of trouble, instead she doubles down on her desire to not let *anything* come between her and the one she loves. The world could be a better place if more people had that kind of commitment.
Hi Donsy and Patsy, how's by you? Get the hell out of that town as quick as you can, and call me when you reach NYC.
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- Dec 6, 2023
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- Runtime25 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1