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Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)
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"Nick of Time" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone
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Pat begins to realize Don is taking the seer too seriously. Due to the seer's predictions, Don feels it is not safe to leave the diner until after 3 p.m. Pat gets him to leave earlier, but at 3 p.m. the couple is almost struck by a car while crossing the street. After they calm down, they go back to the cafe. However, another couple is sitting at their booth, so Don and Pat must wait at the front counter.
Pat wants proof that the seer is legitimate, pointing out that it was Don who had brought up the issue of 3 p.m. After reclaiming their booth, Don immediately asks the seer more questions. One of the things he wants to know is whether their car will be fixed by the end of the day. The seer says the car has been repaired, and a few moments later the mechanic arrives with that very news.
The breaking point comes when Don asks where they're going to live in the future. She tries to break the spell the seer has over Don. After a persuasive speech from Pat, Don apologizes to Pat and then announces directly to the mystic seer that they're leaving to go do what they please. Right after they leave, another couple, noticeably distraught, sits down at the booth with several pennies and starts asking questions (implying that they had a previous encounter with the seer and were now "enslaved" by it).
writing in The Twilight Zone Magazine said that he wished that Pat Breslin
, who played Pat Carter (the wife of Don Carter, Shatner's character in this episode) had been available to play Shatner's wife again for the famous 5th season episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
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Synopsis
When Don and Pat Carter's automobile breaks down in Ridgeview, Ohio, they decide to have lunch at the Busy Bee Cafe. The booth they sit in has a fortune telling machine on the table. Don asks the "mystic seer" if he is going to get a promotion at work. The card says that it has been decided in his favor. When Don calls the office, he discovers that the seer was right. Because of this initial success, Don asks the seer more and more questions.Pat begins to realize Don is taking the seer too seriously. Due to the seer's predictions, Don feels it is not safe to leave the diner until after 3 p.m. Pat gets him to leave earlier, but at 3 p.m. the couple is almost struck by a car while crossing the street. After they calm down, they go back to the cafe. However, another couple is sitting at their booth, so Don and Pat must wait at the front counter.
Pat wants proof that the seer is legitimate, pointing out that it was Don who had brought up the issue of 3 p.m. After reclaiming their booth, Don immediately asks the seer more questions. One of the things he wants to know is whether their car will be fixed by the end of the day. The seer says the car has been repaired, and a few moments later the mechanic arrives with that very news.
The breaking point comes when Don asks where they're going to live in the future. She tries to break the spell the seer has over Don. After a persuasive speech from Pat, Don apologizes to Pat and then announces directly to the mystic seer that they're leaving to go do what they please. Right after they leave, another couple, noticeably distraught, sits down at the booth with several pennies and starts asking questions (implying that they had a previous encounter with the seer and were now "enslaved" by it).
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Richard MathesonRichard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been...
writing in The Twilight Zone Magazine said that he wished that Pat Breslin
Patricia Breslin
Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress known for her guest roles in various television series in the 1950s and 1960s.-Early years:...
, who played Pat Carter (the wife of Don Carter, Shatner's character in this episode) had been available to play Shatner's wife again for the famous 5th season episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is a 1963 episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson.-Plot summary:...
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