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SynopsisWhen 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.ThemesMatheson’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 CompanionTriviaAlthough the Twilight Zone host played by Rod Serling is usually depicted as a non-diegetic man (whose appearance often reveals the setting to be artificial), in this episode, Serling appears as a customer at the café where the story unfolds.[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone) ] | Searches on eBay |
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