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2x7 Nick of Time 2x8 The Lateness of the Hour*Watch-Along (no copy needed) + Full (sync your copy) links below!

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This week in the Twilight Zone a super cool guest star gets his fortune told and then a creepy one about a rebellious daughter 😯

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Dan Lapointe

These Twilight Zone reactions are honestly some of the best reactions I’ve ever watched. I’m really glad you continue to do them Jen! 😊

Rob Nichols

The Shat makes his first journey into the Zone and it's a banger. Really cool story in this one. The Lateness of the Hour marks the start of an experiment, where a few episodes were shot on video tape in the hopes of reducing costs. but the poor image quality wasn't worth the small savings so they went back to film. There's a few more taped episodes this season.

SirJohnCard

Was waiting for special guest star episode! 😀

Darryl Low

haha Everyone was waiting to see your reaction for this one Jen 😊 And you didn't disappoint. "Is that Kirk? Oh shut up!" 😀 I think that episode was my favourite this week. The videotape episodes add a strange quality to the show, almost like you're watching a stage play. There's not many of them at least. Thanks for another trip into the Zone this week Jen 😊

ak416

Episode 8 was one of a handful of episodes shot on tape instead of film in an effort to save money. That's why it has that cheap soap opera look.

Geoff S.

Been looking forward to this all day. That shirt also looks comfy and cozy for Fall. The second one has a different look because it was shot on videotape, a new technology at the time and cheaper than film since each episode was going over budget. It was shot at CBS Television City in L.A. where I used to work. They did a few like this but the costs that were saved were not worth the shitty look they developed and they stopped and transferred them back to film. Shatner was a character actor at this point. About 4-5 years before Trek.

Gary Cameron

OK, another Twilight Zone episode. And the guest star is...OH MY! 😀🖖❤️

John Liebling

Season 2 Episode 7 of Twilight Zone aired June 2 1961...I was only three years old at the time. The Cage, the first pilot was released Jan 22, 1965. But the first episode released was the Man Trap Sept 1966....Where No Man Has Gone...with Gary Mitchell was aired as the fourth episode. There are plenty of famous folks seen in Twilight Zone, many years before their movie career took off, or when it had fissile and they are no longer a big star, but a working actor. Shatner was not a big star in 1961, though he did land a small part in the film The Nurenberg Trial with big stars Spencer Tracy and Bert Lanchaster. Fans of you and your channel, won't provide specific spoilers, so you can continue to enjoy these fun surprises. Shatner was a struggling actor in 1961 and once again when Star Trek went off the air. He was sleeping in his truck after Star Trek went off the air. Even in syndication, he and Nimoy were not paid much. Nimoy was in Mission Impossible for a few years, in the early 1970s. The 1970s were very lean times for Shatner.

Chris Biebel

The second episode was the first of six episodes that were shot on videotape in order to save money (although it didn't save that much overall, so they ditched it after the six episodes). Regarding Shatner, this episode was about 6 years before Star Trek. I don't think at the time that he was a big name (note that Serling didn't mention his name in last week's teaser. Also keep in mind that while nowadays he's considered a huge name, right after Star Trek he often had trouble finding work because it was really mostly in syndication that Star Trek made it big). The thing about the Twilight Zone is that while it was able to attract some big names of the time, it was also able to get some unknown actors who ended up making it big later. The people who did the casting for the show did a fantastic job evaluating young talent.

Darryl Low

One thing I noticed about this season of the Zone is that there is an odd number of episodes, 29. And then there's a whopping 37 episodes in season 3. So you could do a season 2 finale and season 3 premiere as a double bill and it will all work out 😅 So many great stories lie ahead.

Jesse Lee

The Lateness of the Hour is the first of six season two episodes that was recorded on videotape instead of film in an attempt to save money (if you noticed it looked different comparatively) it didn't save enough money for the soap opera type effect (visually) so they scrapped that idea and went back to film.

Drew

When “Nick of Time” aired in 1960, Shatner was pretty new to TV. He was a theatrically-trained Shakespearean actor in many plays before coming to Hollywood, where he would become friends with Matheson (writer of this episode) and fellow Zone writers Charles Beaumont, George Clayton Johnson and Jerry Sohl. Shatner and Serling had already worked together in 1958 in Serling’s Playhouse 90 play, A "Town Has Turned to Dust." In 1962, Shatner played the lead in the film adaptation of Beaumont’s novel "The Intruder." That same year he appeared in two episodes of the TV show "Thriller," both of which were written by Matheson’s close friend and mentor Robert Bloch. In 1966, he began his role as Captain Kirk in "Star Trek" - Matheson, Bloch, Clayton Johnson and Sohl all contributed stories to the series.

Harvey Lee

William Shatner in his first foray into Twilight Zone territory , I always enjoyed this one as it showcases the Shat 's early talents .

Rob Nichols

The daughter in The Lateness of the Hour is Inger Stevens, who was seen in season one's The Hitch-hiker. The father is John Hoyt, Dr. Boyce in Star Trek's first pilot.

Gary Cameron

Jen, FYI, Shatner was more or less starting his career. This episode of TZ was about 5 or 6 years before he was cast as Kirk.

The One True Chris

You seemed to be a bit confused about chicken-fried steak, so as a Texan let me help. :) It's a cut of round steak (or cube steak), pounded out and tenderized, then battered and fried as you would fry a piece of chicken. Properly served with a truly irresponsible amount of cream gravy. A simple dish, but done correctly it's heaven on a plate!

zynjams

I've never seen lateness of the hour, I'm surprised. thank you, Jen

Julian San

Nope, this watch along ain’t working on iOS 😞

Forrest Tanaka

Nick of Time reminds me of the demonstration where they interviewed students, then handed each a personalized horoscope. The students mostly said these horoscopes applied to them very well. They were then asked to hand their horoscope to the student behind them, and that's when they realized they had all received the exact same horoscope!

Ian

havnt watched yet but wish i hadnt scrolled through comments oh well . still looking forward to seeing you surprised by the guest star :)

KP

"We can't have kids... let's make a depressed 20-something robut!"

Collin Gifford

Two episodes that are really timely what with all the hubub about AI

s8150f

I like 2-8 the best. The story was epic. William Shatner was not a big star yet. This is 4 years before Star Trek.

Ian

the acting was terrible in both episodes so hard to choose which was the better episode so i will just go with kirk on this one . engage !!

Dean

Just read about Inger Stevens (the lead actress of The Lateness of the Hour) and her story is tragic.

Patrick Turman

William Shatner was not a star when he did this episode. But he was a very successful actor, if that makes sense. He was a well-trained actor who, prior to Star Trek (which DID make him a star), appeared in many TV shows & did many well-received movies (usually in a supporting role--working with big stars like Paul Newman, Spencer Tracy, Edward G. Robinson, etc, etc.) and who was on his way to becoming a movie star. And then he did Star Trek & it was so successful that it actually ruined his career as an actor. He got typecast and had trouble finding good roles after that that weren't Star Trek related. It's similar to what happened to Anthony Perkins (from Psycho) and Michael Richards (from Seinfeld).

Patrick Turman

Interesting. Yeah, it looks like an old Playhouse 90 shot at the beginning of television.

Rob Nichols

True, she died far too young.