Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

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The Twilight Zone original series
Season two (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5)
Fall 1960 – Summer 1961
List of The Twilight Zone episodes

Episodes:

  1. King Nine Will Not Return
  2. The Man in the Bottle
  3. Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
  4. A Thing About Machines
  5. The Howling Man
  6. The Eye of the Beholder
  7. Nick of Time
  8. The Lateness of the Hour
  9. The Trouble With Templeton
  10. A Most Unusual Camera
  11. Night of the Meek
  12. Dust
  13. Back There
  14. The Whole Truth
  15. The Invaders
  16. A Penny for Your Thoughts
  17. Twenty-Two
  18. The Odyssey of Flight 33
  19. Mr. Dingle, the Strong
  20. Static
  21. The Prime Mover
  22. Long Distance Call
  23. A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
  24. The Rip Van Winkle Caper
  25. The Silence
  26. Shadow Play
  27. The Mind and the Matter
  28. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
  29. The Obsolete Man

“Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

An insecure, unsuccessful gangster named Jackie waits in a cheap, dirty hotel room for his boss George. George orders Jackie to shoot a barkeeper, or else he will kill Jackie on his return. George then leaves, leaving Jackie wrestling with his conscience. He puts a cigarette in his lips, but finds no match.

A puff of smoke comes out from the other side of the mirror and he sees a different version of himself in the reflection -- a strong, self-assured, confident Jackie Rhodes. Jackie and his reflection argue about how badly his life has turned out as a result of him listening to others and never himself.

George returns, furious that Jackie hasn't done his job. Jackie responds, "I resign" and kicks a surprised George out of the room, along with the gun. Ringing the room clerk to check out, he addresses himself as John Rhoades. He then tells the nervous Jackie, now the one in the mirror, that they're going to make something of their life.

[edit] Trivia

  • Similarly, the episode The Last Night of a Jockey featured a man grappling with his identity and also took place entirely in one room.
  • Bruce Willis starred in a similarly themed episode in the 1985 version of The Twilight Zone, "Shatterday."


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