Paladin of the Lost Hour

Infobox Television episode
Title = Paladin of the Lost Hour
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
Season = 1
Episode = 7, Segment 2
Airdate = November 8, 1985
Production =
Writer = Harlan Ellison
Director = Gilbert Cates
(credited as Alan Smithee)
Guests = Danny Kaye : Gaspar
Glynn Turman : Billy Kinetta
John Bryant : Punk #1
Corkey Ford : Punk #2
Mike Reynolds : Driver
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Teacher's Aide
Next = Act Break

"Paladin of the Lost Hour" is a novelette and the second segment of the seventh episode from the television series "The New Twilight Zone", both written by Harlan Ellison. The novelette won the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the script won the 1987 Writers Guild of America Award for Anthology Episode/Single Program. The story is available in Ellison's collection "Angry Candy".

The novelette and script were written at the same time. Although in the original story, it is not stated which man is black and which is white, Ellison wrote the script specifically with Turman in mind. The tale originally had a different ending. When the show's producers said that it needed to be changed, Ellison initially balked. It was only because the producers were also writers for whom Ellison had respect that he considered their idea. He eventually decided that they were correct, and changed both the script and the novelette.

ynopsis

Mr. Gaspar is the protector of a magical timepiece, a pocket watch that holds The Last Hour. Within that hour, anything is possible, but if the hands should ever reach midnight, the universe will end. Gaspar is old and looking for someone to pass his duty on to. Is Billy Kinetta, a down on his luck Vietnam vet, the man to become the next Paladin of the Lost Hour?

Closing narration

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone-1985/paladin-of-the-lost-hour/episode/75265/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;16 TV.com - The Twilight Zone (1985) episode: Paladin of the Lost Hour]