The Prime Mover - Twilight-Tober Zone 

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I liked the twist of Jimbo faking losing his telekinesis to snap Ace out of his greed. Fortunately, it was enough for Ace to realise how selfish he'd been, and gave him a happy ending, and not a bleak one, as we might have expected from this show.

I first thought that Jimbo didn't fake losing his powers, I thought he lost them for a little bit cause he overused it at casino, then when he rested enough and was feeling better they came back.

This is a good companion piece to "A Penny For Your Thoughts". Rod was obviously fascinated by psychic powers!

The title also refers to the leader of the Autobots when he tells them to roll.

Maybe Jimbo used his telekinetic powers to make the oil rise from his twin Hillbilly brother's yard.

I actually got to meet George Clayton Johnson because him and my dad became friends. Dad's a huge Twilight Zone Fan, made beautiful pictures he got signed and through conventions they met, chatted, and hit it off. He was a very sweet man from the one time I met him. It was through this friendship that my dad was also able to meet and enjoy lunch with another famous writer, Ray Bradbury.

The unmoved mover or prime mover is a concept advanced by Aristotle as a primary cause or "mover" of all the motion in the universe. As is implicit in the name, the unmoved mover moves other things, but is not itself moved by any prior action

This is a personal favorite for me. Everything about it is just so solid. It’s not mind blowing or anything, but it’s a nice episode with a good moral behind it along with some sci fi elements that’s even funny at times.

Ace and Jimbo have a George and Lennie like friendship.

With the ending, I legitimately wasn't sure if his powers just came back, or if he never lost them to begin with.

I like the wholesome ending

Awwwwww that was nice! Sometimes people jsut need a wake up call, sometimes people can change and be better, this story is an example of that

The "pretending to lose his telekinesis" ending reminds me of the ending to the Scott Baio comedy "Zapped!" I wonder if this episode inspired that.

I've seen this one several times, and I never realized that was Jed Clampett

Ace is one lucky dude since his girl took him back.

It's amazing how some things are to be expected in certain careers.

I'm glad you mentioned the car crash scene, I always thought that was impressive. Especially when compared to What You Need

Having the ability of telekinesis has always been a fun concept to play around with and "The Prime Mover" is a great example. It's also a very underrated trip into the 5th dimension. I like how unlike most stories were the self-centered jerk gets his comeuppance, the one in this story, Ace is allowed to get a second chance due to his friend Jimbo "losing" his telekinetic power, so that he could learn some humility. Really makes for a nice tale of friendship.

Walters twilight zone series is a highlight of October.

I'd forgotten about this episode for the longest time, but when you mentioned the ending, I remembered seeing it. That ending is one of my favorites, as it presents a very strong message in a way that's very easy to understand. I love when stories can do that

I thought he did lose his powers for a bit, but they came back by the end scene.

This reminded me a lot of "A Most Unusual Camera." They always go straight to gambling, don't they? I guess it's the most economic form of storytelling for a 25-minute TV show. A big difference is that our trio has a little bit more dimension to them. Jimbo is so sweet and saintly which contrasts nicely to Ace and how quickly he's corrupted by success. Kitty serves as the voice of reason, it's just a pity she walks out so early in the run time. Ace and Jimbo's dynamic is great, Dane Clark and Buddy Ebsen really communicated a relationship of friendship with their performances. I felt the telekinetic special effects were fine for the era, but nothing too phenomenal so it was their acting that makes this one. Another one of the best things of the episode is that Ace turning over a new leaf at the end doesn't feel out of place or rushed. Yes, a character like him isn't typically the type that gets a happy ending in the Twilight Zone, and the way that he rebounds off Kitty at first makes him seem pretty deplorable. Still, there are enough hints throughout that despite his gambling problem, he's a flawed but mostly decent guy. The car crash at the start does a great job establishing this. He was willing to put himself in danger of electrocution to try and help the passengers, that's enough evidence to foreshadow his better qualities. Other thoughts: that was one hell of a way to start an episode. One minute, everyday petty dramas; the next, wild car flips! And the sound effects they used, for a minute I thought I turned on The Flintstones. The return of the slot machine! I feel like this episode does a much better job as a cautionary tale about greed than this prop's originator "The Fever" does. It's simply more entertaining while that one felt too moralistically/melodramatically propagandistic in a "Reefer Madness" sort of way. I like to believe that in the reality of the Twilight Zone there really is only one design for slot machines and so they *all* look like that. It's not the deepest episode (not very thought-provoking and not very high stakes) which some might say puts it more towards the middle, but I'd call this higher than that and definitely worthy of a rewatch.

Buddy Ebsen is always worth watching!

Episode is my favorite

love the execution of this

Really really like this episode "The Prime mover". Rewatched it last week. Good cast. Also I like the episodes that have to do with addiction, greed, and or gambling.

Great Video Walter.

Jimbo Cobb... Jesus Christ, a JC by any other name is still a messianic figure.

When I first watched this episode I thought it would end with Big Phil at least guessing that Ace was cheating, and either do him in or rough him up. So Jimbo probably saved his life. Also, "Ace Larson" happens to be the name of the villain in the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby movie "Road to Utopia". Just thought that was interesting.

The final scene in the episode shows that Jimbo retains his power by lifting a fallen broom was repeated in Star Wars, the broom boy picking up a broom as well.

since I've been watching these I realized how many shows have parody The Twilight Zone.

My number 86 episode. Interesting story. I liked the opening, with the car wreck, although I wonder if that can cause telekinesis. Nice twist for Dane Clark, too, because he played some nasty characters 😊

I rewatched Prime Mover last night and the crash scene was instantly familiar, it's the same from They Saved Hitler's Brain (ridiculous old school movie you can find on yt), which I guess overall is from Thunder Road, which I didn't know.

If someone had telekinesis and used it to cheat at gambling do you think they'd try that in the Marvel, DC or My Hero Academia universe's?

I like that this one has a good ending and of course, buddy ebsen always turns in a good performance. It's not one I watch frequently but it's one I'll give another watch after seeing this.

The original Rain Man.

Interesting episode.

I remember this one… it always made me feel uncomfortable.

Think I remember seeing this episode! Next time the final videotape episode!

Real friends give you what you need, not what you want. Not all the time anyway. ~_~

Considering some cases in the music industry recently, it's a good thing the Twilight Zone came out when it did, otherwise it would have definitely lost that case.

I wonder how many takes they had to shoot before the dice landed on the number they wanted.

I know Buddy Ebsen from _Barnaby Jones._

Great video,I love it alot.

Sometimes gambling with street people leads to murder.

Greed is expensive.

I would love to see you either Film Critic or review The Houses October Built. 🤘

Yeah when I saw that slots machine I thought it was an easter egg

Anyone else noticed that one armed bandit guy was stealing the slot machine from “The Fever”?

Can you review Stephen king cujo

This was a good ending Ace wasn’t a bad guy

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So Serling went out of his way to accept and read submitted scripts then got lawsuits, no good deed hu.

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The next episode is really messed up.

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Maybe he could've faked losing his power before calling the Chicago gangster and they could've kept the money they had up to that point. Just saying they didn't have to lose everything.

I think Serling liked to go beyond the simple white hat black hat 50s style. He well knew most people are a mix of good and bad driven by circumstance.

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This episode was another stinker. Never realized how many bad TZ episodes there were.

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