Hector Poole is a bank clerk who while walking one day to work bought a newspaper and when he threw the quarter into the newsie\u2019s cash box it landed on its edge and stayed there.\u00a0 The newsie tells him he\u2019s never seen that happen before and when Hector sees what he happened he realizes he now can read the minds of the people near him.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, almost everyone whose mind he reads are thinking of doing something bad.\u00a0 One of the bank\u2019s customers is planning to use a loan to bet on the horses in an attempt to pay back money he embezzled previously.\u00a0 His boss is planning to cheat on his wife.\u00a0 And one of the other clerks is planning to steal a briefcase full of money and run off to Bermuda.<\/p>\n
The only positive is that the secretary Helen is secretly in love with him.\u00a0 As the day progresses Hector gets deeper and deeper in trouble.\u00a0 When he tells his boss about the embezzler his boss assumed he was cracking up.\u00a0 When he tells him about the clerk who planned to rob the bank he convinces the boss to confront the clerk and when no money is found in the clerk\u2019s bag Hector is fired.\u00a0 As he\u2019s packing up he gets up the courage to tell Helen he likes her too and that he can read minds.\u00a0 But when Bagby finds out that the embezzler has been exposed he rehires Hector.\u00a0 Helen telepathically tells Hector to confront Bagby and demand a promotion and new office.\u00a0 Bagby refuses but Hector lets him know he knows about the affair he is having.\u00a0 Bagby relents and gives in to Hector.<\/p>\n
Hector asks Helen to walk home with him and on the way he buys another newspaper and this time his quarter knocks over the one that was still standing on edge.\u00a0 And at once he could no longer hear the thoughts of those around him.<\/p>\n
This episode is a fantasy take on the Jack Lemon movie \u201cThe Apartment.\u201d\u00a0 Hector Poole was played by Dick York who was Darrin Stephens on Bewitched.\u00a0 He has the face of a beleaguered honest shnook.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a Twilight Zone with a goofy plot and a happy ending.\u00a0 A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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