Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Episode aired Nov 8, 1985
- TV-PG
"Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran."Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran."Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran.
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- Trojan (segment "Teacher's Aide")
- (as Miguel Nunez)
- Punk #2 (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
- (as Corky Ford)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Jay
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Gilbert Cates(segment Paladin of the Lost Hour)
- Bill Norton(segment Teacher's Aide)
- Robert Downey Sr.(segment Teacher's Aide) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Rod Serling
- Steven Barnes(segment Teacher's Aide)
- Harlan Ellison(segment Paladin of the Lost Hour)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHarlan Ellison's short story "Paladin of the Lost Hour" won him the 1986 Hugo for Best Novelette.
- Quotes
Billy Kinetta (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour"): Why must that hour never toll?
Gaspar: The lost hour must never come. If it strikes 12, eternal night falls, of which there is no recall. The light, the wind, the stars, this magnificent place we call the universe, it all ends. And in its place, waiting, always waiting, hungering to be fed, is darkness. No new beginnings, no world without end. Just the infinite emptiness.
- ConnectionsReferences Lost Horizon (1937)
"Teacher's Aide" stared veteran B movie cult actress the sexy Adrienne Barbeau as an inner city high school teacher Miss Peters who teaches English at a school that's run by a tough and nasty group of students that are both thugs and gang members. She desperately wants to make a difference, yet the challenge is tough then something strange happens. Outside the school one day while breaking up a fight on the yard an up above statute of a demon like gargoyle is struck by lighting and upon her looking up at it's eyes they reflect to her and it's like she becomes possessed! Now the discipline and command of respect comes from students, really a neat way to handle things. Overall good story and concept, making all of us wonder what it would be like to have some kind of special powers that we could use at our jobs to make people do what we want them to. Plus it's always great to view Barbeau.
The second segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour" is very emotional, touching, and sentimental. It's the tale of a widowed old man(Danny Kaye) who oddly holds the last hour of his world in a magical timepiece clock, and upon an attempted mugging at a cemetery site he's rescued by a Vietnam vet. As the tale unfolds both become good friends even though different as daylight and dark, as the old man reads books and the ex vet is a night store clerk yet a bonding and warming friendship develops. Each man starts to care and connect with one another as the Vietnam vet reveals a hard and guilty like secret something in the end the old man helps him with! Really a touching and moving story that makes all of us wish we had one more chance to say goodbye or see a loved one one last time.
Overall one of the better episodes of the series that's well done, neat, touching, and memorable.
- blanbrn
- Nov 10, 2007