![]() ![]() He leaves the newsstand with Helen, hopeful about the future. Buying an afternoon paper, he knocks it over, and then finds his mind-reading ability gone. Using blackmail based on knowledge of an affair his boss is having, Hector gets his job back, a raise, and a Bermuda vacation for Smithers.Īfter work, as Hector returns home with Helen, he returns to the newsstand, where his coin is still standing. Bagby learns that Sykes has been arrested for gambling with company money, and offers to reinstate Hector. Hector vents his unhappiness to Helen: he's learned more than he wanted to know about the disconnect between people's thoughts and actions. Smithers then privately admits to Hector that he has fantasized for years about theft, but never goes through with it. ![]() Smithers proves to be innocent, and Bagby fires Hector. Hector does, saying he overheard Smithers incredulous at first, Bagby decides to investigate Smithers. He takes Helen Turner, a co-worker who thinks affectionate thoughts about him, fully into his confidence she doesn't believe in his powers, but urges him to tell Bagby about Smithers. Next Hector hears an old, trusted employee, Smithers, thinking about how he will steal cash from the bank and escape to Bermuda. Hector challenges Sykes, who accuses him of lying and withdraws his business from the bank, to the boss Bagby's annoyance. Distracted, he is nearly hit by a car, and is confused when he hears the driver expressing concern while thinking angrily about Hector's carelessness.Īt his place of business, Hector is finalizing the paperwork for a $200,000 loan to a businessman named Sykes, he hears Sykes thinking about using the money for a run at the horse track to win back money he has embezzled from his company. Suddenly he can hear other people's thoughts, but does not know what's going on. On the way to work he tosses a coin into a vendor's open box to pay for a newspaper, and it miraculously lands on its edge. Poole is a sensitive, insecure bank clerk. Poole, a bright human coin - on his way to the bank. But in one freakish chance in a million, it'll land on its edge. What are the odds? Half the time it will come up heads, half the time tails. It originally aired on February 3, 1961, on CBS. " A Penny for Your Thoughts" is episode 52 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, written by George Clayton Johnson. The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 2) 16th episode of the 2nd season of The Twilight Zone " A Penny for Your Thoughts" ![]()
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