History Recap / TheOuterLimits1963S2E16ThePremonition

* AllThereInTheScript: The phrase "Limbo Being" is never used in the episode until the closing credits. In the actual episode, the character is NoNameGiven.

* AntiVillain: The Limbo Being's just trying to leave the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. The only reason he ''might'' qualify as a threat is his vague warning that only two of the three characters can escape, which he never explains.

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing, somewhat blurry photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... forever trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". For some unexplained reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

Jim comes up with a way to rescue Janie! He uses a knife in his uniform, some shrapnel from his crashed jet, and the seatbelts from their convertible to create a RubeGoldbergDevice that will pull the threatening truck's handbrake back when time resynchronizes... he hopes. Jim and Linda return to their vehicles, survive their respective crashes, then rush to check on Janie--who's alive and well, because Jim's contraption worked. However, since Jim and Linda re-entered normal time at the same moment they left it, they've forgotten their entire limbo experience. So how did they know that Janie was in trouble? "It must have been a premonition", Jim says as he and his family walk off together.

Test pilot Jim Darcy (Dewey Martin) and his wife Linda (Mary Murphy) are having a ''really'' bad day... one that literally might never end.

Or at least that's how it seems. As the Darcys try to figure out what happened to them, they realize that their simultaneous crashes have somehow thrown them JustOneSecondOutOfSync with the timestream. Time is actually moving forward to the critical moment of their accidents, but it's moving so slowly they can't perceive it. Also, they can't physically move any person or object beside themselves and the things on their persons and in their vehicles. But all they have to do is [[Music/TheBeatles get back to where they once belonged]] (their places in the jet and the car) and wait for time to resynchronize itself.... right?

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing, somewhat blurry photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ever]]! For some unexplained reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

* PlotHole: The Limbo Being warns the3 Darcys that they'll end up like him "if you are not in your plane, in your car, at the exact instant" time resynchronizes. Presumably he could tell Jim was a pilot from the uniform, but how did he know about Linda's car?

Test pilot Jim Darcy (Dewey Martin) and his wife Linda (Mary Murphy) are having a ''really'' bad day... one that might never end.

Jim comes up with a way to rescue Janie! He uses a knife in his uniform, some shrapnel from his crashed jet, and the seatbelts from their convertible to create a RubeGoldbergDevice that will pull the threatening truck's handbrake back when time resynchronizes... he hopes. Jim and Linda return to their vehicles, survive their respective crashes, then rush to check on Janie--who's fine, because Jim's contraption worked. However, since Jim and Linda re-entered normal time at the same moment they left it, they've forgotten their entire limbo experience. So how did they know that Janie was in trouble? "It must have been a premonition", Jim says as he and his family walk off together.

* NothingIsScarier: Literally, in the Limbo Being's case. He's basically experiencing TheNothingAfterDeath while still technically alive. Most of his soliloquy is about this.

* WhipPan: Used to transition between the Darcys and the Limbo Being when their conversation begins, since the special effects don't allow the characters to be shown together.

!!Tropes:

* HopeSpot: The Darcys' arrival in his timeless world os one for the Limbo Being--at least until they start waving a lighted flare at him.

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing, somewhat blurry photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ev]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3b8LswWO1A er]]! For some unexplained reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing, somewhat blurry photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ever]]! For some unexplained reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

* NothingIsScarier: Literally, in the Limbo Being's case. Most of his soliloquy is about it.

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ever]]! For some unexplained reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

* AllThereInTheManual: The phrase "Limbo Being" is never used in the episode until the closing credits.

* TitleDrop: In the episode's very last line of dialogue. Also, this is one of only two episodes that uses the phrase "The Outer Limits" in the Control Voice narration ("The Borderland" is the other).

* AntiVillain: The Limbo Being's just trying to escape the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. The only reason he ''might'' qualify as a threat is his vague warning that only two of the three characters can leave, which he never explains.

* CoolCar: Linda's Ford convertible.

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: Happens to the Darcys when they resynchronize with time--although as noted, they somehow remember enough to check on Jamie.

* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: Happens to the Darcys when they resynchronize with time.

* ItIsDehumanizing: The Darcys consistently refer to the Limbo Being as "it", although he's clearly human (more or less).

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire with a road flare from Linda's car. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ever]]! For some reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use more road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

...until they encounter the episode's MonsterOfTheWeek! This "Limbo Being" (Kay Kuter), who looks like a glowing photographic negative of a man in a suit and tie, explains everything the Darcys need to know--after they threaten to set him on fire. The Being reveals that the Darcys returning to their proper places before time resynchronizes is ''really'' important. If they fail, as the Limbo Being did, they'll share his chilling fate... trapped in "a black, motionless void" of "eternal nothing". [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor For]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/foreeeever ever]]! For some reason, the Being can only escape if one of the Darcys takes his place, but they use road flares to keep him away while they use his information to figure out how to save themselves and their daughter. But how can they do that when they have to be in their vehicles at the precise moment Janie is about to get run over?

* AntiVillain: The Limbo Being's just trying to escape the VoidBetweenTheWorlds.