History Recap / TheTwilightZone1959S2E21ThePrimeMover

Ace Larson, the gambling-addicted owner of a struggling diner, witness a horrific car accident outside his business. When he's unable to rescue the survivors himself, Ace watches as his partner Jimbo Cobb lifts the car without touching it, rescuing the passengers. Having his feat witnessed, Jimbo clarifies to Ace that he in fact possesses the ability of telekinesis, but hasn't used it since he was a kid. Seeing the opportunity of a major windfall, Ace drags Jimbo to Las Vegas, hoping to use his abilities to win big at craps and roulette so he can marry his girlfriend and waitress Kitty. When Jimbo's powers seem to go away after one game too many, Ace learns that not every problem can be solved with money or psychic powers.

->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, the talent becomes a curse. Jimbo Cobb knew, right from the beginning, but before Ace Larsen learned that simple truth, he had to take a short trip - through the Twilight Zone.

Ace Larson, the gambling-addicted owner of a struggling diner, witness a horrific car accident outside his business. When he's unable to rescue the survirors himself, Ace watches as his partner Jimbo Cobb lifts the car without touching it, rescuing the passengers. Having his feat witnessed, Jimbo clarifies to Ace that he in fact possesses the ability of telekinesis, but hasn't used it since he was a kid. Seeing the opportunity of a major windfall, Ace drags Jimbo to Las Vegas, hoping to use his abilities to win big at craps and roulette so he can marry his girlfriend and waitress Kitty. When Jimbo's powers seem to go away after one game too many, Ace learns that not every problem can be solved with money or psychic powers.

* MindOverMatter: Jimbo has possessed telekinesis all his life. When he was young, he just assumed that [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat everyone had the ability]]. He stopped using it since he frequently gave him headaches and got him in trouble at school. He is forced to reveal it for the first time since childhood when a car turns over outside the Happy Daze Café, and there's no other way to save the people inside.

* FixingTheGame: Ace ropes his telekinetic friend to make him win at roulette and craps by telekinesis surely counts.

A gambler enlists his telekinetic friend to help him change the results of various gambling games to be in his favor.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: Ace bosses the much larger and nicer Jimbo around so that he will use his telekinesis to help Ace's gambling. However, Jimbo eventually fakes the loss of his power so that Ace loses and moves on from his {{Greed}}.
* EasyComeEasyGo: Ace wins large amounts of money in the casino, thanks to Jimbo's power. He then loses it all after Jimbo fakes losing his power.
* FixingTheGame: Getting your telekinetic buddy to make you win at dice and roulette and craps by telekinesis surely counts.
* TheGamblingAddict: Ace. He gambles (and loses) on a slot machine, bets a customer double or nothing on his meal and when he learns of Jimbo's power his first idea is to go to Las Vegas and win big.
* MindOverMatter: Jimbo has possessed the power of telekinesis all of his life. When he was young, he assumed that [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat everyone had this ability]]. He stopped using his ability as it frequently got him into trouble in school and gave him headaches. He is forced to reveal it when a car turns over outside of the Happy Daze Café, which they own, and there is no other way to save the people inside.

* ParanormalGamblingAdvantage: Ace uses Jimbo's {{telekinesis}} to win big at dice games and roulette in Las Vegas.
* StockFootage: The car turning over is footage from the 1958 film ''Thunder Road''.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Big Phil Nolan is named after the writer William F. Nolan, a friend of the screenwriter Charles Beaumont.

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* {{Tuckerization}}: Big Phil Nolan is named after the writer William F. Nolan, a friend of the screenwriter Charles Beaumont.

* MindOverMatter: Jimbo has possessed the power of telekinesis all of his life. When he was young, he assumed that everyone had. He stopped using his ability as it frequently got him into trouble in school and gave him headaches. He is forced to reveal it when a car turns over outside of the Happy Daze Café, which they own, and there is no other way to save the people inside.

* FixingTheGame: Getting your telekinetic buddy to make you win at dice and roulette and craps by telekinesis surely counts.

A gambler enlists his telekinetic friend to help him change the results of various gambling games to be in his favor.

A gambler enlists his telekinetic friend to help him change the results of various slot machines to be in his favor.

A gambler enlists his telekinetic friend to help him change the results of various gambling tables to be in his favor.