CBSRMT Episode Information
Title:
The Man Who Asked for Yesterday
Plot:
A man is murdered by his wife. After death, he wishes to be granted the chance to live the finale of his life over again
Air Dates:
First Run - January 31, 1974
Repeat - April 7, 1974
Repeat - February 1, 1979
2 Responses to Episode 0026
He should have gone back further in time and never taken up gambling. There was really nothing he could do to change his fate in 24 hours; the die was long cast by then. But then I suppose the individual who offered him the opportunity--guess who--already knew that. Time travel; deal with the devil.
Andy, 2011-08-17 14:45:58
You won't find three bigger losers than these in a story involving a guy who is a pathetic horseplayer who has bet himself into poverty; his bookie, who is playing the guy for a sucker; and his wife, who is fooling around with the bookie and both of them are setting him up for the kill. Who do you root for here? So wife and bookie set idiot husband up and murder him. Except they don't finish the job and he's in surgery for a bullet in the brain. An outerworldly individual (think more south than north) comes to his brain while it's being poked by knives and offers him a chance to go back to yesterday and make it all different. He takes the deal and actually, not a bad story unfolds. There is nobody to like here, except perhaps, E.G. Marshall, but it beats some of the CBS-RMTs I've listened to all January.
Tony, 2012-02-04 09:52:42
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