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"A Kind of a Stopwatch"〔"A Kind of Stopwatch" is the title on the script, two versions of which were published in ''As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling, Volume 3'', edited by Tony Albarella (Gauntlet Press, 2007). The original scripts (both versions) are part of (The Rod Serling Archives ) at Ithaca College.〕 is an episode of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. ''Star Pulse'' ranks this as the best episode of the series. ==Plot== Patrick McNulty is a self-important bore in his 40s who has accomplished very little. One day, he is summoned by his boss. He is delighted, believing that his suggestions have earned him the recognition he feels he deserves. His boss, however, says that all of McNulty's suggestions deal with fields of enterprise in which the company is not involved. The boss fires McNulty for wasting his time. McNulty goes to a bar, where he drives away the other patrons with his opinions about a sporting event. The bar owner requests that McNulty patronize another establishment. McNulty ignores him and buys a drink for the sole remaining patron, a drunk. The drunk gives McNulty his stopwatch. Thinking it an odd gift, McNulty quickly discovers that it can stop the passage of time. McNulty tries to show his former boss the power of the stopwatch. McNulty says it can be used to make their company the largest in the world. His boss immediately dismisses him. Before leaving, McNulty uses the stopwatch mischievously to rearrange random things in the office. Returning to the bar, he tries to demonstrate the power of the watch to the customers, but eventually realizes that only he is affected by the watch. No one else is aware that time has stopped for him alone. McNulty attempts to rob a bank, but he drops the watch. It breaks, freezing time permanently. Unaware of a way to repair it, McNulty runs around in a panic, ultimately begging the frozen people to talk or move, vainly promising to change his ways if only they will recognize him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Kind of a Stopwatch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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