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Episode Recap #35: 13 O'Clock Original Airdate: January 7, 1989

Starring: John D. LeMay as Ryan Dallion Louise Robey as Micki Foster Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak

Guest cast: Gwynth Walsh as Reatha Wilkerson David Proval as Eric Ingrid Veninger as Skye Jason Hopley as Johnny-O Ron Hartmann as Henry Wilkerson Alan Moses as Busker Peter Langley as Businessman Bob

Written by Rob Hedden Directed by Rob Hedden

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This week, we open at the subway during the night. People on and off the train, including an older businessman, Henry Wilkerson. He goes up to the street, seemingly anxious. He passes by a group of street kids fiddling with a soda machine, then a man playing the saxophone. He checks his pocket-watch, not realizing a woman is following him.

He gives the sax player a $20 bill then hits him with a hammer, killing him. He checks the pocket-watch again and heads back to the subway. The woman, Reatha, follows behind him, watching.

In the subway, he waits until the pocket-watch strikes 1 AM, however the number on the watch changes to 13 and all around him the world freezes. He alone can move about. He goes back to the street.

The next day, Micki and Ryan have to walk after the car breaks down and is towed away. They bicker about who is at fault. They are supposed to get a cursed chalice back by 5 PM. Micki suggests they use the subway.

In her home, the woman who had been following the man earlier finds the stopwatch in his desk. Henry comes home, telling Reatha he has goodies for her. But he grows angry when he sees her with the watch. Henry says it was a present from his father. The woman feigns ignorance, then plays up to him for her gifts. He gives her a solid platinum letter opener. Reatha is less than thrilled. He then pulls out some car keys. In the driveway is a brand new car. She is thrilled. She tries to ply him about the watch, but he just wants her to continue their weird sexual role-play.

That night, Reatha is with her boyfriend, Eric. He wants to make love, but she wants to talk about the watch and what she saw. She thinks it is a way for them to get what they want - and for her to be free of Henry. Eric is worried about the cops investigating him for real estate fraud. And besides that, his lawyer wants to get paid. He asks if she pawned her gifts from "Daddy". She gets him the money. He wants more, getting rough with her. He tells her to stick with her sugar daddy, for now.

At the subway, Micki and Ryan have the cursed chalice and are now waiting to re-board the subway. The street kids are there, daring each other to try stupid tricks close to the tracks. Micki and Ryan watch and Micki worries the girl, Skye, will get hurt. The girl promptly falls into the tracks, Ryan jumping after her. She jumps up, it was just a prank. Ryan gets out just in time. They scold the kids, who laugh at them and leave. Micki and Ryan board the train.

Later, two of the kids are eating their make-shift diner in a garbage-strewn alley. The boy, Johnny-O, leaves but his sister, Skye, lags behind. Soon, Henry is nearby, ready to use his pocket-watch again. This time, Reatha reveals her presence. He is angry, telling her to go home. She tells him she saw him kill the man and use the watch. He says it was all for her. She plays coy, asking to see the antique. She gets him to reveal that you have to be in the Castle Hill Station at exactly 1 AM and time will stand still, after you kill someone. Henry then raises the hammer, but Reatha gets him first, stabbing him in the gut. Henry dies, while Skye witnesses it all. When she rushes off, she makes noise and Reatha spots her. But the time is close, so the woman heads to the subway.

In the Castle Hill Station, Reatha just makes it in time for the watch to work. Henry's death has powered it, and time freezes. Reatha walks among the frozen world and begins to snatch items. She uses a frozen cop's billy club to smash a jewelry store window and steal a watch. Soon, she is laden with bags and furs. The hour passes and time resumes.

Skye and Johnny-O discuss what she saw. He says she should go to the cops, but she won't because she doesn't want to go back into the social system. He tries to push, but she resists.

Ryan comes down in the morning, Micki and Jack tell him about the murder at the subway, and the nearby robberies. Their interest is piqued by it all. Jack says there was another murder the other day, same area, and Micki says there were also more robberies. They day goes on with the three of them searching the Manifest and newspapers. Jack eventually finds the pocket-watch in the book, bought by a Bart Wilkerson, the last name matching the murder victim, Henry. After a call saying the car is fixed, Jack sends them to visit Henry's widow and he is going to look into Bart Wilkerson.

Reatha gives Eric the watch she stole, but he is still on edge. The woman who can implicate him with the cops appears to be making a recovery in the hospital. Reatha tells him it won't make a difference. She pulls out a hypodermic needle and some drugs and says she is going to kill the woman. Eric is unsure, but she says why not, she killed Henry.

Micki and Ryan arrive at Reatha's house, offering sympathy about Henry, then asking if he owned an antique pocket-watch. Reatha plays dumb, then plays up the grieving widow angle. Micki gives their business card as Reatha shuts the door. Eric now believes the watch might actually be something special. Micki tells Ryan they should head back to the subway.

At night, at the Castle Hill Station, they are looking for the street kids from the night before. They find Johnny-O and follow him. Reatha and an old man she met on the subway come up right after, slowly walking together.

Johnny-O comes back to where Skye has been hiding. He knows she is worried, even is she says she's not. They are startled by Micki and Ryan's appearance. Reatha plays up to her new prey, kissing him. She pulls out the watch and checks the time.

Micki and Ryan press the kids for information. Johnny-O and Skye want money for information. Ryan gives them $20, but the kids laugh and say they saw nothing. Ryan snaps at them. Micki acts kinder, giving them her card and telling them to call if they see anything.

Reatha leads the man to an alley. He is unsure, but she plays up to him, then draws her knife. She kills him and heads back to the subway, Ryan and Micki spotting her - and the watch. She seems them and dashes off. They chase her, Ryan grabs her and looks at the watch, seeing it change to 13 O'Clock. He is stunned, so Reatha hits him and he falls into the subway track. A train is right before him, but momentarily frozen in time.

Reatha heads to the hospital, making her way inside with everyone around her frozen. She enters the old woman's room and injects the drug into her IV line. Ryan wakes up in the tracks and sees the train before him. Just as time resumes, he jumps out of the way. In the hospital, the old woman reacts to the drug in her system, quickly dying.

At Curious Goods, Ryan tells Jack about the time freezing. Micki says to her nothing happened, one second Ryan was there, then gone. Ryan's watch is also an hour ahead of Micki and Jack's. They put together all the pieces of the cursed item. Jack says it is known in the occult world as "13 O'Clock".

The kids talk about what to do, Johnny-O wanting his sister to go to the cops,  when Reatha appears, knife in hand. She chases the siblings, but they are faster. She checks her watch, not worried about them getting away.

Ryan, Micki and Jack find out that Bart Wilkerson had a grudge against the subway system, after he was fired for drinking on the job. He pawned the watch at Lewis' store, then bought it back a year later, with the bonus of the curse. Jack quotes Shakespeare, but is hard pressed to come up with a way to stop Reatha. Soon, Johnny-O calls, telling them they are ready to talk.

At her house, Reatha and Eric celebrate the death of the woman in the hospital. They are drunk with the power of the watch and what it can do for them. Before any of that, Reatha says she has to get rid of the street girl who witnessed her kill Henry.

Micki tends to the Skye's wound. The young woman looks around Micki's room. Micki tries to bolster the girl's feelings, telling her she was good doing her acrobatics in the subway. Soon they are all enjoying dinner together. The kids are grateful, then Skye tells them about seeing Reatha kill Henry. Ryan then takes a chance and tells the kids about the cursed pocket-watch. Johnny-O doesn't buy it, but his sister is more accepting. Jack says they are all in danger during the hour Reatha can walk freely among them.

That night, they all head to the subway, a plan in motion to try and catch Reatha. Johnny-O tells Ryan about the train times and that they have all the subway entrances under watch. Reatha is about, a new man in her sights. Soon, he stumbles out, stabbed in the chest. Micki rushes to him. Reatha and Eric appear and abduct Skye.

Johnny-O and Ryan search one train and come up empty. Reatha and Eric take Skye to the Castle Hill Station, waiting for 1 AM. Eric wants to go somewhere quiet, but Reatha says they have to stay put until 1 AM.  Skye looks for an opportunity to make a break for it. She spots Ryan and her brother. The subway doors open, she grabs the watch and dashes into the train. They follow. Micki yells to Ryan and Johnny-O that they are on the train car. Ryan and Johnny-O rush off to find the emergency stop for the train.

Reatha and Eric chase Skye, cornering her in the last car. Ryan pulls the power, stopping the train in the dark. Skye tosses the watch, telling them it is useless if they aren't in Castle Hill. Reatha grabs it and tells Eric to leave the girl, they have to get back. They rush down the tracks. Ryan jumps out and attacks them, struggling with Eric. The man knocks Ryan out and leaves him behind. Johnny-O and Micki spot Reatha and Eric running towards the station. Soon, Ryan is in pursuit. He catches up to them, grabs the watch away from them as Reatha screams. But since Ryan has it, time only freezes for Reatha and Eric, who stand like statues.

At the store the next day, the kids come down, thanking them all for their help. But they want to go back to the streets, it is their home. Jack gives them a card for a friend of his who runs a youth shelter. They are unsure, but trust their new friends. Ryan says they can all drive down, but Jack again offers one of his quotes. When Ryan asks who said it, Jack motions to the man towing their car away, yet again.

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My thoughts:

A great episode. The cursed pocket-watch is such a great item for a story. The possibilities it holds are almost limitless. The restriction of the specific subway station is really the only thing that holds it back from being nearly the most powerful item.

I love the use of black and white filming for the world when time is stopped, except for the one using the cursed item. And love how that is reversed when Reatha and Eric are trapped in time at the end.

I wonder what became of them? Were they just frozen for an hour and then turned over to the cops? Or are they perpetually frozen in time? The show does not address this. Did our group stick them in the vault?

Also like seeing how our group helps the kids out, not forcing them to do anything they don't want to do, but offering ways to make their lives a little better. Also like how Ryan is more reluctant than Micki and Jack, at first, since he was the one who nearly got smooshed by the train thanks to their prank.

The relationship between Reatha and Henry is pretty icky. Her calling him Daddy and wanting her presents before being punished for snooping. Yikes.

Just a great episode with an interesting antique. If it had been in more capable hands, it could have been quite the weapon.