1960 • Television • The Twilight Zone
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Alternate title(s): The Lateness of the Hour
Original release / air date: 2 December 1960
Runtime: 25 minutes
Season: 2
Episode: 8
Country / region: United States
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: CBS
Production company / studio: Cayuga Productions; CBS Television Network
Artificial character(s): Jana Loren, Nelda, Loren Household Robots
ASFR type: Built
Character type: Android, Gynoid, Robot
Features:
DismantlingHuman-LookingProgrammingReprogrammingReveal

Overview

Jana Loren resents her inventor father's five human-looking robot servants and demands that they be dismantled, only to discover that she too is one of his creations.

ASFR Content

The episode contains multiple human-looking domestic robots with implanted personalities and memories. Jana's own robot identity is a major twist; after she cannot cope with the truth, Dr. Loren erases her identity and reprograms her to replace the household maid Nelda.

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ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Major

A robotic maid survives a fall without injury

After Jana pushes a maid down the stairs, the servant rises unharmed, making her mechanical nature unmistakable.

Character(s): Loren Household Robots
Features:
Human-LookingReveal
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Jana discovers that she is a robot

The missing childhood photographs and her parents' reaction lead Jana to realise her memories were created and that she too is artificial.

Character(s): Jana Loren
Features:
Human-LookingProgrammingReveal
Scene 3
Key ASFR scene

Jana is reprogrammed as Nelda

Unable to live with the discovery, Jana has her identity erased by Dr. Loren and is later seen functioning as the replacement maid.

Character(s): Jana Loren, Nelda
Features:
ProgrammingReprogramming

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