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Twice in a Lifetime Season 1 Episode 6

The Blame Game

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AIRED: 9/29/99

Charlie Winters, a Vietnam veteran, has blamed his mother for 30 years for being chained to the family business and not being able to go to college. While visiting his mother at the nursing home, she asks him for a hug which he refuses. Shortly thereafter, his mom slips into a coma and Charlie himself is killed while chasing skateboarders away from his store. Charlie is given a second chance to go back as a traveling salesman with the goal of convincing his younger self to pursue his dreams and go to college.moreless

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Gordie Brown

Mr Jones (Season 1)

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Ron Glass	Charlie Winters / Charlie Summers	Guest Star
Sandi Ross	Mrs. Kate Winters	Guest Star
Merwin Mondesir	Young Charlie Winters	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Because of his cantankerous nature, Charlie earns the nickname Gnarly Charlie from Mr. Jones.
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- Charlie Winters is sent back to Missouri in 1971. According to a sign outside the store which has a phone number with area code 314, it is in St. Louis area.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Charlie Winters: Hey, I know you. You're the new nurse who came into my mother's room to take her blood pressure.
  Mr. Smith: That's right.
  Charlie Winters: She said death was in the room and then she pointed at you. It's all perfectly clear. You made a simple mistake. You were supposed to take my mother but you took me instead. I'm sure it happens to the best of angels. So why don't we just turn around and go back? I mean, who's to know, wight? No harm, no foul. What do you say?
  Mr. Smith: I'm not an angel and I didn't make a mistake.
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- Charlie Summers: It's not enough that I have 72 hours to turn my destiny around, I've got to be a skateboard salesman?
  Mr. Jones: That was His idea.
  Charlie Summers: His? He's got a great sense of humor.
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- Charlie Summers: (to his younger self) The Army makes decisions for you. It's time for you to start making some decisions for yourself.
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NOTES (1)
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- Al Waxman does not appear in this episode. His place is taken by Judge Deborah, played by Polly Bergen. Polly would again play Judge Deborah in the episode Blood Brothers, which aired right after this one.
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- Deborah
  As Charlie knows, Deborah is an Old Testament prophet and judge who leads the Israelites into battle against the Canaanites. Her story is told in Chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Judges.
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- No harm, no foul
  This term originates from basketball and means that if a player commits a foul that has no impact on the play, it should not be called a foul.
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