He bitterly muses that he would be considered the greatest pool player of all time, if it were not for the memory of James Howard "Fats" Brown, who died sixteen years previously, overshadowing him.
Long after his own death, Jesse is summoned from the afterlife to travel to Mason's Pool Hall in Sandusky, Ohio, to play against a challenger.
Known even in death as the greatest pool player ever, Jesse has no choice but to face an endless series of would-be successors until someone beats him and claims his title.
These are the ground rules in the Twilight Zone.George Clayton Johnson's script originally featured an ending in which Jesse loses the game and yet finds himself still alive.
The remade version featured Esai Morales as Jesse Cardiff and Maury Chaykin as Fats Brown.