"Paladin of the Lost Hour" is the second segment of the seventh episode of the first season of the first revival of the television series The Twilight Zone, adapted from a novelette by scriptwriter Harlan Ellison.

Despite their solitary lifestyles, the two men become friends, with Billy discovering that Gaspar is homeless and dying and offering to let him stay at his apartment.

Billy tells Gaspar about his experiences in the Vietnam War and explains that the man he visits in the cemetery sacrificed himself to save his life.

At the cemetery, Gaspar tells Billy that when the world adopted the Gregorian calendar, which advanced time by eleven days, their calculations were off by one hour.

Although in the original story it is not stated which man is black and which is white, it was impossible to conceal the characters' races in television form, and Harlan Ellison wrote the script specifically with Glynn Turman in mind for the part of Billy.

Story editor Alan Brennert and associate producer James Crocker argued with Ellison that it needed to be changed over a series of meetings.

According to Joe Dante, director Gil Cates demanded that his name be taken off this episode over producer Philip DeGuere's "botched" editing of the segment.