Many other posters have commented on Joe Mantell's tour de force performance as Jackie/John. I will only add my admiration for Mantell's job in this episode; he was brilliant. I submit here that William D. Gordon's thug George also undergoes a role reversal, only not as mystical as that of Jackie/John Rhodes. When George orders the hit, he IS a downright arrogant bully, especially when he decks the scared to death Jackie and orders him to do the hit...or be hit himself. Later, after the upstanding, self-assured John comes into being, he returns the favor and nails George with a devastating jawbreaker of his own. And when John throws George out of the room, George gives John a very wide berth as he slinks out of the room, looking very much like the coward that John exposed him to be. For me, this is an excellent episode and both actors showed their excellent prowess.
Review of Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
