I remember the plastic surgery episode! But, yes, the library one hit the hardest. You could just feel the anguish after his glasses dropped.
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Riiiighhhhhhttt
And I don't remember if it was shot this way... But it's definitely directed this way in my brain, which means it's a great episode because it's burned in there
But I don't even think you can see him really. Can you? I think his glasses fall. And he just goes no! Then the camera pulls back and you see all the steps and the books with pages flaking in the wind. Yes a small dot on the screen when he falls to his knees. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo why good
And I think it starts to fade into the studio set and rod seeing standing there while you hear "I had all the time in the world! I had nothing but time!"
And Rod seeing begins his soliloquy "a man with a passion for literature..." Sort of deal.