What's the deal with all the clocks?

[Vahan]

Originally Posted by catlover79

At least they're right twice a day.

When you watched S4 a while back, did you notice fewer clocks than season 3, or were they about the same?

[catlover79]

I think you're right...there seemed to be less clocks as the show went on.

[liane49]

Originally Posted by robyrob

hey, you know what time it is there?

Some of them don't even work.

['80sSitcoms]

There's also the episode where Heather's boyfriend Shawn (Jason Bateman) uses Heather to try and get close to Marsha. At one point he walks by the clocks and looks at his watch, and listens to his watch ticking as if to check that it's right, and shakes his head at the clocks in confusion, lol.

[glickmam]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

There's also the episode where Heather's boyfriend Shawn (Jason Bateman) uses Heather to try and get close to Marsha. At one point he walks by the clocks and looks at his watch, and listens to his watch ticking as if to check that it's right, and shakes his head at the clocks in confusion, lol.

I wonder if that was part of the script or if it was an ad-lib by Jason Bateman.

[WatcherofOldTV]

The clocks were a visual representation of time as Mr. Belvedere sees his life (an various chapters in his book).

His life was one big diary of various travels throughout time. The stay he had with the Owens family merely represented only one point in time for him.
Deep down, he was a very vain person who only saw this family as a long stay at a hotel. However, he learned to love them despite his intentions.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by WatcherofOldTV

The clocks were a visual representation of time as Mr. Belvedere sees his life (an various chapters in his book).

The Owens family had the clocks there before Mr. Belvedere came on the scene.