The Tender Poisoner story
Two business executives compete for the affections of a beautiful woman. Directed by: Leonard J. Horn. Story by: Lukas Heller (teleplay), John Bingham (novel).
11 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| false friend | choice | Peter was a friend and mentor to Philip, or so everyone thought. In fact, he spoke of Philip with disdain behind Philip's back, and conspired to get Philip out of the way so that he could steal Philip's mistress. |
| divorce | major | Philip mooted divorce to his wife but she seemed not to understand what he was getting at. Later she considered divorce on account of having a lover, but rejected the idea as she believed it would crush Philip. |
| extramarital affair | major | Philip was married and had a mistress. Unbeknownst to him, his wife also had a lover. |
| husband and wife | major | The story turns on Philip trying to leave his wife, Beatrice, for a younger woman. |
| love triangle | major | Peter nearly succeeded in stealing Philip's mistress. |
| man and mistress | major | Philip was working on leaving his wife to be with his young mistress, Lorna. |
| poison murder | major | Philip tried to poison his wife with Beatrice with the fictitious photograph developing agent "altrapeine". Peter tried to poison Philip with the same substance, albeit at the latter's behest. |
| coping with the death of a pet | minor | Beatrice was stunned when Philip called from the kitchen that their pet dog of 15 years had just died. Philip attributed the death to a heart attack, implying that he'd successfully tested a deadly poison on the poor creature. |
| law enforcement | minor | A police detective started was investigating Philip toward the end of the story. |
| photography | minor | Peter was interrupted while he in the middle of developing some photographs in his home darkroom. |