I'll Be Judge—I'll Be Jury story
A honeymoon in Mexico ends with the wife being murdered and the husband tracking down the killer. Directed by: James Sheldon. Story by: Elizabeth Hely (novel), Lukas Heller (teleplay).
15 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| taking the law into one's own hands | choice | As is alluded to in the title: When the authorities proved unable to help, Mark decided to administer justice to his wife's murderer on his own. Later Alex and Louise engaged in the very same kind of extrajudicial vengeance for Mark's murder. |
| the desire for vengeance | choice | When the authorities proved unable to help, Mark decided to administer justice to his wife's murderer on his own. |
| vigilante justice | choice | As is alluded to in the title: When the authorities proved unable to help, Mark decided to administer justice to his wife's murderer on his own. Later Alex and Louise engaged in the very same kind of extrajudicial vengeance for Mark's murder. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Mark was distressed after finding his wife murdered, and went on a mission to avenge her. |
| husband and wife | major | Mark's wife Laura was strangled while the pair honeymooned in Mexico. Alex and Louisa Trevor were instrumental in getting Laura's murderer to confess. |
| law enforcement | major | Mark spoke to the Mexico police and was rather disappointed to hear that they could do very little to capture his wife's killer. |
| misogyny | major | The woman killer Theodore explained his hatred of women to Mark. |
| serial murder | major | It came to light that Theodore was a misogynistic strangler of women. He strangled two women, and tried to do the same to Louise. |
| brother and sister | minor | Margaret thought it nice that her simpleton brother, Theodore, had found a someone to socialize with in Mark, not knowing that Mark wanted to kill him. |
| funeral rite | minor | One scene picks up outside a church in the immediate aftermath of Laura's funeral. |