The Star Juror story
A killer serves jury duty for the trial of a man who has been accused of his crime. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: James Bridges.
21 total · 12 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| confessing to a wrongdoing vs. keeping quiet | major | George struggled over whether to confess to having strangled the "town floozie" Lola, as he had indeed done. |
| coping with being an outcast | major | A point of the story was that George and his family completely lost their standing in the little rural community in which they lived. George's car was vandalized and the family business (an apothecary) was boycotted. |
| coping with having a bad reputation | major | A point of the story was that George and his family completely lost their standing in the little rural community in which they lived. George's car was vandalized and the family business (an apothecary) was boycotted. |
| human self-sacrifice for another | major | George sacrificed his reputation and the standing of his family in order to defend the town misfit J. J. Fenton in the murder trial. |
| husband and wife | major | George and Jenny Davies. Jenny was dismayed when George inexplicably ruined their good standing in the town by taking measures to see that the town misfit was acquitted on a murder charge. |
| law enforcement | major | The parochial sheriff was there throughout. |
| murder | major | The townspeople were all agog over Lola's murder. |
| remorse | major | George felt much remorse after "accidentally" strangling the "town floozie" to death. |
| what if I killed someone by accident | major | George felt much remorse after "accidentally" strangling the "town floozie" to death. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | In the end, the mild-mannered George confessed to having strangled Lola, but everyone wrote him off as having lost his mind. |