Dear Uncle George story
An advice columnist tries to advise himself on how to deal with his cheating wife. Directed by: Joseph M. Newman. Story by: James Bridges (teleplay), Richard Levinson, William Link (story and teleplay).
15 total · 1 choice · 9 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extramarital affair | choice | Central to the story is that John uncovered that his wife was having an affair and fatally bashed over the head with a Cupid statuette because of it. |
| boss and employee | major | John used his trusty secretary, Bea, to secure for himself what he mistakenly thought was an airtight alibi. Simon was John's boss. |
| framing someone for a crime | major | John set out to frame his wife's lover for her murder out of spite for having been so rudely cuckolded. |
| husband and wife | major | Central to the story is that John uncovered that his wife was having an affair and fatally bashed over the head with a Cupid statuette because of it. |
| law enforcement | major | The tea loving Lt. Wolfson and his partner Sgt. Duncan were investigating Louise's murder. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The plot ended up hinging on the testimony of the busybody, Mrs. Weatherby, who lived next door and who had carefully observed Louise's little liaison. |
| poetic justice | major | John meant for his wife's lover to be charged with her murder but was caught in his own intricate web of lies and ended up justly exposing himself in the end. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Central to the story is that John uncovered that his wife was having an affair and fatally bashed over the head with a Cupid statuette because of it. |
| spouse murder | major | Central to the story is that John uncovered that his wife was having an affair and fatally bashed over the head with a Cupid statuette because of it. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | John had designs on pinning the murder of his wife, which he himself committed in a fit of jealousy, on her lover to punish him. |