Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale story
A widow tries to convince a police officer that her neighbor has murdered her husband. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: Richard Levinson, William Link.
21 total · 7 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extramarital affair | major | The big reveal of the story is that the neighbors Mrs. Logan and Harry fell in love and collaborated to rid themselves of Harry's wife so that they could be together. |
| guilt and evidence | major | Sheriff Wister was struggling with whether there was enough evidence to confront a very suspiciously behaving man with having murdered his own wife. |
| invasion of privacy | major | Harry took exception to his nosey neighbor, Mrs. Logan, constantly watching him out of her bedroom window. Little did anyone know that they were in cahoots. |
| law enforcement | major | The story follows Sheriff Wister as he investigates a possible murder. |
| manners | major | There were endless complaints about Harry's rudeness. He loafed about in his back garden drinking beer (goodness gracious). He told a young boy to scram. He told of his neighbor several times. He was rude to a woman who wanted to visit his wife. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | This is a story about nosey widow prodding the local sheriff to arrest her oddly behaving neighbor for murder. |
| spouse murder | major | The big reveal of the story is that the neighbors Mrs. Logan and Harry fell in love and collaborated to rid themselves of Harry's wife so that they could be together. |
| boss and employee | minor | Sheriff Wister directed his deputy in various tasks. |
| brother and brother | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock was building a bed of nails as a surprise for his brother, who was in the habit of coming home late at night and making a commotion in the dark before turning in. |
| coping with getting dumped | minor | In a faux big reveal, Harry explained that his recent odd behavior was on account of his wife having walked out on him. |