Power of Attorney story
A con man swindles wealthy women. Directed by: Harvey Hart. Story by: James Bridges (teleplay).
14 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| con artistry | choice | Jarvis swindled little old ladies out of their life savings. |
| greed for riches | choice | The conman Jarvis was exceedingly avaricious even as judged by the standards of his trade. He would have gotten away with swindling Mary out of her life savings had he not gone back to accept Mary and Agatha's last $1000. |
| the desire for vengeance | choice | The conclusion which the story lead up to was that Agatha came up with a clever scheme to avenge herself (and the late Mary) on Jarvis: She removed evidence of Mary's suicide and tricked Jarvis into implicating himself. She then called the cops who ended up killing Jarvis in a shootout. |
| coping with the death of someone | major | Mary was sombre in the wake of Mr. Barton's death. Agatha was presumably devastated to find that Mary had killed herself. She proceeded to take her revenge on Mary's killer. |
| facing financial ruin | major | Mary took her own life after losing her life savings. |
| framing someone for a crime | major | The conclusion which the story lead up to was that Agatha came up with a clever scheme to avenge herself (and the late Mary) on Jarvis: She removed evidence of Mary's suicide and tricked Jarvis into implicating himself. She then called the cops, who ended up killing Jarvis in a shootout. |
| romantic courtship | major | Jarvis wooed Agatha as part of his con. |
| aunt and niece | minor | Mary apologetically informed her niece, Eileen, that she could no longer afford to finance her trip to Europe. |
| gender issue | minor | Mary expressed the anachronistic opinion that "handling money is a man's business". |
| legal occupation | minor | Mary enlisted Jarvis as her attorney after her old lawyer, Mr. Barton, was found asphyxiated in his bed. |