Night Fever story
An injured criminal uses a nurse's compassion to escape from the hospital. Directed by: Herbert Coleman. Story by: Gilbert Ralston (teleplay), Clark Howard (short story).
16 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| appearances can be deceiving | choice | The denoument to which the story lead up was that Ellen Hatch seemed like a compassionate, kind, trusting nurse who fell for the wrong guy. In fact, it was revealed, she was both spiteful, cold-hearted and cunning: She had not been taken in by Jerry Walsh for a second but had reveled in stringing him along and then betraying him to the police. He was the sixth to whom she had done so. Jerry Walsh, on the other hand, seemed like a sad case of a kind hearted man caught up in bad business. In fact, it is revealed, he was precisely the cynical, cop-killing, villain the police had claimed that he was. |
| betrayal | choice | The story culminated in a double betrayal. Jerry Walsh, a hospital patient with pending criminal charges of a serious nature, took advantage of Nurse Hatch's seeming compassion by winning her heart only to cast her away the moment they escaped from the hospital. Little did Jerry know that Nurse Hatch was in cahoots with the police all along. |
| compassion | major | Jerry Walsh, a hospital patient with pending criminal charges of a serious nature, took advantage of Nurse Hatch's compassion to escape from the hospital. |
| coping with being ill and indisposed | major | Jerry was in hospital convalescing from s gunshot wound. |
| coping with getting dumped | major | Nurse Hatch was unceremoniously and cruelly dumped by Jerry Walsh as soon as they reached his hideout. She appeared to be numbstruck but then it was revealed that she had been planning her own betrayal all along. |
| law enforcement | major | The police detectives Jake Martinez and Gabe Greely were tasked with bringing a suspected cop killer and his accomplice to justice. |
| medical occupation | major | The story is centered around Nurse Hatch caring for a hospitalized patient with pending criminal charges of a serious nature. Dr. Michaels, a physician, treated Jerry for his injuries. |
| murder | major | The story concerns the killing of a police officer in the line of duty. |
| romantic love | major | Jerry seemingly won Nurse Hatch's heart. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Jake Walsh had a sexy young floozy at his hideout and Ellen was seemingly numbstruck upon discovering this fact. |