Triggers in Leash story
Cowboys Red and Dell meet in old Maggie's roadhouse and threaten a shoot-out. Maggie does her best to negotiate a peace, eventually convincing them to only shoot each other when the clock strikes. When the clock mysteriously stops, the men take it to be a sign from God and leave peacefully. The light-hearted ending is enhanced by an explanation of why the clock stops. Directed by: Don Medford. Story by: Allen Vaughn Elston, Dick Carr.
11 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I had to fight to the death | choice | The whole story was a standoff between two young cowboys who wanted to kill each other. |
| honor | major | Red challenged Dell to a duel owing to the fact that Dell had previously made a fool out of Red at the bar. |
| male competitiveness | major | Neither Red nor Dell would back down from engaging from a pointless duel. |
| male posturing | major | Red and Dell were vying to show who among them was the faster draw. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Red wanted to kill Dell in a duel for Dell having made a fool of him at the bar. |
| coping with food poisoning | minor | We were told that Red and Dell died from food poisoning. |
| cowardice | minor | Red called out Dell for employing cowardly tactics in a drunken bar fight. |
| gambling | minor | Red and Dell got into a life or death quarrel over a game of poker gone wrong. |
| ironic twist of fate | minor | We learned from the narrator that Red and Dell survived their impending duel only to have both succumbed the very next day from food poisoning. |
| reconciliation | minor | Red and Dell made up in the end and rode back to town together. |