Jonathan story
Gil, who had an extremely close relationship with his late father, Jonathan, accuses his stepmother, Rosine of killing him. Gil's investigation uncovers a bottle of poisoned brandy that he had given to Rosine to kill her, except Rosine had guessed that it was poison and gave it to Jonathan, killing him. Directed by: John Meredyth Lucas. Story by: Fred Levan, Bernard C. Schoenfeld and Stirling Silliphant.
18 total · 2 choice · 11 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| child unhealthily attached to a parent | choice | Gil reminisced about his dearly departed father Jonathan on whom he maintained a borderline pathological dependence. |
| father and son | choice | Gil reminisced about his dearly departed father Jonathan on whom he maintained a borderline pathological dependence. Alfred Hitchcock played his own son and feigned meeting himself in the intro. |
| child leaving the nest | major | Gil was notably clingy, reluctant to leave his father and go back to school. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Gil was torn up over the passing of his father whom he'd idolized in life. |
| gold digging | major | Gil accused Rosine of being something of a gold digger, and in the end he was proved correct. |
| matricide | major | Gil tried to murder his stepmother Rosine. |
| parent and child rivalry | major | Gil and his stepmother Rosine became rivals for Jonathan's affections. |
| poetic justice | major | Gil tried to murder the stepmother he hated but ended up murdering the father he loved. |
| poison murder | major | Gil tried to knock off Rosine with poisoned brandy. Rosine did in her husband, Jonathan, with poisoned brandy. |
| remembering bygone days | major | Gil was remembering the good old days with his father. |