Number Twenty-Two story
Steve Morgan, a young ruffian, is picked up by the police for his first offense after a failed stick-up at a candy store. At first he is cocky about being arrested, but he slowly cracks under the interrogation and learns that the man he robbed has died. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Evan Hunter, Joel Murcott.
9 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| youthful indiscretion | choice | The point of the story seemed to be that Steve, a flippant young man, had foolishly committed a crime and was now learning the hard way that this can have much worse consequences than he previously thought. |
| law enforcement | major | We saw police officers at work. |
| robbery | major | Steve was arrested for having tried to hold up a candy store. |
| what if I killed someone by accident | major | The story concluded with the revelation that Steve had accidentally murdered an old candy shop owner. |
| what it is like in prison | major | We saw an idea of what some county jail might be like. |
| murder | minor | Steve accidentally murdered an old candy shop owner. |
| what if I had amnesia | minor | A tramp was arrested but did not remember anything about what he had done. |
| wrestling with one's conscience | minor | Steve became upset when he was accused of having hit the elderly shop owner. |
| youth rebellion | minor | There were comments suggesting that an older generation was concerned with "juvenile delinquency" in society. |