No Pain story
Millionaire Dave Rainey is paralyzed from the neck down and needs a respirator to breathe. He accuses his wife Cindy of having an affair with her new friend, Arnold, and that they are planning to kill him; Cindy admits that they are both true. That night, Arnold drowns Cindy in the ocean, because he is a contract killer hired by Dave. Directed by: Norman Lloyd. Story by: Talmage Powell, William Fay.
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| spouse murder | choice | Dave accused his wife Cindy of plotting his demise. Dave had hired Arnold to murder Cindy. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | major | Cindy explained how tough it was on her that Dave was paralyzed. Her behavior in the rest of the story chimed with this explanation. |
| coping with being ill and indisposed | major | Dave was paralyzed and had to lie in a respirator machine. |
| extramarital affair | major | Cindy was having an affair with Arnold behind her paralyzed husband Dave's paralyzed back. |
| husband and wife | major | The story concerns Cindy and her efforts to do in her paralyzed, millionaire husband, Dave. |
| love triangle | major | Cindy was flaunting her new lover in front of her paralyzed husband, Dave. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Dave acted like a stereotypical jealous husband. |
| choosing whether to kill someone to spare them suffering | minor | Cindy briefly and insincerely tried to justify her homicidal inclination as being a kindness. |
| euthanasia | minor | Cindy briefly and insincerely tried to justify her homicidal inclination as being a kindness. |
| facing death | minor | Dave disconnected from the respirator and thought he would die abandoned by Cindy, or so it seemed. |