Blue Man Down story
Duncan Moore, a police officer who lost his young partner DeSoto in a supermarket shootout and remains surrounded by the guilt, regains his confidence with the help of his new partner Patty O'Neil, a woman who appears invisible to everyone else. Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser. Story by: Steven Spielberg, Jacob Epstein & Daniel Lindley.
11 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a friend | choice | Officer Moore was torn up over the death of his partner on the force, DeSoto, in a supermarket shootout. |
| beating one's self up | major | Officer Moore blamed himself for his partner and friend, DeSoto, dying in a supermarket shootout. The story follows Moore as he struggled, with help from his new partner, to regain some semblance of his former self. |
| ghost | major | In one interpretation of the story, Patty's ghost helped Duncan get back on his feet after DeSoto's death. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | In one interpretation of the story, Officer Moore's new partner, Patty O'Neil, was a manifestation of his guilt over DeSoto dying in the supermarket shootout. |
| law enforcement | major | The story follows the police officer Duncan Moore as he grapples with feelings of guilt over the death of his partner and friend, DeSoto, in a supermarket shootout. |
| partners on the police force | major | The story follows the police officer Duncan Moore as he grapples with feelings of guilt over the death of his partner and friend, DeSoto, in a supermarket shootout. Moore's new partner, Patty O'Neil (who was possibly a ghost or a figment of his imagination) helped him to work through his struggles. |
| remorse | major | Officer Moore blamed himself for his partner and friend, DeSoto, dying in a supermarket shootout. The story follows Moore as he struggled, with help from his new partner, to regain some semblance of his former self. |
| facing a hostage situation | minor | Officer Moore, with the help of his imaginary partner Officer O'Neil, went above and beyond to diffuse a hostage crisis at a shopping mall without loss of life. |
| medical occupation | minor | A shrink failed to get Officer Moore to open up about feeling guilty over his partner on the force, DeSoto, perishing in a shootout. |
| robbery | minor | The buddy cops Moore and DeSoto were called in to the scene of a supermarket armed robbery. DeSoto lost his life in the ensuing shootout. |