Such Interesting Neighbors story
The Lewise family, Al, Nel, and Randy, suspect that their new neighbors, Ann, Ted, and Brad Hellenbeck, are behind various disturbances in the neighborhood, such as mysterious animals, sudden earthquakes, and time to start warping and repeating. Directed by: Graham Baker. Story by: Jack Finney, Mick Garris & Tom McLoughlin.
11 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| time traveler living secretly among us | choice | The Lewise family discovered that their next-door neighbors were time travelers from 400 years in the future. |
| being on the run from the law | major | It was eventually revealed that the Hellenbecks were time travelers who were being chased by the powers that prevailed in the age that they had originally traveled from. They were confronted by a time traveling automaton of some sort. |
| father and son | major | Al interacted with his young son, Randy. Ted briefly interacted with his young son, Brad. |
| genetic engineering utopia | major | Ted and Ann Hellenbeck came from a future where genetic engineering was mandated for ever child that was conceived. In this way, the society from which they came succeed in eliminating all genetic diseases. |
| husband and wife | major | Al and Nel Lewise got to know their mysterious new neighbors, Ted and Ann Hellenbeck. |
| mother and son | major | Nel interacted with her young son, Randy. Ann briefly interacted with her young son, Brad. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The Lewise family discovered that their next-door neighbors were time travelers from 400 years in the future. |
| past point of view | major | The Lewise family were dumbfounded by the peculiar habits of their new neighbors. In particular, the neighbors upon receiving a bouquet of roses proceeded promptly to devour several of them. This was all explained with the revelation that the neighbors were, in fact, time travelers from 400 years into the future. |
| expecting parents | minor | Nel was pregnant. She felt the baby kicking while she was in the bathroom. |
| human childhood | minor | Randy engaged in such stereotypical childhood antics as bringing a dead rattlesnake into the house and trying to watch and R-rated movie after his dad dozed off on the sofa. |