Cocoon story
A group of elderly people are rejuvenated by aliens.
20 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with aging | choice | The story follows the residents of a retirement home who discover a swimming pool with rejuvenating powers in a house next door. |
| extraterrestrial being | choice | The enigmatic newcomers Walter and Kitty turned out to be aliens. |
| the quest for immortality | choice | The story built up to the old people having to choose whether or not they wanted to live out their golden years on Earth or leave with the aliens and live virtually forever. |
| Atlantis | major | Peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea who had set up an outpost on Earth on Atlantis 10,000 years ago came back to rescue 20 of their friends from the sunken city. |
| friendship | major | The story followed three friends who were living out their golden years at a retirement home near Tampa, Florida. The aliens Walter and Kitty came to Tampa to rescue their 20 friends would were stranded offshore in the sunken ruins of Atlantis. |
| husband and wife | major | Ben and Mary Luckett. Joe and Alma Finley. Bernie and Rose Lefkowitz. |
| rejuvenation technology | major | The story follows the residents of a retirement home who discover a swimming pool with rejuvenating powers in a house next door. |
| coping with a terminal illness | minor | Joe had terminal cancer. |
| coping with saying goodbye forever | minor | Before leaving with the aliens, Ben took his grandson David fishing to tell him goodbye. Bernie decided to stay behind on Earth by parted ways with those who went away with the aliens on good terms. |
| coping with the death of a friend | minor | Walter pointedly grieved over the loss of two of his alien friends. |