Flatliners story
Five medical students attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences.
11 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I had a near-death experience | choice | Five medical students conducted clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences in themselves. |
| remorse | major | Nelson was racked with guilt over having accidentally killed a boy he had bullied as a child. Dave felt guilty for having picked on a girl during his school days and he went to apologize to her as an adult. Rachel lived for 20 years thinking that she'd been responsible for her father's suicide. |
| the thirst for knowledge | major | Among the five medical students, Nelson was particularly motivated to conduct the near-death experiments by a desire to find out what happens after death. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Anne broke up with Joe after discovering videos he's taken of himself sleeping with other women. |
| childhood trauma | minor | Rachel grew up with the trauma of having witnessed her father shoot himself dead. |
| childish bullying | minor | Nelson had bullied Billy Mahoney when they were kids. Dave had picked on Winnie Hicks when they were in school together. |
| drug abuse | minor | Rachel's father was a heroin addict. |
| father and daughter | minor | Rachel's deceased father, who might have been a hallucination, asked Rachel to forgive him for having failed her in life. |
| nonconsensual voyeurism | minor | Joe was taking videos of himself sleeping with women without them knowing about it. |
| suicide | minor | Rachel's father had shot himself dead when she was only five. |