Clean Kills and Other Trophies story
A big-game hunter (Raymond Massey) faces the wrath of vengeful gods when he forces his son to shoot a deer. Directed by: Walter Doniger. Story by: Rod Serling.
7 total · 6 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| compromising one's ethical principles for personal advantage | major | Should Archie Jr. compromise his principles and kill a deer for sport or be denied the $2 million trust fund he was due? |
| father and son | major | Big-game hunting enthusiast Archie Dittman looked down on his animal rights advocating son, Archie Jr. |
| fatherly disappointment in a son | major | Big-game hunting enthusiast Archie Dittman looked down on his animal rights advocating son, ARchie Jr. |
| hunting | major | Big-game hunting was Colonel Archie Dittman's life passion. |
| poetic justice | major | We saw a big game hunter himself become the object of a hunt. |
| the killing of animals | major | Archie Jr. and Tom Mboya objected to Archie Sr.'s killing of animals for sport. |
| getting a taste of one's own medicine | minor | Archie Dittman went from being the hunter to being the hunted. |