The Last Laurel story
A crippled athlete plots to use mind over matter to commit murder. Note: Based on The Horsehair Trunk by Davis Grubb Directed by: Daryl Duke. Story by: Rod Serling.
8 total · 8 major
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| acute anxiety | major | Marius was suffering from paranoid delusions that his wife was cheating on him. |
| extramarital affair | major | Marius was convinced that his wife Susan was romantically involved with another man. |
| husband and wife | major | Marius Davis and Susan Davis. |
| out-of-body experience | major | Marius could apparently leave his body. |
| poetic justice | major | Marius Davis tried to murder his wife's paramour but ended up accidentally killing himself. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Marius was exceedingly jealous of people he thought his wife was sleeping around with. |
| self-healing ability | major | Crippled former athlete Marius Davis tried to will himself to walk again. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Marius wanted vengeance on the man he thought was cuckolding him. |