Lindemann's Catch story
A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain (Stuart Whitman) captures a mermaid. Directed by: Jeff Corey. Story by: Rod Serling.
8 total · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| infatuation | major | Lindemann with the mermaid. |
| loneliness | major | We learned that Lindemann was a very bitter and lonely man. |
| merpeople | major | The fishermen hauled up a mermaid in their nets. She was later transformed into a reverse mermaid. |
| the need for companionship | major | Lindemann was a lonely man but was happy to find a mermaid companion although it didn't work out. |
| what it is like to be impoverished | major | The town was full of poor old wretches. |
| exploitation of sentient beings | minor | It was proposed to make the mermaid a carnival attraction. |
| forbidden love | minor | Captain Lindenmann loving the mermaid being an abomination. |
| fortune telling | minor | At the town inn, fortune teller Abner Suggs assailed Captain Lindemann with with a number of unsolicited soothsayings. |