You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan story
An inventor (Ozzie Nelson) and his wife (Harriet Nelson) trade in their clumsiness for an experiment in immortality. Note: Based on the short story "The Secret of the Vault" by J. Wesley Rosenquist Directed by: John Badham. Story by: Rod Serling.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Henry committed suicide after he came to believe he failed in his attempt to revive his wife Helena from the dead. |
| husband and wife | major | Uncle Henry Millikan and aunt Helena Millikan. |
| revival long after death | major | Henry revived Helena using his special serum after having poisoned her to death. |
| spouse murder | major | Uncle Henry was poisoning aunt Helena, albeit not entirely against her will. |
| suicide | major | Henry and Helena committed suicide in different ways. |
| uncle and nephew | major | George uncovered that his uncle Henry was poisoning Helena. |
| alchemy | minor | Henry made a failed attempt at transforming a rock into gold in front of a number of scientists. |
| anti-aging technology | minor | Henry invented an age reversal serum that he injected into a hamster which promptly died. |
| aunt and nephew | minor | George worried that his aunt Helena was being poisoned. |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Henry was a miserable failure as a scientist. |