The Sacrifice story

tftc1989e2x07 · 1990-05-15

Insurance agent James kills his obnoxious client Sebastian Fielding in a plot to take his money and his wife Gloria. He soon finds out, however, that this will be quite difficult for him to get away with, since his boss, Jerry, shows up to reveal that he knows about the murder, and blackmails James to meet his demands. Directed by: Richard Greenberg. Story by: Ross Thomas.

12 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 4 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
sacrifice for a loved one	choice	The title alludes to James taking a lethal dose of sleeping pills in order to free his lover, Gloria, from being his rival's sex slave.
blackmail	major	Jerry blackmailed James into letting him have Gloria as his sex slave during the nights.
greed for riches	major	James, Gloria, and Jerry all schemed to get their hands on Sebastian's money. Sebastian was conspicuously greedy when he demanded a kick-back saying he had never paid full price for anything in his life.
husband and wife	major	Gloria seduced James and incentivized him to dispatch of her rich husband, Sebastian.
infatuation	major	James was smitten with Gloria, and vice versa - or at least so it seemed.
murder	major	The story centers on the murder of Sebastian by people who were after his riches.
spouse murder	major	Gloria seduced James and incentivized him to dispatch of her rich husband, Sebastian. James consequently seized Sebastian by the breeches and hoisted him over the balcony railing.
suicide	major	James committed suicide and took the blame for murdering Sebastian, in order to get Gloria off the hook.
insurance fraud	minor	James and Gloria applauded each other on dispatching Sebastian before he signed the life insurance he had just arranged. Otherwise the police would have suspected insurance fraud as the motive.
law enforcement	minor	Two police detectives interviewed Gloria after the untimely death of Sebastian. They concluded that he had met with "death by misadventure", as the jargon goes.