Two for the Show story
In an homage to Strangers on a Train, Andy Conway, a talkative, workaholic husband, is informed by his wife Emma that she is having an affair and wants a divorce. In a rage, Andy stabs Emma to death and cuts her into pieces. He is investigated by Officer Fine, a police officer with his own marital issues. After stuffing Emma's remains in a suitcase, Andy boards a train to get rid of the evidence. When Andy discovers that Fine is on board the same train, the two men get caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Directed by: Kevin Hooks. Story by: Gilbert Adler.
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| how to dispose of a corpse and get away with it | choice | The story revolves around Andy trying to dispose of his murdered wife's remains. In a surprise twist at the denouement it is revealed that Officer Fine had managed to dispose of his own spouse and spousal remains by cleverly pinning the murder on Andy. |
| extramarital affair | major | Emma had been cheating on Andy before she demanded a divorce and got stabbed to death for the trouble. It turned out that Emma was having an affair with none other than Officer Fine's wife. |
| framing someone for a crime | major | Officer Fine went to elaborate lengths to frame Andy for the murder of Officer Fine's wife. Specifically, Officer Fine manipulated Andy into boarding a train with the chopped up body of Andy's own wife in a luggage box. Officer Fine, having boarded the same train with the chopped up body of his wife in another luggage box, ultimately forced Andy into opening Officer Fine's luggage box to reveal its ghastly contents in the presence of other police officers. The story ended on the implication that Andy would be arrested for the murder of Officer Fine's wife. |
| husband and wife | major | Andy flew into a rage and killed his wife, Emma, after she dropped the news that she was leaving him. Officer Fine had killed his wife. |
| law enforcement | major | Officer Fine was investigating Andy. Two uniformed cops accompanied him at the denouement. |
| spouse murder | major | Andy and Officer Fine had both killed and chopped up their respective wives. |
| what if I murdered someone in a fit of rage | major | Andy went into a blind rage and stabbed his wife to death when she unexpectedly informed him that she was leaving him for someone else. |
| divorce | minor | Emma demanded a divorce and got stabbed to death for the trouble. |
| girlfriend and girlfriend | minor | Emma having had an affair with Officer Fine's fine was a revelation of the story. |
| illegal drug trade | minor | Officer Fine alleged that a man enjoying a meal on the train dining car was in fact trafficking drugs. |