Fatal Caper story
Lord Mycroft Amberson, a wealthy, elderly man with a weak heart, adds a stipulation to his will. The stipulation mentions that his two sons, the womanizing Justin and the greedy Evelyn must locate their long-lost brother, Frank, within a certain amount of time, or else risk having their inheritance be given away to charity. Directed by: Bob Hoskins. Story by: Gilbert Adler.
19 total · 1 choice · 11 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| greedy heir | choice | The story concerned a rich but disillusioned father who sought to disinherit his two wretchedly immoral sons. The sons fought both him and with each other to get their hands on the inheritance. In the end, a third sibling had their father murdered and claimed the inheritance. |
| betrayal | major | Fiona (formerly Frank) pretended to side with each of Lord Mycroft's two sons, but in the end played them against one another, and backstabbed all three on her way to inheriting the family fortune. |
| brother and brother | major | Lord Mycroft Amberson's three miscreant male progeny fought over the family fortune. |
| father and son | major | Lord Mycroft Amberson and his three miscreant male progeny fought over the family fortune. |
| filicide | major | Lord Mycroft had a clever scheme to do in his two ill-bread sons. He tricked the older into murdering the younger, and then scared the older one to death. |
| fratricide | major | Lord Mycroft's sons maneuvered to do in one and other. Evelyn impaled Justin with a pointy ended candle stick. |
| gender bending | major | The youngest son had gone through elaborate lengths, presumably plastic surgery, in order to pass as a stunning blond woman. |
| inheritance fight | major | Lord Mycroft's three sons each schemed against the others to ensure it was he who inherited the family fortune. |
| legal occupation | major | Fiona was Lord Mycroft's new lawyer and turned out to be as greedy and scheming as his sons. Indeed, she was actually his youngest son in disguise. |
| patricide | major | Fiona (formerly Frank) orchestrated the cold blooded murder of her/his father to gain an inheritance. |