Where Is Everybody? story
A man with no memory of who he is finds himself in a strange empty town. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Rod Serling.
9 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I were all alone in the world | choice | The story followed Ferris all alone in an empty town. Moreover, Ferris found a carousel stocked full of a book entitled "The Last Man on Earth," which raised the question of whether Ferris himself might be in such a predicament. |
| what if I woke up in a strange place and didn't remember how I got there | choice | Ferris wandered into an empty town, not knowing who he was or how he had gotten there. |
| loneliness | major | Ferris went nuts for lack of human companionship. |
| the need for companionship | major | Ferris went nuts for lack of human companionship. |
| the universe is a dream | major | Ferris speculated that he was in a dream and would soon wake up - which was the case, of sorts. |
| what if I had amnesia | major | Ferris wandered into an empty town, not knowing who he was or how he had gotten there. |
| fear of being alone | minor | After his ordeal, Ferris felt trepidation about his upcoming trip to the Moon, which would see him spend over 400 days alone in space. |
| interplanetary space travel | minor | Ferris was earmarked for a return trip to the Moon. |
| nuclear holocaust | minor | Ferris entertained the idea that "the bomb" might be the explanation as to why nobody was around, but he quickly dismissed this theory on the ground that no infrastructure had been damaged. |