The Hitch-Hiker story
A woman driving cross-country keeps seeing a hitchhiker everywhere she goes. Directed by: Alvin Ganzer. Story by: Lucille Fletcher, Rod Serling.
13 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| dangerous driving | major | Nan's bad driving had lead to her untimely demise, we learned, and we saw several examples of it too. |
| death incarnate | major | It turned out that the hitchhiker was in fact the Grim Reaper (or some other sort of agent meant to escort Nan to the afterlife). |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Nan thought she was fleeing a hitch-hiker bent on murder, only to find out that she was in fact already dead and running from her escort to the ever-after. |
| persecution complex | major | Nan believed a mysterious hitch-hiker was following her for some undoubtedly nefarious purpose. |
| what if I were a ghost | major | In a surprise twist, it turned out that Nan had been a ghost all along. |
| coming to terms with things | minor | In the end, Nan came to accept that she was a ghost of some sort, cast aside her fears, and boldly picked up the hitchhiking Grim Reaper. |
| fear of being alone | minor | Nan didn't want to be alone on the highway and practically begged the sailor to stay with her. |
| ghost | minor | Nan may have been a ghost of some sort. |
| helping a stranger in need | minor | Nan had to entertain the question of whether she ought pick up the strange hitch-hiker or not. |
| loneliness | minor | Nan didn't want to be alone on the highway and practically begged the sailor to stay with her. |