A Nice Place to Visit story
A thief is shot by police and winds up in a place where he has everything he has ever wanted upon meeting a strange man named Pip. Directed by: John Brahm. Story by: Charles Beaumont.
12 total · 4 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human nature | choice | It was illustrated that people, Rocky in particular, need some adversity in front of them to overcome in order to lead a fulfilling life. |
| ironic twist of fate | choice | Rocky thought he was in heaven because he could have anything he liked. He soon realized that this pampered existence was rather boring and then he found out that it was, in fact, hell. |
| punishment in the afterlife | choice | We saw the ironic afterlife punishment meted out to petty gangster Rocky. |
| the need for a challenge in life | choice | It was illustrated that people, Rocky in particular, need some adversity in front of them to overcome in order to lead a fulfilling life. |
| boredom | major | Rocky soon realized that his excessively pampered afterlife was dull ass hell. Then he found out that it was Hell. |
| gambling | major | Rocky liked nothing so much as to gamble (unless perhaps it was sticking up banks). |
| greed for riches | major | Rocky was initially greedy for all the winnings he could get his hands on at the afterlife casino. In addition, he made some initial plans for Pip to organize for him to commit a bank robbery. |
| legendary being | major | One gathers that Pip was a minion of Satan. |
| money can't buy happiness | major | Valentine got millions in cash and won more wherever he went but soon realized that this did not make him happy. |
| bank robbery | minor | Rocky contemplated committing a bank robbery to alleviate his boredom. |