A Passage for Trumpet story
A down-and-out trumpet player gets another chance at life after attempting suicide. Directed by: Don Medford. Story by: Rod Serling.
14 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| despair | choice | Joey got into much a dark state of mind that he tried to kill himself. |
| what if I had a second chance at life | choice | The down and out trumpeter Joey Crown, who thought he was dead, got a second chance at life when the archangel Gabriel himself let Joey know that he was not dead. |
| alcohol abuse | major | Hapless trumpet player Joey Crown had no money, no girlfriend, and no job prospects due to alcoholism. |
| coping with being washed up | major | Joey Crown used to play the trumpet for Tommy Dorsey but now he couldn't even get a gig at a local club due to his alcoholism. |
| loser character | major | Hapless trumpet player Joey Crown had no money, no girlfriend, and no job prospects due to alcoholism. |
| music | major | Joey Crown and Gabe (i.e. the archangel Gabriel) were both big on playing the trumpet. |
| suicide | major | Joey made a failed bid to end his life by jumping in front of an oncoming truck. |
| what if I were a ghost | major | Joey Crown assumed he was dead when nobody could see or hear him. |
| angel | minor | Gabe hinted that he was in fact the archangel Gabriel. |
| contemplating suicide | minor | Gabe offered Joey the option to stay in limbo or return among the living after Joey stepped out in front of a tuck and got whacked. |