Twenty-Two story
A dancer hospitalized for exhaustion has a recurring nightmare in which she is led to Room Twenty-Two, the morgue, by a sinister nurse. Directed by: Jack Smight. Story by: Bennett Cerf, Rod Serling.
8 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fear | choice | The story centered on Liz's terror brought on by a recurring nightmare. |
| medical occupation | major | We saw a hospital room, some corridors, and its morgue. |
| what if I caught a glimpse of the future | major | We gather that Liz's nightmares had indeed been a portent of a future disaster. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | Liz was convinced that what her doctor explained away as lucid dreaming was actually a real experience. |
| agent and client | minor | Liz seemed disappointed in the lackluster support extended to her by her agent Barney. |
| doctor and patient | minor | We saw a rather creepy doctor tending to Liz. |
| loyalty to a friend | minor | Liz seemed disappointed in the lackluster support extended to her by her agent Barney. |
| the nature of nightmares | minor | The Doctor ran an experiment in an effort to prove that Liz's strange experience was actually a recurring nightmare. |