In His Image story
A man is confused by a murderous impulse and a loss of his memory. Directed by: Perry Lafferty. Story by: Charles Beaumont.
13 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android clone of a person | choice | Alan was shocked to discover that he was a very human-like machine who was made in the image of his maker. |
| a person and their clone | major | Alan was shocked to discover that he was a very human-like machine who was made in the image of his maker. |
| engaged couple | major | Alan took his new fiancée Jessica to meet his dear Aunt Mildred, but, alas, nothing went according to plan. |
| maker and machine | major | Walter spelled out to the android Alan that he had created Alan to be the perfect version of himself. In the end, they got into a tussle in Walter's basement laboratory that left Alan either badly damaged or dead. |
| obsession with a life-dedicated project | major | The self-professed genius Walter's life ambition was to create an android version of himself that simultaneously possessed all his good qualities and lacked his bad ones. |
| personal identity | major | Central to the story was whether android Alan was like a real person. |
| romantic love | major | Jessica's love for Alan remained steadfast in the face of his strange, and at times disturbing behavior. |
| the desire to pursue one's dream | major | The self-professed genius Walter's life ambition was to create an android version of himself that simultaneously possessed all his good qualities and lacked his bad ones. |
| Christianity | minor | Alan hurled a Christian fanatic in front of an oncoming train. |
| exercising self-control | minor | Alan struggled to control his instinct for violence at times. In one pointed incident, he pleaded with his fiancee to get away from him when he was overcome with an impulse to kill her. |