The Thirty-Fathom Grave story
A strange tapping sound draws a ship to the site of a sunken World War II submarine. Directed by: Perry Lafferty. Story by: Rod Serling.
10 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| remorse | choice | Chief Bell felt deeply guilty about having made a mistake that, at least in his personal assessment, resulted in the sinking of his submarine with all hands, save his own. |
| survivor guilt | choice | Chief Bell was wracked with guilt over having been the lone survivor of a submarine sinking that, at least in his mind, happened as a result of his error. |
| acute anxiety | major | Chief Bell was having a nervous breakdown and got confined to sickbay. |
| beating one's self up | major | Chief Bell felt deeply guilty about having made a mistake that, at least in his personal assessment, resulted in the sinking of his submarine with all hands, save his own. |
| ghost | major | Under one interpretation of the story, the ghost of Chief Bell's departed crewmen were beckoning him to join them in their water grave. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | Wrecked with remorse, Chief Bell saw his old crewmen beckoned him to their watery grave. |
| maritime occupation | major | It seemed the story mainly showcased an idea of how a U.S. destroyer and its crew may function. |
| boss and employee | minor | The captain chewed out the bosun over mistakes made. |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Chief Bell was chastised by the captain and seemed ashamed. |
| World War II | minor | The crew of a U.S. Navy destroyed discovered the wreck of a submarine that had been sunk by in First Battle of the Solomon Sea. |