A Kind of a Stopwatch story
A talkative bore acquires a stopwatch that halts time. Directed by: John Rich. Story by: Michael D. Rosenthal, Rod Serling.
9 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| time freeze | choice | McNulty was given a time freezing stopwatch by a mysterious foreigner. The story concluded with McNulty finding the world around him permanently frozen in time. |
| coping with an obnoxious chatterbox | major | McNulty exasperated everyone around him with his incessant blabbering. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | McNulty used his magic stop watch to carry out a bank robbery, but it broke, and he ended up having time stopped forever. |
| speculative device | major | McNulty was given a time freezing stopwatch by a mysterious foreigner. |
| the desire for professional success | major | McNulty longed to be recognized as an enterprising businessman. |
| alcohol in society | minor | The bartender Joe Polucci made a quip about prohibition. |
| bank robbery | minor | McNulty cleaned out a bank vault with the help of his time freezing stopwatch. |
| boss and employee | minor | McNulty was fired by his boss for being a general nuisance. |
| the business world | minor | We saw some goings on at a ladies foundation garment company. |