Uncle Simon story
The long-suffering niece of a grumpy inventor finds no peace after his passing. Directed by: Don Siegel. Story by: Rod Serling.
9 total · 7 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a problematic family member | major | Barbara despised her mean uncle, and they were constantly at each other's throats, but she stayed with him so that she could inherit his fortune. |
| greed for riches | major | Uncle Simon thought, with cause, that Barbara was merely after his fortune. |
| hatred | major | Central to the story was the fact that Barbara and Uncle Simon had grown to loathe each other, and said so candidly. |
| humanoid robot | major | The curmudgeonly old scientist Simon Polk built a Robby the Robot style robot that began to take on Simon's personality after Simon's death. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Barbara endured 25 years of verbal abusive at the hands of her uncle so that she could inherit his fortune, only to to find that he'd arranged his will so that she'd have to care for an equally abusive robot version of him for the rest of her life. |
| mind uploading | major | Simon built a robot in his basement laboratory that began to take on Simon's personality after his death. |
| uncle and niece | major | Barbara was waiting for her curmudgeonly old uncle to kick the bucket so that she could inherit his fortune. |
| legal occupation | minor | Barbara was read Simon's will by his lawyer Mr. Schwimmer. |
| scientist occupation | minor | The curmudgeonly old scientist Simon Polk built a Robby the Robot style robot in his basement laboratory. |