What's in the Box story
After the TV set is fixed by a strange TV repairman, an unhappy couple's TV set shows them hurting each other. Directed by: Richard L. Bare. Story by: Martin M. Goldsmith.
14 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| disintegrating romantic relationship | choice | An ever escalating quarrel between Joe and Phyllis culminated with Joe inadvertently defenestrating Phyllis. |
| coping with having injured someone | major | Joe became bedridden after seeing a future in which he accidentally defenestrated his wife. |
| husband and wife | major | Joe and Phyllis Britt were in an unhappy marriage. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Phyllis got under Joe's skin by repeatedly confronting him about an affair that she was convinced he was having. |
| spouse murder | major | Joe got the chair for killing Phyllis in the midst of a barnyard style brawl. Phyllis threatened to attack Joe with a knife. |
| what if I caught a glimpse of the future | major | Joe's TV showed him accidentally killing his own wife in the future. |
| capital punishment | minor | We saw Joe get electrocuted in The Chair. |
| coping with stress at work | minor | Joe complained about the stress of driving a taxi. |
| human addiction | minor | Dr. Saltman was of the opinion that Joe had trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality as a result of an addiction to television. |
| ironic twist of fate | minor | Joe saw himself killing his wife in the future, which made him proclaim his love for her, which made her turn nasty, which then made him kill her - a self fulfilling prophecy that seems rather ironic. |