A Message from Charity story
A teenage boy with a fever finds himself in telepathic contact with a girl living in colonial New England. Directed by: Paul Lynch. Story by: William M. Lee, Alan Brennert.
12 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | choice | Peter had no other friends and it was a big deal that he became mind pals with Charity. |
| what if I became telepathically linked with someone else | choice | Charity Payne, a Puritan girl from Colonial New England, became able to experience the world through 1980s era teenager Peter Wood. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | major | The two protagonists, Charity and Peter, were both in sickbed and feared by their respective relatives to be dying at the onset. Peter was gravely concerned over the fate of Charity at her witch trial. |
| father and daughter | major | We saw Charity with her father Obediah a few times. |
| impossible love | major | Charity and Peter were separated by a couple of hundred years in time. |
| past point of view | major | The story centered on Charity's impressions of the future. |
| what if I caught a glimpse of the future | major | Charity Payne, who was from the year 1700, glimpsed into the 1980s through Peter's eyes and was accused of witchcraft as a result. |
| witch-hunt | major | The story pivoted on the activities of a depraved witch hunter in Salem. |
| witchcraft | major | Charity was accused of witchcraft. |
| coping with saying goodbye forever | minor | Peter found it tough when Charity mentally broke up with him forever. |