The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon story
An old man known as Uncle Edgar is ordered by a mysterious voice to collect junk in his apartment to keep the world in balance. Directed by: René Bonnière. Story by: Haskell Barkin and J. Michael Straczynski, Haskell Barkin.
7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | choice | We learned that Uncle Edgar was singlehandedly to thank for keeping the world from going "poof". |
| coping with someone losing their mind | major | Uncle Edgar's niece tried to have him committed to a mental hospital. The neighbors and the psychiatrist also had to deal with him. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | The psychiatrist who diagnosed Uncle Edgar as crazy for tending the machine, ended up having to tend the machine zealously himself. |
| mental illness | major | Uncle Edgar was thought crazy for hearing a voice in his head that told to collect various bits of junk, and he was taken away to a mental hospital at one point. |
| delusion of grandeur | minor | Uncle Edgar in thinking, it turned out correctly, he was important to the safety of the world. |
| schizophrenia | minor | A mysterious voice in Uncle Edgar's head was telling him how to keep the world from going "poof". |
| uncle and niece | minor | Cynthia was trying to get her eccentric uncle committed to a mental hospital. |