The Call story
A lonely man accidentally phones the wrong number and finds an intriguing female to whom he grows attached. When she refuses to meet him, he investigates and finds the phone in a museum next to the statue of a woman. Directed by: Gilbert Shilton. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
10 total · 2 choice · 7 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| loneliness | choice | Mary Ann and Norman were both very lonely individuals. |
| the need for companionship | choice | Norman was lonely and in sore need of human touch. |
| ghost | major | Mary Ann was perhaps a deceased spirit haunting a sculpture, although she might also have been the sculpture. |
| haunted object | major | It seemed that the spirit of Mary Ann was inhabiting her self-sculpture. |
| impossible love | major | Flesh and blood Norman fell in love with a statue of Mary Ann, but it was difficult to see how such a relationship could progress. Although the story concluded with Norman and Mary Ann being two sculptures in love. |
| infatuation | major | Norman and Mary Ann became besotted. |
| loser character | major | Norman felt worthless (he had a dead end job and no social life) until he fell in love with Mary Ann. |
| suicide | major | Mary Ann had killed herself, and the implication was that Norman might have. |
| the need for a purpose in life | major | Norman was depressed because his existence lacked meaning. |
| coping with an obnoxious chatterbox | minor | Norman's colleague at the office politely asked a chatty Norman to stop talking to him for an hour. |