Appointment on Route 17 story
After receiving a heart transplant, a man finds his personality has changed. He also discovers that he has a strange attraction to a waitress at a road diner. Directed by: René Bonnière. Story by: Haskell Barkin.
13 total · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a lover | major | Mary Jo was devastated by the sudden passing of her boyfriend, and shunned romantic attention from others because of it. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | major | Mary Jo didn't care for Tom coming around to the restaurant where she worked as a waitress to hit on her. |
| heart transplant | major | Tom's personality changed dramatically after he got a such a transplant. |
| infatuation | major | The successful business man Tom felt strangely compelled to date the lowly waitress Mary Jo even though he didn't even know who she was. |
| life force transfer | major | Tom got some of Jamie Adler's personality after being transplanted with his heart. |
| love at first sight | major | Tom was thunderstruck when he saw Mary Jo. |
| seeing the error of one's ways | major | After being transplanted with a new heart, Tom came to see that he had not been leading a good life and he resolved to change himself. |
| friendship | minor | Tom had a work friend with him. Mary had an older confidant at work. |
| growing as a person | minor | After being transplanted with a new heart, Tom came to see that he had not been leading a good life and he resolved to change himself. |
| office romance | minor | It seemed Tom had an abortive tryst with his secretary at work. |