A Game of Pool story
In this remake of the 1961 Twilight Zone episode, a pool champion has defeated everyone at his local pool hall, except for the long-dead legend, Fats Brown, who returns from the afterlife to answer his challenge to a high-stakes game. Directed by: Randy Bradshaw. Story by: George Clayton Johnson.
10 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| obsession | choice | Jesse was obsessed with being the best pool player of all time. |
| the need to prove one's self | choice | Jesse really wanted to show that he was better at pool than the legendary pool player Fats Brown. |
| competitiveness | major | Jesse and Fats were both extremely competitive pool players. |
| cracking under pressure | major | It transpires that the whole life-or-death gamble was merely a ruse to see if Jesse could cope with the pressure. |
| inferiority complex | major | The story centered on Jesse's feeling of always playing second fiddle to the departed Fats Brown. |
| taking a high-stakes wager vs. walking away | major | Should Jesse put his life in on line to play the legendary pool player Fats Brown? |
| the game of pool | major | The story centered around a pool champion testing his skills against a legendary pool player returned from the dead. |
| deal with the devil | minor | Jesse cut a deal with a dead man for his life. |
| family vs. career | minor | Fats heckled Jesse with talk of this and there was something in the story line about Jesse focusing on pool to the exclusion of all other concerns. |
| the afterlife | minor | Fats Brown returned from the afterworld to accept Jesse's challenge to a game of pool. |