The Pool Guy story
A pool cleaner working for a wealthy couple starts suffering from recurring nightmares involving a man who approaches him, tells him to wake up, and guns him down. Directed by: Paul Shapiro. Story by: Hans Beimler.
11 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| implanted memory punishment | choice | It turned out that Ritchie, a convicted murderer, had been sentenced to experience being shot dead more than 47 times in his own dreams. |
| murder | choice | Ritchie was being executed over and over again for having committed a murder. |
| coping with having a lousy dead-end job | major | The point was driven home that working 20 years as a "pool guy" is not a happy life. |
| eye for an eye justice | major | The murdered Ritchie was sentenced to be murdered 47 times over in a dream-like environment. |
| roommate and roommate | major | Ritchie and his roommate Lenny. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | It turned out that Ritchie was hooked up to a machine that placed him inside a recurring nightmare that he couldn't distinguish from reality. |
| depression | minor | Dr. Anna Rosoff mentioned that she'd diagnosed Ritchie as being depressed. |
| facing financial ruin | minor | Ritchie was not going to be able to cover his share of the rent. |
| medical occupation | minor | Ritchie pay a visit to his physician after he woke up from a nightmare with an unexplained wound on his chest. |
| romantic infidelity | minor | A husband came home to find his martini drinking, bikini clad wife making out with the pool cleaner. |