The Monsters Are on Maple Street story
In an updated version of an episode from the original series, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, an unexpected power and water failure prompts the residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood to grow increasingly suspicious of their new neighbors and accuse them of being sleeper cell terrorists. Directed by: Debbie Allen. Story by: Rod Serling, Erin Maher & Kay Reindl.
12 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| mass hysteria | choice | The people of Maple Street gradually transformed into an hysterical mob when they thought a terrorist was masquerading amongst them. |
| mistrust | choice | The people of Maple Street gradually transformed into an hysterical mob when they thought a terrorist was masquerading amongst them. |
| fear of strangers | major | The recently arrived family whom nobody knew were naturally implicated when a mob of neighbors discussed the unusual events. The Narrator explained how fear, of terrorists as it happened, tore the Maple Street community apart. |
| impostor living secretly among us | major | The Maple Street inhabitants quickly became convinced that one of their community members was a terrorist masquerading as an ordinary person. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The story follows a group of neighbors who must make sense of a mysterious power outage. |
| terrorism | major | Some of the Maple street people were quick to jump to the conclusion that a mysterious power outage had been caused by terrorists. |
| the stupidity of crowds | major | The Maple Street residents gradually transformed into an hysterical mob when they thought a terrorist was masquerading amongst them. |
| attitude of superiority | minor | Holly berated her husband Will for acting smug and superior towards their neighbors. |
| Christmas traditions | minor | There was Maple Street community meeting to discuss Christmas decoration rules. |
| covert military operation | minor | As a surprise variation on the 1959 story, it is revealed that the mysterious events were orchestrated by some sort of military outfit in order to test the reaction of isolated communities. |