How Much Do You Love Your Kid? story
A woman contemplating divorce from her husband finds herself forced to participate in a twisted reality game show hosted by Nick Dark after receiving a telephone call claiming her son has been kidnapped. Directed by: Allison Liddi-Brown. Story by: Michael Angeli.
14 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being in peril | choice | A point of the story was that a parent get preternatural abilities when a child is in danger. |
| reality television in society | choice | Donna was forced to participate in a twisted reality game show or else risk losing her young son. |
| child abduction | major | Donna was made to believe that her young son was kidnapped by a masked assailant. |
| husband and wife | major | Donna and Ted Saicheck were a financially struggling married couple with a young son to support. |
| killing for personal advantage | major | Donna accepted to hunt down the man who'd kidnapped her son in exchanged for prize money. |
| mother and son | major | Donna was forced to participate in a twisted reality game show or else risk losing her young son. |
| parental love | major | It was made clear that Donna wanted the best for her young son, including getting him braces, and she totally freaked out when he was reported kidnapped. |
| taking the law into one's own hands | major | Donna decided to chase down and kill the man who had endangered her son. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | The reality game show host Nick Dark tactfully manipulated Donna into wanting to take vengeance at the man who'd kidnapped her son. |
| the entertainment industry | major | The the viewer is shown a twisted reality game show from a contestant/producer point of view. |