A Human Face story
An alien being takes the form of the dead daughter a couple lost, as they move into a new neighborhood. Directed by: Christina Choe. Story by: Alex Rubens.
16 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a child | choice | Robert and Barbara were mourning their departed daughter Maggie. |
| what if someone I knew returned from the dead | choice | Robert and Barbara were mighty befuddle when an alien appeared and turned into their late daughter. |
| attack from outer space | major | The Maggie-alien explained that she was some sort of invasion tool. |
| bio-mimicking life form | major | An alien assumed the form of Maggie, the dead daughter. |
| coping with suicide | major | Robert and Barbara struggled with the reality that their daughter Maggie had killed herself with an overdose of some pills. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The bio-mimetic creature arrived together with a cosmic flare so one gathers that it is extraterrestrial in nature. |
| husband and wife | major | Robert and Barbara were shocked to find that an alien being had taken the form their departed daughter. |
| man vs. woman | major | There was a stereotypical mansplaining rational husband and hysterical emotional wife. |
| remorse | major | Robert and Barbara were blaming themselves and each other for what happened to their daughter. |
| the nature of love | major | The invading bio-mimicking lifeform was subverted from its mission of conquest after it took human form and came to know the ineffable human quality known as "love". |