remembering bygone days theme

also known as: reminiscence

A character looks back with emotion on previous experiences.

52 total · 4 choice · 19 major · 29 minor

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blackmirror7x05 choice The story concerns Philip confronting memories of an old flame that had dumped him, or so it seemed. He had taken this badly enough to become an alcoholic and it had taken him a decades or so to recover. The grand revelation of the story is that the apparent dumping had actually been a huge misunderstanding.
movie: Annie Hall (1977) choice Alvy was thinking on his past almost the entire story.
rbt1985e3x09 choice A point of the story, if there was any, is that an old man threatened to upset the prevailing social order by making people recall the relative luxury of the days of yore.
tz1959e2x20 choice We saw the fifty-something bachelor Ed listening to radio broadcasts from back in his heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.
ahp2x10 major Gil was remembering the good old days with his father.
ahp3x24 major The story consisted of Lucia remembering the love of her youth, some 50 years ago.
ahp3x39 major Colin was reminiscing about earlier days in his long career in acting on stage, or so it seemed.
as1985e2x13 major Charlene reminisced about various pivotal moments in her life. She recalled (or possibly hallucinated) the day she got married, 17 years ago, and the day of her mother's funeral.
ds92x17 major Arjin and Jadzia reflected upon their pasts.
ds93x22 major Bashir reflected back on his Starfleet Academy days.