I must say this story, while not the most entertaining I’ve heard, though plenty entertaining, is without a doubt the most profound. It truly is. I consider drama to be valuable when it reflects relevancy to life. Now life has many aspects and so a drama can convey many aspects of life. This may be done directly or somewhat “concealedâ€ with a science fiction or horror show. Our story of 2 weeks ago, “Life Bloodâ€ is a good example of abuse and ruination—though on the surface it is a robot story. It’s not so much in what package the relevancy is presented, but more importantly- what is delivered. I mentioned in the intro here that this story, “Help Somebodyâ€ is profound. When we boil down the essence of this story we see that it is about something rather important, the meaning of life. Or at least what is important and truly necessary to live. This is presented initially with a man who believes he knows what he wants- fame, fortune and women. He does not consider what he needs. When this man receives his 3 desires he is left unsatisfied. Interesting. He describes it as “ashes in the mouthâ€. With beauty of dialog, symbolism and music the CBSRMT does a hell of a job answering the question of why he is dissatisfied when apparently having what he wants. Remarkably, this is accomplished in the last 15 min of the show! He has been exclusively remote from his needs for human connection. He has been unaware that he is alone and afraid. “Everybody needs Somethingâ€. Something here is a dog on the surface, but like our robot Amelia, he is so much more. He is life and spirit. He is hope and ultimately he is contact. If alone, a feral dog dies in about 2 yr. Likewise we can imagine that our protagonist, Anthony Price, is feral as well and really prone to “deathâ€, or at least remaining in a hell called depression. The beautiful cure here is reaching out to life (others) and realizing that life will reach back. This was accomplished when Price finally was open to his core needs. Sounds like basic Maslow psychology does it not? This is love and maintaining the love despite disappointment with life. His foundation was not built. E.G Marshall points out the lesson to be learned here, “You will have noticed perhaps, that at first Anthony ran frantically after the dog Something, then when their eyes had met, he stood stark still and Something began to run joyously to him. There’s a moral to be drawn here. Or a lesson to be learnedâ€.

It is best described as a beautiful story. It is so due to the deep perceptive element that is the cement of the story, though this is only revealed in the end. It, like life, needs to be reached for. Drama 5.