According to the credits, Grassi’s series is “inspired” by Dr. Oliver Sacks’ writings, but you would hardly know it from this episode—and we’re not complaining. It starts with Dr. Kinney having a panic attack in an asylum-themed haunted house. Soon, Dr. Nichols falls under the curse of room 313 (where patients keep dying), while Dr. Wolf starts having ghostly visions of a patient he wasn’t able to save. Best of all, Dr. Pierce from the psych department is supposed to evaluate the evil looking clown in a holding room, but she is having none of that.
All in all, writers Sara Saedi and Will Ewing deliver a lot of satisfying Halloweeny stuff, without any Scooby-Do-style explanations, which are always a letdown. Despite his limited screentime, Andy Boorman is devilishly creepy as the clown. Frankly, his storyline should have ben bulked up more, because Wolf’s relatively “normal” case is just okay.
