Something in the Walls story
A doctor arrives at his new job in a sanitarium. He discovers the case of a woman who is terribly frightened of things that appear on her walls. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
9 total · 6 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| doctor and patient | major | The story followed Dr. Mallory Craig as he tried to understand why his patient, Sharon, was terrified of patters. |
| fear | major | Sharon went into a terror at the sight of patterns in rugs, wallpapers, linoleum floors, etc. She saw a face in the patters and she was convinced it wanted to kill her. |
| incorporeal being | major | The pattern being in the wall. |
| persecution complex | major | Sharon was in a sanitarium because she thought a face she saw in a pattern on the wall was now out to get her. |
| spirit possession | major | In the end, Sharon's body had been taken over by one of the pattern-dwelling beings. |
| what it is like in a psychiatric institution | major | The story is set in a contemporary sanitarium. |
| coping with an overly private individual | minor | Sharon was nothing if not a problematic person of some sort or another. |
| fear of patterns | minor | Sharon went into a terror at the sight of patterns in rugs, wallpapers, linoleum floors, etc. She saw a face recurring in the patterns and was convinced its bearer wanted to kill her. |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder | minor | Dr. Craig observed that Sharon rearranged furniture and wouldn't sleep in anything but a perfectly white room. |