Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestWhen psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase encounters two women suffering from the same symptoms with similar nightmarish stories, rational explanations just don't seem to fit.
Acting
Mare Winningham's unraveling is quietly devastating
Direction
Dan Curtis builds dread through domestic spaces
Writing
Whitley Strieber's abduction obsession bleeds through every scene
Richard Crenna
Dr. Neil Chase
Mare Winningham
Mary Wilkes
Susan Blakely
Leigh Holland
Daphne Ashbrook
Lesley Hahn
Alan Autry
Joe Wilkes
Ben Vereen
Gene Randall
Steven Berkoff
Addison Leach
Jason Beghe
Ray Brooks
Lorry Goldman
Dr. Allan Terracello
Rosalind Chao
Dr. Jenny Sakai
Robert Mandan
Dr. Stanley Epstein
Warren Frost
Dr. Holman
G.D. Spradlin
General Hanley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered during peak 'alien abduction' media frenzy, riding Whitley Strieber's Communion phenomenon. CBS marketed it as prestige event television.
Dan Curtis directed this between his Dark Shadows revival and Trilogy of Terror II—his entire career obsessed with things hiding in ordinary places.
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