The Patient Episode 4 is out now! Created by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg for FX on Hulu, the executive producers for the series are Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg, Steve Carell, Caroline Moore, Victor Hsu and Chris Long. The production companies for the series include Joel Fields Productions, Flim Flam and FXP.
The main cast features Steve Carell as Alan Strauss, a therapist and Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner, a serial killer and the new patient of our therapist in question. Actors Linda Emond plays Candace Fortner along with Laura Niemi as Beth Strauss, Andrew Leeds as Ezra Strauss and David Alan Grier as Charlie Addison. Alex Rich is also part of the cast. The fourth episode of The Patient has a runtime of 23 minutes.
– FX’s The Patient Episode 4 Review Does Not Contain Any Spoilers –
The Patient Episode 4: Company
In the last episode of The Patient, we saw how Sam’s impulse made him drag in the restaurant owner who is fixated on killing. The Patient Episode 4 picks up moments later with Alan having a moment of panic knowing that a person has been held captive. As the episode progresses, Sam seeks Alan’s advice on how to control his killing impulse but, it almost feels like an impossible task.
On coming to mutual terms by cracking a deal, Sam is able to sideline his hostage from his eyesight, which is when we get to know the new person in captive at Sam’s house is a person named Ellias. Alan and Ellias crack up a conversation every now and then during Sam’s absence from beyond the door separating them.
But as time passes, Sam’s hunger to kill seems to be getting the better of him. Even Alan’s demeanour is shaken as he tries to direct Sam away from his killing urge. But, how long will the game of stalling go until someone’s hand is red with blood?
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The Patient Episode 4 is the epitome of chaos that offers you the right amount of intrigue and suspense. The way the episode opens is indicative of how it will not be slow-paced but, rather will have elements of panic and chaos welling up from time to time. The particular segment where we see Alan offer Sam therapy through a phone session in the presence of Candace almost feels like a do-or-die situation, which we can presume is what it might feel like for Alan all the time.
As we have been hearing about Sam’s father for some time now, an exposition in regard to the same seems long overdue. In The Patent Episode 4, we come so close to knowing about Sam’s father but, ultimately the information conveyed does not really meet up the expectations. It feels like the makers are playing a different game with us, all together, trying to keep the important revelations at the bay as our curiosities eat us up.
The rapport between Alan and Ellias is uncanny but, still natural in the way that they two can relate to each other without really knowing each other. It was also the episode where we get to see Sam outside Alan’s eyes and it was somewhat insightful in getting to know his character full fledgedly.
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The Patient Episode 4: Final Thoughts
Overall, The Patient Episode 4 did a good job of keeping us engaged till the last moment. Breaking its streak of cliffhangers, this episode took a rather sad and soft musical turn at the end, which might be appreciated by some of the viewers while others might think of it as irrelevant. The acting game by the actors is a complete ace in this series and, so far, our two protagonists have been shining through.
You can watch The Patient Episode 4 now on Hulu.
To read our review for the rest of the episodes, click here.