This episode tries just a bit too hard to misdirect the viewer as to the identity of the Will of the Wisp Killer, but if you've seen enough of these types of programs, you'll figure out the ending soon enough. Brad Dourif has been a favorite character actor of mine ever since catching him as Billy Bibbit in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", a role that probably recommended him to portray the crazed hitchhiker in this story. His nameless character effectively belittles everyone he comes in contact with, beginning with the driver who picks him up on the side of a country road. He deeply disturbs a pair of female patrons at a gas stop diner, while feigning a gun in his jacket pocket to intimidate them all. The 'tell' in the story is when the driver (Dennis Christopher) consistently insists on the seemingly disturbed hitchhiker rejoin him on the road. Anyone else would have been happy to make their escape from what appeared to be a lunatic. The Will of the Wisp Killer was reported to have seven murder victims with a ten thousand dollar bounty on his head. As the program came to an end, the tally increased to number eight.
Review of Number Eight
