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Seeking Asylum

Episode Number: 11    Season Num: 1    First Aired: n/a    Prod Code: 011
A woman comes to Frank to find her boyfriend who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Frank checks himself into the hospital using the premise that he is delusional and seeing ghosts. Frank's self-portrait of "inner demons" draws the attention of a woman being institutionalized against her will. She and Frank follow clues that Frank is getting from the apparent victim of the fire while trying to evade the tyrannical doctor in charge of treatment.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Stacia Raymond
Director: Jerry Levine
Star: Russell Hornsby (Marcus Bradshaw),  Matthew Fox (Frank Taylor)
Recurring Role: Lynn Collins (Jessica Manning)
Guest Star: Emily Liu (Meghan Jennings),  Colleen Fitzpatrick (Liz),  Ryan Alosio (Dr Martin/Michael Johnson),  Tania Gunadi (Anorexic Girl),  Kymberly Newberry (Shelby),  Michael DeLuise (Johnno)

Notes

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The French title of this episode is L'Antre de la folie. (edit)
This is last episode of series aired in Poland. (edit)
This episode aired for the first time on British TV on September 11, 2003. (edit)

Quotes

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Marcus: (On Frank going undercover in an Asylum) Are you sure that this isn't some bizarre cry for help? (edit)
Marcus: You were the last one to be admitted here, Frank.
Frank: And I wasn't even a patient. (edit)
Liz: (To Frank) The second I saw you I knew you'd stir it up. (edit)
Melissa: Is that what you were looking for?
Frank: No, this is my file. (laughs as he reads) "An intense need to control. Strong indications of post traumatic stress. Patient shows obsessive tendencies."
Melissa: Okay. Enough of that nonsense.
Frank: (smiling) What isn't wrong with me!? (edit)
Frank: (To Simon) If I can figure out a way to get you out of my life then this will all be worth it.
Dr. Martin: Who are you talking to?
Frank: To my self-portrait. (edit)

Trivia

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Frank keeps seeing the numbers "250" throughout this episode. Matthew Fox would later star in the ABC series Lost, which featured another character who is haunted by mysteriously recurring numbers. (edit)
Frank draws his self-portrait but it ends up portraying Simon, who is expressed as the personification of Frank's dark side. (edit)
Frank receives a physical wound from a ghost in the form of a burn on his left shoulder. (edit)

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