The Cameo: Elvira appears again, but running an out-of-the-way comic book shop.
Royal Dano appears as the medical examiner at the City Morgue.
Stalker with a Crush: An eccentric magician's fascination with a young woman half his age is the central plot in this eccentric tale of magic and illusion.
Master of Disguise: Stanley Woods's modus operandi, from disguising himself as a doctor to becoming the Sea Thing himself.
Idiot Ball: Anna gets a phone call from her Missing Mom, and is told to meet her in a car parked outside... you can guess where this is going.
Trauma Button: Anna, whenever she sees the Sea Thing comic page... or a water cooler suddenly makes bubbles.
People in Rubber Suits: Anna gets approached TWICE by the Sea Thing- once before the accident, and again on the beach.
Faking the Dead: The remains of Anna's mother were actually a porcelain replica that shattered after the casket was opened. It was buried hastily under the assumption of being an actual corpse to throw off any suspicion to the person's abduction by Stanley Woods.
Directed by Cast Member: The second of two episodes directed by Robert Pine.