YMMV / The Wild Wild West S 1 E 14 The Night Of The Howling Light

• Complete Monster: Doctor Arcularis is a deranged psychologist who, fascinated by the discovery of conditional reflexes in animals, transfers the process onto humans. Through a combination of sensory torture and clear instructions, he develops a brainwashing procedure. For one victim, Arcularis imprisons him in a cage depriving him of water for several days, having conditioned him to throw away any he's given. Having already performed his cruel process upon five innocent people, Arcularis turns them into his mindless slaves who he regularly abuses, even breaking one victim's arm for a deception. Arcularis is contacted by Ahkeema, who wants him to brainwash Jim into killing Chief Ho-Tami, wrecking the peace negotiations. Uncaring about the brutal war this will cause, Arcularis is thrilled to further his experiments. Kidnapping Jim, he tortures him for over an entire week, attempting to break him. Capturing Artemus as well, Arcularis brainwashes him to murder Jim to clean up loose ends. Quick-witted and haughty, driven by a combination of scientific curiosity and sadism, Doctor Arcularis was easily one of the worst men the duo ever encountered.

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