Room 3502    Directed by  Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. Written by Alan  Brennert Synopsis:  The Carmichaels check into a hotel on vacation.  The maid mentions to the  young wife that the room is haunted by a woman (Mrs. Martin) who slit her wrists after her husband’s murder.  When he wakes up the next morning, Mr. Carmichael finds his wife has left without an  explanation.  Scared, he hires the Simons to find  her. Mrs. Carmichael, believing she is the dead woman, goes to avenge the death of her ‘husband’.  The dying woman had blamed her husband’s employer, so Mrs. Carmichael buys a gun to kill him.  Her plan goes awry and she escapes the boss’s office with a black eye. A.J. finds her walking down the street and takes her to the hospital for treatment.   Once reunited with her husband, she remembers who she is, but can’t  remember what she’s been doing. While relieved she was found unharmed, the Simons decide to investigate further.  They discover the ‘dead’ Mrs. Martin did not succeed in her suicide attempt, and her information leads them to uncover the truth about how her  husband died.  He knew too much about a Love Canal-esque real estate  scam. Dr. Joyce  Brothers comes in at the end to explain the room’s strange influence.  The color of the room causes irritability, and Mrs. Carmichael’s father’s death had made her impressionable enough to take on  the personality of Mrs. Martin. Review: I have to  say I almost wish the room had been haunted.  While it was fun to see Dr. Brothers show up, it’s kinda hard to believe all that hoopla  over a bad interior design.  I do believe there is a psychology of  color, but either the hotel has a different design in every room, or every guest in the hotel should be grumpy and/or suicidal.  Not that it’s  totally unbelievable – just a stretch.  That said, let me totally contradict myself by saying I think it’s great that they brought a newly  developing science into the show. I also very much enjoyed the how the brothers called each other on arguing for no reason: Julia Duffy is a fine actress, but as  Mrs. Carmichael, her whining really got on my nerves.  Her voice just  has a high tone that doesn’t do well when frightened.  I loved when A.J. and Rick got caught in the boss’s office.  A.J. took up a Minnesotan accent that had me on the floor.  Maybe you have to know Minnesotans, but this got me at  the first “Ah, geez.”  And let Rick’s performance be a lesson that  good private detection sometimes involves burping on cue.  Overall, it was a fine episode with an interesting premise.  3 out of 5 Camaros        ©"Simon & Simon" and all of its characters'  copyrights are held by Universal City Studios, as are all pictures and quotes on this site unless otherwise noted. This site is completely  nonprofit - I don't get a dime. On the contrary, it is my hope that  the copyright holders will make more items available for sale so  others and I can spend more money!