"Eater" is the fifth episode of the NBC horror anthology Fear Itself and is based on the Peter Crowther short story of the same name.
[1][2] Newly-recruited police officer Danny Bannerman is assigned to be part of a detail guarding Duane Mellor, a Cajun serial killer and cannibal nicknamed "Eater”, who is known for torturing, butchering, and eating his victims alive.
As the night wears on, she begins to recognize that her all-male colleagues' behavior is getting stranger by the minute, and they are being killed one by one.
"[4] Bloody Disgusting and Den of Geek both credited Stuart Gordon's directing as a boon to the episode, which they felt was lacking at times.
[2][5] IGN's Matt Fowler was more critical, criticizing the series for having too many episodes that failed to maintain suspension of disbelief and also stating that "all of the juvenile behavior from the cops during the story was completely inane and did nothing except prevent me from becoming the least bit interested in this episode".