Traditionally, "Inside Number 9" have ended their seasons with a horror episode. "Wise Owl" isn't quite that, though it is perhaps the darkest episode the pair have ever done.
Ronnie (Reece Shearsmith) is a disturbed man saved from ending his own life by the inadvertent intervention of his neighbour. His nights are disturbed by dreams related to a 70's style public safety cartoon "Wise Owl", which were popular in his youth, but are taking on more and more specific warnings, related to several dark moments of his past.
Again, performances on this one are strong. Ron Cook pulls double duty as Wilf, Ronnie's father but also the voice of the Wise Owl. His performance has quite a few shades to it that are revealed as the plot continues. The animated sections of the episode are the most memorable aspect of it, recreating the "Charlies says" style for the increasingly warped "Wise Owl" sections. I've said that he episode is not horror, but it certainly is a grim time and has some genuinely scary moments across the run time.
If this season has had a problem, for me it's been with the endings and this one too rather falls away, rather than building to a dramatic climax. It doesn't entirely undermine the episode, but it does, for me, keep it away from being a top tier addition.
Roll on season 8.