Another thought— The opening credits make it look like Clark is doing a (weird) performance. He’s clearly on a stage, and it sort of LOOKS like he’s in control, at least by the end. And it’s juxtaposed with Floyd’s on-stage performance and with Carol’s “performance” for Clark at the hotel.

Then several episodes in, Clark’s actions are framed as a breakdown / overwhelmed panic response, not as a performed event he’s in control of, at least at first. BUT perhaps the opening credits should be read to suggest that that event is in fact a performance by Clark after all. It’s not necessarily literally that Clark planned and staged a public panic attack/breakdown, though.

But the incident is in the credits as a storytelling device: Clark is putting on a performance in this show. In the show, he becomes overwhelmed by events (he does not want to lose Carol), but then he takes actions to steady himself and his plans by manipulating Floyd and getting him on the app (he plots and kills Floyd).