"The X Files" All Souls (1998)

Director:

Allen Coulter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
John Shiban (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

26 April 1998 (Season 5, Episode 17)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A wheelchair-bound handicapped girl manages to walk out of her house and is later found dead in a praying position with her eyes burned out...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Glenn Morshower	...	Aaron Starkey
Jody Racicot	...	Father Gregory
Emily Perkins	...	Dara Kernoff / Paula Koklos / Roberta Dyer
Lauren Diewold	...	Emily Sim
Joseph Patrick Finn	...	Confessor
Eric Keenleyside	...	Lance Kernof
Patti Allan	...	Mrs. Kernoff
Arnie Walters	...	Father McCue
Lorraine Landry	...	Vicki Belon
Tracy Elofson	...	Four-Faced Man

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

It's the second time, after second season's episode "Die Hand die verletzt", that Scully and Mulder have to confront what it seems genuine Hell's spawn.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Mulder refers to a crucifix hanging in what is usually considered an inverted position as being a "protest, a sacrilege against the Church". In Roman Catholic symbology, an "inverted" cross is known as the Cross of Saint Peter. Later in the episode, Scully gives the correct interpretation referring to a legend that when Peter was martyred, he asked to be crucified head down because he was unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ.

Quotes:

Mulder: You know, they say when you talk to God it's prayer, but when God talks to you, it's schizophrenia.

Movie Connections:

References Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

All Souls

All Souls is one of my most favorite episodes of the X-Files. Of course, this is the writer's spin on the legend of the Nephilim. The story of offspring of "fallen angels" go much further than what the X-Files presented. The global accounts of "giants in the Earth" is part of the Nephilim story. The writers of the bible called these "giants" the Nephilim. In other parts of the world and other cultures these "creatures" were called by other names, but described in the same manner. There is "talk" that the nephilim are still amongst us. All in all, the story is very touching and in some parts very heart wrenching. Gillian Anderson gave a stunningly superb performance here.