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Writers:
Chris Carter (creator)
Stephen King (written by) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
8 February 1998 (Season 5, Episode 10)
Plot:
Scully takes a much needed vacation in New England. When she arrives at a grocery store, Scully encounters... more | add synopsis
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Or Bunghoney, if you will. more (5 total)
Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | David Duchovny | ... | Fox Mulder |
 | Gillian Anderson | ... | Dana Scully |
 | Susannah Hoffmann | ... | Melissa Turner |
| Larry Musser | ... | Jack Bonsaint |
 | William MacDonald | ... | Deputy Buddy Riggs |
| Jenny-Lynn Hutcheson | ... | Polly Turner |
| Henry Beckman | ... | Old Man |
| Carolyn Tweedle | ... | Jane Froelich |
 | Dean Wray | ... | Rich Turner |
| Gordon Tipple | ... | Assistant Manager |
 | Harrison Coe | ... | Dave the Butcher (as Harrison R. Coe) |
| Ian Robison | ... | Ranger |
| Elizabeth McCarthy | ... | The Shopper |
| Tracy Lively | ... | Clerk |
| Sean Benbow | ... | Customer |
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Argentina:60 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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When Scully mentions the possibility of a possessed doll being involved in the killings, Mulder jokingly mentions the famous horror character Chucky. Brad Dourif, who provides Chucky's voice in the films, appeared in the twelfth episode of Season One as the psychic convict Luther Lee Boggs. more
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Continuity: During the conversation between Agent Scully and Chief Bonsaint (at 9:30), Scully refers to him as "Captain Bonsaint". However, his name tag which is clearly visible in several scene shots says "Chief Bonsaint". more
Quotes:
Scully:
No... I don't think it's witchcraft or sorcery. I've looked around and I don't see any evidence of anything that warrants that kind of suspicion.
Mulder:
Well, maybe you don't know what you're looking for.
Scully:
Like evidence of conjury or the black arts? Or shamanism, divination, Wicca, or any kind of pagan or neo-pagan practice? Charms, cards, familiars, blood-stones, or hex signs, or any kind of the ritual tableau associated with the occult; Santeria, Voudom, Macumba or any high or low magic...
Mulder:
Scully?
Scully:
Yes?
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References Child's Play (1988) more
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With Chinga, you know you have something evil going on at the very beginning, when you have a little girl that frowns that much. Freaky! Stephen King, the well-known horror novelist co-wrote this episode with Chris Carter. Thankfully, Chris Carter's contributions save this episode from middle of the road mediocrity. Chris Carter's contributions are apparent with the witty Mulder/Scully dialogue that add some humor to the episode. Chinga isn't a bad story at all, you just expect something a little more original than a killing doll from the King of Horror. Also, I felt that the story was inconsistent with whom the doll chose to kill. It also left unexplained if the doll influenced the daughter to be sullen, or if she was like that before the doll arrived. Unfortunately, the best parts of this episode were the Mulder/Scully moments on the phone. Mulder has no idea what to do when Scully is not around. It was also nice to see Larry Musser return as a guest actor in the roll of Chief Bonsaint. It was slightly reminiscent of his role as Detective Manners in "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'", just not as humorous. Chinga is a good episode, but it wasted its potential to be something more.