![]() ![]() Due to their cloned nature, they all seemed to have the same mental instability, which results in more death and murders. Mulder and Scully learn that these children were part of a Cold-War era experiment for super-soldiers. Eventually, it is discovered that the daughters of the victims were conceived at the same in vitro fertilization lab. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away on the other side of the country, another death occurred under the exact same circumstances. Mulder claims that he is killed in the same manner as cattle mutilations that have happened in other places in the United States. In "Eve", the episode opens with a young girl’s father dying, his body was pierced with what looked like metal prongs. It has commentary on the human condition and how it can be both unjust and kind. ![]() Healing and disease are major players of the later X-Files season, and this is the crown jewel of those episodes, with an emotional and unexpected ending. The episode is filled with emotional ups and downs, with classic X-Files twists. The creature takes illnesses from others and cures them, in return he is given the illness. ![]() Doggett interviews the woman, and she tells a Native American legend of a creature that lives in the woods, however, it turns out the Creature (Jordan Marder) is peaceful. Mulder was searching for something to cure a brain tumor, revealed in a previous episode, meeting Marie Hangemuhl (Natalie Radford). The episode follows Scully and her new partner John Doggett (Robert Patrick) on a lead to bring back Mulder. This episode is a strong mythos-based episode that blends with a Monster-of-the-Week story that starts with trying to track down Mulder after he is abducted by aliens. This episode highlights how truly spooky Mulder really can be, and how mailable his mind is. The episode takes the gargoyle from a physical beast and turns it into a creature that comes from the mind, which is a refreshing take on the creatures. Mulder confronts the true killer, but he hallucinates that he has a gargoyle's face, and shoots him before his arrest. Later on, Mulder goes to Mostow’s studio, where he is attacked by a gargoyle-faced monster. Even Mulder’s apartment later becomes covered in gargoyle artwork. ![]() Throughout the episode, imagery of gargoyles is created in art showing who is possessed by the creature. His claims were met with disbelief until another murder occurs while he is in custody. John Mostow (Levani Outchaneichvili) is arrested for killing seven people but when he claims he was possessed, Mulder and Scully are the ones to investigate. "Grotesque" is centered around gargoyles and a “the devil made me do it” type serial killer. The story ends open and leaves the viewer to ponder what exactly was happening in the episode, which is frustrating, but it suits the strange vibes the episode gives off. Before he can be apprehended, however, he is killed off-screen. The episode is a hugely important mythos episode of The X-Files, as the killer of a beloved character, Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) is involved as one of the big bads of the episode. The teenagers have their blood tested and Scully says the drug is known as ‘Purity Control’ while on the other hand, in classic Mulder fashion, he believes that the teens are actually being injected with alien DNA. After investigating the townspeople, they are led to two men who have been injecting cattle with an unknown drug. The main suspect in the town is a cult of vegetarians called the Church of the Red Museum. Mulder and Scully are summoned to a town where teenagers have been found half-naked and drugged with strange phrases written on their backs. It's disturbing and gut-wrenchingly gross, but fits the episode perfectly. It contains some of the scariest scenes in the entire series, including a fetal pig being brought to life to torture Shannon. The episode is terrifying, with extreme themes surrounding organization and the potential it has to lead to abuse. It is revealed to Mulder and Scully that the town is run by Satan worshipers. Later, Shannon (Heather McComb) the teen stepdaughter of Jim Ausbury (Dan Butler) suffers a breakdown in class, revealing that Ausbury and other school faculty members participate in ritual sacrifice and worse. The claims seem to be founded, as Mulder and Scully begin to witness biblically strange occurrences, including a frog plague and water draining the wrong way. The town insists that the true cause of the teen's death is a demonic force summoned by kids playing with things they don't understand. Mulder and Scully are brought to a small town to investigate the ritualistic death of a teenager. ![]()
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