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X-Files 2x14 (Patreon)

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2026-08-02 18:00:06
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Michael Gehrman

"Die" as used here is the German word for "the". It is pronounced "dee". The phrase is mentioned in the first scene, and means "The hand that wounds". That twist of a line at the end was great: "You're right. It is already too late." Well done as always! I'm loving your x-files and Star Treks!

Jonathan Kardell

I'm thinking that the substitute teacher (that nobody can remember hiring) might be a demon sent to wipe out this sloppy coven. (Her eyes had vertical iris openings during the snake attack that she was conjuring. She was just too good at what she was up to, and that taunting message on the chalk board sealed it for me.

John Beebe

Ah yes, Devil worship was such a big concern in the 80’s + 90’s. I am surprised it took them this long to bring it into the series. The actress playing Mrs. Paddock did a great job.

BrakYeller

So the gag of this episode is that it's a town with an actual Satanist presence that is just paying lip service to their Satanism, and because they've fallen away something demonic comes to town to wipe them out for their lack of faith... but also, they're hiding their own practices behind the curtain of the Satanic Panic, turning the whole episode into a back-and-forth of "well, yes, this... but not *that*!" Also the demon manipulates Mulder & Scully into being their stalking horse/distraction. It's a little messy. As someone who lived through the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s, it was almost entirely BS. (My mom was totally fine with me playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid, and was usually very open minded, but absolutely forbade me from going to certain places in town because it was rumored that Satanists "did stuff" there. It's absolutely bizarre how varied and wide the impacts from the Satanic Panic were.) All the Panic really did was generate a lot of breathless news media coverage of the pearl-clutching variety, make it very easy to ruin people's livelihoods by accusation, and muddy the waters for legitimate investigations into actual crimes perpetrated by awful people. CBC did a podcast series about the Satanic Panic called "The Devil You Know" that gets into the ins and outs of why it was all BS, and it covers (briefly) this episode as part of how entertainment media reacted to all the Satanic Panic nonsense. Also, the message on the chalkboard at the end was both a cheeky message from the demon and an in-joke from writers of the episode, Glen Morgan & James Wong, who (after writing some standout eps from the first two seasons of the show) were leaving The X-Files to produce their own show, a sci-fi space marine drama called "Space: Above and Beyond." It was a fun show in its own right that (sadly) didn't last very long. Morgan & Wong came back to X-Files in later seasons, and went on to create a bunch of horror stuff you've already seen in your horror watching experiences. They're sort of minor horror royalty these days.

Who Are These People

Episodes like these can be uncomfortable when the blend fantasy and real elements, but credit to the X-Files for presenting stories with real-world context. "Satanic" ritual practice either is the reason for or is the excuse for some child abuse to this day, so presenting this real-world aspect of a fantasy subject is as "brave", I suppose, as media can be. That said, some episodes can be pretty unnerving. If you'd like some trigger warnings let us know. And a list of trigger warnings has been produced online that avoids too much plot detail. This episode is on that list: "“Die Hand Die Verletzt” (Season 2, Episode 14) - R---, C---- S-- Ab---" followed by a spoiler-covered box describing the girl's monologue.

Tony Hofmann

At this time, in 1994-1995, most TVs in North America were square, 4:3. But in Europe and Japan there were more adopters of newer 16:9 TVs, though still only a small percentage. TV shows tried to frame for both aspect ratios, but due to constraints on time (a 2 hour feature film may have a budget of $50 million and shoot for 70 days; a 1 hour TV show (the X Files) typically had a budget of $2.5 million and a shooting schedule of 8-9 days). Under such circumstances, things like a light and/or part of a crew member seen at the edge of the frame in 16:9, would not be cause to go back to Vancouver to re-shoot. After all, in North America it wouldn't be seen at all (until the 2000s at least), and in Japan and Europe, the audience that had TVs that could spot those mistakes were relatively tiny. Lots of shows from the 90s had this issue and were getting called out when most folks did switch to 16:9 TVs, in the mid-2000s and early 2010s.

James Cole

Uh oh. Time for a room color change.

Jessie Caldwell

Originally aired 4:3, so the grip and light would have been out of the frame. There are noticeable faux pas throughout the series because of this. They could have fixed them, but guess they decided it wasn't worth it... didn't know sharp people such as yourself would be paying attention.

RJ Inkglider

I just binged all of season 1 and 2 to get caught up. : )

RJ Inkglider

Can the FBI really go to the library to see what you've been checking out? I remember that in Seven they made a big deal how that would be illegal without a search warrant. Edit: this would have been illegal before 9-11 and the Patriot Act,, but now the Feds have wide latitude and can watch/search library checkouts without a warrant.

RJ Inkglider

Re the crew in the shot it's probably because of widescreen format including more of the image that was originally used for 4:3 aspect ratio television in the 90's. Per AI: seeing the crew or equipment in old shows happens because of the widescreen remastering process, specifically expanding 4:3 frames to 16:9, open matte adjustments, and framing oversights.

RJ Inkglider

You taught me a new term, the "pathetic fallacy". I know all the logical fallicies used in argumentation, but not that one. Thank you.

RJ Inkglider

"This poor actor." Large constrictors are very unlikely to bite if handled with care and they are not a threat to humans unless they are over 10' long. Globally there are only 1-2 deaths per year from large constrictors.

Mattoid

The crew member and light, due to the aspect ratio changing - the Buffy remasters are bad for this as well. They could have airbrushed them out but chose to go to just release with a lot of people standing around at the edges.

Shannon Turner

technically the crew member and the light wasn't in the frame. During the 90s they still used 4:3 ratio (basically a square screen) for TV shows. It's why Fox and Scully stand so close sometimes

Michael Davis

First person we see (the girl's father): 'Bulldog' from Frazier. I've never seen someone enjoy a theme song so much. It's great!

Kit Taylor

I LOVE this episode. I just discovered you are watching X-Files and I almost screamed in excitement. So many great episodes. I've said so many times that with all the bad "horror" movies being made today, why not adapt a few X-Files episodes into full length films? Can you imagine something like this directed by Ari Aster as a full movie? EPIC. Anyway, good stuff.

Kit Taylor

By the way, I'm sure someone has told you or you've already seen it, but "True Detective: Season 1" is INCREDIBLE television AND deals in some truly frightening stuff, that's all I'll say. Not your standard cop show by far.

John

The scene where the claim that the water goes around the drain in a certain direction due to the Earth's rotation is a total lie. I'm not sure why the X-files felt the need to throw that lie in there and confuse people as if that's some scientific fact. But water going in any direction down drains has nothing to do with the Earth's rotation. The X-files does this a lot, passing off pseudo-science BS as real science.

RJ Inkglider

X Files suffers from a lot of the same issues tv does today; it's only as smart as its writers. That said, it's still better than most of the slop that's out there. You also have to remember that this was written before Google and other search engines made instantaneous fact checking possible (which ironically hasn't helped the dispersal of misinformation on tv shows, or rather has changed thee types of misinformation to the kind most dear to the politics of Hollywood writers).

RJ Inkglider

It has aged pretty well. You should still see some of the parodies of Rust's monologues on Youtube.