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UNCUT - The X-Files S1E18 - Miracle Man (Patreon)

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2026-03-02 05:32:32
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2026-11-01 05:01:58
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Zenlike Creature

Samuel looks a little like Anakin and even comes back as a Force Ghost! ;) I enjoy the episode, not one of the best of this season but it's ok. Once again nothing is truly resolved and leaves the viewer room to discuss and theorise; however, it does remind you of the loss Mulder carries regarding his sister. That said, as someone outside the US I find it very odd that churches and preachers such as this exist. I guess that comes from being a faithless heathen... Look forward to the next episode!

Scribe31oz

I have to say I enjoy Alex's take on religion. He basically says every cynical thought I'm thinking when watching such episodes. That being said, I liked this episode. It's middle of the road but still entertaining.

THE LORE!!!

It's funny that the boys kept mentioning JD Vance, I think the dude who played the sheriff looks A LOT like Ron DeSantis.

Keith S

The sheriff had the boy killed. When he gets taken for it, see the look on his face. You can tell he not only realized that the kid was innocent. The boy could have actually healed his wife. Now that's real ironic tragedy.

WEB

Best aspect of the episode imo

Ryan

My energy drink knowledge is so out of date. Anyone want a SoBe tea? Liz Blizz? Anyone? ...anyway, not one of their best episodes, but a decent story with solid guest performances and surprisingly effective direction. The scenes in the tent were a "how do we find a new angle on the Enterprise-D bridge" kind of direction challenge, and they got a lot of mileage out of them.

Sherman Lin

Your just scratching the surface of the X-Files....understand the subject matter religion just might not have been that interesting but X-Files does succeed in having a very eclectic varied monster of the week variety...the only thing that realisticly that is not portrayed is Mulder or Scully asking don't you think its weird like we've been encountering almost every week something supernatural, unexplained, mythical creatures, things so bizarre that they stretch credibility and we've been seeing this week in week out for years but none of colleagues ever seem to encounter this stuff....anyway keep pushing...just wait til you see how far they can elevate an already good show

Ryan

I'll also step into the minefield and give a religious take. My opinion (and others' mileage may vary, and that's fine) is that this episode did a good job of walking a bunch of lines. It presents the preacher as a fringe element rather than a "standard" Christian, and it made Samuel conflicted about being who and what he was. Importantly for me, it didn't present the congregation as being vicious or dolts -- they came across as people with great needs who were grasping at a seemingly miraculous solution. Hey, in their shoes, I probably would too. And as you mentioned, the ending is left open to interpretation. You can go away believing these events were caused by God or by mirrors, and you could probably argue a case for either. That's impressive storytelling in an age when too many shows on both sides spend 43 minutes screaming their message at us.

Collin Freeman

Without getting too technical and too far into the weeds, i consider my beliefs based on a Christian faith and spirituality, not "religious". I think of religion as the history and rules of a faith created by humans. I thought some of the imagery was a little too on the nose, most of which you mentioned (the crucifixion of the healer, having risen after he did in approximately 3 days); another one was the sheriff (the government law) represented the Romans while the resurrected burn victim was sort of a weakly associated stand-in for the religious leaders (e.g., Pharisees) or more likely Judas. I don't remember seeing it when it first aired, or if I did, it was forgettable. Having said that, I thought this was an okay episode: not bad but not really good, either.

Chris Nunnally

I was raised Mormon in the south and am now Eastern Orthodox and I take this episode as a representation of that "wolves in sheep's clothing" Scripture, those who don't have the faith they profess preying on the needy for their real god, the almighty dollar, something I saw as very prevalent in the south. Not a representation of what Christianity is supposed to be. I like that the episode ties back to Mulder's sister and leaves the final interpretation of it all up to us. Not great but not bad either.

John A

Not one of my favorites,, but I do like that Scully says "this is not an X-File" and in the end, it does become an X-file, since it leaves you with not having all the answers. So it remains unsolved in that sense, but the murders are solved. I am a strong Christian, and I do not find this offensive. It does play around with this Miracle man being some kind of Christ like person, and makes fun of those people who are fake, take money and hope from people. Which there are those out there. no denying that. That is what most people see out there. But then it also shows that the Miracle man was really not the evil one. So it sort of leaves you with can you still believe despite, those who did take lives. Mulder is left, with this. Like I said, it became an unanswered X-File in the end.

Loot Narsbaar

This episode is just flat. I can't really give it any bonus point based on whether it is taking a chance or not without knowing if other tv programs were tackling salvation shows in the early 90s

Forbidden Donut

This episode is fine. As the others are saying, it did a decent balancing act with the subject matter, except for at times going on-the-nose more than I'd prefer. I'm trying to think if there's a "worse" episode than this one, and I mean that in praise of the series because it feels like "C" is about as low as I can recall seeing. Although, I haven't seen every episode yet. Also, others can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think / I've heard that some Christians, not all, don't want their bodies cremated because they believe that eventually they will be brought back to life by God/Jesus, so they want their bodies still available for that eventuality.

Richard

Out of the entire show this one ranks as my least favourite.

Skye Maidstone

Even X-Files can be "meh". But X-Files "meh" is still watchable.

HS

I put this on par with like the Jersey Devil episode or Shadows. Not a bad episode, just nothing really hits or stands out. It's just another X-file for M & S to explore.

Phenomenon (Doo - Dooo - Dah - Doo - Doo)

Google "Jessica Hahn" if you didn't get Scully's reference or know who she is. She was one of the reasons Jim Bakker's 700 Club TV ministry was brought low. Ol' Jimmy went from dining with the Reagans to serving a 45 year prison sentence

Phenomenon (Doo - Dooo - Dah - Doo - Doo)

Mulder had to have been imagining his sister rather than really seeing her is because she hasn't aged a day since he last saw her. She disappeared over 20 years ago when she was 8 and Fox was 12. His memory of her as a child is the only one he has, so that's what he is seeing

StonyD

Damn, that's a bar. The entire series?

Demijan Omeragic

Definitely not a popular episode, but don't let people dictate to you what episode is good and what isn't. That's what I say to every reactor. :) Decide for yourself without getting influenced by comments. Fans are e-fighting to this day about what is good and what is bad regarding episodes / seasons / storylines, trying to present their opinions as fact. It might be similar with Star Trek too, I don't know. Either way, your reactions are very enjoyable.

Skye Maidstone

IMO Space and a notorious later season episode are quite a bit worse

Anonymous Science

>"I was raised Catholic and then I became self aware..." Amen! Hallelujah! 🤪

Mel Schleming

nothing much to add that hasn't already been said (it's "fine", but even the "fine" ones are not terrible), just adding a comment *mostly* to maintain engagement and let you know I'm still here and still enjoying your contribution :) one comment on youtube about the possible fate of the series left me a bit worried - the fan base is dedicated, but also admittedly small, I know, hopefully there's enough feedback/traction to keep it going <3

Guy Gordon

Yeah, I rank Space below this one, and probably some late season ones. Certainly a number of the relaunch season episodes.

tyranusfan

Trivia: I'm pretty sure this is the first appearance of that hospital location on this show. It's a former psychiatric hospital in Vancouver that virtually EVERY show that films up there has used. The distinctive stairwell gives it away. Apparently, there are some ghost stories connected to the building, in areas that aren't open to filmmakers.

Target Audience

Thanks. We’ve already committed to watch the whole thing. We love the show.

Paul

Minor Darmok event here, with Alex liking the episode more than Josh, but on a smaller gradient. It's not bad, but as others have mentioned, X-files basically has no bad episodes. Even the worst are salvageable by great performances and excellent dialogue. The fire pen never runs out of fuel.

Jeremiah

As a Tennesseean Josh, I give your Tennessee accent an 7/10. It was surprisingly good.

Tim Nikiforovs

Pretty sure they filmed there at some point for SG-1

Tim Nikiforovs

This one is on the lower end for me. I agree with what a lot of others have said about it striking a balance of showing the preacher to be a fraud but leaving the door open to interpretation as to whether he actually performed miracles. Scully is pretty open about her faith while rightfully calling out the grift. A lot of XF eps end inconclusively, but they do so in a way that leaves you interested, asking questions, or wondering if there will be a follow up. This one ends inconclusively and for me I'm kinda just feeling like "ok, on to the next".

BN13

Here's my take. Putting all religion aside, what if there are people like Samuel who are just naturally born with energy healing powers? And what if Jesus was one of these energy healing people too? That's why there were so many deliberate parallels between Samuel and Jesus, and why both Samuel and Jesus were able to resurrect. What if it has nothing to do with God. It's just part of how their energy healing works? Samuel would of course believe his powers came from God because that was what he was taught. But on a bigger note, look at what happened in both cases? THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! People can accept people doing the worst kinds of things. But get someone down here who dares to do something good like HEAL THE SICK, and eventually we're going to call for their murder or crucifixion. It's just like the Ferengi in Prophet Motive. If somebody starts doing a lot of actual good without any explanation, people go "KILL IT WITH FIRE." I get with the Ferengi it's more of a philosophy thing, so they wouldn't see any of those changes as good. But we could have had 100s of people throughout history healing the sick en masse, but instead of just accepting the healing as a good thing, we turn against those people and kill them. What if we actually had a ton of natural healers, but we burned them all alive as witches? This is why aliens haven't come down to help us or solve our problems. It would be like the First Contact episode of TNG. Or heck, what if all of those healers WERE aliens trying to help us, but they quit trying once we kept killing them off? We all complain about how much our life sucks, but we all literally make it that way.