History Recap / TheXFilesS01E22BornAgain

* GhostlyGoals: Revenge for his murder. Overally, the episode could just as well be about a vengeful ghost who hangs on to some random girl.

* WhyDoesItHaveToBeSnakes: Michelle used to have a hysterical aversion to swimming, brought on by memory of her previous incarnation's death by drowning.

* CreepyChild: Michelle, the reincarnation of a murdered cop.

* EnhanceButton

* HonorBeforeReason: Charlie

->Written by Creator/HowardGordon & Creator/AlexGansa\\
Directed by Creator/JerroldFreedman

->Written by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa\\
Directed by Jerrold Freedman

* {{Reincarnation}}: The murdered cop Charlie was reincarnated as a little girl. No wonder, she was channeling his desire for revenge because his murderers were not punished. When his wife begged the girl to spare Fiore, the Charlie persona is gone, leaving Michelle her own person.

->Written by Creator/HowardGordon & Creator/AlexGansa\\
Directed by Creator/JerroldFreedman

->Written by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa\\
Directed by Jerrold Freedman

[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]]]-]]]

[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]]]-]]]

!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E02DeepThroat 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E04Conduit 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E05TheJerseyDevil 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E06Shadows 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E07GhostInTheMachine 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E08Ice 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E09Space 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E10FallenAngel 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E13BeyondTheSea 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E14GenderBender 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E15Lazarus 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E16YoungAtHeart 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E18MiracleMan 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E19Shapes 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E20DarknessFalls 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms 21]] | '''22''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E23Roland 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask 24]]

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* DirtyCop: The cops who [[spoiler:killed Charlie and took the Triad money for themselves]], who Michelle/Charlie is now going after.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: Tony Fiore knew Leon Felder and Rudy Barbala killed Charlie, but he was afraid to reveal the truth. He wanted to take care of Charlie's wife Anita.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Michelle killed [[spoiler: Felder and Barbala]] this way.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: During their discussion about the Triad money, Felder tells a reluctant Fiore that Charlie's death was an accident.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: The murdered cop Charlie was reincarnated as a little girl. No wonder, she was channeling his desire for revenge because his murderers were not punished. [[spoiler: When his wife begged the girl to spare Fiore, the Charlie persona is gone, leaving Michelle her own person.]]
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: The people who killed Charlie as revenge for a drug bust. [[spoiler:Only it was actually a group of his fellow officers as revenge for not joining in on their scheme to take the Triad money for themselves, made to look like a signature Triad execution.]]
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: [[spoiler: Felder and Barbala originally just wanted to talk to Charlie, but killed him when he refused to take the Triad money.]]

* {{Reincarnation}}: The murdered cop Charles was reincarnated as a little girl. No wonder, she was channeling his desire for revenge because his murderers were not punished.

* {{Reincarnation}}

In [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Buffalo, New York]], police officer Rudy Barbala is thrown from a window after eight-year-old Michelle Bishop 9(Creator/AndreaLibman) is brought in. While initially appearing to be a suicide, enough doubt about the strange circumstances of his death exists that Mulder and Scully are brought in. There, they find a seemingly supernatural link between Michelle and an officer who had been slain the day she was conceived, along with a nest of corruption within the police department.

In [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Buffalo, New York]], police officer Rudy Barbala is thrown from a window after eight-year-old Michelle Bishop is brought in. While initially appearing to be a suicide, enough doubt about the strange circumstances of his death exists that Mulder and Scully are brought in. There, they find a seemingly supernatural link between Michelle and an officer who had been slain the day she was conceived, along with a nest of corruption within the police department.

* UsefulNotes/NewYorkState: A version of Buffalo where people speak with Noo Yawk accents from three hundred miles away.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Janice from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (Maggie Wheeler) is a cop.
** A rare live-action role for Creator/AndreaLibman, who plays Michelle. Now watch it after reading ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}''...

** A rare live-action role for Creator/AndreaLibman.
* UsefulNotes/NewYorkState: A version of Buffalo where people speak with Noo Yawk accents.

* CreepyChild
* CreepyDoll: Michelle disfigures several dolls in exactly the same way. She always gouged out one eye and cut one arm. [[spoiler: This is how Charlie Morris's body was mutilated to make it look like a signature execution.]]
* DestinationDefenestration

* HeyItsThatVoice: A rare live action role for {{Andrea Libman}}.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs
* {{Reincarnation}}

* CreepyDoll: Michelle disfigures several dolls in exactly the same way. She always gauged out one eye and cut one arm. [[spoiler: This is how Charlie Morris's body was mutilated to make it look like a signature execution.]]

* CreepyDoll Michelle disfigures several dolls in exactly the same way. She always gauged out one eye and cut one arm. [[spoiler: This is how Charlie Morris's body was mutilated to make it look like a signature execution.]]

* DestinationDefenestration

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs