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** At the start of their fight in Scully's apartment, Scully's first move is to stick her thumbs in his eyes as a way of making him let go of her.
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* ReligiousHorror: As with "Irresistible", a good portion of the episode centers around Scully's faith, the difficult-to-dismiss omens she sees, and her logical forensic investigation skills all agreeing that whatever Pfaster may be, it's evil.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Whosoever shedeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed."''\\
-- Genesis 9:6]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Whosoever shedeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed."''\\
-- Genesis 9:6]]
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->'''Scully:''' Well, then, if Reverend [[TitleDrop Orison]] meant to kill Donnie Pfaster then why is he still alive\\
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->'''Scully:''' Well, then, if Reverend [[TitleDrop Orison]] meant to kill Donnie Pfaster then why is he still alive\\alive?\\
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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E01TheSixthExtinction 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E02TheSixthExtinctionIIAmorFati 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E03Hungry 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E04Millennium 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E05Rush 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E06TheGoldbergVariation 6]] | '''7''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E08TheAmazingMaleeni 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E09SignsAndWonders 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E10SeinUndZeit 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E11Closure 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E12XCops 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E13FirstPersonShooter 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E14Theef 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E15EnAmi 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E16Chimera 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E17AllThings 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E18BrandX 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E19HollywoodAD 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E20FightClub 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E21JeSouhaite 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E22Requiem 22]]]]-]]]
'''Season 7, Episode 07:'''
!Orison
->Written by Chip Johannessen\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->'''Scully:''' Well, then, if Reverend [[TitleDrop Orison]] meant to kill Donnie Pfaster then why is he still alive\\
'''Mulder:''' I don't know. Maybe he unleashed something that he couldn't control. Maybe he thought he was opening the door of perception but then unwittingly he... opened the gates of Hell.
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E01TheSixthExtinction 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E02TheSixthExtinctionIIAmorFati 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E03Hungry 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E04Millennium 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E05Rush 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E06TheGoldbergVariation 6]] | '''7''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E08TheAmazingMaleeni 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E09SignsAndWonders 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E10SeinUndZeit 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E11Closure 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E12XCops 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E13FirstPersonShooter 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E14Theef 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E15EnAmi 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E16Chimera 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E17AllThings 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E18BrandX 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E19HollywoodAD 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E20FightClub 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E21JeSouhaite 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E22Requiem 22]]]]-]]]
'''Season 7, Episode 07:'''
!Orison
->Written by Chip Johannessen\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->'''Scully:''' Well, then, if Reverend [[TitleDrop Orison]] meant to kill Donnie Pfaster then why is he still alive\\
'''Mulder:''' I don't know. Maybe he unleashed something that he couldn't control. Maybe he thought he was opening the door of perception but then unwittingly he... opened the gates of Hell.
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->'''Mulder:''' The Bible allows for vengeance.\\
'''Scully:''' But the law doesn't.
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[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Donnie Pfaster]] is broken out of prison by a vigilante prison chaplain, Reverend Orison, who intends to give Pfaster his own form of justice. However, Orison has bitten off more than he can chew, and Pfaster deals with him and then goes after Scully.
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[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Donnie Pfaster]] is broken out of prison by a vigilante prison chaplain, Reverend Orison, Orison (Creator/ScottWilson), who intends to give Pfaster his own form of justice. However, Orison has bitten off more than he can chew, and Pfaster deals with him and then goes after Scully.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Mulder arrives and captures Pfaster after this one [[BoundAndGagged ties up Scully]] and is getting ready to have his way with her, although it's undermined by the fact Scully was in the process of pulling a DamselOutOfDistress at that very moment.
* BerserkButton: Pfaster gets rather...upset... upset... when he discovers the call girl he ordered wasn't an actual redhead. It leads to the EyeScream described below.
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Scully, after being BoundAndGagged by Pfaster. In a rather tense scene, she manages to slowly crawl away, untie herself, and grab her gun, while he's distracted preparing their bath.
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* FightScene: An epic A brutal one between Scully and Pfaster, which results in mutually drawn blood and a lot of broken furniture. Pfaster might be a full foot taller, but Scully is, after all, a fully trained FBI agent.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: This episode is rather infamous for downplaying this aspect of "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Irresistible]]", the episode it is the sequel to. In his original appearance, Pfaster's brief transformations to something demonic seemed to be Scully's (and others') imagination at work. Here, it leans more heavily on the idea that Pfaster is supernatural in nature, somewhat undermining the HumansAreTheRealMonsters element of "Irresistible".
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: This episode is rather infamous for downplaying this aspect of "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Irresistible]]", the episode it is the sequel to. In his original appearance, Pfaster's Pfaster was firmly stated to be very much a human antagonist and his brief transformations to something demonic seemed to be Scully's (and others') imagination at work. Here, it leans more heavily on the idea that Pfaster is supernatural in nature, somewhat undermining the HumansAreTheRealMonsters element of "Irresistible".
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* BerserkButton: Pfaster gets rather...upset...when he discovers the call girl he ordered wasn't an actual redhead. It lead to the EyeScream below.
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* BerserkButton: Pfaster gets rather...upset...when he discovers the call girl he ordered wasn't an actual redhead. It lead leads to the EyeScream described below.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Before Pfaster's transformation brief transformations to something demonic seemed to be Scully's (and others') delusions. Here, not so much.
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[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Donnie Pfaster]] is broken out of prison by a vigilante prison chaplain, Reverend Orison, who intends to give Pfaster his own form of justice. However, Orison has bitten off more than he can chew, and Pfaster deals with him and then goes after Scully.
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* CallBack: It's a sequel episode to "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Irresistible]]".
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* HeroicBSOD: Scully, who [[spoiler:kills kills Pfaster in cold blood immediately after he is captured in her apartment]].apartment. It's also variation on WhatYouAreInTheDark, as she shoots out a lamp beforehand (though she's not actually alone when she goes through with it), and the moral dilemma affects her afterwards.
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* SequelEpisode: To "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Irresistible]]".
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* GunmanWithThreeNames: Donald Addie Pfaster.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: A very dark example. Pfaster specifically calls Scully this.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: A very dark example. Pfaster specifically calls Scully this.this.
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* HeroicBSOD: Scully, who [[spoiler:kills Pfaster in cold blood immediately after he is captured in her apartment]]. It's also variation on WhatYouAreInTheDark, as she shoots out a lamp beforehand (though she's not actually alone when she goes through with it), and the moral dilemma affects her afterwards.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Reverend Orison is Hershel Greene from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
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* BerserkButton: Pfaster gets rather...upset...when he discovers the call girl he ordered wasn't an actual redhead. It lead to the EyeScream below.
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* DeadlyBath: Well, it would be deadly if Pfaster had his way.
* EyeScream: a call girl throws hot wax from a candle in Pfaster's face before she escapes.
* FightScene: An epic one between Scully and Pfaster, which results in mutually drawn blood and a lot of broken furniture. Pfaster might be a full foot taller, but Scully is, after all, a fully trained FBI agent.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Reverend Orison is Hershel Greene from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Before Pfaster's transformation seemed to be Scully's (and others') delusions. Here, not somuch.much.
* TheOneThatGotAway: A very dark example. Pfaster specifically calls Scully this.
* EyeScream: a call girl throws hot wax from a candle in Pfaster's face before she escapes.
* FightScene: An epic one between Scully and Pfaster, which results in mutually drawn blood and a lot of broken furniture. Pfaster might be a full foot taller, but Scully is, after all, a fully trained FBI agent.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Reverend Orison is Hershel Greene from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Before Pfaster's transformation seemed to be Scully's (and others') delusions. Here, not so
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Before Pfaster's transformation seemed to be Scully's (and others') delusions. Here, not so much.
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* CallBack: It's a sequel episode to "Irresistible".
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