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3	'''Season 5, Episode 17:'''
4	!All Souls
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesallsouls.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"The last one is still out there. The Devil is here and if he finds her, his victory will be complete."'']]
7	->Written by Billy Brown (Story), Dan Angel (Story), Frank Spotnitz (Teleplay) & John Shiban (Teleplay)\
8	Directed by Allen Coulter
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10	->''"Two girls are dead... not by the hand of Man. Unless you accept the truth of God’s teachings that there is a struggle between good and evil for [[TitleDrop all souls]] and that we are losing that struggle, you’re but fools rushing in."''
11	-->-- '''Father Gregory'''
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13	Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a severely disabled girl, and find a mystery involving angels and demons.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* AbusiveParents: One of the girls' caretakers is a shady old man who kept his ward in a dingy, cramped basement and sold her on the promise that he'd keep the disability benefits.
17	* ContinuityNod: Scully's biological daughter from "Christmas Carol"/"Emily" is mentioned throughout the episode.
18	* EvilRedhead: Aaron Starkey, the kind-hearted Social Services agent, is Satan incarnate.
19	* ExtraDigits: The episode starts with a girl who's shown to have six toes on her feet. The case becomes about the mysterious deaths of several girls (including this one) born with six digits on all four limbs (some had the extra fingers removed to better fit in).
20	* FauxAffablyEvil: Starkey seems like a nice, if somewhat harried bureaucrat at first. If he encounters any resistance, he drops the act very quickly.
21	* GoodAllAlong: Father Gregory really was trying to protect the girls and dies a gruesome death for it.
22	* {{Irony}}: Throughout the entire series, it's usually Scully being the skeptic while Mulder is the believer in the paranormal. Their roles are reversed in this episode and they never realized the irony.
23	* LightIsNotGood: Subverted. The angel may be killing the girls but he is taking their souls to heaven as they are nephilim.
24	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Although, it touches upon Scully's faith and her life.
25	* MythArc: Slightly touched with Scully's faith issues and her abduction, medical rape and biological daughter gets a mention.
26	* SadlyMythtaken: What is described as a seraph is actually a cherub.
27	* SeekingSanctuary: "Starkey" is unable to enter a church.
28	* TheShadowKnows: Starkey's shadow has horns.
29	* VoiceOfTheLegion: Starkey, when angered.
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