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3	'''Season 7, Episode 09:'''
4	!Signs and Wonders
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilessignsandwonders.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Before Jared joined us, he belonged to a fundamentalist congregation outside of town - the Church of God with [[TitleDrop Signs and Wonders]]. It practices snake handling."'']]
7	->Written by Jeffrey Bell\
8	Directed by Kim Manners
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10	->'''Reverend Mackey:''' They found that a rigid interpretation of the Bible was not for them, especially when it involves risking life and limb in the act of worship, but again it is not for me to judge. I will say, however, that both Jared and Gracie were persecuted by the members of their former church. All this animus... stems from their church leader - Enoch O'Connor.\
11	'''Scully:''' Animus enough to motivate a murder?
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13	Following a murder by snakebite, suspicion falls on Reverend Enoch O'Connor, pastor of a fringe church that uses snake-handling in its rituals.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* ContinuityNod: It's mentioned in "One Breath" that Scully is deathly afraid of snakes.
17	* EvilAllAlong: Reverend Mackey appears to be a kind pastor preaching a more tolerant and relaxed form of Christianity. He's actually a demon who may or may not be Satan himself leading people into a cult.
18	* TheExtremistWasRight: At first, Enoch O'Connor appears to be a bigoted fundamentalist who hates Mackey for pushing a less strict version of his religion. However, his suspicions about Mackey turn out to be completely justified.
19	* FauxAffablyEvil: The ''real'' SinisterMinister.
20	* FetusTerrible: Gracie's baby. She later gives birth to a tide of snakes.
21	* HumanoidAbomination: Reverend Mackey is absolutely demonic in nature, though it's somewhat ambiguous whether he is Satan himself or just a standard demon.
22	* KarmaHoudini: Mackey escapes and starts a similar church in suburban Connecticut.
23	* PrimalFear: Snakes.
24	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Both agents are put on edge by the huge amount of snakes.
25	* TheReveal: Several.
26	** Gracie and Jared turn out to have left O'Connor's church to join Mackey's more tolerant beliefs.
27	** Then it turns out Enoch O'Connor is Gracie's father.
28	** Then it turns out that Gracie is pregnant, but Jared was infertile and could not have been the father.
29	** So, it leads to O'Connor [[ParentalIncest turning out to be the father of Gracie's baby]].
30	** The final reveal is that O'Connor is not the father of the baby. In fact, Mackey is the father and he might not even be human. He is either the devil incarnate or a demon as evidenced by Gracie giving birth to snakes.
31	* SinisterMinister:
32	** Reverend Enoch O'Connor is a bible-thumping religious fanatic who keeps poisonous snakes with him. Ultimately subverted as he may be bible-thumping but he is on the side of right.
33	** Samuel Mackey pretends to be tolerant but is in fact extremely evil and might just be Satan himself.
34	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: For Scully, literally. Though Mulder has different phobia and he's uneasy, too.
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