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3	'''Season 4, Episode 23:'''
4	!Demons
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesdemons.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"He said he was going to exorcise his [[TitleDrop demons]]."'']]
7	->Written by R. W. Goodwin\
8	Directed by Kim Manners
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10	->''"There is nothing here that points directly to your guilt. I mean, unless somebody can show me with absolute certainty that you were holding the weapon that killed those two people, the rest of the narrative is far too convenient and suspect."''
11	-->-- '''Dana Scully'''
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13	Mulder wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room with no memory of the past two days and someone else's blood on his shirt. In attempting to recover his memories of recent events, he also encounters new and significant memories about his childhood.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Who is my father?"]]
17	* FlashbackNightmare: How the episode begins. It's not much of a surprise opening because of the standard flashback effects and the fact that it depicts Mulder as his younger self together with his sister Samantha.
18	* FriendOrIdolDecision: Mulder has to choose between saving Scully and finding the truth about what happened to Samantha.
19	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: A frequent result of Dr. Goldstein's experimental hypnotherapy technique.
20	* MeaningfulName: David and Amy {{Cassandra\|Truth}}.
21	* MurderSuicide: The murder which Mulder might have committed was ruled out as murder-suicide.
22	* MythArc: Previously repressed childhood memories reveal that the Cigarette-Smoking Man was indeed a close friend of the Mulder family, leaving Mulder to question his true parentage.
23	-->'''Teena Mulder:''' How can you do this to our family?\
24	'''William Mulder:''' I'm not doing it! It's not just me. These orders are coming down from...\
25	''[CSM, lighting up outside, notices Young Mulder eavesdropping.]''\
26	'''CSM:''' You're a little spy.
27	* NeverMyFault: Even with three of his patients dead due to his negligence and miscalculations, Dr. Goldstein insists that he did not do anything wrong.
28	* NotHisBlood: In the opening scene, Mulder [[YouWakeUpInARoom wakes up in some hotel room]] and notices blood on his shirt. He calls Scully and when she asks if he is hurt, he replies "I don't know... [beat]... [[WhamLine I don't think it's my blood.]]" - {{Sting}}!!!.
29	* OminousVisualGlitch: Mulder underwent an extreme psycho-treatment to induce his memories of Samantha's abduction. His "memories" (probably hallucinations) were showed in freaky colours with distorted people, and the picture is intentionally grainy.
30	* PensieveFlashback: The opening FlashbackNightmare shows Mulder as his younger self as well as him as an adult observing the scene.
31	* ShowerOfAngst: Mulder
32	* TheShrink: Dr. Charles Goldstein is a Type 2: He's not [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate corrupt]] or [[PsychoPsychologist mad]], but he uses techniques that no ethical doctor would ever use, and people die because of it.
33	* TakeThat: This subtle dig early on:
34	-->'''Mulder:''' I had those people's blood on my shirt, Scully. I was missing for two days. I have no recollection of my actions during those two days. There were two rounds discharged from my gun. I had the keys to this house, the keys to their car. Do the words "[[UsefulNotes/OJSimpson Orenthal James Simpson]]" mean anything to you?
35	* YouWakeUpInARoom: The opening scene of Mulder waking up in an unfamiliar hotel room with somebody else's blood on his shirt.
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