Line #10 Recap/TheXFilesS07E07Orison


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3	'''Season 7, Episode 07:'''
4	!Orison
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesorison.png]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Whosoever shedeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed."''\
7	-- Genesis 9:6]]
8	->Written by Chip Johannessen\
9	Directed by Rob Bowman
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11	->'''Scully:''' Well, then, if Reverend [[TitleDrop Orison]] meant to kill Donnie Pfaster then why is he still alive?\
12	'''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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14	[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Donnie Pfaster]] is broken out of prison by a vigilante prison chaplain, Reverend 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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16	!!Tropes:
17	* 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.
18	* BerserkButton: Pfaster gets rather... upset... when he discovers the call girl he ordered wasn't an actual redhead. It leads to the EyeScream described below.
19	* BoundAndGagged: Scully, briefly, after Pfaster manages to tie her up.
20	* 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.
21	* DeadlyBath: Well, it would be deadly if Pfaster had his way.
22	* EyeScream:
23	** A call girl throws hot wax from a candle in Pfaster's face before she escapes.
24	** At the start of their fight in Scully's apartment, Scully's first move is to stick her thumbs in Pfaster's eyes as a way of making him let go of her.
25	* FightScene: 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.
26	* GunmanWithThreeNames: Donald Addie Pfaster.
27	* HeroicBSOD: Scully, who 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.
28	* 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 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".
29	* 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.
30	* TheOneThatGotAway: A very dark example. Pfaster specifically calls Scully this.
31	* SequelEpisode: To "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible Irresistible]]".
32	* SlowMotion: Scully's gun firing dramatically in slow motion near the end, and the closeup on her face.
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34	->'''Mulder:''' The Bible allows for vengeance.\

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