The X-files
Born Again
Episode: 1X21
First aired:4/29/94
Written by: Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon
Directed by: Jerrold Freedman
Detective Barbala talks to a lost
little girl in an
interrogation room.
Moments later he
falls to his
death after crashing through the
window.
Mulder and
Scully get involved and talk to the
mother. She says that they've gone through
four nannies and that the little girl,
Michelle, is not a normal kid.
Michelle says she saw another man in the room. Her description fits Detective Charlie Morris who died nine years ago. Mulder of course suggests she saw a
ghost.
However evidence starts to mount that Michelle has
psychokinetic powers and may be the
reincarnation of Charlie Morris. Michelle has
mutilated her
dolls in the manner that Charlie Morris had died (particularly
brutal). Michelle is also present when detective Barbala is choked to death when his
scarf is caught in a bus.
We find out that Barbala and Fiore, his and Morris's partner, were involved in Morris's
murder. Michelle captures Fiore and is about to kill him when Mulder and Scully reach Michelle/Morris. It's all over when Fiore admits his
involvement with the murder. Michelle has
no memory of the
incident and the case is closed with
objections from Mulder.
Important Quotes:
Mulder -- "I'm sure. Have you observed any
unexplained phenomena in Michelle's presence?"
Dr. Braun (Michelle's psyc.) "Unexplained phenomena?"
Mulder -- "Inordinate
physical strength,
psychic ability,
telekinesis..."
Dr. Braun -- "You're joking, of course."
Mulder -- "Why is it still so hard for you to believe, even when all the evidence suggests
extraordinary phenomena?"
Scully -- "Because sometimes ..."
Mulder -- "What?"
Scully -- "... looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you."
Scully -- "Do me a favor, Mulder. Let me say it.
Reincarnation."
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