The X-files
The List
Episode: 3X05
First aired:10/20/95
Written by: Chris Carter
Directed by: Chris Carter
Neech Manley is talking to his
wife, Danielle. He is in
jail and is about to be
put to death. In the
electric chair, Manley says he will
revenge all the
cruelty he has
suffered and that five men will die. He is put to death.
Later, a
gaurd has been found in Manley's cell.
Mulder and
Scully come to
investigate. A
rumor has spread that Manley has been
reincarnated. Mulder notes that the
gaurd's death can not be explained. Scully sees that
maggots have started to eat the
flesh of the
head. Another
inmate, Speranza says Manley has returned and that he is
pure energy.
Scully wanders in the hall alone and is
suddenly grabbed by a man in the
shadows. The man says that he knows who is going to die next, that there is a list. The next man to die is apparently a an named Roque. Later, a
prisoner opens a
paint can and finds a head of one of the gaurds with maggots on it as well.
Scully learns that the first
victim's
lungs were filled with
larva of the green bottle
fly and that the man
suffocated or
drowned.
Mulder questions Roque who wants to transfer out of the
prison in exchange for the three remaining names on the list. The
warden wont make a deal and finds, in his office, the gaurd's headless body sittin gin his chair.
Mulder finds in Manley's
diary, that he was
obsessed with reincarnation. Scully remains doubtful. They talk to Danielle who says if any one came back it would be Manley.
The warden takes Roque in the shadows and demands to know the names on the list. Roque tells him that the warden is number five. Roque is later
found dead in the
showers and the gaurd who warned Scully, Parmelly, is seen
kissing Danielle.
Mulder does not believe that Roque was on Manley's list and asks for the name of the
executioner. They find the man dead in his home.
Speranza says Roque was not on the list. Manley's former
lawyer is killed.
Parmelly comes to Danielle's house. She is angry because she knows the
FBI are staking out the place. Later, Daneille wakes up seeing Manley by her
bed. She follows him with a
gun and finds Parmelly. She says the Parmelly is Manley and shoots him before the
agents enter.
The warden beats Speranza asking for the last man on the list.
Mulder and Scully assume the case is over and
prepare to leave. Mlder has doubts, but Scully insists that it is all over. They see the warden pass them in his car. We see him
swating a fly away. The warden looks in the
rearview mirror and sees Manley behind him grabbing his
throat. The car
careens into a
tree and we see the warden dead with a fly on his mouth.
Important Quotes:
Scully -- "Being obsessed with it doesn't mean you can do it"
Mulder -- "No, unless he knew something we don't."
Scully -- "Like what, the
magic password?"
Mulder -- "Is there another competing
theory?"
Scully -- "A very good one and one much more believable..."
Mluder -- "Is there another
competing theory?"
Scully -- "A very good one and one much more believable..."
Scully -- "
Woman gets
lonely, sometimes she can't wait around for her man to be reincarnated..."
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