Excelsis Dei

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Mulder and Scully uncover strange occurrences in an old-age care home when one of the nurses is attacked by an unseen force she claims to be one of the residents, a 74 year old man.

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EXCELISIS DEI CONVALESCENT HOME,
WORCESTER, MASS.

At nighttime, a Victorian mansion housing the Excelsis Dei Convalescent Home stands alone. A female employee walks up the entrance stairs and enters the building while, inside, another two staff members are watching a boxing match on TV. As the female employee enters, the two staff members begin mock boxing, apparently to show off. Unimpressed, the woman attempts to discuss their work responsibilities. She is informed that a patient died that afternoon and, after asking if anyone bothered to change her room, the female worker receives a sarcastic comment that the other workers left it for her. She picks fresh bed clothing and leaves.

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For the filming of this episode's climatic bathroom scene, special effects supervisor Dave Gauthier flooded the hallway with water from a 3,300 gallon tank.

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In reality, ibotenic acid is a psychoactive substance found in mushroom fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) but, if ingested orally, most of it is converted into an alkaloid, Muscimol. Most, if not all, ibotenic acid is actually converted to muscimol during the preparation process and in the receiver's liver. Therefore, toxicology would have shown trace amounts of muscimol, not ibotenic acid, in the patients' blood.

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Worcester; Massachusetts; spirits; nursing home; rape; nurse; Alzheimer's disease; mushroom; shaman; spirit world; bathroom

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Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	12-16-1994
Production Number:	2x11
Date(s):	Unknown
Written by:	Paul Brown
Directed by:	Steven Surjik