Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	1-9-00
Production Number:	7ABX07
Date(s):
Written by:	Chip Johannessen
Directed by:	Rob Bowman

Reverend Orison wants to save Donnie Pfaster's soul by helping him break out of prison, but Pfaster only wants the woman who once escaped from him - Scully.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Links and References 3.1 Guest Stars 3.2 References

SummaryEdit

A man gets his fingers chopped off during a workshop in prison and all the people in the prison move very slowly to help him, while one man walks out at regular speed. The man is Donnie Pfaster who kidnapped Scully five years earlier (Season 2 Episode "Irresistible"). The man is obssessed with womens hair and eats their fingers. It turns out three men escaped from three prisons and all had contact with the prison chaplain (Reverend Orison). The US Marshals corner Pfaster and Orison at a diner, but Orison uses his powers to distract the Marshals as they escape. Pfaster picks up a prostitute and hits Orison while driving off. Meanwhile, Scully keeps hearing the same song ("Don't Look Any Further") everywhere she goes. Mulder and Scully question Orison and show her the remains of the prostitute Pfaster killed. They also find that Orison killed someone and spent 22 years in prison. Orison claims he is being spoken to by God and doing his work. Mulder finds that Orison has three times the bloodflow capacity of the brain, and he drilled a hole in head which allows him to perform mental tricks by hypnotizing people. He does this while repeating the phrase "Glory, Amen."

Orison hypnotizes the security guard in his room and escapes. Pfaster hired a prostitute, but realizes she has a wig and attempts to attack her, but she gets away. Orison finds Pfaster and takes him at gunpoint while he digs a grave for him, but Pfaster morphs into a beast and kills Orison, burying him in his own shallow grave. Pfaster then calls the police to tell them where Orison is buried and goes to Scully's house. He attacks Scully, where Scully tells him that the only reason he wasn't dead was because she asked the judge for life. He overpowers her and locks her in her own closet. Mulder thinks something may be wrong when he hears the same song on his radio and calls

Scully, but there is no answer so he goes over. Meanwhile, Scully escapes from the closet and shoots Pfaster, killing him.

Background InformationEdit

• This episode's title is a literary word for a prayer.

• This episode of The X-Files is the third of three in which a person can be seen walking towards camera before the screen cuts to black, as happens at the end of this episode's teaser section. The earlier two examples of this occur, firstly, at the end of the teaser section of the Season 2 episode "Irresistible" and again in the cliffhanger conclusion of the Season 3 episode "Piper Maru". "Irresistible" features Donald Pfaster approaching the camera, similar to this episode, and "Piper Maru" features Alex Krycek doing so.

• This episode features the song "Don't Look Any Further" by Dennis Edwards which has significant meaning to Scully.

Links and ReferencesEdit

Guest StarsEdit

• Tara Buck as Blueberry
• Eric Buker as US Marshal
• Nick Chinlund as Donald Pfaster
• Rick Cramer as Guard
• Lisa Kushell as Lady in Red
• Irene Muzzy as Waitress
• Steven Rankin as US Marshal Joe Daddo
• Emilio Rivera as Brigham
• Scott Wilson as Reverend Robert Gailen Orison

ReferencesEdit

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